Orange Coast College
Spring 2016
Spanish 180 –Syllabus
T,Th 8:25 am – 11:00 am
Instructor:
Jeff Brown
Office:
Lit. and Lang. 207
Office Hours:
T, Th 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Telephone:
Voicemail – (714) 432-5046
E-mail
jbrown@occ.cccd.edu (I prefer emails)
Website:
http://spanishclass.happy.to
Text:
TU MUNDO (1st. Ed.) by Andrade, Egasse, Muñoz, Cabrera Puche.
!Hola!
The main focus of Spanish 180 is on listening and speaking with reading and writing as supporting skills.
Content areas include: expressions relating to daily life, environment, routine activities, and descriptions of
people and places. Vocabulary will include simple greetings, leave takings, courtesy expressions, family
members, numbers, time, dates, weather, colors, and basic objects in the immediate environment. You will be
able to demonstrate the ability to comprehend and produce simple sentences dealing with schedules, addresses,
telephone numbers, weather reports, short information articles, signs, and postcards. You will also learn about
various aspects of Hispanic cultures.
The course and the text are based on the Natural Approach to foreign language acquisition. That is, you will be
acquiring language in the classroom, as opposed to learning it, much like a child acquires a first language.
Emphasis will be on acquisition and not on learning.
EXAMS
We will cover chapters 1-6. There will be 5 vocabulary exams, covering chapters 1-5, an oral exam and a
cumulative final exam. Of the vocabulary exams, the lowest exam score will be dropped and, therefore, will not
count. Each exam will be worth 50 points. If you miss an exam, that’s the exam you get to drop. Please do
not ask if you can make up an exam.
The oral exam will be given on the second to last day of class, Tuesday, May 24, 2016. The oral exam will be a
story exam. In each chapter we will be acquiring at least one short story. At the end of the course you will
know at least 6 short stories that you’re be able to retell, using the correct personal pronoun(s). Each student
will randomly choose from one of the six stories to retell, as well as a personal pronoun to retell that story.
Retelling a story is often the easiest exam that students take. The following is the grading rubric that goes along
with the oral exam.
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Click here for an example of one of the stories:
http://occonline.occ.cccd.edu/online/jbrown/1%20el%20nino%20EL%20NINO%20ORIGINAL%20story%201.
docx
Click here for the grading rubric for the stories oral exam:
http://occonline.occ.cccd.edu/online/jbrown/Rubric_Speaking_WL_A180.pdf
Exams will be given on the following dates. (Note, the vocab/culture exams are approximate dates. The only
exam dates that are set-in-stone are the oral exam and the final exam.)
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Vocab quiz 1
Vocab quiz chapter 2
Vocab quiz chapter 3
Vocab quiz chapter 4
Vocab quiz chapter 5
Tuesday, February 16
Thursday, March 3
Tuesday, March 22
Thursday, April 14
Tuesday, May 3
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Oral Exam
Final Exam
Tuesday, May 24
Thursday, May 26
HOMEWORK: You have 3 outside HW assignments
This course is worth 5 (five) units. The homework is appropriate for a 5-unit course. Plan to study 10 to 20
hours a week outside of class in order to keep up in class. Homework will be assigned from the Connect online
workbook, from the text, and from other outside resources.
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Connect online homework
https://connect.mheducation.com/class/j-brown-spanish-180--t-th
II.
Infórmate textbook assignments from the textbook
III.
Written assignments (3) and practice the mini stories
Connect online homework assignments
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You have online homework to do from the Connect website. Each Connect online workbook
chapter is worth 100 points.
One online homework chapter assignment will be dropped.
You may do Connect online HW late but will lose 25% per day that it is late.
click here for the instructions on how to register for Connect, including the course code
https://connect.mheducation.com/class/j-brown-spanish-180--t-th
Connect assignments are due by midnight the following days:
Ch. 1
Ch. 2
Ch. 3
Wednesday, February 17
Monday, March 7
Wednesday, March 23
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Ch. 4
Ch. 5
Ch. 6
IV.
Monday, April 18
Wednesday, May 4
Thursday, May 19
Text book assignments (infórmate)
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Each chapter contains grammar exercises, at the end of each chapter.
Students are responsible for reading these pages, before class, and then completing the exercises that
go with them.
Each chapter’s HW assignment should be done on a HW template provided.
After completing each assignment (template), students need to correct their own work using the back
of the book (p. A-1)
Students need to use a red, green, or purple pen to correct their work.
Work turned in without corrections will not be accepted and will be late.
Turning in late homework: Students may turn in written homework up to one class period late with a
25% deduction in points.
All infórmate homework assignments are due on the day of the corresponding vocabulary exam.
Here is the list of Infórmate HW templates:
Ch. 1 http://occonline.occ.cccd.edu/online/jbrown/Tu%20mundo%20ch%201%20template.pdf
Ch. 2 http://occonline.occ.cccd.edu/online/jbrown/TM02.pdf
Ch. 3 http://occonline.occ.cccd.edu/online/jbrown/INF%203.pdf
Ch. 4 http://occonline.occ.cccd.edu/online/jbrown/INF%204.pdf
Ch. 5 http://occonline.occ.cccd.edu/online/jbrown/INF%205.pdf
Ch. 6 http://occonline.occ.cccd.edu/online/jbrown/INF%206.pdf
Written Assignments
There will be three (3) written assignments from chapters 3, 4, and 5. Each written assignment is worth 100
points and will be due after the day it is assigned. Do not use google translate to do these assignments. I will be
able to tell. I may ask you to do it over if you do it with google translate.
OTHER ASSIGNMENTS
Spanish Dictionary
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Your Spanish dictionary will be your first 5 point assignment due the second week of class
Thursday, Feb 11.
I recommend buying a good Spanish dictionary and spending at least $5.00. Electronic dictionaries
can be purchased online and are an excellent resource. Smartphone dictionaries/Apps may not be
used at any time.
ATTENDANCE & PARTICIPATION:
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Attendance is extremely important.
Attendance is worth 20% of your grade
You are allowed 1 free absence
Beginning with the 2nd absence, you will lose 10 points of your attendance/participation grade
which comes out to 2% of your final grade for each additional absence.
Students who leave early will count as ½ an absence.
3 tardies equals one absence
There is no such thing as an excused absence.
English in the classroom
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In class, you’ll be encouraged to speak Spanish at all times. In fact, you’re required to speak only
Spanish during class, except for the last 5 minutes of class.
Before the break, students who speak English will not lose any points.
After the break, students who speak English will lose 1 point of their class participation grade.
Spanglish is not permitted nor may you say, “Como se dice + English word.”
Proper nouns are fun and are completely acceptable. Those are words that start with a capital letter,
such as Walmart, iPhone, Samsung Galaxy, Orange Coast College, UCI, Huntington Beach,
America’s Got Talent, etc.
Yay!
EVALUATION & ASSESSMENT:
Your grade will be based on the following criteria:
Vocabulary/Culture quizzes
Attendance and participation
Connect online HW
Final Exam
Informate (textbook) assignments, written assignments, dictionary, etc.
Oral exam
Total
40%
20
15
10
10
5
100%
*Can drop one
90-100%
80-89
70-79
60-69
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CELLULAR PHONES, COMPUTERS, AND SLEEPING IN CLASS
 Cell phones, ipads, and laptops are not allowed at any time
 Do not put them on the desk for any reason
 Students caught texting or looking at their phone will lose 5 pts of their attendance grade per
infraction.
 Students who sleep will lose 5 pts (1/2 absence) or 10 pts if they sleep before and after the break.
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE AND STUDY AIDS
 Dos Mundos Website ( www.mhhe.com/dosmundos ) under “student edition”
 501 Spanish verbs,
 English Grammar for Students of Spanish (available at the bookstore).
Student learning outcomes for Spanish 180:
The student will be able to:
1. Recognize and produce the Spanish language at the high-beginning level in the four primary areas of
communication: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
2. Demonstrate a better understanding and appreciation of the cultures related to the Spanish language by
comparing and contrasting them with the students’ own culture(s).
3. Use current technologies to further develop their language and cultural competencies.
HAVE FUN AND BE CREATIVE!
Practice! Practice! Practice!
*Some items may be changed or revised as need be.
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PRINT THIS PAGE
Calendar. We’ll be working on the following chapters on the following dates. (May be changed as need be.)
Remember to read the grammar pages BEFORE class.
INF = Infórmate textbook HW pages
Date
Tuesday, Feb 2
Thursday, Feb 4
Tuesday, Feb 9
Thursday, Feb 11
Tuesday, Feb 16
Thursday, Feb 18
Tuesday, Feb 23
Thursday, Feb 25
Tuesday, March 1
Thursday, March 3
Tuesday, March 8
Thursday, March 10
Tuesday, March 15
Thursday, March 17
Tuesday, March 22
Thursday, March 24
Tuesday, April 5
Thursday, April 7
Tuesday, April 12
Thursday, April 14
Tuesday, April 19
Thursday, April 21
Tuesday, April 26
Thursday, April 28
Tuesday, May 3
Thursday, May 5
Tuesday, May 10
Thursday, May 12
Tuesday, May 17
Thursday, May 19
Monday, May 24
Wednesday, May 26
WA = Written Assignments
Material
Read before class
Due
Course introduction + ½ of Ch. 1
Course introduction + ½ of Ch. 1
20-21
Chapter 1
21-22
Chapter 1
23-24
Spanish Dict.
Chapter 2
52
Vocab Quiz 1, INF1
Chapter 2
52-53
Chapter 2
53-54
Chapter 2
54-55
Chapter 2
55-56
Chapter 3
85-86
Vocab Quiz 2, INF2
Chapter 3
87-88
Chapter 3
90-91
Chapter 3
92-93
Chapter 3
93
Chapter 4
118-119
Vocab Quiz 3, INF3
Chapter 4
121-122
WA Ch. 3
Chapter 4
122-124
Chapter 4
125-126
Chapter 4
126
Chapter 5
152-154
Vocab Quiz 4, INF4
Chapter 5
156-157
WA Ch. 4
Chapter 5
158-159
Chapter 5
159-160
Chapter 5
160
Chapter 6
186-188
Vocab Quiz 5, INF5
Chapter 6
189
WA Ch. 5
Chapter 6
191
Chapter 6
191-192
Chapter 6
Chapter 6 + Fiesta + Practice Stories
Oral exams
Exam Chapters 5 and 6
Final Exam, INF6
Connect assignments are due by midnight the following days:
Ch. 1
Ch. 2
Ch. 3
Ch. 4
Ch. 5
Ch. 6
Wednesday, February 17
Monday, March 7
Wednesday, March 23
Monday, April 18
Wednesday, May 4
Thursday, May 19
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