THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
SPANISH IN SPAIN PROGRAM
SPA 282 CA– Summer 2015
Course Information, Syllabus, Grading Criteria
PROFESSOR OF RECORD Carmen Carracelas-Juncal
OFFICE UCA
OFFICE HOURS By appointment M,T,W,Th
PHONE 630741533
E-MAIL carmen.carracelasjuncal@usm.edu
APPOINTMENTS Please schedule an appointment with your professor of record or the teaching assistant, if needed.
TEACHING ASSISTANT FOR THE COURSE Estefanía Núñez Cantero
UCA
Office hours by appointment estefania.nunezcantero@eagles.usm.edu
Phone: TBA
DEPARTMENT CHAIR Dr. Christopher Miles, christopher.j.miles@usm.edu
COURSE PREREQUISITES SPA 201, SPA 281 or equivalent
NUMBERS OF HOURS OF COURSE Three
NATURE OF COURSE This course counts toward second/foreign language requirements.
This course counts toward Spanish Minor requirements.
The course does not count toward Spanish Major requirements.
NATURE OF STUDENTS Undergraduate
FORMAT OF COURSE Lecture
CATALOG DESCRIPTION SPA 282. Intermediate Spanish II Credit for Study Abroad. 3-4 hours.
Prerequisites: SPA 201, 281 or equivalent; otherwise same requirements as SPA 181.
Intermediate level II study abroad of Spanish language and culture (the equivalent of SPA
202) with particular emphasis on communicative skills at this level.
Fourth semester study of the Spanish language and culture, with emphasis on communicative skills. Credit for study abroad will be granted for systematic study of the
Spanish language and culture in a recognized teaching institution in a Spanish speaking country, approved in advance by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures.
The department will examine and grade the progress and achievement of the participants in this program before granting credit.
COURSE GENERALLY SCHEDULED/OFFERED Summer I
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COURSE GOALS
The course aims at facilitating students to:
 Engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, and exchange opinions
 Understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics
 Present information, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics
 Demonstrate an understanding of the relationships between the practices and perspectives of the Hispanic culture
 Reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through Spanish
 Acquire information and recognize distinctive viewpoints available through the Spanish language and the Hispanic culture
 Demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the Spanish and English languages
 Demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the culture studied and their own
COURSE OBJECTIVES The student will develop the communicative skills necessary to perform the following communicative tasks in Spanish:
 Ask for and pay a bill at a restaurant
 Talk about health and medical conditions
 Express your beliefs and opinions about issues
 Give advice to others
 Give and receive directions
 Describe a house or apartment
 Give instructions
 Discuss daily chores
 Talk about future plans
 Express agreement and disagreement
 Express what you would like to do
TEACHING TECHNIQUES / METHODS USED IN COURSE
The course takes a communicative approach to the teaching and learning of the Spanish language. The course implements pair work, small group work, class circulation, information gap, and task-based and other activities to engage students in communicative exchanges such as providing and obtaining information and exchanging opinions.
LABORATORY REQUIREMENTS
Because this course takes place in Spain, students are required to have continuous outside-of-class interaction communicating with the Spanish family they live, accessing transportation in the city, requesting every noon meals at local restaurants, shopping, etc.
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COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Requirements
Attendance and
Participation
Daily
Journal Writing
In-Class
Presentation
Homework
Assignments
Final Examination
Due
Daily, as specified in the course syllabus or by the instructor in class.
Late submission is not accepted
The final examination cannot be waived or made up. It will take place on the last week of class.
20%
Points / Grading
20%
Any student who is absent for more than four (4) hours will have his/her final course grade lowered by two percentage points per hour absent.
20%
20%
20%
Specifics
Attendance will be taken daily.
Extracurricular activities are not grounds for exemption from attendance and participation policies except as pre-arranged with instructor.
You will need to keep a reflective journal about your language learning and culture learning experiences while in
Spain. The journal can be written both in English and
Spanish, including more
Spanish as the weeks progress. See instructions below
The last week of class, you will give a short 5-10minute presentation about one of the topics highlighted in your journal entries. You can be as creative with your presentation as you wish.
Homework is any out-of-class activity assigned by the instructor.
The final examination is a comprehensive examination covering the skills and material acquired in this course.
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JOURNAL ENTRIES: Topics and Timeline (to be submitted to Dr. Carracelas-Juncal)
You can write the journal entries in English and Spanish, adding Spanish a little bit more as the weeks progress. Include a list of 5-10 new words or expressions that you have learned as part of each weekly entry.
 First entry due: Monday May 18th
You should write your first entry upon arrival in Spain or on the following day. Please include the date on your entry.
Topic: Your reactions to your arrival in Spain and your first impressions of your new surroundings. Also include your goals for the program.
For the next four entries you should write about your learning progress during the first week. Describe the strategies you use in order to learn the language. Comment on the culture of your new environment, compare and contrast what you see with your own culture. Include any experience you might have had during the week, how you are feeling, what you are doing with the language, whether you are integrating yourself in the culture, etc.
 Second entry due: Monday, May 25th
You should write this entry by the end of the first week in Spain. Please include the date.
 Third entry due: Monday, June 1st
You should complete this entry by the end of the second week in Spain. Please include the date.
 Fourth entry due: Monday, June 8th
You should complete this entry by the end of your third week in Spain. Please include the date.
 Fifth entry due: Monday, June 15th
You should complete this entry by the end of your fourth week in Spain. Please include the date.
 Last entry due: Monday, June 20 th
You should write your last entry two or three days before your departure to the USA. Please include the date.
Topic: Evaluate your experience in Spain. Evaluate your initial goals and whether you accomplished them. Include a final reflection of your 5 weeks in Spain and whether the experience has changed you in any way. You can include a selfevaluation of your skills, how you are feeling, etc.
GRADING SCALE/CRITERIA/POINTS FOR EACH ASSESSMENT USED
In Class Contributions and Collaboration
Class contributions and collaboration will be evaluated as following:
Scale
0: never
1-2: less than half of the time and needs a lot of assistance
3-4: less than half of the time and usually needs assistance
RUBRICS / CRITERIA
PREPARATION
Brings all materials and assigned work to class every day; has read/studied all assigned pages before coming to class.
LANGUAGE
Speaks only in Spanish during the class, regardless of accuracy.
EFFORT / SKILL
Demonstrates high effort to apply new vocabulary and skills, self-corrects, applies skills learned in previous lessons with high accuracy.
5-6: about half the time and often needs assistance
7-8: almost all the time, but usually needs assistance
9-10: most of the time, and needs very little assistance
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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PARTICIPATION
Volunteers often and participates fully in whole-class discussion.
GROUP WORK
Works well in groups and pairs—speaks in Spanish and stays on task
TOTAL POINTS _______X 2_/ 100
Oral Presentation
You are required to prepare and give an oral presentation.
Exemplary Good Acceptable Lacking Not
Acceptable
SCORE
Clarity of Information 10-9
10-9
10-9
8
8
8
7
6
7
6
6
6
0-5
0-5
0-5
Vocabulary
Preparation
Organization
Presentation Style (natural speech, not read)
Effectiveness of Topic
Grammar Structures
10-9
10-9
10-9
10-9
8
8
8
8
7
7
7
7
6
6
6
6
0-5
0-5
0-5
0-5
Use of Visuals
Inclusion of Examples
Use of Time / Respect of
Time Limit
10-9
10-9
10-9
8
8
8
7
7
7
6
6
6
0-5
0-5
0-5
TOTAL POINTS _____ / 100
Journal entries
You are required to prepare and submit 6 journal entries to your professor of record on the dates specified in the timeline.
RUBRICS / CRITERIA Exemplary Good Acceptable Lacking Not
Accept
able
Appropriate Details
Content
Relevant and in accordance to task
20
20
18
18
16
16
14
14
0-12
0-12
20 18 16 14 0-12 Organization
Logical ordering of information
Use of Vocabulary
Integration of new and varied vocabulary and expressions
Grammatical Accuracy and Mechanics
Application of newly acquired grammatical concepts; varied sentence structure; orthography; use of accentuation and punctuation
Reflection and Creativity
Evidence of critical thinking, reflective writing, and creativity
Length
One to two pages per entry
15
15
10
13
13
8
11
11
6
9
9
4
0-7
0-7
0-3
If your work does not meet length requirements, your total score may be severely lowered.
TOTAL POINTS _____ / 100
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Homework is evaluated on completion. Late submissions are not accepted. Homework will be evaluated as following:
Week 1 (5 days)
Homework
Teacher’s Comments:
Week 2 (4 days)
Homework
Teacher’s Comments:
Week 3 (2 days)
Homework
Teacher’s Comments:
Exemplary
40
40
20
Good
30
30
15
Acceptable
20
20
10
Lacking
10
10
5
Not Acceptable
0
0
0
SCORE
TOTAL POINTS _____
Final Comprehensive Exam
Final Comprehensive Exam is evaluated based on percentage of linguistic / communicative accuracy and appropriateness on a scale of 0-100%. The Final Exam will assess the following components:
 Listening Comprehension 20%
 Oral Expression 20%
 Reading Comprehension 20%
 Written Expression 20%
 Grammatical Structure 20%
FINAL GRADE
A B C D F
90-100% 80-89% 70-79% 60-69% 0-59%
DISABILITY STATEMENT
Students with disabilities requiring assistance, and who qualify under Section 504 and/or the American with Disabilities Act
(ADA), she should contact the Coordinator for Office for Disability Accommodations (ODA) for information on appropriate policies and procedures. Disabilities covered by ADA may include learning, psychiatric, physical impairments, or chronic health disorders. Students should contact ODA if they are not certain whether a medical condition/disability qualifies. Box
8568; Telephone (601) 266-5024; TTY (601) 266-6837; Fax (601) 266-6035.
PLAGIARISM
Students are expected to adhere to the highest standard of academic honesty outlined in the USM Student Handbook. Any information that is copied from another source must be noted as such in student materials. Page numbers or Internet reference must appear in the text and full bibliographic references must appear in the reference section of the paper/assignment. Sources must be in quotes and include author(s), year of publication or other reference notes as required by the college department format (e.g. MLA, APA or Chicago styles). Other forms of academic dishonesty include, but are not limited to, buying papers, copying paragraphs/pages of text/whole papers off the Internet, copying another student’s answers, etc. Academic dishonesty will result in the grade of a “0” on the assignment and/or in the course and/or the student may be reported to the Vice President for Academic Affairs for further action.
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GENERAL EVALUATION RUBRICS
Homework 20%
Participation 20%
Oral Presentation 20%
THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Spanish in Spain Program
SPA 282 SYLLABUS –Summer 2015
Journal and Presentation 20%
Final Exam 20%
Week 3
Unidad 1
Funciones comunicativas Contenido gramaticales Contenidos léxicos
 Hacer conjeturas
 Hablar de algo sin precisar
 Hacer promesas
 Justificaciones
 Hablar de acciones futuras que dependen de una condición
 Hacer predicciones
Unidad 2
Funciones comunicativas
 Preguntar y expresar estados físicos y anímicos
 Dar consejos y sugerencias
 Expresar cortesía
 Futuro imperfecto: morfología y usos
 Expresiones de tiempo que marcan futuro
 Uso de: Es que…
 Si+ presente/ futuro imperfecto
Contenido gramaticales


Verbos: Estar y Tener
Condicional simple: morfología y usos
 Los horóscopos
 La publicidad
 Léxico relacionado con la ciudad


Contenidos léxicos
Varios
La farmacia
Week 4
Unidad 3

 Dar instrucciones
 Convencer, atraer la atención y animar a la acción
 Expresar y preguntar por sensaciones físicas
 Expresar dolor
 Dar consejos, recomendaciones y soluciones
Unidad 4
Funciones comunicativas
 Expresar deseo


Reaccionar ante un deseo
Animar a alguien
Week 5
Unidad 5
Funciones comunicativas
 Expresar probabilidad
 Indicar la existencia de algo o de alguien


Imperativo
Presente de subjuntivo
Contenido gramaticales
 Presente de subjuntivo: morfología:
Regular e irregular
 Ojalá+subjuntivo
 Espero /deseo/quiero que
Contenido gramaticales
 Quizás+subjuntivo
 A lo mejor + indicativo
 Adjetivos y pronombres indefinidos



En el gimnasio
Léxico del cuerpo
Contenidos léxicos
 Los estudios
La Universidad
Contenidos léxicos
 La literatura y el cine: los enigmas
Unidad 6
Funciones comunicativas Contenido gramaticales Contenidos léxicos
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 Valorar y opinar
 Organizar nuestras palabras
 Argumentar
 Repaso
 Destacar o dar importancia a algo
 Expresar acuerdo y desacuerdo
 Presentación (TBA)
 Examen Final (TBA)
 Verbos de opinión en forma afirmativa y negativa (contraste indicativo/ subjuntivo
 Organizadores del discurso
 Pronombres sujeto: función enfática
 Ropa
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