Introduction to Spanish Language & Culture
SPAN 1001
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
Fall 2015
Assistant Professor: Roberto Carpenter Office: 327 Conger Hall
Office Hours: Mon. 1:30- 2:00, 3:15- 5:30, Telephone: 391-4956
Tues. 7:30- 8:00, 9:15-11:00 Email: rcarpenter@abac.edu
12:15-12:30
Wed. 1:15-2:00, 3:15-4:30 Weather hotline: (229) 391-5225
Thur. 7:30-8:00, 4:30-5:30
Fri. 2:00-3:15
Class Time: 11:00- 12:15 (T-R)
Prerequisites: Exemption from or successful completion of READ 0099 and ENG
0099
Disability Statement: If you qualify for accommodations because of a disability please submit to me a letter from the Disability Services in a timely matter so that your needs may be addressed. Disability Services determines accommodations based upon documented disabilities. You may contact that office at 391-5133 or by visiting the website at www.abac.edu/sd/Disability/
Required Materials:
Text: Hola Amigos! 8 th edition by Ana C. Jarvis, et al. Pub: Heinle/ Cenage learning

Note: We are using the E-book not the hardcover version of Hola Amigos.
Password Number for on-line workbook and lab manual (comes with book)
Recommended Materials: A good English/Spanish dictionary, a notebook and 3 x 5 index cards.
Helpful websites: http://studyspanish.com
http://mld.ursinus.edu/~jarana/Ejercicios/
http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises
http://www.eslconnect.com/spanish/spanish.html
***Bienvenidos a SPAN 1001!!! This is an introductory Spanish language and Hispanic cultures course whose primary purpose is to start you on the path to becoming (1) communicative and proficient in the Spanish language and (2) knowledgeable and appreciative of Hispanic cultures. Although Spanish is the principal language of instruction, no prior experience in Spanish is required. Our objective is to help prepare you for “real-life” communication in Spanish which means: the ability to create with the language rather than relying on memorized ‘canned phrases’ and dialogues; this is not to say that you will not have to become familiar with vocabulary through memorization techniques.
Also it is our desire to capacitate you to participate actively in basic informal conversations by both asking questions and giving information about yourself and your activities; the knowledge of primary courtesy expressions and sufficient vocabulary so as to get you in and out of most everyday situations; and a basic capacity to express your ideas and experiences in the present tense. You will learn how to conjugate verbs in different tenses, work on skills such as reading, writing and pronunciation. Please note that our expectations do not mean that we expect you to speak like a native after one or two years.
Course Syllabus
Course Name:
ELEMENTARY SPANISH I Fall 2015 (T-R) 11:00-12:15 Conger 323
Course Number:
SPAN 1001

Course Description :
Introduction to listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Spanish and to the culture of
Spanish-speaking regions. Non-credit for students presenting two or more high school units in
Spanish earned within the past three years. Work includes drill in fundamentals of grammar.
Fall, Spring, Summer.
Pre-requisites/Co-requisites :
Prerequisite: Exemption from or successful completion of READ 0099 and ENGL 0099.
Spanish 1001: Course Outcomes Learning Assessment (COLA )
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:
1. Conjugate some regular and irregular verbs including the present progressive tense.
2. Demonstrate their ability to tell time and identify the days of the week, months of the year
and dates in Spanish.
3. Construct sentences in Spanish using a variety of grammatical and syntactical structures.
4. Identify the difference between masculine and feminine nouns and their use in
noun-adjective agreement clauses.
5. Identify and apply new lexical structures through visual, oral and auditory comprehension.
6. Identify, count and write out elementary numbers up through the hundreds of thousands.
7. Demonstrate their knowledge of certain aspects of Hispanic culture, history and geography.
Concepts to be learned :
Students completing Spanish 1001 will be able to perform the following tasks:
1. Pronounce and identify the alphabet in Spanish both names and sounds.
2. Pronounce, write and identify numbers in Spanish.
3. Apply and use in speaking singular personal pronouns and their plural equivalents.
4. Apply and use in speaking some regular and irregular verbs including the present
progressive tense.
5. Apply new vocabulary words each week and apply them in speaking and writing.
6. Apply and identify the days of the week and months of the year in basic conversation.
7. Demonstrate familiarity with commonly used phrases to communicate with Spanish
speaking people through memorization and repetition.
8. Apply the basic rules of grammar and sentence structure and apply them to conversational
situations and written tasks.
9. Identify the names of different colors and how to tell time and apply them in the use of
everyday conversation.
10. Identify and understand the difference between feminine and masculine nouns.
11. Speak and introduce one’s own self and respond to basic questions in an informal
conversation.
12. Describe personality traits and characteristics.

13. Demonstrate basic reading, pronunciation and writing skills through both writing
and reading assignments (in and out of class).
INSTITUTIONAL ABSENCE
A student who serves as an official representative of the college is defined as one who:
1. is authorized to use the college name in public relationships outside the institution;
2. regularly interacts with non-college individuals and groups over an extended period of time (at least one semester);
3. represents the college as a part of a group and not as an individual;
4. represents the college under the direct supervision of a college faculty or staff member; and
5. is authorized in writing, in advance, by the President of the college.
Such a student is in no way released from the obligations and responsibilities of all students, but will not be penalized with unexcused absences when absences result from regularly scheduled activities in which he/she represents the college.
Further, it is the responsibility of each student to contact instructors prior to the absence and to make arrangements to make up any work that will be missed, in a manner acceptable to the instructor. Advisors of activities will schedule off-campus activities in a manner that does not unduly disrupt the learning process for a student.
College Policy on Academic Dishonesty :
ACADEMIC DISHONESTY
Because Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College has the dual responsibility of educating students and helping them mature into worthy citizens who take their place in the larger community, it has adopted a code for dealing with academic irregularities.
Academic irregularities include, but are not limited to, giving or receiving of unauthorized assistance in the preparation of any academic or clinical assignment; taking or attempting to take, stealing, or otherwise obtaining in an unauthorized manner any material pertaining to the education process; selling, giving, lending, or otherwise furnishing to any person any question and/or answers to any examination known to be scheduled at any subsequent date; fabricating, forging, or falsifying lab or clinical results; plagiarism in any form related to themes, essays,

term papers, tests, and other assignments; breaching any confidentiality regarding patient information.
Due Process for Academic Dishonesty Cases
Step 1. When a faculty member suspects that a student has engaged in academic dishonesty, the
faculty member will call the student into a private meeting in the faculty member’s
office. (The division chair will be notified of and will approve any action.)
Step 2. The faculty member will confront the student with the evidence of dishonesty and/or
academic irregularity. The faculty member and the student will discuss the specifics of
what occurred. If the student confesses and accepts responsibility for academic
dishonesty, then the faculty member will ask the student to sign in his/her own
handwriting, a statement which makes clear that the student admits responsibility for
the academic dishonesty. The faculty member will then consult with the division chair.
The faculty member is then free to reprimand the student, to give a failing grade for the
assignment, or to require the student to resubmit the assignment in question. With
approval of the division chair, the faculty member can increase the penalty up to and
including a “WF” for the course if the incident(s) merit this severe penalty.
Step 3. If the student refuses to sign a statement accepting responsibility for the act(s) of academic dishonesty, then a full hearing on the matter must be held. The faculty
member and chair will document this incident and schedule a meeting with the student.
This information will be turned over to the Academic Dean, who will make the
determination of charges against the student and notify him/her in writing. The charges
will be mailed by the Academic Dean to the student along with a notice to appear at a
hearing, and, if the student wishes, to bring witnesses. At least three days’ notice is
necessary unless the student waives the notice in writing.
Step 4. If the student requests a hearing, the Academic Dean has the option of hearing the case
for administrative adjudication, convening a special hearing panel including faculty and students, or of referring it to the Student Life Hearing panel which handles all other disciplinary matters on campus. The committee will provide its recommendation to the
Academic Dean. The Student Life Hearing Panel, when hearing cases of academic
dishonesty, will include two faculty members, two students (one of whom will be the
SGA president and the other an associate justice,) and the Director of Student Life, who
oversees campus discipline and the Code of Conduct. The Chief Justice of the SGA
chairs the panel. The Vice President for Student Affairs will serve as advisor to the
panel for all academic dishonesty cases. In general, the decision of the Academic Dean
or his/her designee will not be appealed to the Student Life Hearing Panel. An appeal of
the Dean’s decision will go directly to the President who may choose to use the Student
Life Hearing Panel to make a recommendation to him.
Step 5. The student has a right to appeal the decision of the hearing officer or hearing panel
within ten calendar days of the decision. The appeal will be to the President or his
designee. The President’s decision is final. The President reserves the right to review all
disciplinary cases and the judgments made during the process.

Midterm Advisory Grades
Midterm Advisory Grades will be reported on Banner Web to any student who has a “C,” “D,” or “F” in any class. The number of class absences will be posted for all students. Advisory grades are not entered on the student’s permanent record. Students should note that these grades are advisory and will not necessarily reflect the final grade earned in a course. These grades are intended to provide students with information in order to improve their performance in the second half of the semester. Students are responsible for checking Banner Web when grades and absences have been reported. Students who receive grades should meet with their instructors to develop plans for success in the second half of the semester. Students should also take advantage of study groups and plan for ongoing conferences with instructors in order to monitor their progress. ABAC provides free tutorial assistance for most courses through the
Academic Assistance Center (AAC); in addition to other academic support activities, students should work with their instructors to establish tutoring in the AAC.
If there is a student in this class who has specific needs because of learning disabilities or any other disability, please feel free to contact the instructor.
This is a partial syllabus. More detailed information relating to the class and Instructor will be de available to each student.
Attendance Policy: You will be allowed to miss two (2) class periods during the semester and you will be exempt from being marked down due to those absences. You will be exempt from any homework assigned the day that was missed. Any absences after the second one you will receive a zero for class participation, any homework due and any exam taken on the day you missed. It is important that you use your two excused absences wisely for such things as sickness, car trouble or some other unforseen problem, because once these absences are used up you will have no recourse to appeal any other absences later even if the reason for missing is a legitimate one. Moreover, chronic tardiness will not be tolerated since it disrupts class and affects your classmates’ learning.
If you arrive to class late you will be marked down in your participation grade which is configured daily. On exam dates, the listening section will be done first. If you enter the classroom late, this part of the exam will not be read again therefore you will receive no credit for this part of the exam.

Student Classroom Conduct :
- Turn off cell phones, pagers, etc. before coming to class. Most cell phones have a “vibrate” or “blink” function that will alert you without disrupting the class. If you have a bona fide requirement for making/receiving a call, notify me before the class period. Anyone using a communication device in any other manner will receive a zero for their participation grade no matter how much they participated during the class period. While this might seem harsh it is necessary to maintain a positive learning atmosphere for all students.
- Use of a lap-top, desk-top computer, or other electronic device including, but not limited to, cellphones, iPods, MP3 players, PDAs, etc. (except when part of the assigned work for the class) is not acceptable. Do not send text messages; check email; “surf” the internet; use MySpace, Facebook, weblogs, or other personal accounts during class time. Do not play music or video games. After one warning (per semester), anyone using an electronic device in violation of this policy will receive the stated discipline in the first paragraph.
- Unless as part of the assigned work for the class, earphones (including earbuds and Bluetooth earpieces) should not be worn or used to listen to music, or any other type of material. After one warning (per semester), anyone using earphones or similar devices in violation of this policy will receive the stated discipline in the first paragraph.
- Do not read newspapers or any non-class material; do not do work for other classes, sleep in class or put your feet on the furniture. Failure to engage in class activities will receive a zero for your participation grade.
- Disruptive behavior, profanity, civil rights violations, and/or sexual harassment of any kind will not be tolerated. One of my responsibilities as an instructor is to ensure an effective learning environment for all of my students. If you are disruptive in any way, you may be asked to leave the room. If you fail to do so, when asked, you will be removed from class by
Security, and you will run the risk of expulsion from the college.
- Respect all your fellow students and their viewpoints. Don’t interrupt your classmates or talk while they or your instructor are talking. Common sense and common courtesy are expected.
Classroom Activities & Class Participation
A very important goal of this course is to help you participate in real communicative activities in Spanish and you will have ample opportunities to do so in class. Although these activities can be difficult, they can generally be fun too. At all times you are expected to actively participate in class so as to be able to progress toward the course

objectives. Grammar will be studied as needed to help you both understand and be understood. However, so that class may be used for communicative activities and group work, long drawn out grammar explanations will be avoided; it is expected that you study them before class or seek out additional grammar help during your instructor’s office hours. Finally, appropriate respectful behavior is expected at all times. Students who disrupt class will be asked to leave.
Homework and Other Exercises
All homework or other work to be handed in must be prepared before class so that you may be prepared to participate wholly in class activities. All homework and other exercises must be turned in on their assigned dates. No late papers or homework will be accepted after due date. If you miss a class and the absence is an exemption, you must hand in any homework assigned in the previous class the next class period you attend. I will not ask any student for there homework, it is individual student’s responsibility to hand it in.
Please note that in the syllabus you will find the pertinent dates and exercises which must be prepared for credit, but this is only a minimum requirement for the course. I will assign (at times) writing assignments not specified in the syllabus; I will tell you in class what the assignment is and when it will be due. The listening exercises/written exercises of the on-line workbook will be checked by me on the dates indicated in the syllabus. If you do not complete sections in your on-line workbook, you will be marked down accordingly. All sections the workbook must be completed in their entirety by the date stated in the syllabus. Any written work where a translation machine or some kind of translation software has been used will be given a zero. This is basically the same as cheating since you are not doing the work yourself. It is up to you to write out any written homework assignments (in your own words) using what you have learned in class and if needed an English/Spanish dictionary. While this is not a translation course, you will at times have to look up words that are not familiar to you or words that you have not learned in class up till this point.
Vocabulary Quizzes
There will be two vocabulary quizzes given for each chapter, which means there will be total of ten. These quizzes will be given on the assigned dates in the syllabus. If you wish to be successful in this course you must constantly be studying and reviewing your vocabulary from each chapter.

Extra Credit
The only way to earn extra credit in this class is by handing in 3 x 5 index cards that contain the complete vocabulary of each chapter. These cards must have the English word or phrase on one side and the Spanish equivalent on the other. One must be written in red ink and the other in black ink, so as to make them easily distinguishable from one another.
It is important that you memorize from Spanish to English since that will be the language you will be hearing the most.
The extra credit grade will have the same amount of percentage points as that of handing in two homework assignments (200%). The extra credit grade will fall into the home work category. If you do not hand in your cards to be checked your overall grade will not be affected in a negative manner but you will be losing an additional two hundred percentage points which could be very helpful to you if you have not done well in other areas.
Partial Exams & Final Exam
There will be five partial exams (each exam will cover one chapter) and a final exam, to be taken during the final exam week. The final exam will be cumulative covering chapters 1-5. The partial exams and the final exam will only be offered on the dates indicated in the syllabus. If you have a conflict please see your instructor. You may miss one partial exam during one of your two excused absences and that exam will be exempt. However, you may only be exempt from one partial exam even though you have two allowed absences. Even if you miss a second exam on your second absence, that exam will count as a zero. If you take all five exams, the lowest score will be dropped if it is below a 70%. Note: The Final Exam for this class is on Thursday, December 3 from 10:15-12:15 . You cannot miss the final exam. No exceptions will be made. Please make arrangements NOW take the exam on that date and time.
Study Tips
Doing well in a foreign language requires steady, consistent study and practice. It is important that you as a student study the lesson before class so that you are well prepared to participate and understand what is going on in the classroom. Learning a language is a cumulative process in which each new concept learned must be assimilated so that later concepts can be built upon those already learned. If you do not participate in class or prepare sufficiently by listening to your online recordings or doing your online workbook assignments daily, you will find it very difficult to pass this course. Cramming before tests will do little to help you because language takes time to assimilate. Learning a language is more than just memorizing ‘canned’ phrases or isolated words. It involves one’s thought processes and comprehension of not only what is being said, but also the context in which it is being said. There are many resources available to help you such as

web sites that help you practice your verb conjugating, others that explain certain difficult grammar points more in depth etc…
Grading Policy Breakdown:
Class attendance 15%
Vocabulary Quizzes 5%
Class Participation and Preparation 20%
Lab Manual/Workbook + Homework
Partial exams (5) @ 5% each
Final Exam
Total
20%
25%
15%
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100%
Grading Scale
A = 93-100 C+ =77-79 D- = 60-62
A- = 90-92 C = 73-76 F = less than 60
B+ = 87-89 C- = 70-72
B = 83-86 D+ = 67-69
B- = 80-82 D = 63-66
SPANISH 1001 Fall 2015
IMPORTANT DATES IN CLASS Activities based on
Hand in flash cards this section in the textbook
and complete on-line workbook/lab manual on the specified dates below
________________________________________________________________________
Week 1: August 12-14
Thur. 13 Introduction to the course
Week 2: Aug. 17-21
Tues. 18 Alphabet (names and sounds)
Conversaciones breves pg. 2-5
Saludos y despedidas
(formal/informal)

Thur. 20 Review Alfabeto
Lección 1: En la universidad
Listen to dialogues
Vocabulario- colors
Classroom objects pg. 11
Practicar vocabulario pgs. 12-13
Pronunciación
Week 3: Aug. 24-28
Tues. 25 Turn in flash cards Repaso de conceptos
Gender & number of nouns
Definite and indefinite articles
Quiz 1
Thur. 27 Repaso de conceptos
Subject pronouns
SER
Week 4: Aug. 31- Sep. 4
Tues. 1 Noun-adjective agreement
Práctica y conversación pg. 22
Alphabet/apellidos pg. 24
Numbers 11-39
Quiz 2
Thur. 3 Vamos a conversar pg. 26
¿Cómo lo decimos? Pg. 27
De todo un poco pgs. 28-29
Week 5: Sep. 7-11
Tues. 8 Online WB/LM due Lección 1 review pgs. 58-59 for Lección 1 Examen- Lección 1
Thur. 10
Lección 2: Estudiantes y profesores
Listen to dialogues pg. 30
Vocabulario pgs. 32-35
Week 6: Sep. 14-18
Tues. 15 Turn in flash cards Present indicative of ar verbs
Interrogative and negative sentences
Quiz 3

Thur. 18 Repaso de conceptos
Possessive adjectives
Gender of nouns II
Week 7: Sep. 21-25
Tues. 22 Repaso de conceptos
Numbers 40-200
Telling time
Quiz 4
Thur. 24 Repaso de conceptos
Days of the week, months & seasons
El mundo hispánico pgs. 56-57
Week 8: Sep. 28- Oct. 2
Tues. 29 Online WB/LM due Lección 2 review pgs. 60-61 for Lección 2
Examen- Lección 2
Thur. 1
Lección 3: Los trabajos de la casa
Listen to dialogues pgs. 64-65
Vocabulario pgs. 66-69
Pronunciación pg. 69
Week 9: Oct. 5-9
Tues. 6 Turn in flash cards Present indicative of er and ir verbs
Possession with de
Present indicative of tener y venir
Use of tener que + infinitivo
Thur. 8 Repaso de conceptos
Expressions with tener
Quiz 5
Week 10: Oct. 12-16
Tues. 13 Demonstrative adjectives/ pronouns
Numbers from 300-1,000
Thur. 15 Entre nosotros pgs. 82-83
De todo un poco pgs. 84-85
Quiz 6

Week 11: Oct. 19-23
Tues. 20 No classes due to fall break
Thur. 22 Lección 3 review pgs. 108-109
Week 12: Oct. 26-30
Tues. 27 Online WB/LM due Examen- Lección 3
for Lección 3
Thur. 29 Lección 4: Una fiesta de cumpleaños
Listen to dialogues pgs. 86-87
Vocabulario pgs. 88-91
Week 13: November 2-6
Tues. 3 Turn in flash cards Repaso de conceptos
Family tree
Pronunciación: La consonante c
Irregular first person verbs
Saber vs. conocer
Quiz 7
Thur. 5 Repaso de conceptos
Personal a (pg. 94)
Contractions: al and del
Present indicative of ir,
dar, and estar
Quiz 8
Week 14: Nov. 9-13
Tues. 10 Ir a + infinitive pgs. 99- 100
Entre nosotros pg. 102
El mundo hispánico
pgs. 106-107
Thur. 12 Online WB/LM due Lección 4 review pgs. 109-111 for Lección 4
Examen- Lección 4

Week 15: Nov. 16-20
Tues. 17
Lección 5: ¿Qué vas a pedir?
Listen to dialogues
Vocabulario pgs. 116-119
Pronunciación: Las consonantes g, j,
Present progressive tense
Thur. 19 Turn in flash cards Repaso de conceptos
Uses of ser and estar pgs. 122-124
Stem-changing verbs: e> ie
Quiz 9
Week 16: Nov. 23-27
Tues. 24 Repaso de conceptos
Comparative and superlative
adjectives, adverbs and nouns pgs.
127-129
Pronouns as objects of prepositions
Quiz 10
Thur. 26 No class due to Thanksgiving holiday
Week 17: Nov. 30-Dec. 4
Tues. 1 Online WB/LM due Lección 5 review for Lección 5 Examen- Lección 5
Thur. 3 Final exam (10:15-12:15)