S491: Course Schedule
S: Spanish Grammar in Review (grammar explanation by page and letter)
P: Spanish Grammar in Review practice exercises (2P1 = page 2, exercise 1)
L: Lecturas periodísticas (by page number)
C: El cuento hispánico (by page number)
Week
1: May 6-9
Monday
No class
Tuesday
Introduction
(agreement, basic
pronouns,
sentence structure)
Wednesday
S: 2A, 3B
P: 2P1, 3-4P2 (14)
L: 2-5
Thursday
S: 6C, 7-9D
P: 7P5 (1-6),
9P6 (1-6)
L: 10-13
2: May 13-16
S: 10-11E, 12F
P: 11-12P7, 12P8
(1-8)
L: 38-40
Reflexive verbs,
DO/IO pronouns
L: 32-34
Present Perfect,
Tener
L: 71-73
S: 58I & II, 59III,
60IV
P: 58P1, 59P2, 5960P3, 60P4 (1-4)
L: 94-97
Article summary
3: May 20-23
Exam 1
S: 62V, 63VI &
63-64 VII, 65VIII
P: 62P6, 63P7,
64P8 (1-6), 66P9
(1-6)
L: 245-48
S: 13A, 14B
P: 13P9, 14P10
(1-6), 15P11 (16), 15P12
L: 51-54
4: May 27-30
Memorial Day
S: 83-85III, 88IV
P: 83-84P4,
84-85P5, 88-89P9
C: 79-84
5: June 3-6
S: 160I, 162II,
163III, 167IV
P: 160P1, 16162P3, 164P6 (18), 164P7 (1-8)
L: 154-56
S: 77I, 81-82II
P: 79-80P1, 82P3
(1-6)
C: 88-91
Last day to drop
with ‘W’
S: 182I, 186II,
187III
P: 183P1 (1-8),
184P2 (1-8),
186P5, 187P6
L: 161-63
S:16A, 16-17B,
19C, 20-21D
P: 16P13, 1819P14, 19P15 (16), 21P16 (1-6)
C: 48-51
Translation 1
Exam 2
S: 222I, 223II,
224-25III
P: 222P1, 22324P3, 225P4
C: 40-45
S: 243I, 244-45II,
246-47III
P: 243P1, 245P3
(1-8), 247P4 (1-8)
L: 213-16
Translation 2
6: June 10-13
S: 248-49IV,
250V
P: 249P6 (1-8),
250P7 (1-8),
251P8 (1-6)
C: 54-57
C: 59 (1-4)
S: 271-72I, 273II,
279-80III
P: 274P1 (1-8),
275-76P4, 27677P5
C: 58-59
C: 59 (5-9)
Review
Exam 3
** Tuesday 28 of May is the last day to drop the course with an automatic “W.”
S491: Elementary Spanish for Graduate Students
Summer I, 2002
Instructor:Juan Manuel Soto
Office: BH 856
Phone: 855-6443
E-mail: jsoto@indiana.edu
Office hours: MTWR 5:15-6:15 pm
Course Description
S491 is designed to enable graduate students to achieve an intermediate level of
proficiency in reading Spanish for their research. In order to reach an adequate level of
proficiency, we will study elementary and intermediate concepts of Spanish and work on
translations of literary, journalistic, as well as other kinds of texts.
Required Materials
 Azevedo, Milton M. Lecturas periodísticas. 5th ed. Lexington, MA: D.C. Heath,
1996.
 Holton, James S., Roger L. Hadlich, and Norma Gómez-Estrada. Spanish
Grammar in Review: Theory and Practice. 2nd ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall,
1995.
 Mullen, Edward J. El cuento hispánico: A Graded Literary Anthology. 5th ed.
Boston: McGraw-Hill, 1999.
 Spanish Grammar Laminate
 Spanish-English Dictionary
Recommended Materials
 501 Spanish Verbs
 Gramática y ortografía (Selection of grammar rules’ discussions):
http://www.indiana.edu/~call/reglas.html
 About.com (Good general reference site): http://spanish.about.com
 Diccionarios.com (Acceptable Spanish-English online dictionary):
http://www.diccionarios.com
Evaluation
Participation, preparation & attendance
Summary of one three-page article
Two translations (2@12%)
Exams (3@20%)
8%
8%
24%
60%
Assignments
Students will prepare daily grammar and translation assignments before the class period
for which they are listed. Please complete the exercises in advance and come to class
ready to discuss and ask questions about them.
Participation, preparation, and attendance
Students are strongly encouraged to attend class since progress in reading a foreign
language depends on repeated contact with the language and since attendance and
participation are reflected in the final grade. In accordance with departmental policy, after
two unexcused absences, 2 points will be deducted from the final grade for each
additional absence. Students should consult with the instructor if they have absences for
medical or other excusable reasons (university-sponsored activities, conference
presentations). For unexcused absences, please submit the homework to the instructor
before class by e-mail or in his mailbox in BH848 in order to get credit. For excused
absences, please contact the instructor about making up the work as soon as possible.
Students are responsible for any missed material covered in class and should make
arrangements with his/her classmates to get up to date.
Article summary
Before the first translation assignment, students must complete a summary of a threepage article that is related to their field of study. The goal of this assignment is to enable
students to familiarize themselves with the act of reading for content in a second
language before they begin the more demanding task of translating. Details will be given
on the format for the summary on the first day of class. Please submit your article to the
instructor for approval by the end of the first week of classes.
Exams
Each exam will be composed of three sections. The first section will consist of a series of
sentences that will test your understanding of the basic grammar concepts discussed. The
second will be based on the translation of two out of three paragraphs students have not
seen before. They will be comparable in difficulty to the selections read in class. The
final section will be a sight reading in which students will be asked to answer questions
about specific words or ideas in the selection, which may be answered in English.
Students will be allowed to use a dictionary and a copy of 501 Spanish Verbs.
Academic integrity
All work you turn in must be your own. You cannot copy each other’s homework
answers. You cannot have another student, a tutor or friend correct the work you are to
turn in. You may not use electronic translation programs to do any of the work for this
course.
Incompletes and withdrawals
Only under the most extreme and exceptional circumstances will the Department of
Spanish and Portuguese consider a petition for an incomplete. You must see the Course
Supervisor in order to begin this process.
Course Supervisor:
Silvana Falconi
Office: BH 844
Phone: 855-1157
E-mail: sfalconi@indiana.edu
The last day to drop the course with an automatic “W” is Tuesday, 28 of May. You will
have received several grades by then and should be able to make an informed decision.