Department
of Romance Languages and Literatures
Goals:
a)
To enable students to comunícate
effectively in Spanish through the learning of grammar, vocabulary, and
idiomatic expressions of the language.
b)
To enable students to achieve competence in
all the basic language skills: listening, comprehension, reading,
writing, and speaking.
Required
textbooks:
Puntos
de partida: Seventh edition.
Grading:
a)
No extra credit work for anyone.
b)
A grade of (I) Incomplete will not be given.
c)
Final grades cannot be changed unless there
is an error. Students must present the graded materials as evidence
that a mistake was made.
Tests
(3)
35%
Workbook
and lab manual
10%
Compositions
(2)
8%
Writing
activities (2)
2%
Oral
Exams (2)
10%
Final
exam
25%
Class
participation: Active participation in class is
essential. This portion of the final grade will be measured according
to all of the following criteria: a) attendance and punctuality, b)
preparation, c) initiative, d) use of Spanish exclusively, e) positive
attitude, f) primarily on task, g) other in-class work.
Homework:
It will be collected in class.
Electronic
Lab Manual and Electronic Workbook: There will be no
partial credit for these assignments. Assignments are due before
midnight on the due date. You are responsible for completing ALL the
activities in the electronic lab manual and the activities assigned in
the electronic workbook for each chapter covered in the textbook. Be
sure that you set up your account with QUIA as soon as possible so that
you can complete the assignments.
Compositions:
In-class
compositions: You will be given 30 minutes to write a composition on an
assigned topic. Grade sheets for the compositions are part of this
packet and will be required by your instructor to grade your
performance. Based on the correction code included in this syllabus,
you will rewrite the composition at home. The second version MUST BE
TYPED AND DOUBLE SPACED. On the date indicated by your instructor you
will turn in the typed rewrite together with the hand-written first
draft and the grade sheet. The first draft is worth 70% of the
composition grade and the rewrite is worth 30%.
EVERYTHING
MUST BE ORIGINAL WORK.
Writing
Activities:
On
the days Writing Activities in your syllabus, you will be
given 20 minutes to write a composition on an assigned topic. The
purpose of this composition is to develop writing fluency. You will
receive full credit (one point per composition) if you address the
topic PROPERLY making use of all the time and space provided. Credit
for these cannot be made up under any circumstances.
Visits
to the Language Lab:
The
Language Lab is located in TUR 1317. Due to the need to schedule visits
for multiple sections during the same week, your section MAY NOT MEET
in the lab on the day specified in your syllabus. Your instructor will
notify the class ONE WEEK in advance of the exact date of the visit.
Oral
Exams:
The
two oral exams will take place in class on the days indicated in the
syllabus. They will consist of interviews between the instructor and
two students at a time. Grade sheets for the exams are part of this
packet, and will be REQUIRED by your instructor to grade your
performance.
Make-up
procedures:
Tests
will NOT administered early under any circumstances. If you
cannot take an announced test due to a DOCUMENTED EMERGENCY, WRITTEN
proof of the circumstances must be presented to your instructor NO
LATER THAN THE DAY AFTER YOU RETURN TO CLASS. At the supervisor’s
discretion, an average of two tests may substitute for a make-up.