Spanish 101 Summer 2007 Office: R 230 & A 245
Daily
Melissa Phelps-Palma,
Professor
Email: mphelps@bcc.ctc.edu
Welcome
to Spanish class. This quarter you will
be learning to listen, speak, read, and write in Spanish. At the end of this course, if you complete
your assignments and participate in class, you should expect
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to carry on simple conversations about your daily life,
habits and pastimes
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to describe yourself, other people, places, things, the
weather and the seasons of the year
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to tell about your classes and your family
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to know more about Hispanic cultures and geography
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to read, write, understand and
speak simple, present-tense Spanish.
Classroom
Standards:
arriving
late
yawning
loudly and/or sleeping
constant
chatting with classmates
studying
for another class
forgetting
to turn off cell phones, etc.
Required Materials: Donley, Aventuras
2nd ed., Vista Higher Learning,
The following materials are
available in the BCC bookstore.
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Textbook
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Workbook and
Video Manual combination
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Lab Manual
You
will find worksheets posted on the MyBCC site for our
class.
Optional
Material:
Spanish /
English Dictionary – comes packaged with the Aventuras
material
501 Spanish
Verbs
Material
Description:
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Textbook: |
For
in-class use and daily study. |
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Audio MP3s
to accompany Textbook: |
The Textbook MP3s contain
the recordings for the listening activities in the Preparación,
Pronunciación and Ampliación
sections in each lesson of the student text, as well as the active
vocabulary in each end-of-lesson Vocabulario list.
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Video CD-ROM: |
This CD-ROM provides the
complete Aventuras
and Aventuras en los países hispanos videos with Spanish and English
video-scripts. |
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Workbook/Video
Manual: |
For
use at home, the Workbook has written exercises that support the textbook
assignments. Please ask for help and
clarification if you need support. The Video manual includes pre-, while-, and post-
viewing activities for the Aventuras Video and the Aventuras en los países hispanos
Video. On
test days, you will turn in completed chapters. |
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Lab Manual: |
For
at-home use, it contains listening and written exercises that support the
textbook assignments. Answers are
imbedded in the MP3s that accompany the Lab Manual. On
test days, you will turn in completed chapters. |
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Audio MP3s
to accompany Lab Manual: |
The Lab Program MP3s
provide the recordings to be used in conjunction with the activities in the
Lab Manual. These MP3s can only be
accessed at the publisher’s supersite listed below. |
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Publisher’s
Web site: Textbook Supersite: |
http://college.hmco.com/languages/spanish/students/ http://www.aventuras.vhlcentral.com The
Supersite has the following components:
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Other Web
sites |
www.conjuguemos.com (verb
conjugation) www.studyspanish.com (all kinds of practice) |
Grading
Scale
-- based on percentage and conforming with BCC policy
A 100-95, A- 94-90, B+ 89-86, B 85-83, B-
82-80, C+ 79-75, C 74-70, C- 69 -60,
D+ 59-55, D 54-50, F 49
or below.
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Evaluation: 1008 Total Points |
For a detailed guide to policies and expectations, please read the Arts and Humanities Division Handbook at http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/ArtsHum/studentinfo.html
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Participation: 250 points |
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Attendance and active participation in class are essential to your
success. You will receive points for
each day you attend. ·
You will engage in a lot of group and pair work for which
you must prepare, and we will all try to speak Spanish as much as possible
during class. ·
If you miss 20% or more of the class days
(that’s 5 days or 10 hours of class time), you may fail the class. At the very least, your final grade for
the course will be lowered by one letter grade. ·
If you arrive
tardy 20% of the time, that’s a total of 5 tardies, your final
grade will be lowered by one third of a letter. (A grade of B becomes a B-) ·
In case of illness or emergency, please inform me --in
advance of the class you will miss-- by email. If you miss class, you are responsible for obtaining any missed information from a
classmate. |
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Classwork:
50
points
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These points will be assigned when you show that you have
brought the worksheets from MyBCC to class and that
you are working on completing them. |
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Homework: 308 points
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This grade is based on completed Workbook and Lab Manual
assignments. ·
I will accept homework until ·
If you turn
in homework the day after it is due, you will receive half credit for the
assignment. I will not accept
homework more than one day late. |
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Tests Lecs 1-5: 400
points |
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There is one test for each chapter. ·
Exams can, on occasion, be taken in advance, but they cannot be made up after an
absence. ·
You may drop your lowest test score. |
Syllabus
and Calendar Modification:
Occasionally, I may need to change the syllabus or
calendar. Such changes could include,
but are not limited to, the number and dates of tests, homework assignments,
etc. I will announce changes in
class. Students who are absent when
changes are announced are responsible for obtaining this information.
Extra
Credit:
Worth up to 20 points
total, it involves watching a movie in Spanish and answering some questions in
writing, completing the Video Manual for the “Aventuras
en los Países Hispanos” in
the back of the Workbook, or listening to a radio program and answering some
questions in writing. All extra credit
assignments are due on the last day of classes BEFORE the start of final exams
– NOT during finals week.
Tutoring:
Visit www.bcc.ctc.edu/tutoring to see how
to sign up for individual tutoring or show up at group tutoring sessions listed
on the site that begin usually during the second week of classes. Both tutoring options are free.
Academic
Dishonesty: Stealing, cheating
and plagiarizing will not be tolerated.
A student caught engaging in such activity will receive 0 points for the
assignment in question and will be reported, without exception, to the Dean of
Student Services.
BCC
Disability Statement:
Students with disabilities
who have accommodation needs are required to meet with the Director of
Disability Support Services, B 132 (phone 425-564-2498), to establish their
eligibility for accommodation. In
addition, students who require accommodation in classes must review those
requirements with each instructor during the first week of the quarter.
Drop
Procedure:
Don’t give up too soon, but if you decide to get out, you must withdraw officially
with the Registration Office by the date set by the college. If you simply stop coming, you will receive
an F for the class which will really
mess up your GPA.
Tips:
1.
Make friends and
study partners with your classmates and exchange phone numbers and email
addresses.
2.
Come see me!! I instruct, tutor, and answer all
questions. Don’t hesitate to visit me.
3.
Never underestimate the power of good
Mexican food.
On-Campus Sites to use the technology
1. The Open Lab – N 250 425-373-3960 http://ac.bcc.ctc.edu
2. Library
Media Center – D 124 425-564-2253 http://ir.bcc.ctc.edu/library
¡ Bienvenidos a clase y muy buena suerte !
So that you can see your
assignments and due dates, receive important announcements, and communicate
with your instructor and classmates, you will need to set up an account on the AVENTURAS
Supersite, and then enroll as a registered student in
your instructor's course.
1. Go to the
Student Registration page. Go to: http://aventuras.vhlcentral.com/?registration
2. Enter the Passcode printed inside your textbook.
3. Choose your username and password,
and enter your contact information.
4. Find your school by selecting in
5.
6. From the list of available courses,
select taught by instructor , from
7. Select the “
section.