CAT3180 Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies Fall 2014 Introduction to Catalan LANGUAGE AND CULTURE Instructor: Francesc Morales Office hours: M 3, R 6, and F 7 Section 196F Telephone: Office: 322 Yon Hall fmorales1980@gmail.com Goals The goal of this course is to help students acquire a working knowledge of Catalan, a language spoken in four European countries (Andorra, France, Italy and Spain). Emphasis will be given to the four basic linguistic skills (speaking, listening, reading and writing) and to culture. The course is designed for students who have no previous experience with Catalan. By the end of the course, students will have the necessary linguistic and cultural tools to perform at a level above basic communicative functions. Designed to introduce students to the culture and society of the Catalan speaking territories through language and cultural expressions, this course fulfills a humanities with international focus requirement for general education. Calendar Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 Days 25 Aug 27 Aug 29 Aug 1 Sept 3 Sept 5 Sept 8 Sept 10 Sept 12 Sept 15 Sept 17 Sept 19 Sept 22 Sept 24 Sept 26 Sept 29 Sept 1 Oct 3 Oct Unit 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 Notes, Assignment, Presentation, Test, and Others Introduction Presentation Homework Labor Day (no classes) Homework due Homework Homework due Exam 1 Homework 1 CAT3180 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 6 Oct 8 Oct 10 Oct 13 Oct 15 Oct 17 Oct 20 Oct 22 Oct 24 Oct 27 Oct 29 Oct 31 Oct 3 Nov 5 Nov 7 Nov 10 Nov 12 Nov 14 Nov 17 Nov 19 Nov 21 Nov 24 Nov 26 Nov 28 Nov 1 Dec 3 Dec 5 Dec 8 Dec 10 Dec Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 Fall 2014 Homework due Homework Homecoming (no class) Presentation topics Reading proposal Homework due Exam 2 Homework Homework due Homework Thanksgiving (no class) Thanksgiving (no class) 6 6 Homework due Exam 3 Oral exam Presentations and essay due Method of Evaluation and Their Grade Exercises from the grammar and exercise book and compositions will be assigned. The syllabus indicates when the student has to start and to finish the assignment. The grammar book will be checked by the instructor during the tests and will have to be showed at the oral exam absolutely complete. Every late homework assignment will have 2% penalty of the total 10%. No late homework assignments will be accepted after one week of the deadline. Reading/Written Test We will work the language and cultural resources with short texts (newspaper article, short story, etc.) in Catalan that the student has to find, read, and write a short essay in Catalan (1–2 pages). The text to read has to be present to the instructor in the week 10. After the approval of the instructor the essay will be deliver during de week 16 of the semester. The perspective for the essay is totally free: plot, genre, context, main thesis, summary with a discussion, etc. It has to follow the MLA format and citation style. 2 CAT3180 Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies Fall 2014 Exams These will include listening comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, questions, and reading sections. There are three exams in total, one after every two units of the textbook. In consequence the content for each exam will be the contents of each two units. Oral Exam The oral exam will take place in class. It is a 3–4 minutes interview the instructor does with one student at a time. The interview will be basically questions similar to the textbook. The student has to ask at least two questions to the instructor. Cultural Assignments This Fall we have several holidays and festivities: Veteran’s Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, etc. For cultural assignments the instructor will provide one festivity or Catalan tradition to each student. He or she will do a presentation of 3–7 minutes about the topic in front of the class. Student Preparation and Participation Since the main source of oral input that you will receive comes from interaction in the class, your attendance and your active participation in class are essential for success in this course. Grading Class participation: 20% Homework: 10% Exams: 30% Cultural assignment: 10% Compulsory reading/written test: 10% Oral exam: 20% Attendance Policy and Make-Ups Requirements for class attendance and make-up exams, assignments, and other work in this course are consistent with university policies that can be found in the online catalog at: https://catalog.ufl.edu/ugrad/current/regulations/info/attendance.aspx. Accommodations Students requesting classroom accommodation must first register with the Dean of Students Office. The Dean of Students Office will provide documentation to the student who must then provide this documentation to the Instructor when requesting accommodation. 3 CAT3180 Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies Fall 2014 Textbooks Required Mas Prats, Marta, and Albert Vilagrasa Grandia, ed. Veus 1: Llibre de l’alumne. 2nd ed. Barcelona: Publicacions de l’Abadia de Montserrat, 2010. Print. —. Veus 1: Llibre d’exercicis i gramàtica. 2nd ed. Barcelona: Publicacions de l’Abadia de Montserrat, 2010. Print. Recommended Materials 4cats. Institut Ramon Llull, 20 Aug. 2014. Web. Catalan Dictionary: English-Catalan, Catalan-English. London: Routledge, 1994. Print. Catalonia Today. Girona, 2014. Web. Collin, P. H. Business Glossary: English-Catalan/Catalan-English. Teddington: Peter Collin, 1997. Print. Diccionari de la llengua catalana multilingüe. Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2014. Web. Gallifa i Mas, Rosa, and Juliane P. Harris. La Jenny. Barcelona: Cat&Company, 2001. Print. Llibre d’estil de la Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 25 Feb. 2005. Web. Neugaard, Edward J., ed. Anthology of Catalan Folktales. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 1995. Print. Servei Lingüístic. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, 6 June 2014. Web. Xurriguera, Joan Baptista. Els verbs catalans conjugats. Barcelona: Claret, 1998. Print. Grades and Grading Policies A = 100–93 D = 66– 63 A- = 92–90 D- = 62–60 B+ = 89–87 E = 59–0 B = 86–83 NOTE: A grade of C- will not be a qualifying grade for major, minor, Gen Ed, Gordon Rule or Basic Distribution Credit courses. For further information regarding passing grades and grade point equivalents, please refer to the Undergraduate Catalog at (http://www.registrar.ufl.edu/catalog/policies/r egulationgrades.html). B- = 82–80 C+ = 79–77 C (S) = 76–73 C- (U) = 72–70 D+ = 69–67 4 CAT3180 Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies Fall 2014 Course Evaluations Students are expected to provide feedback on the quality of instruction in this course based on 10 criteria. These evaluations are conducted online at https://evaluations.ufl.edu. Evaluations are typically open during the last two or three weeks of the semester, but students will be given specific times when they are open. Summary results of these assessments are available to students at https://evaluations.ufl.edu/results. Class Demeanor Any classroom issues, disagreements or grade disputes should be discussed first between the instructor and the student. If the problem cannot be resolved contact the Professor Ana de Prada Pérez (aprada@ufl.edu). She will require documentation of the problem as well as all graded assignments for the semester. Final grades cannot be changed unless there is an error. Students must present the graded materials as evidence that a mistake was made. Academic Integrity All students are required to abide by the Academic Honesty Guidelines, which have been accepted by the University. The UF Honor Code reads: “We, the members of the University of Florida community, pledge to hold ourselves and our peers to the highest standards of honesty and integrity.” On all work submitted for credit by students at the University of Florida, the following pledge is either required or implied: “On my honor, I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid in doing this assignment.” For more information please refer to http://www.dso.ufl.edu/studentguide. Counseling and Wellness A variety of counseling, mental health and psychiatric services are available through the UF Counseling and Wellness Center, whose goal is to help students be maximally effective in their academic pursuits by reducing or eliminating emotional, psychological, and interpersonal problems that interfere with academic functioning. The Center can be found online at http://www.counseling.ufl.edu/cwc or reached by phone at 392-1575. 5