HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM – CENTRAL COLLEGE
World Languages
SPANISH 1310 CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH II
INSTRUCTOR: Professor Miguel Ardila
PHONE: 713-718-6678 (to leave messages)
E-MAIL: miguel.ardila@hccs.edu
CRN/TIMES/DAYS: 58943
MW 9:00 am - 12:00 pm FAC 322
OFFICE HOURS: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
1. COURSE DESCRIPTION: SPAN 1310, Conversational Spanish II, constitutes the second semester of
an alternative beginning Spanish course. It emphasizes oral communication skills. Generally, does not
transfer as foreign language credit, but may transfer as elective credit. Students who continue the study of
Spanish following this course must take SPAN 1411.
2. PREREQUISITES: Spanish 1300 or permission by the dept.
3. COURSE GOAL
The emphasis in class is on oral communication: listening and speaking skills. The course will include
talking about topics covered in the chapters and role-playing everyday situations. There will be no
systematic study of grammar. Only those structures needed to communicate in the situations presented will
be introduced. Topics include family, numbers, weather, shopping, health, getting around, and traveling.
You will learn about the weather, telling time, ask for general information when traveling, make a phone
call, describe yourself and family members, your occupation, shop for clothing, express feelings, and
describe physical conditions.. Listening activities will be incorporated into the class and will include
popular Spanish music, radio announcements and clips from video and TV.
4. Program Learning Outcomes
The student will:
1. Speak clearly and fluently enough for a target-language speaker to understand and interpret intent
without difficulty.
2. Comprehend the main points of standard discourse and authentic material in target language spoken at
near-native speed.
3. Write simple descriptions and narrations of paragraph length on everyday events and situations in
different time frames.
4. Read with understanding authentic written material in the target language on a variety of topics related to
daily life in the target-language world.
5. Demonstrate knowledge of and sensitivity to characteristic perspectives, practices and products that
reflect the culture of the target language.
5. Course Student Learning Outcomes
1. Participate in a simple conversation in the target language, using learned words, phrases and short
sentences in increased number of familiar contexts and comprehensible to those accustomed to interacting
with non-native speakers of the language.
2. Demonstrate an increased understanding of the target-language sound system.
3. Comprehend short, learned phrases from simple questions, statements and high-frequency commands
about topics that refer to basic personal information or the immediate physical setting.
4. Write brief simple communications using learned words and phrases to meet social and practical needs.
5. Comprehend the main ideas and some facts in short, uncomplicated written passages relating to topics of
everyday life.
6. Demonstrate increased familiarity with the characteristic perspectives, practices and products that reflect
the culture of the target language.
6. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. Respond to basic questions in class dealing with such everyday topics as greetings, family, health,
weather, personal description.
2. React in Spanish appropriately to situations in the classroom environments.
3. Follow directions in Spanish.
4. React in a simple social situation. Greetings, introductions, name exchange, personal information.
7. TEXTBOOKS:
PARA SIEMPRE
Montemayor, De León. Heinle/Cengage. Vol. II. ISBN 1111724180
Note: All students must have their books by the second day of classes.
TRUE BEGINNERS OF SPANISH NEED TO PLAN ON AN AVERAGE OF 6 HOURS PER
WEEK OR MORE STUDY TIME TO KEEP UP WITH THE PACE OF THE CLASS
SPANISH 1310 TENTATIVE LESSON PLAN
The instructor reserves the right to make changes to the syllabus
Week 1:
Presentation of the course and syllabus.
Repaso Chapters 1-5
Saludos/presentaciones/datos personales
Unidad 6 Aquí empieza tu futuro
Telling time
Hour and schedules
Stem changing verbs
Week 2:
Horarios
El salón de clase. Lugares y descripción
Información sobre las clases
Localizar en un mapa
Structures for clarification
Saber vs. conocer. Direct object pronouns
Ordinal numbers
La universidad. Información
Demonstrative adjectives
Week 3
.
Exam # 1 – Unidad 6
Unidad 7 – Las maravillas del mundo
Los viajes
Viajes, precios y medios de transporte. Agencia de viajes
Structure: Ir+a+ infinitive: future / preterite
Hoteles y alojamientos. Reservaciones/reservas
Luna de miel
Superlativo. Possessive and relative pronouns
Narrar un viaje o un evento
Week 4
Un viaje de negocios
El internet
La ciudad
Verbs of opinión and emotion
Exam # 2 –Unidad 7
Unidad 8 – El ritmo de la vida
La rutina diaria. Describir lo que hace diariamente
Structure: Reflexivos.
Week 5
Eventos importantes y celebraciones. Gustos y preferencias
Momentos memorables de la vida
Hace + años.
Reciprocal actions
Etapas de la vida y el pasado
Descripción del pasado.
Imperfect tense.
Pronunciación:K, que, qui /ce, ci
Structure: Verbos irregulares. Verbos gustar and similar
Week 6
Unidad 9 – Mente sana, cuerpo sano
Deportes
Past progressive. Narrating in the past
Preterite and Imperfect
Habilidades
Impersonal expressions
Adverbs with “mente”
Week 7
Narrar un viaje o un evento
Momentos memorables de la vida
Pasatiempos
Indirect object / Double object pronouns
Unidad 10 – La madre naturaleza
Zoológico
Botánica
Week 8
Review for final
Oral final
Final Exam. Monday, Dec. 12, 2011 at 9:00 am
8. ACADEMIC DISHONESTY: Students engaged in any scholastic dishonesty: cheating, plagiarism or
collusion, as described by the Student Handbook, may be penalized as specified in the Student Handbook.
For this class, these rules specifically apply to in-class tests.
Access Student Services Policies on their Web site: http://hccs.edu/student-rights
9. STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
Any student with a documented disability (e.g. physical, learning, psychiatric, vision, hearing,
etc.) who needs to arrange reasonable accommodations must contact the Disability Services
Office-Room LHSB Room 106 1300B Holman Phone: 713-718-6164
equal.ed@hccs.edu at the beginning of each semester. Faculty are authorized to provide only the
accommodations requested by the Disability Support Services Office."
10. ATTENDANCE POLICY: Attendance is essential in a foreign language class because new material
is presented and practiced every day. Class will begin and end at the scheduled time. You are expected to
be in the classroom on time and remain the entire class period. Please be on time, as coming and going is
disruptive. Students returning after an absence are responsible for materials covered during their absence
and will be required to take tests and turn in routine assignments according to the class schedule set forth
herein. Additionally, participation is tied to attendance. If you are not present, you cannot participate.
Therefore, you will lose 5 points on your participation grade for each class missed.
According to HCCS policies set forth in the Student Handbook, students may be dropped after missing
more than 12.5 percent of the total hours of instruction. For this class, that equates to four (4) absences (6
hours), including tardies and leaving early (1/2 absence each incident). A student who misses any class
time for any reason--either for an excellent reason or no reason, is considered absent.
Under section 51.907 of the Texas Education Code, “an institution of higher education may not
permit a student to drop more than six courses, including any course a transfer student has
dropped at another institution of higher education.” This statute was enacted by the State of
Texas in spring 2007 and applies to students who enroll in a public institution of higher
education. Any course that a student drops is counted toward the six-course limit if “(1) the
student was able to drop the course without receiving a grade or incurring an academic penalty;
(2) the student’s transcript indicates or will indicate that the student was enrolled in the course;
and (3) the student is not dropping the course in order to withdraw from the institution.”
11. MAKE-UP POLICY FOR TESTS AND ORAL PRESENTATIONS. You will be taking tests
every other week in this class. You will be allowed to take one make-up test during the semester and it
must be taken within a week of the your absence. It is the student's responsibility to notify the instructor
and schedule a make-up exam. If a student misses more than one test, s/he will receive a “0” for that test.
Students may who are absent on the day of an oral presentation must do their presentation in the class
following the absence and will receive an automatic deduction of 15 points. Only one (1) oral presentation
may be made up.
12. COURTESY: Ringing cell phones are a major disruption to instruction. Out of respect for your
instructor and fellow classmates, please turn off cell phones and beepers when you enter class. If there is a
very special reason you must have your phone or beeper on, please let me know.
13. OFFICE HOURS. Feel free to e-mail me or call me regarding any problem you may be having with
the class. I check my e-mail and voicemail daily. I am committed to helping you succeed in your studies.
My telephone number and office hours are listed on the first page of the syllabus.
14. COURSE GRADE
Students will be evaluated as follows:
*Class Participation Tied to Attendance and homework
Oral work (class presentations)
Quizzes
Final Exam (written and oral sections)
Total
25%
25%
25%
25%
100%
*Class participation
Class participation is essential in a foreign language class. As mentioned earlier, class participation is tied
to attendance. You will receive a daily participation grade which will be based on the following:
preparation for class (including homework), bringing books and materials to class, active class
involvement, staying on task, and mature behavior.
15. GRADE DISTRIBUTION:
90-100 = A
80-89 = B
70-79 = C
60-69 = D
0-59 = F/X
16. IMPORTANT DATES THIS SEMESTER & Withdrawal information.
November 28, 2011/ 4:30 PM
NOTE: Faculty members will not be able to give a “W” after November 28, 2011.
If you stop coming after the withdrawal date, you will receive an “FX”
Last day to withdraw from this course:
First Class
October 24
Thanksgiving
Nov. 24- 27
Last day of Instruction:
December 12
Day of final examination:
Monday, December 12 at 9:00 a.m.
NOTE: THE FINAL EXAM CAN NOT BE GIVEN BEFORE THE OFFICIAL EXAM DATE
17. OTHER STUDENT INFORMATION
Conduct
The guidelines for student conducts and consequences for their violation are
specifically defined in The Student Handbook " [As] mature, responsible adults,
they will voluntarily observe these rules as a matter of training and habit.
Students [will] not interfere with or disrupt the orderly educational process of the
College System." It is expected that the students will demonstrate both courtesy
and cooperation in the classroom. A student who either cannot or will not extend
both courtesy and cooperation may not continue the course.
SUPPORT SERVICES
Equipment: Computers are available in the Macintosh Interdisciplinary Lab (JDB
203-204), in the library (second floor of SJAC) and in the Open Lab (SJAC 204).
There is a computer lab in FAC 302 and the ESL/FL language lab in FAC 305.
Tutoring: There is free Foreign Language (Spanish) tutoring available (MondayThursday) on a walk in basis. Many students of all skill levels take advantage of
this service. Go early and often to get help in generating ideas, developing
organization, and practicing grammar. Check the schedule on the door for the
times for Foreign Language tutors.
NOTICE: Students who repeat a course for a third or more times may soon face significant
tuition/fee increases at HCC and other Texas public colleges and universities. Please ask your
professor / counselor about opportunities for tutoring / other assistance prior to considering
course withdrawal or if you are not receiving passing grades.
Use of recording devices, including camera phones and tape recorders, is prohibited in
classrooms, laboratories, faculty offices, and other locations where instruction, tutoring, or testing
occurs. Students with disabilities who need to use a recording device as a reasonable
accommodation should contact the Office for Students with Disabilities for information regarding
reasonable accommodations