Department of Foreign Languages
Summer Semester 2005
Eight Week Session
Students are responsible for downloading syllabi at the beginning of each
semester
I.
SPANISH 1001 (Introduction to Spanish Language and Culture I)
II. CLASS INFORMATION: http://www.kennesaw.edu/foreignlanguage
Course/Section
Day/Time
Spanish 1001/01
Room
Instructor/Office
E-mail
TTH 8:00- 10:45 am WB 114
North/ PS 137
knorth@kennesaw.edu
Spanish 1001/02
MW 11:00-1:45pm
WB 114
Messersmith/ PS 137
amessers@kennesaw.edu
Spanish 1001/03
MW 2:00-4:45pm
WB 114
Messersmith/ PS 137
amessers@kennesaw.edu
Spanish 1001/04
TTH5:00-7:45pm
WB 114
Santiago/ PS 137
dsantiag@kennesaw.edu
Contact #1 ___________________________ Telephone: __________________
E-mail: _________________________
Contact #2 __________________________ Telephone: ___________________
E-mail: ________________________
III. TEXTS
1. Blanco, et al. VISTAS. 2nd Edition Introducción a la lengua española.
2. QUIA Second Edition Web-SAM
3. Student CDs to accompany VISTAS
4.
II.
Pocket dictionary/language guide
IV. CATALOG DESCRIPTION: Prerequisite: ENGL 0099 and READ 0099, if required.
Introduction to Spanish language and culture, stressing progressive acquisition of effective
communication skills in both the written and spoken language and an understanding of the
practices and products of Hispanic cultures. Not open to native speakers of Spanish.
V. TENTATIVE SCHEDULE (subject to change as necessary)
June 1 - 2
Lección 1
June 6 - 9
Lección 1
June 13 - 16
Lección 2
June 20 - 22
Lección 2 & test 1 Lección 3
June 27 - 29
Lección 3
June 29
Last day to drop without penalty
July 2 - 4
HOLIDAY
July 5 - 7
Lección 4
July 11 – 13
Lección 4, & Test 2 Lección 5
July 18 - 21
Lección 5
July 25 - 26
Last day of classes
July 28 – 29
Final exam
Oral Presentations
LAST DAY TO DROP WITHOUT ACADEMIC PENALTY: June 29, 2005.
FINAL EXAMINATION: Will include six sections, one each for listening, speaking,
reading, writing, grammar and culture.
DATE OF EXAMINATION:
 Spanish 1001/01: July 28, 2005 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. in WB 114
 Spanish 1001/02: July 27, 2005 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in WB 114
 Spanish 1001/03: July 27, 2005 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in WB 114
 Spanish 1001/04: July 28, 2005 from 5:oo p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in WB 114
Failure to take the final exam at the time, date and place scheduled will result in a final grade of "F."
Exceptions to this policy must be requested in writing by the student, endorsed in writing by the instructor,
and approved, in writing, by Department Chair. Requests must be submitted two weeks prior to the end of
the current semester.
VI. COURSE GOALS:
In this course students develop effective communication skills in
Spanish appropriate to this stage of language study and expand their knowledge of language and culture.
VII. GENERAL EXPECTATIONS:
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Students are expected to attend all classes, to arrive on time and to remain in class for the
entire two hours and forty-five minutes. There are no "excused" absences; for each absence
in excess of one, one point will be deducted from the student's final grade average. In other
words, a student may miss one class meeting without penalty. If a student is habitually late,
the instructor reserves the right to determine if a tardy constitutes an absence. Students are
expected to maintain classroom decorum. Any behavior deemed disruptive by the instructor
will result in your being asked to leave class. Such an event is an unexcused absence and
the student may be referred to the dean of students for further action.
(http://www.kennesaw.edu/judiciary/code.conduct.shtml) .
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Classes will start on time. If for some reason you find it necessary to arrive late, you will be
responsible for all information, including announcements, changes in syllabus, etc. If you are
absent, you are also responsible for all assignments and other announcements made during
the class meeting. You are, therefore, strongly advised to ask another student for his/her
email address and telephone number.
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Class time will be used to develop all four basic skills (listening comprehension, speaking,
reading comprehension, and writing) and culture. However, a special emphasis will be put on
speaking. You are expected to study and practice at home as part of your daily preparation.
Tutors are also available in the Foreign Language Resource Center (Pilcher Bldg) at no charge to
the student.
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All assignments, whether written or oral, are to be finished by the time class begins. No late
homework will be accepted. Emergencies will be handled on an individual basis.
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No make-up tests or assignments will be given. A grade of "0" will be assigned for all work
not turned in or any tests not taken. There will be no "extra credit." Emergencies will be
handled on an individual basis.

Turn OFF all cell phones, beepers, pagers and any other potentially disruptive noise makers
when you arrive in class.
VIII. GENERAL POLICIES:
(1)
Academic Integrity:
Every KSU student is responsible for upholding the provisions of the Student Code of Conduct,
as published in the Undergraduate and Graduate Catalogs. Section II of the Student Code of
Conduct addresses the University's policy on academic honesty, including provisions regarding
plagiarism and cheating, unauthorized access to University materials, misrepresentation/
falsification of University records or academic work, malicious removal, retention, or destruction of
library materials, malicious/intentional misuse of computer facilities and/or services, and misuse
of student identification cards. Incidents of alleged academic misconduct will be handled through
the established procedures of the University Judiciary Program, which includes either an
"informal" resolution by a faculty member, resulting in a grade adjustment, or a formal hearing
procedure, which may subject a student to the Code of Conduct's minimum one semester
suspension requirement.
The Department of Foreign Languages at Kennesaw State University considers it a breach of
academic integrity for the student to use automatic translators of any kind to complete an
assignment. Furthermore, no compositions or other work should be written or edited for the
student by a native speaker of the target language, by a tutor or student assistant in the
Foreign Language Resource Center, or by any other individual.
(2)
Disability policy:
Kennesaw State University provides program accessibility and reasonable accommodations for
persons identified as disabled under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 or the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. A number of services are available to help disabled
students with their academic work. In order to make arrangements for special services, students
must visit the Office of Disabled Student Support Services (770/423-6443) and arrange an
individual assistance plan. In some cases, certification of disability is required.
IX.
COURSE GOALS:
X.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:
In this course students develop effective communication skills in
Spanish appropriate to this stage of language study and expand their knowledge of language
and culture.
This course will contribute to the candidates’ attainment of the following general (GSLO) and specific
(SSLO) student learning outcomes of the B.A. in Modern Language & Culture (ML&C):
STANDARD 1: LANGUAGE, LINGUISTICS, COMPARISONS
GSLO 1.a.: Demonstrating Language Proficiency.
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Candidates demonstrate a high level of proficiency in the target language, and they seek
opportunities to strengthen their proficiency. (Skills)
SSLO 1.1 a Interpersonal Communication (Speaking)
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Students participate actively in most informal and some formal conversations dealing with
topics related to school, home, and leisure activities, and to a lesser degree, those
related to events of work, current, public, and personal interest; they narrate and describe
in present, past, and future time frames, but control of aspect may be lacking at times;
they combine and link sentences into connected discourse of paragraph length; they
handle appropriately a routine situation or familiar communicative task that presents a
complication or unexpected turn of events; they are understood by native speakers
unaccustomed to dealing with non-natives, even though this may be achieved only
through repetition and restatement. (Skills)
SSLO 1.2 a Interpretive Communication (Listening & Reading)
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As listeners, learners move beyond literal comprehension, infer the meaning of unfamiliar
words and phrases in new contexts, infer and interpret the author’s intent, and offer a
personal interpretation of the message (Skills)
As readers, learners move beyond literal comprehension, infer the meaning of unfamiliar
words and phrases in new contexts, infer and interpret the author’s intent, and offer a
personal interpretation of text. (Skills)
SSLO 1.3 a Presentational Communication (Speaking)
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Learners deliver oral presentations extemporaneously, without reading notes verbatim.
Presentations consist of familiar literary and cultural topics and those of personal interest.
They speak in connected discourse using a variety of time frames and vocabulary
appropriate to the topic. They use extralinguistic support audience comprehension (e.g.,
visuals). (Skills)
SSLO 1.4.a Interpersonal and Presentational Communication (Writing)
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Learners write about familiar topics by means of narratives, descriptions and summaries
of a factual nature in major time frames with some control of aspect; they combine
sentences in texts of paragraph length; they incorporate a limited number of cohesive
devices; their writing demonstrates control of simple target-language sentence structures
and partial control of more complex syntactic structures; their writing is understood by
readers accustomed to the writing of second language learners although additional effort
may be required in reading the text. (Skills)
GSLO 1.b.: Understanding Linguistics.
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Candidates know the linguistic elements of the target language system, recognize the changing
nature of language, and accommodate for gaps in their own knowledge of the target language
system by learning on their own. (Knowledge, Attitudes)
SSLO 1.2.b Morphology
 Learners identify morphemes (affixes and stems) in the target language and describe
how they are put together to form words. They recognize the meaning of new words by
using morphological clues (e.g., word families). (Knowledge)
SSLO 1.3.b Syntax
 Learners describe syntactic patterns of the target language, such as formation of simple
sentences and questions, and contrast them with those of their native languages.
Learners recognize key cohesive devices used in connected discourse (e.g.,
conjunctions, adverbs). (Knowledge)
SSLO 1.4.b Semantics
 Learners understand the inferred meaning of words and sentences as well as highfrequency idiomatic expressions. Learners understand and identify semantic differences
between their native languages and the target language. (Knowledge)
SSLO 1.5.b Rules for word and sentence formation
 Learners explain the rules that govern the formation of words and sentences such as
those pertaining to the verbal system, agreement, use of pronouns, prepositions and
postpositions, word order and interrogatives in terms of regularities and irregularities.
They exemplify these rules with target language examples. (Knowledge)
SSLO 1.6.b Discourse, socio-linguistic, and pragmatic knowledge
 Learners identify the pragmatic and sociolinguistic features (e.g. politeness conventions,
formal/informal forms of address) of target language discourse. They identify target
language features for creating coherence in extended spoken and printed texts.
(Knowledge)
STANDARD 2: CULTURES, LITERATURES, CROSS-DISCIPLINARY CONCEPTS
GSLO 2.a. Demonstrating Understanding of Literary and Cultural Texts and Traditions.
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Learners recognize the value and role of literary and cultural texts and use them to
interpret and reflect upon the perspectives of the target cultures over time. (Knowledge,
Attitudes)
SSLO 2.1.a. Cultural knowledge
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Learners cite key cultural perspectives and provide support through description of
products and practices. (Knowledge)
GSLO 2.b. Demonstrating Cultural Understandings.
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Learners demonstrate that they understand the connections among the perspectives of a
culture and its practices and products. (Knowledge)
SSLO 2.1.b Knowledge of literary and cultural texts
 Learners interpret literary texts that represent defining works in the target cultures. They
identify themes, authors, historical style, and text types in a variety of media that the
cultures deem important in understanding the traditions of the cultures. (Knowledge)
Grammar points to be stressed during this semester:
1. Present tense
2. Present progressive
3. Articles (definite and indefinite)
4. Possessive adjectives
5. Stem changing verbs
6. Direct object nouns and pronouns
7. Interrogative expressions
Criteria for evaluation of speaking:
The objective is for the student to communicate a comprehensible spoken message. The question the
instructor must answer is: does the message the student is attempting to communicate make sense?
These criteria are designed to help determine the comprehensibility of the student's message.

Fluency (is the delivery so slow and halting that it interferes with comprehension, or is it
beginning to be smoother and more like normal speech even though utterances may be quite
brief?)
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Pronunciation (is pronunciation accurate enough so as not to interfere with comprehension by
an individual accustomed to dealing with non-native speakers of Spanish?)
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Accuracy (although speech may not be error free, is it correct enough to make sense, to be
understood by individuals accustomed to dealing with non-native speakers of Spanish?)
Elements to be considered under the category "accuracy" are control of verb tenses
appropriate to this level and comprehensibility. Speech that interferes with comprehensibility of
the message should be penalized.
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Vocabulary (is it appropriate for this level and is the student able to use it in context?)
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Creativity (is the student beginning to be able to depart from textbook vocabulary, phrases
and mostly memorized material in order to demonstrate an emerging ability to engage in
meaningful conversation, express feelings and emotions, and to present information accurately
to a degree appropriate for this level of study?)
Criteria for evaluation of writing:
The objective is for the student to communicate a comprehensible written message. The question the
instructor must answer is: does the message the student is attempting to communicate make sense?
These criteria are designed to help determine the overall comprehensibility of the student's message.

Content (is the argument, or content, clearly defined? Are ideas connected, clearly presented
in a logical, straightforward manner and supported by examples where appropriate?)
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Organization (does the writing sample present ideas and a conclusion in a logical sequence
that clearly indicates how one idea leads to the next? Are transitional devices used
appropriately for this level of study? In other words, does the writing sample have a clearly
stated theme, perhaps even a thesis statement, as well as a beginning, middle and end?)

Vocabulary (does the student demonstrate appropriate use of vocabulary in context for this
level of language learning?)
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Accuracy (does the student demonstrate an appropriate use of grammar at this level of
language learning?)
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Creativity (is the student able to depart from textbook vocabulary, phrases and mostly
memorized material in order to demonstrate an emerging ability to engage in meaningful
conversation, express feelings and emotions, and to present information accurately?
XI.
FINAL GRADE:
There are 485 possible points to be earned in the course. They are distributed as follows:
 Two (2) major tests (written and aural/oral) @ 100 pts each
200
 One (1) final examination (written and aural/oral)
100
 Three (3) compositions @ 20 pts each
60
 One (1) oral in-class presentation
25
 Other assignments to be determined by the instructor
100
TOTAL POINTS
485
Grading Scale: 100-90%=A; 89-80%=B; 79-70%=C; 69-60%=D; 59% and below=F
REMINDER:
All tests are cumulative, i.e. they cover all material discussed to date.
Students are responsible for all announcements and assignments made in class, even if not listed
on the syllabus. Students must find out if any announcements or assignments were made in class
during their absences.
Assignments may not be made up. There are no make-up tests.