SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE
SPANISH 101 COURSE SYLLABUS FOR SPRING 2016
INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH I (4 UNITS)
FOUR LECTURES PLUS LABORATORY (SAM)
SPANISH 101 SECT.: ____ SCHED. #: _______
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LOCATION: _____________________________
TIME: __________________________________
FINAL EXAM DATE: ______________________
INSTRUCTOR:
OFFICE:
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Knowing the contents of this syllabus is a class requirement
GENERAL INFORMATION:
Spanish 101 is an introductory class. It focuses on pronunciation, oral practice, readings on Hispanic
culture and civilization, and essentials of grammar.
Span 101 is not open to students with credit in Spanish 102, 201, 202, 281,282, or 301. *Refer student to
catalog or undergraduate advisor.
REQUIRED TEXTS AND MATERIALS:
1. ¡Anda! Curso Elemental, VOLUME I, Third Custom Edition for SDSU, by Heining-Boynton and Cowell, Pearson
2. Access Code for MyLanguageLabs: www.mylanguagelabs.com
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Students will develop novice-low to novice-mid proficiency in the language by doing activities that take on a
skill-building approach to learning. Students will increase their Spanish language ability by manipulating input
and output activities such as listening reading, writing, and speaking. Students will integrate grammatical and
vocabulary knowledge in functional and communicative contexts in order to convey linguistic meaning.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:
By the end of the semester, students will be able to:
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communicate in complete sentences predominantly in the present time frame on a variety of familiar topics.
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manage successfully uncomplicated communicative tasks in straightforward social situations and respond to
simple, direct questions being culturally aware.
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produce and understand lists, notes, simple forms and create practical writing samples.
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express and understand meaning through vocabulary and basic structures that string sentences together.
COURSE EVALUATION
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QUIZZES: There will be quizzes for Chapters “Preliminar A”, 1, 2, 4, and 5. Missed quizzes CANNOT be
made up; therefore, class attendance is very important.
STUDENT ACTIVITIES MANUAL (SAM): You will be provided with a Tentative Class Schedule
containing a detailed list of the exercises to be completed every week at http://www.myspanishlab.com/ *.
The deadline to turn in this homework is assigned online, if you miss it, there will be no way for you to
make up this work.
* My Spanish Lab at http://www.myspanishlab.com/ contains the Student Activities Manual and other
valuable resources and supplements. This state-of-the-art learning management system is designed
specifically for language learners. You may use the Language Acquisition Resource Center (LARC) located at
SH 204/205 to work on this material.
HOMEWORK/OTHER ASSIGNMENTS: Your instructor will assign activities to be prepared at home
or in class. These can be in oral or written form.
WRITING COMPONENT: You will be expected to write two short in-class compositions throughout the
semester. Topics for these assignments will be made available to you by your instructor.
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. Instructor will provide
you with additional guidelines and information.
EXAMS:
Spanish 101 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: Please refer to the attached handout for participation and remember that
you must attend to participate. Attendance is a key element in our language classes, if you are not in class to
participate, 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. Reading other materials not pertinent to the class, texting and cell phone use along with disruptive
classroom behavior, will result in no credit for participation on that particular day. Please refer to the InClass Participation document that you can find on Blackboard.
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Your final grade will be based on the following Grading Policy:
15%
10%
10%
10%
10%
15%
20%
10%
Quizzes (Preliminar, 1, 2, 4, and 5)
SAM: Student Activity Manual on My Spanish Lab
Homework /Other Assignments
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 online homework due, please refer to the attached
Tentative Class Schedule. The instructor reserves the rights to change, alter, or modify this syllabus if
necessary. You will be notified in advance of any changes or the changes may be announced in class.
The Department will make reasonable accommodations for persons with documented disabilities. Instructors
must receive a verification letter within the first week of classes. 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
an instructor cannot provide accommodations based upon disability until he/she has received an
accommodation letter from Student Disability Services. Your cooperation is appreciated.
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 is strictly prohibited.
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Spanish 101 Tentative Class Schedule (Programa Provisional)
Semana
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Temas
Evaluación
Introducción al curso y al temario
Preliminar A
 Saludos, despedidas y
presentaciones, pp. 4–6
 Cómo se saluda la gente,
 p. 7
 Expresiones útiles para la clase, pp.
8–9
 El alfabeto, pp. 9–10
 Los cognados, p. 10
 Los pronombres personales, p. 11
 ¿Tú o usted?, p. 12
Continuación de “Preliminar A”
 El verbo ser, pp. 13–14
 Los adjetivos de nacionalidad, pp.
14–15
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Hacer:
A-2, 3, 5,
8, 17, 18, 20
SAM Online
Prueba #1 (Preliminar
A)
Hacer:
A- 27, 28,
33, 36, 39, 42, 47,
Los números de 0 a 30,
p. 16
El mundo hispano, pp. 16–17
La hora, pp. 18–20
Los días, los meses y las estaciones,
pp.20–22
El tiempo, pp. 23–24
Gustar, pp. 25–26
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Capítulo 1: ¿Quiénes somos?
 La familia, pp. 32–33
 Los apellidos en el mundo hispano,
p. 33
 El verbo tener, pp. 34–35
 El singular y el plural,
 p. 36
 El masculino y el femenino, pp. 37
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1-1, 4, 10, 14,
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Continuación del Capítulo 1
 Ambiciones siniestras: Episodio 1,
pp. 54–56
Hacer:
1-22, 27,
32, 38
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Prueba #2 (Ch1)
Capítulo 2: La vida universitaria
 Las materias y las especialidades, pp.
62–63
 Unos estereotipos, p. 64
 La sala de clase, pp. 65–66
Hacer:
1-47
Hacer:
2-1, 2, 3,
6, 7
Continuación del Capítulo 2
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Los artículos definidos e indefinidos,
p. 38
Gente, pp. 40
Los adjetivos posesivos, p. 41
Los adjetivos descriptivos, p.43
El español, lengua diversa, p.46
Los números 31–100, pp. 47–48
Escucha, p. 49
Escribe, p. 51
Les presento mi país: Los Estados
Unidos, pp. 52–53
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Presente indicativo de verbos
regulares, pp. 67
La formación de preguntas y las
palabras interrogativas, pp. 70–72
Los números 100–1.000, pp. 72–73
En la universidad, p. 74
La residencia estudiantil, p.75
El verbo estar, pp. 76–77
La clase de geografía, p. 78
Emociones y estados, pp. 79–80
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2-10, 11,
12, 14, 22, 32,
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2/293/4
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Hacer:
3-1, 2, 4
Escritura asignada 1
La casa, pp. 98–100
Algunos verbos irregulares, pp. 101–
102
Dónde viven los españoles?, p. 105
Los muebles y otros objetos de la
casa, pp. 106–108
Los quehaceres de la casa, pp. 109–
110
Hacer:
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Hacer:
Los colores, pp. 111–112
 Unas expresiones con tener, pp.
113–116
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Los números 1.000–100.000.000,
pp. 116–118
Hay, pp. 119–120
Escucha, p. 121
Escribe, p. 123
Les presento mi país: España, pp.
124–125
Ambiciones siniestras: Episodio 3,
pp. 126–128
3-13, 14,
15, 17, 19, 22, 23
Continuación del Capítulo 3
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2-41, 46,
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Hacer:
Prueba #3 (Ch2)
Capítulo 3: Estamos en casa
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8.
El verbo gustar, pp. 80–81
Los deportes y los pasatiempos, pp.
81–82
Los deportes en el mundo hispano,
pp. 84–85
Escucha, p. 86
Escribe, p. 87
Les presento mi país: México, pp.
88–89
Ambiciones siniestras: Episodio 2,
pp. 90–92
3-27, 30,
31, 33, 34, 35
Midterm
(Preliminar A &
Chapters 1, 2, and 3)
Capítulo 4: Nuestra comunidad
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Los lugares, pp. 134–135
Actividades cotidianas: Las compras
y el paseo, p. 136
Saber y conocer, pp. 137–139
¿Qué tienen que hacer? ¿Qué pasa?
pp. 140–141
Los verbos con cambio de raíz, pp.
142–144
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Hacer:
4-11, 12,
14, 15, 17, 19, 20,
21, 23
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Hacer:
El verbo ir, pp. 146–147
Ir + a + infinitivo, pp.147–148
Servicios a la Comunidad, pp.149–
150
La conciencia social, p. 151
Las expresiones afirmativas y
negativas, pp. 152–153
Un repaso de ser y estar, pp. 154–156
Escucha, p. 157
Escribe, p. 159
Les presento mi país: Honduras,
Guatemala y El Salvador, pp. 161–
163
Ambiciones siniestras:
4-26, 32,
37, 38, 40, 42, 43
SPRING BREAK
Capítulo 5: ¡A divertirse! La
música y el cine
 El mundo de la música
 La música y el cine, pp.172-174
 Los adjetivos demostrativos, p. 175176
 Los pronombres demostrativos, p.
177
 La música latina en los Estados
Unidos, p. 178
 Los adverbios, pp. 179–180
 El pres. progr., pp. 180-183
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Prueba #4 (Ch4)
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Hacer:
5-2, 3, 5,
14, 15, 17, 23, 25,
28
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45,
Continuación del Capítulo 5
 El mundo del cine, pp. 184–185
 La influencia hispana en el cine
norteamericano, p. 186
 Los números ordinales, p. 187–188
 Hay que + infinitivo, pp. 188–189
 Los pronombres de complemento
directo y la “a” personal, pp. 189–
191
 Escucha, p. 192
 Escribe, p. 194
 Les presento mi país: Nicaragua,
Costa Rica y Panamá, pp. 195–197
Ambiciones siniestras: Episodio 5, pp. 198–
200
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4/1822
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5-42, 43,
Capítulo 6: ¡Sí, lo sé!
Organizing Your Review, pp. 206–207
Repaso: Capítulos Preliminar A, 1 & 2, pp.
207–208
6-1 Nuestras familias
6-2 ¿Cómo eres?
6-3 Una gira
Repaso Capítulo 3, pp. 210–211
6-4 Mi casa favorita
6-5 Mi horario personal
6-6 Quiero saber…
6-7 ¿Qué tienen?
Repaso Capítulo 4, pp. 213–215
6-8 Lo conocemos y lo
sabemos
6-9 Un cuento divertido
6-10 ¡Mi comunidad ideal!
6-11 Querida familia
6-12 Mi tiempo libre
Repaso Capítulo 5, p. 216
Escritura asignada 2
Prueba #5 (Ch5)
Hacer:
6-1, 2, 3,
11, 12
Continuación del Capítulo 6
6-13 El concierto del siglo
6-14 ¡Bienvenido, estrella!
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Un poco de todo, pp. 218–223
6-15 ¡Ganaste la lotería!
6-16 Busco ayuda…
6-17 Mi horario para la semana
6-18 Mis planes para el verano
6-19 Para la comunidad
6-20 Mi comunidad
6-21 El juego de la
narración
6-22 ¿Me quiere?
6-23 Su versión
6-24 Tu propia película
6-25 Los hispanos en los
Estados Unidos
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6-26 Aspectos interesantes
6-27 Un agente de viajes
6-28 Mi país favorito
6-29 Compáralos
6-30 ¡A jugar!
Preparación para:
Exam final oral
Repaso para el examen final
16/17
5/612
Hacer:
6-16, 20,
21, 27,28
Examen final oral
Estudiar para el examen
final
Final Exams Week
Exámenes finales
Examen final para esta clase: ______________________
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