SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE
SPANISH 201 COURSE SYLLABUS FOR SPRING 2016
INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I (4 UNITS)
SPANISH 201
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INSTRUCTOR: Kelliher
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Knowing the contents of this syllabus is a class requirement
General Information:
This course reviews material covered in Spanish 101 and 102 in preparation for continued study of
Spanish at the intermediate level. The focus of Spanish 201 is the continued development of
communicative abilities in speaking, reading, writing and comprehension of Spanish and a
continued exposure to the cultural practices of the Spanish-speaking world. Themes on university
life, leisure activities, home, childhood, food, holidays and travel will be covered. This course
includes both oral and written assessments of grammatical structure and vocabulary.
Required Text and Materials:
1) ¡Anda! CURSO INTERMEDIO (Volume 1, Custom Edition for San Diego State University) by
Heining-Boynton, LeLoup and Cowell, Pearson Prentice Hall
2) Access Code for MySpanishLab: www.mylanguagelabs.com
Optional:
Spanish/English Dictionary
Course Objectives:
The purpose of this course is to develop novice-high proficiency in the Spanish by expanding on
the knowledge acquired in Spanish 101 and 102. Students will develop and improve listening,
reading, writing, and speaking skills that follow a communicative student centered-approach.
Throughout the semester, students will exchange information and do activities that take on a
communicative approach to learning. Students will continue to integrate grammatical and
vocabulary knowledge in functional and communicative contexts and will continue to be exposed to
authentic materials. As this course is a continuation of previous Spanish courses, students will
further expand their grammatical and vocabulary knowledge in functional and communicative
contexts in order to convey linguistic meaning.
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Student Learning Outcomes:
By the end of the semester, students will be able to:
 ask and respond to questions in a relatively spontaneous manner
 communicate using many grammatical elements both in oral and written form on a variety of
topics.
 (begin to) handle situations that present a complication or unexpected situation.
 (begin to) support an opinion while paying attention to accuracy and clarity to convey a message
 write narrations in the major time frames (present, past and future) in paragraph length
Course Evaluation:
Quizzes: There will be quizzes for Chapters “Preliminar A”, 1, 2, 3 4, and 5. Missed quizzes
CANNOT be made up. However, the lowest quiz grade will be dropped.
Student Activities Manual (SAM): You will be provided with a detailed list of the exercises to
be completed per week that you will do online at http://www.myspanishlab.com/.
My Spanish Lab at http://www.myspanishlab.com/ contains the Student Activities Manual
and other supplements. This learning management system is designed specifically for language
learners. You can use the Language Acquisition Resource Center (LARC) located in Storm Hall
2nd Floor, PC Lab: Room 204, Mac Lab: 205 to work on this material. to work on this material.
Homework and Other Assignments: Your instructor will assign activities to be prepared at
home or in-class. These can be in written or oral form.
Writing Component: You will be expected to write two short in-class compositions throughout
the semester. Topics for these pieces of writing will be made available to you by your instructor.
Unless accompanied by a doctor’s excuse, there are no make-ups for missed in-class writing
assignments.
Oral component: This is a key component that will be worked upon from the very beginning of
the course. There will be one oral proficiency evaluation toward the end of the semester.
Further details will be provided by your instructor.
Exams: Spanish 201 covers "Preliminar A" (Preliminary chapter) through Chapter 6. There will
be a midterm exam (Preliminar A & Chapters 1, 2, and 3) and a final exam (comprehensive in
nature). See attached tentative class schedule for exam dates and material to be covered.
Students will be allowed to review the midterm and final exams after they have been
graded, however exams must be returned to the instructor, as they will be kept on file.
Please note that make-up exams will be given only with a doctor's excuse and after filing a
petition form for a make-up exam.
In Class Participation Requirements: Remember that you must attend to participate.
Attendance is a key element in our language classes; if you are not present to participate in more
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than 3 classes of fifty minutes without justification (or 1 and 1/2 classes of two hours) your final
grade will be affected.
Coming late to class or leaving early disrupts the learning process for students and professor
alike--every 3 occasions of arriving late to class or leaving early from class without prior
notification to the instructor will be entered on your record as an absence.
For full participation credit, students are to have prepared carefully for class and are expected
to participate fully. Texting and cell phone use, along with disruptive or distracting classroom
behavior, will result in no credit for participation on that particular day. Please refer to the
Participation Grade document that you can find on Blackboard.
Your final grade will be based on the following Grading Policy:
15%
10%
10%
10%
10%
15%
20%
10%
Quizzes (Preliminar A, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5)
Homework and Other Assignments
SAM: Student Activity Manual on My Spanish Lab
Writing Component
Oral Component
Midterm Exam (Preliminar A & Chapters 1, 2, and 3)
Final Exam (Comprehensive)
In Class Participation
Grading Scale:
A 100-93
C 76-73
A- 92-90
C- 72-70
B+ 89-87
D+ 69-67
B 86-83
D 66-63
B- 82-80
D- 62-60
C+ 79-77
F 59 and below
For class meetings, assignments, exams, and homework due, please refer to the attached
tentative class schedule.
The Department will make reasonable accommodations for persons with documented disabilities.
Instructors must receive a verification letter within the first week of classes.
Student Discipline/Academic and Non-Academic Misconduct: Plagiarizing, cheating,
unauthorized collaborating on coursework, stealing course examination materials, falsifying records
or data and obstruction or disruption of the educational or administrative process, physical abuse or
threat of such abuse, theft, vandalism, hazing, sexual or racial harassment, possession of controlled
substances or weapons constitute violations relative to Title 5, California Code of Regulations.
Violations will be documented in writing with the upper-division supervisor, and University
disciplinary action will be pursued. Note: Unless permission is granted by the instructor, use
of cell phones in class is strictly prohibited.
If you are a student with a disability and believe you will need accommodations for this
class, it is your responsibility to contact Student Disability Services at (619) 594-6473. To
avoid any delay in the receipt of your accommodations, you should contact Student
Disability Services as soon as possible. Please note that accommodations are not retroactive,
and that I cannot provide accommodations based upon disability until I have received an
accommodation letter from Student Disability Services. Your cooperation is appreciated.
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¡Buena suerte!
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