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Spanish 102	Course Syllabus	Prof. Rampey
Elem. Spanish II	Spring 2003	Jordan Bldg.
3 Hours Credit		583-3109
		Campus PO 2082
		brampey@bpc.edu

Course Goals:

The goals for this course are for the students to continue to acquire proficiency in the four language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) and for them to continue to gain more knowledge of the culture of the Hispanic people.

Course Objectives:

1. The students will continue to demonstrate proficiency in the use of the Spanish phonetic system and in the use at the elementary level of the Spanish vocabulary and grammatical structures needed to carry out the everyday tasks that were described in the course objectives for Spanish 101.

2. The students will demonstrate proficiency in the use of the Spanish vocabulary and grammatical structures needed to carry out some additional everyday tasks, including but not limited to:

A. seeking medical assistance

B. using and maintaining automobiles and computers

C. renting/buying a house or an apartment

D. doing household chores

E. shopping, banking and using the post office

F. discussing careers and job interviewing; nature, the environment, recycling and conservation; health, well-being, exercise and nutrition; and the arts, movies, current events, politics, the media and natural disasters.

3. The students will use both pedagogically-prepared and authentic materials to demonstrate reading, writing, listening and speaking proficiency in the use of: the simple and compound tenses of the indicative and subjunctive moods; the imperative mood; constructions with se; reciprocal reflexives; stressed possessive adjectives and pronouns; por vs. para; time expressions with hacer; adverbs; and relative pronouns.

4. The students will demonstrate knowledge of some of the customs of the Hispanic people and/or of the acomplishments of some important people from Spanish-speaking countries and/or of some of the places of interest in those countries.

Assessment:

Proficiency and knowledge will be assessed through observation of classroom performance, quizzes and tests (oral and written), role-plays, short compositions, etc.

Required texts:

Blanco, José A. et al. Vistas: Introducción a la lengua española. Boston: Vista Higher Learning. 2001.

Blanco, José A. et al. Vistas: Introducción a la lengua española: Student Activities Manual. Boston: Vista Higher Learning. 2001.

This course covers Lecciones 9-16 of the textbook and the activities manual.

Online resources:

http://www.vistasonline.com (provided by publisher of textbook)

http://www.oocities.org/rampey2000/w/w.htm (worksheets provided by Prof. Rampey)

Evaluation:

Students will be evaluated on their performance on quizzes and tests (written and oral), attendance, and participation, homework, and the final exam. Quizzes, tests, the final exam, homework, and class participation will include elements of pronunciation, oral communication in the language, written communication in the language, and cultural knowledge. Quizzes, tests, and the final exam may include any material in the covered chapters.

Students receiving 90 percent or more of the total number of points available on chapter tests, quiz average (percentage), homework and classwork assignments, attendance and participation and the final exam will be awarded an A; those with 80-89 percent receive a B; 70-79 percent, C; 60-69 percent, D; 0-59 percent, F. Grades of WP, WF, and I are assigned in accordance with catalog requirements.

Make-ups: There are no make-ups of either chapter tests or vocabluary quizzes. Any tests or quizzes missed will count as zero. Your lowest chapter test grade and your lowest vocabluary quiz will be dropped. If you miss the final examination only, you will receive Incomplete for the course and must make arrangements with me to make up the final. Catalog requirements apply.

Attendance and Participation:

Students are expected to attend every class meeting. One point will be deducted from the student’s attendance and participation grade for each absence not excused in writing. Acceptable excuses include those granted by the Provost for school-related activities and those accounted for by illness and documented by a note from a medical doctor. Students arriving late, leaving early, or exhibiting behavior inconsistent with my expectations of a college student may also lose one attendance and participation point for that day.

Punctuality:

All homework, classwork, quizzes, tests, the final exam, and other required work must be completed and turned in on time except in the case of excused absences such as those granted by the Provost for school-related activities and those accounted for by illness and documented by a note from a medical doctor.

Counseling:

In the case of excessive absences, disorderly behavior, poor grades, or other justification, the professor may refer students to the Assistant Academic Dean, the Dean of Students, theCounseling Center, a tutor, etc. Such referral will be considered mandatory.

My office hours are indicated in the chart below. My office is located in the Jordan Building.

MWF	10:00-10:50	3:00-3:50
TTH	9:00-11:00	3:00-4:00

This document is also found at www.oocities.org/rampey2000/sp102syl.htm.