Class Participation
and Preparation (10%)
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Participation in class involves a number of variables,
including but not limited to:
1. Your use of Spanish in the classroom
2. Your willingness to participate actively in all class activities
3. Your cooperation during group and pair work
4. Your respect and attitude toward the class and your peers
5. Your daily preparation for each class.
6. Your instructor may assign written homework that will be collected
and graded; these assignments form part of your participation grade.
7. Your instructor reserves the right to administer pop quizzes on
grammar, vocabulary etc. in order to assess students’ preparation. These
grades also form part of your participation grade.
8. The use of cell phones, pagers, iPods or mp3 players and all other
electronic equipment during class is prohibited as they interrupt the class
concentration and work. All equipment must be turned off in the classroom.
Any evidence of cell phones (use, ringing, buzzing, etc.) and similar equipment
use will result in an automatic zero in participation for that day. Using
a cell phone during a composition or test will result in a zero on that
assignment.
9. Participation grades will be assessed approximately every two weeks
for a total of eight (8) grades throughout the semester, and you may ask
your instructor for your participation grades at any time. Refer to your
course packet of grading materials for the specific rubric used to assess
your participation.
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Attendance
policy
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1. Learning a second language
requires the exposure of the target as well as the communicative exchange
of ideas and opinions with your classmates and instructor. Therefore, attendance
is essential in this course. For that reason, attendance is required and
will be taken on a daily basis. However, it is understood that periodically
things happen that could prevent your attendance. Thus, you will be
allowed 3 unexcused absences throughout the semester; beginning with the
fourth absence, 1 percentage point will be deducted from your final grade
if you are not able to document the absence with written proof of a valid
excuse within 10 days of the absence. The written documentation of the excused
absence should include the name of the student, the section of the course,
the dates of the absence and the reason for the absence.
2. If you are absent the day of a test, quiz, spoken activity or composition,
you will receive a 0 on that assignment.
3. Three late arrivals and/or early departures of 10+ minutes will
count as absences.
4. Make sure to get the name and phone number of a classmate, as you
are responsible for finding out about any changes in the syllabus or any
additional assignments announced while you were absent.
5. Assignments are due on the day indicated, regardless of whether
or not you are in class that day. If you miss class, arrange for your assignment
to get to your instructor’s box before your scheduled class time.
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Evaluation
despcription (30%)
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2. Tests (20%) There will
be in-class written tests (see Calendar for specific dates), one upon concluding
every lesson. The goal of the tests is to assess your ability to assimilate
what you have learned about Spanish grammar, vocabulary, language, and culture
in each unit. You are also expected to critically respond to and analyze
the topics covered in class and in the texts. Tests will consist of listening,
reading and writing sections in which your overall knowledge of the course
material is evaluated.
3. Compositions (15%). You will
write (2) compositions of about 200 words each one based on topics selected
by the instructor. The first draft of each composition will be written
in class, upon completion of Chapters 2 and 5 (see dates indicated in
the Calendar), and the rewrite/final version will be written at home.
The first version will account for 70% of the total composition grade.
Your instructor will make comments and mark errors (with the symbols indicated
in the “Correction Code”). You will then revise the composition and turn
in the second version along with the first version for the final grade
on the date specified by your instructor; this revision will be graded
for the remaining 30% of the composition grade. All compositions must be
double-spaced, whether written by hand or typed. All second drafts must
be typed.
4.Final exam (15%) will be comprehensive
and cumulative in nature and will be administered during Final Exam Week
according to the Lee University final exam schedule. It is your responsibility
to ensure that you will be present for your final exam; if you are out
of town or leave town early you will receive a 0 on the exam. There are
no make-up final exams and no alternate exam times except in the case of
students scheduled to take more than 3 exams in one day.
5.Workbook (10%). You are responsible for completing all the
activities in the workbook for each chapter you cover in the textbook.
Certain exercises are not required in every chapter. In section XI (Calendar)
you have the due date for these assignments, and a selection per chapter
of the exercises you are to complete. Your grade is based on completion
rather than accuracy.
6.Oral Activities (30%). Your
spoken language component consists of three parts: two oral interviews
(mid-term and final) and one in-class conversational marathon.
A. For the midterm and final interview you will converse with a fellow
classmate. General topics will be provided prior to these oral exams
to help you prepare. Grades will be assigned according to the oral
exam grading criteria.
B. The students have an opportunity to speak with a native speaker
in the Language café. They are expected to complete 12 visits SLO
(Student Life building Office).
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Midterm
Oral exam Role Plays
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Language Cafe
The students have an opportunity to
speak with a native speaker in the Language café. They are expected
to complete 12 visits SLO (Student Life building Office).
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