Department Number: Spanish 1
Title of Course: Elementary Spanish
Section: 65810
Lecture Hours: 5 Time: MTWTh 6:00 p.m. to 8:35 p.m.
Location: Tracy Learning Center-classroom #126
Instructor: Sonia Ciccarelli
E-mail: songs7@verizon.net
Goals and objectives:
Spanish 1 is designed to develop basic communicative proficiency in listening, reading, speaking and writing. You will actively learn Spanish vocabulary and structures; you will listen to a great deal of real/life spoken Spanish and will learn cultural information about the different Spanish speaking countries. However, these objectives can only be realized through your active participation, both in and out of the class.
Required Materials:
- Textbook: Renjilian-Burgy, J. Chiquito A.B and Mraz, S. Caminos. Second edition.
Houghton Mifflin Company. 2002.
- Activities Manual : Caminos. Second edition. Houghton Mifflin Company. 2002
- Caminos. Second edition . Student Audio Program and Expanded Audio Program
- Caminos. Second edition . Multimedia CDROM-optional
Optional Material:
English Grammar for Students of Spanish by Emily Spinelly.
Spanish/English Dictionary.

Material Description:
Textbook, Caminos. Second edition :
For in class use and daily study.
Activities Manual with Answer Key:
For daily at-home practice to be completed as soon as possible after class. I will collect the assigned sections of your Manual the day before your chapter exam. You need to complete all the activities on a timely manner and correct your own answers with a pen or pencil of a different color to get full credit for it. No late assignments will be accepted. You are allowed to miss one out of the 6 Manual chapters.
Student Audio Program:
The Audio Program packaged with the textbook provides focused listening practice that further develops pronunciation and speaking skills. These materials are necessary for completing the exercises in the Vocabulary sections of the textbook. The program is available also as MP3 files on the Caminos student web site.
CD-ROM:
Use at home if you have access to a computer with a CD drive or on campus. The
Caminos CDROM offers full-motion video clips from the Caminos del Jaguar video program and interactive transcripts, as well as extra practice for each chapter (vocabulary and grammar exercises, and additional opportunities to practice reading, listening and speaking).
Caminos website:
Includes; exercises, maps, review quizzes, and links to websites through the Spanish speaking world. The web site may be accessed through the Houghton and Mifflin site
( http://college.hmco
). The full address is: http://college.hmco.com/languages/spanish/burgy/caminos/2e/students/index.html
How to approach each lesson:
1.
Always begin with the assigned sections in the Textbook before coming to class.
Prepare for them so you can discuss, ask questions and participate.
2.
After the class review the materials covered and go to the Workbook/Laboratory
Manual. Complete all the activities in the assigned section for the day and then go back over them with a different colored pen and correct your work using the
Answer Key.
3.
Finally, explore the extra stuff that will make this language fun and interactive – the CD ROM, the Caminos online learning center, other Spanish web sites, etc.

Do not forget to print (or e-mail me) your CD-ROM report after completing each chapter.
Evaluation:
- Chapter Exam (4 out of 5 x 200 points each)
- Class Participation and Quizzes
- Workbook/Laboratory Manual , and Homework
800 points = 80 %
100 points = 10%
100 points = 10%
Grade Cutoffs:
90%-100%
80%-89%
70%-79%
60% to 69%
Below 60%
= A
= B
= C
= D
= F
Class participation
Class attendance and regular participation are essential to succeed in this class.
Attendance is essential in learning a language! And, remember that, in accordance with college policy, you can be dropped for “excessive absence” (15 lecture hours).
Academic Honesty:
According to college policy, if a student is discovered cheating the instructor has the right to file an academic dishonesty report and fail that exam or assignment or even the entire course for everyone involved in the incident.
Extra Credit:
To get extra credit you can email me the ACE self tests that you will find in the
Caminos web site at the following web address: http://college.hmco.com/languages/spanish/burgy/caminos/2e/students/index.html
You can also choose to do a class presentation on a cultural topic of your choice or you can watch a movie in Spanish and answer some questions in writing. Ask me for the assignment if you are interested in doing it.

Tips:
Come to class every day and be as well prepared as possible.
Keep up with the exercises in the Workbook Manual . Do all the assigned section on a daily basis. Study the corresponding section in your textbook first, then move on to the exercises in your workbook and do them without referring to the answer key and, finally, correct your answers against the key using a different color pen.
If you do not understand why you got it wrong, mark it and don’t forget to ask me in class.
Don’t hesitate to ask questions in, before, or after class and visit me during office hours.
Make friends with your classmates and exchange phone numbers. Learning
Spanish will be more fun and you will have somebody to help you catch up if you have to miss a class.
Explore radio, television, music, movies, and magazines in Spanish, try to select topics that interest you, and enjoy learning a new language.

Department Number: Spanish 1
Title of Course: Elementary Spanish
Section: 65810
Lecture Hours: 8
Times: MTWTh 6:00 p.m. to 8:35 p.m.
Location: Tracy Learning Center-classroom #126
Instructor: Mrs. Sonia Ciccarelli
E-mail: songs7@verizon.net
Semana 1
Junio 5-8
Semana 2
Junio 12-15
Introducción al curso
Lección preliminar
Capítulo 1. Lección A.
Entregar capítulo preliminar del Manual: Lunes 12
Capítulo 1. Lección B
Repaso para examen 1.
Examen 1. Jueves 15 de Junio
Semana 3
Junio 19-22
Semana 4
Junio 26-29
Semana 5
Julio 3, 5, 6
Capítulo 2. Lección A.
Capítulo 2. Lección B
Entregar capítulo 2 de Manual- Lunes 26
Examen 2. Lunes 3 de Julio
Capítulo 3. Lección A
Entregar Capítulo 1 del Manual: Lunes 19
Capítulo 2. Repaso y Examen
Entregar capítulo 3 del Manual: Lunes 3
Capítulo 3. Lección B.
Capítulo 3. Repaso y examen.

Semana 6
Julio10-13
Semana 7
Julio17-20
Semana 8
Julio 24-27
Entregar capítulo 3 del Manual: Lunes 10
Examen 3. Jueves 13 de Julio
Capítulo 4. Lección A
Entregar capítulo 4 del Manual: Lunes 17
Capítulo 4. Lección B
Capítulo 4. Repaso y examen.
Capítulo 5. Lección A
Examen 4. Jueves 27 de abril
Capítulo 5. Lección B
Capítulo 5. Repaso
Entregar capítulo 5 del Manual: Miércoles 26 de Julio
ÚLTIMO DÍA PARA ENTREGAR CRÉDITO EXTRA
Review week, presentations, extra credit
Examen final: Jueves 27 de Julio 6:00 p.m. to 8:35 p.m.