WESTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY
Department of Humanities
Silver City, New Mexico
SPANISH 101 – CRN 30028
Beginning Spanish I
Summer I, 2011
10:00 to 11:50 Daily
Light Hall, Room 202
INSTRUCTOR:
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PREREQUISITES:
Patricia M. Cano
Bowden Hall 228
575-538-6512
575-590-3016
canop@wnmu.edu
575-538-6535
Before or after class or by appointment
None
REQUIRED MATERIALS, etc:
Spanish/English Dictionary
3-ring binder
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course is the first in a series of four courses designed for the student learning Spanish as a second language
and is not open to students whose heritage language is Spanish. It includes aural-oral training in the basic
speech patterns with stress on the acquisition of comprehension and oral skills. Primary emphasis is on
communicative competence, although much work will be done in reading, writing and listening as well. Three
simple tenses will be covered in the course, along with classroom, daily routine, family and clothing
vocabulary.
COURSE OBJECTIVES AND REQUIREMENTS:
Students are required to attend class each day to receive the necessary input from the instructor and the other
students that is required to be able to eventually produce the language. There will be limited use of the English
language in the instruction and the instructor will serve as a facilitator. Students must be willing to invest a
certain amount of time in studying the language outside of class, and students are advised not to miss class
unless they are ill or an emergency arises. Students are required to work in groups when assigned by the
instructor. Group work may at times be assigned a grade and cannot be made up.
By the end of the summer session students should be able to use the present, present progressive, and
periphrastic future tenses and understand vocabulary having to do with the classroom, the family, clothing, parts
of the body, the daily routine and time. The instructor is available for tutoring students who begin to have
difficulty in the class. Please feel free to make appointments if tutoring is needed, but don’t interpret this offer
as an opportunity to miss class and then come in to have the missed lesson repeated. When students have been
absent they should look through the instructor’s binder to see if handouts were distributed during their absence.
Each student will be given one coupon (¡Tarea libre!) which may be used to make up for a missed assignment,
take the place of a poor grade or as extra credit.
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MAJOR CONCEPTS TO BE COVERED IN COURSE:
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Classroom vocabulary
Pluralization
Numbers and telling time
Conjugation of regular, stem-changing and irregular verbs in the present tense
Conjugation of reflexive verbs
Daily routine vocabulary
Vocabulary on the family
ser vs. estar
por vs para
Use of the verb gustar
Direct and indirect object pronouns
Clothing
Parts of the body
LANGUAGE COMPETENCIES:
The following general standard for language will be met during the course in order to fulfill the communication
requirements for concurrent high school students as well as regular university students:
 Students will express themselves in a culturally appropriate manner.
for many purposes by speaking and writing in Spanish.
 Students will comprehend and interpret oral, written and visual messages on a variety of topics in
Spanish by listening, observing, reading and discussing.
 Students will understand the relationship between language and culture.
 Students will develop an understanding of the Hispanic culture through its language, value systems and
traditions.
 Students will understand how languages work.
 Students will use the Spanish language to reinforce and expand their knowledge of other disciplines.
 Students will use the Spanish language for personal enjoyment.
GRADING SCALE:
90 - 100
80 - 89
70 - 79
60 - 69
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GRADING CRITERIA:
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Attendance and Participation (25%) – Each student is allowed to miss one classes without any questions
asked. Ten points will be deducted from the attendance and participation grade for every subsequent
absence. Appointments must be made to meet with the instructor outside of class to make up quizzes
and tests.
Assignments and Quizzes (25%) – Assignments may be worked on in a group unless the instructor states
otherwise and should be submitted for grading as soon as they are completed. Other group work may be
graded at times and cannot be made up. There will be a quiz every day.
Tests and Final Exam (25%) – All tests will be cumulative. Assignments must be submitted in a timely
manner in order to be graded and to be of help on the tests.
Special Projects (25%) – These may include library work, laboratory work or group work.
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DISABILITY SERVICES AT WNMU:
Services for students with disabilities are provided through the Academic Support Center’s Disability Services
Office in the Juan Chacon Building, Room 220. Some examples of the assistance provided are: audio materials
for the blind or dyslexic, note takers, readers, campus guides, audio recorders, a quiet testing area, and
undergraduate academic tutors. In order to qualify for these services, documentation must be provided by
qualified professionals on an annual basis. Disability Services forms are available in the Academic Support
Center. The Disability Services Office, in conjunction with the Academic Support Center, serves as Western
New Mexico University's liaison for students with disabilities. The Academic Support Center’s Disability
Services Office can be contacted by phone at 575.538.6400 or e-mail at matterr@wnmu.edu.
COMMUNICATION POLICY REGARDING OFFICIAL EMAIL:
WNMU’s policy requires that all official communication be sent via Mustang Express. As a result, all emails
related to your enrollment at will be sent to your wnmu.edu email address. It is very important that you access
your Mustang Express email periodically to check for correspondence from the University. If you receive most
of your email at a different address you can forward your messages from Mustang Express to your other
address.
Example: Martin Classmember was assigned a WNMU email address of classmemberm12@wnmu.edu but
Martin would rather receive his emails at his home email address of martinclass@yahoo.com. Martin would
follow the direction provided at
http://www.wnmu.edu/campusdocs/direction%20for%20forwarding%20email.htm
WNMU POLICY ON EMAIL PASSWORDS:
WNMU requires that passwords for access to all of the protected software, programs, and applications will be
robust, including complexity in the number of characters required, the combination of characters required, and
the frequency in which passwords are required to be changed. Minimum complexity shall include:
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Passwords shall contain at least six (6) characters.
Passwords shall contain at least one capital (upper case) letter, and at least one symbol (numbers
and characters such as @ # $ % & *).
Passwords shall be changed at least every 90 days. (8/6/08)
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY POLICY AND PROCEDURES:
Each student shall observe standards of honesty and integrity in academic work completed at WNMU. Students
may be penalized for violations of the Academic Integrity policy. Please refer to pages 60 and 61 of the 20102011 Catalog. Violations of academic honesty include copying from classmates, plagiarism, having Spanish
speakers complete homework assignments, using translation programs, etc. Remember that even though you
are allowed to work in groups to complete assignments you should not simply copy each other’s answers!
CLASS PROCEDURES FOR INCLEMENT WEATHER:
In case of inclement weather, students will be notified of class cancellations via Mustang Express email.
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