Spanish 105-106 accelerated Syllabus
Winter 2011
Spanish 105-106 Accelerated is a highly intensive course designed for students who have had approximately two years of
high school Spanish or the equivalent. Spanish 105 is covered in the first block, and 106 in the second block (a separate
grade is assigned for each course). Students are expected to enroll in both courses. The course objectives are to continue
to develop speaking and listening proficiency, expand mastery of grammar and vocabulary, introduce reading and writing
of various types of texts, and deepen understanding of and appreciation for Hispanic cultures.
If you are not sure if this is the course you should be in, please take BYU’s placement exam by going to
http://webcape.byuhtrsc.org/nwcregister.php. Then choose Brigham Young University (BYU) from the menu. The
password is cougars1. The test will give you a score and recommend which course to take. Your instructor is also a good
resource for help deciding which course to enroll in.
Required texts:
Fuentes: Conversación y gramática (4th ed.); Fuentes: Lectura y redacción (4th ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Fuentes: Online access for Workbook and Lab Manual; Fuentes Lab Audio CDs
Recommended:
Bilingual Spanish/English Dictionary
Attendance: Learning a foreign language, like learning to play the piano or to play tennis, requires practice, and the bulk
of that practice occurs in class. Attendance is especially essential in classes offered on the block, in which missing one
class period is the equivalent of missing two periods of a semester-long class. You are allowed three absences per block
for whatever reason (excused or otherwise) without any penalty to your grade. In addition to these three absences, you
may make up a maximum of two additional absences per block by attending another section of 105-106 accelerated
within five school days of the missed classes and obtaining a note from the instructor verifying your attendance and
participation. Each absence beyond three that is not made up will result in 15 points being deducted from your final grade
for 105 or 106. Arriving more than 10 minutes late or leaving more than 10 minutes early constitutes an absence. If you
anticipate missing much more than three class periods per block, you may do better to wait and take the class at a later
date when you are able to participate more fully.
Preparation and participation: You are expected to come to class prepared to discuss the assigned material and actively
participate. Reading the grammar explanations, articles, and short stories in the textbook prior to class as indicated in the
syllabus will allow the majority of class time to be devoted to practice and communicative activities.
Grading: Grades will be calculated based on the percentage you earn of the total possible points (93% = A, 90% = A-,
87% = B+, 83% = B, 80% = B-, 77 % = C+, 73% = C, 70% = C-, 67% = D+, 63% = D, 60% = D-, 59% and below = E).
Grades will be based on the following approximate breakdown for both 105 and 106 (the percentages correspond to the
total number of points possible in each category):
Workbook and Lab Manual
Laboratorio de Conversación
Lecturas
Redacciones (2)
Actividades Culturales
Examenes (2)
Exámen Final
18%
18%
10%
12%
12%
18%
12%
Each of these categories is explained below.
Workbook and Lab Manual: Assignments in the workbook provide practice in using vocabulary and grammar, as well as
preparation for the exams, which are partly based on workbook activities. Lab manual activities are designed to develop
listening comprehension skills. Daily homework assignments in the workbook and lab manual are indicated in the
syllabus. Since the workbook is accessed online, your instructor will simply log on to the workbook and be able to view
which activities you have or have not completed as well as grade the activities. All of the activities in the workbook/lab
manual must be completed by the “Fecha limite” at the end of each chapter indicated in the syllabus. If not, and you still
want credit, you will be required to print the activities and complete them by hand. You were provided a code if you
purchased your Fuentes textbook package from the bookstore. If necessary, your instructor will provide further
instructions for accessing the online workbook and lab manual.
Laboratorio de Conversación: The Conversation Lab is designed to provide additional opportunities for developing your
speaking skills in Spanish. A schedule for the lab will be made available during the second week of the semester. Students
are required to attend and participate in the lab one hour for every chapter in the book. The lab attendant will verify your
participation by stamping your informe slip.
Lecturas: Fuentes: Lectura y redacción features a wide variety of short texts, including newspaper and magazine articles,
informative cultural texts, short stories, and poems. The accelerated nature of the course will not allow time to read all the
texts in the book, but a number of them will be assigned. You will read these texts at home and discuss them in class. You
will take a short quiz in class on each of these readings to assess your reading comprehension.
Redacciones: Twice during each block you will write a short composition, which will be due on the dates indicated in the
Calendario. Your teacher will provide feedback on the content of your writing and on your use of Spanish. Compositions
should be typed, with appropriate accent marks. (A sheet explaining how to type accent marks on a word processor is
available on Blackboard). If you choose to revise any of your compositions, incorporating the teacher’s feedback and
correcting any errors, you can make up any points you may have lost on the first draft (although revisions are completely
optional).
Cultural Activities: The cultural activities will give you an opportunity to explore a number of aspects of Hispanic
cultures. Throughout the semester you will attend various cultural activities and write a brief reflection on each activity.
More information is available in the “Cultural Activities” document on Blackboard.
Exámenes: Tests will be administered in the Testing Lab, B153 JFSB. You may sign up for a time in the lab one week
prior to each test. The tests contain sections on listening comprehension, grammar, vocabulary, reading, and writing. Each
test will also contain a speaking component, which will consist of a role-play situation done with a partner. Your teacher
will distribute a sheet on which you and a partner may sign up for an oral exam time. Tests will cover the following
material:
105 Accel. Examen 1: Capítulos 1-2
Examen 2: Capítulos 3-4
Examen final 105: Caps. 1-6
106 Accel. Examen 1: Capítulos 7-8
Examen 2: Capítulos 9-10
Examen final 106: Caps. 7-12
Missed tests may be made up, but with a 10% penalty. In order to take a test in the Testing Lab on any day other than the
scheduled days, students need a written permission slip from their instructor, and a $5 late fee is assessed by the lab.
Exámenes Finales: The final exams at the end of 105 and 106 will be comprehensive but will focus primarily on material
from the latter part of each course. They will be administered in the Testing Lab. For 105, the final will be taken on the
date indicated in the syllabus; for 106, the final will be taken during finals week, and may be taken any time beginning on
the first reading day through the day scheduled for your section’s final exam. (Please note that in most cases, this means
that the exam must be taken before the end of finals week.)
The final exams will also contain a speaking component. In 105, the speaking test will consist of a role-play similar to
those done in previous chapters. In 106, the speaking portion of the final exam will consist of a 10-15 minute oral
interview, which will given by another instructor. Signup sheets for these interviews will be posted shortly prior to finals
week. Failure to show up for the final interview at the time you signed up for will result in a 25% deduction on your score.
Honor Code Standards: In keeping with the principles of the BYU Honor Code, students are expected to be honest in all
of their academic work. Academic honesty means, most fundamentally, that any work you
present as your own must in fact be your own work and not that of another. In this course, it also means that you are
honest in reporting the work you do outside of class. Violations of this principle may result in a failing grade in the
course and additional disciplinary action by the university.
Students are also expected to adhere to the Dress and Grooming Standards. Adherence demonstrates respect for
yourself and others and ensures an effective learning and working environment. It is the university’s expectation, and my
own expectation in class, that each student will abide by all Honor Code standards. Please call the Honor Code Office at
422-2847 if you have questions about those standards.
Preventing Sexual Discrimination or Harassment: Sexual discrimination or harassment (including student-to-student
harassment) is prohibited both by the law and by Brigham Young University policy. If you feel you are being subjected to
sexual discrimination or harassment, please bring your concerns to the professor. Alternatively, you may lodge a
complaint with the Equal Employment Office (D-240C ASB) or with the Honor Code Office (4440).
Students with Disabilities: If you have a disability that may affect your performance in this course, you should get in
touch with the office of Services for Students with Disabilities (1520 WSC). This office can evaluate your disability and
assist the professor in arranging for reasonable accommodations.
Español 105 – 106 Acc. Calendario
invierno 2011
CG = Fuentes: Conversación y gramática
LR = Fuentes: Lectura y redacción
Fecha
Actividades
en clase
Tarea para la próxima clase
Lecturas del
texto
Workbook/Lab Manual
4 enero
Intro al curso; Cap. preliminar
CG 1-3; CG 4-7 gustar; 352-353 gender
CG 5-6, 8; Review
appendix
WP.1-7; LP.1-4
5 enero
CG 8-9 describing
CG 17-18, Review
appendix
WP.8-14, LP.57
6 enero
Capítulo 1 CG 13-19 present tense
----
W1.1-5, L1.1-2
7 enero
CG 20-22; LR 7-8 Intro Lectura 1.2
CG Canción 39-41
LR 8-9; CG 23
W1.6-10, L1.3-4
10 enero
CG 23-28 reflexive;
LR 7-11 Lect 1.2 Quiz
CG 29-30
W1.11-15, L1.5-6
11 enero
CG 29-30 vida nocturna
CG Videofuentes 41-42
CG 31, 33;
Review appendix
W1.16-20, L1.7-8
12 enero
CG 31-38 qué/cuál; D.O. pronouns
CG 45;
Review appendix
W1.21-23, L1.9-10
13 enero
Capítulo 2 CG 45-48 pret.;
LR 18-20 Intro Lectura 2.1
(Fecha Limite, Wbook/Lab Man, ch. 1)
LR 21-22;
CG 48-49
W2.1-3, L2.1-2
14 enero
CG 48-50 verbs w/ diff meanings in
preterite; CG 65-67 Canción
LR 18-23 Lectura 2.1 Quiz
CG 50-53
W2.5-7, L2.3-4
17 enero
Holiday, MLK Day, No class
----
----
18 enero
CG 50-54 time, sequence
CG 66-67 Videofuentes
(Note: Add/Drop Deadline)
CG 55, 58-59;
Review appendix
W2.8-10, L2.5-6
19 enero
CG 55-60 pluperf; cine;
LR 30 Intro Lectura 2.3
LR 36-37 Intro. Redacción Ch. 3
LR 31, 33-34; CG
61
W2.11-13, L2.7-8
20 enero
CG 61-64 imperfect;
LR 30-36 Lectura 2.3 Quiz;
----
W2.14-17, L2.9;
Redacción: Cuento
21 enero
repaso capítulos1-2,
Oral Portion of Ch. 1-2 Test
Entregar redacción
(Fecha Limite, Wbook/Lab Man, ch. 2)
CG 71-72;
Review Appendix
----
24 enero
Capítulo 3 CG 68-73 Narrating in the Past
CG 96 Canción
CG 74-75
Take Exam ch. 1-2
24th or 25th
W3.1-3, L3.1-2
25 enero
CG 74-77 pret/imperfect part two
LR 39-42 Intro Lectura 3.1
LR 42-43
W3.4-6, L3.3-4
26 enero
CG 78-80; CG 97-99 Videofuentes
CG 81-82, 85-86
W3.7-10, L3.5-6
LR 39-45 Lectura 3.1 Quiz
27 enero
CG 81-84 describing
CG 85-87 ser/estar
CG 88-89; 90-91
Review Appendix
W3.11-15, L3.7-8
28 enero
CG 88-89 participle as an adjective
CG 90-94 indirect obj
CG 103-104
W3.16-21, L3.9-10
31 enero
Capítulo 4 CG 100-107 Inmigración;
CG 125 Canción; LR 66-68 Intro Lect. 4.2
(Fecha Limite, Wbook/Lab Man, ch. 3)
LR 68-71;
CG 108-109
W4.1-3, L4.1-2
1 feb
CG 108-111 pret/imperfect;
LR 66-72 Lectura 4.2 Quiz
CG 112, 114-115
W4.4-6, L4.3-4
2 feb
CG 112-116 lo que; unintentional se
CG 117
W4.7-9, L4.5-6
3 feb
CG 117-120 pret/imperfect
CG 121-122
W4.10-13, L4.7-8
4 feb
CG 121-124 pres perf
CG 126-129 Videofuentes
----
W4.14-17, L4.9
7 feb
repaso 3-4; Oral Portion of Ch. 3-4 Test
LR 97-99 Intro redacción - Entrevista
(Fecha Limite, Wbook/Lab Man, ch. 4)
CG 134-135;
Review Appendix
Planear entrevista;
8 feb
Capítulo 5 CG 130-133 Estados Unidos
CG 134-138 pres subj
(Note: 1st block withdraw deadline)
CG 139-140
Take ch. 3-4 test
8th or 9th
W5.1-3, L5.1
9 feb
CG 139-140 indir comm;
CG 159-160 Videofuentes
CG 141
Planear entrevista; W5.4-6,
L5.2
10 feb
CG 141-143 commands;
CG 158 Canción
CG 144, 147
Review Appendix
Entrevista; W5.7-9, L5.3
11 feb
CG 144-151 tú commands; comida
CG 152
Entrevista;
W5.9-12, L5.4-5
14 feb
CG 152-157 impersonal se
LR 92-94 Intro Lectura 5.3
LR 94-95
(Two Poems)
Escribir redacción
W5.13-17, L5.6-7
15 feb
Entregar redacción;
LR 92-96 Lectura 5.3 Quiz;
Repaso breve del cap. 5
CG 164-165
W5.18-23, L5.8-9
16 feb
Cap. 6 164-168 pres subj;
CG 161-163 Los desaparecidos
CG 189 Canción
LR 107-109 Intro Lectura 6.2
(Fecha Limite, Wbook/Lab Man. ch. 5)
LR 109-112
CG 169
W6.1-4, L6.1-2
17 feb
CG 169-172 pres. perf. subjunctive;
LR 107-114 Lect. 6.2 Quiz
CG 173-174
W6.5-8, L6.3-4
18 feb
CG 173-175 política
CG 190-191 Videofuentes
CG 176-177, 180
W6.9-12, L6.5-6
21 feb
Holiday, Presidents Day, No class
----
----
22 feb
(Note: Monday Instruction)
CG 176-182 doubt, denial; que,quien
CG 183-184
W6.13-16, L6.7-8
23 feb
CG 183-188 por, para
----
W6.17-19, L6.9
24 feb
Entregar actividades culturales;
repaso de 105, Oral Portion of Ch. 5-6 Test
CG 195-196
Estudiar para examen final de
105
(Fecha Limite, Wbook/Lab Man, ch. 6)
25 feb
Capítulo 7 CG 193-199 med. amb.
(Note: Last day of 1st block)
CG 200-201
Take 105 final 25th
or 26th
W7.1-W7.3, L7.1
28 feb
(Note: First day of 2nd block and Span 106)
CG 200-203 negating; CG Canción 221
LR 129-131 Intro Lectura 7.2
LR 131-134;
CG 204-205
W7.4-8, L7.2-3
1 mar
CG 204-209 subj adj cl.;
LR 129-136 Lect. 7.2 Quiz
CG 210-211
W7.9-13, L7.4-5
2 mar
CG 210-213 subj in adv clauses
CG 214
W7. 13-17, L7.6-7
3 mar
CG 214-220 double obj. pronouns
CG Videofuentes 222-223
CG 227-228
W7.18-20, L7.8
4 mar
Cap 8 CG 225-230 El trabajo
(Fecha Limite, Wbook/Lab Man, ch. 7)
CG 231-232
W8.1-2, L8.1
7 mar
CG 231-232 subj in adv clauses;
LR 156-157 Intro Lectura 8.3
LR 158
W8.3-4, L8.2
8 mar
CG CG 232-234; CG Canción 246-247
LR 156-160 Lectura 8.3 Quiz
CG 235, 239
W8.5-8, L8.3-4
9 mar
CG 235-241 reported speech, negation
CG Videofuentes 247-250
LR 161-164 Intro Redacción - CV
CG 242-243
W8.9-12, L8.5-7
10 mar
CG 242-245 reciprocal actions;
----
W8.13-16, L8.8
Redacción: Curriculum vitae
y carta de solicitud
11 mar
Entregar redacción;
(Fecha Limite, Wbook/Lab Man, ch. 8)
repaso 7-8, Oral Portion of Ch. 7-8 Test
CG 254-255
W9.1-3, L9.1
14 mar
Cap 9 CG 252-256 arte
Take ch. 7-8 test
14th or 15th
W9.4-8, L9.2
15 mar
CG 257-258; CG Videofuentes 275-277
LR 181-183 Intro Lect. 9.3
LR 183-184;
CG 259-261
W9.9-13, L9.3-4
16 mar
CG 259-266 imp subj;
LR 181-186 Lectura 9.3 Quiz
(Note: Add/Drop Deadline 2nd block)
CG 267-268
W9.14-15, L9.5-6
17 mar
CG 267-268 passive voice
CG Canción 274-275
CG 269, 271
W9.16-17, L9.7-8
18 mar
CG 269-273 infinitive; por
CG 281;
Review Appendix
W9.18-20, L9.9
21 mar
Cap 10 CG 279-283 future;
CG Videofuentes 302-304
LR 197-198 Intro Lectura 10.2
(Fecha Limite, Wbook/Lab Man, ch. 9)
CG 284;
LR 198-201
W10.1-3, L10.1-2
22 mar
CG 284-286 conditional;
LR 197- 203 Lectura 10.2 Quiz
CG 287,
CG 289-290
W10.4-8, L10.3-4
23 mar
CG 287-293 probability; sociedad
CG 294
W10.9-13, L10.5-6
24 mar
CG 294-296 si clauses;
LR 209-211 Intro Redacción – Ensayo
-----
W10.14-17, L10.7
25 mar
CG 297-300
CG Canción 301
-----
Redacción: Ensayo,
W10.18-19, L10.8
28 mar
(Fecha Limite, Wbook/Lab Man, ch. 10)
Entregar redacción; repaso 9-10
Oral Portion of Ch. 9-10 Test
CG 308-309
W11.1-3, L11.1
29 mar
Cap 11 306-310 crimen
CG Videofuentes 328-330
Take ch. 9-10
29th or 30th
W11.4-6, L11.2
30 mar
CG 311-313, CG Canción 327-328;
LR 216-217 Intro Lect. 11.2
LR 217-221
W11.7-9, L11.3
31 mar
CG 314-316 future & conditional perf;
LR 216-224 Lectura 11.2 Quiz
CG 317-318
W11.10-13, L11.4
1 abril
CG 317-320 si clauses
(Note: Discontinuance deadline, and 2nd
block withdraw deadline)
CG 321, 323-324
W11.14-16, L11.5
4 abril
CG 321-326 plup subj; conjunctions
CG 297
W11.17, L11.6
5 abril
Cap 12 CG 332-334 Latinos en EEUU;
LR 231-233 Intro Lect. 12.1
(Fecha Limite, Wbook/Lab Man, ch. 11)
LR 233-235;
CG 335-337
W12.1-2, L12.1
6 abril
CG 335- 341 narrate, describe;
LR 231-237 Lect 12.1 Quiz
CG 342
W12.3-5, L12.2
7 abril
CG 342-345 present; CG Videofuentes
349-350; LR 244-245 Intro Lectura 12.3
CG 346;
LR 245-247
W12.6-8, L12.3
8 abril
CG 346-348 future;
LR 244-249 Lectura 12.3 Quiz
----
W12.9-10, L12.4
11 abril
Entregar actividades culturales;
repaso de 106
----
Estudiar para el examen final
12 abril
Exámenes orales; no hay clase
----
Estudiar para el examen final
13 abril
Exámenes orales; no hay clase
(Fecha Limite, Wbook/Lab Man, ch. 12)
---
Estudiar para el examen final
Fechas de los exámenes (B151-153 JFSB):
105 Accel. Examen 1 (Capítulos 1-2)
24-25 de enero
105 Accel. Examen 2 (Capítulos 3-4)
8-9 de febrero
Examen Final 105 (Capítulos 1-6)
25-26 de febrero
106 Accel. Examen 1 (Capítulos 7-8)
14-15 de marzo
106 Accel. Examen 2 (Capítulos 9-10)
29-30 de marzo
Examen Final 106:(Capítulos 7-12)
The final exam may be taken any time beginning on the first reading day through the end of the day
scheduled for your section’s final exam – see the Final Exam Schedule at
http://saas.byu.edu/classSchedule/