Freedom Education Project Puget Sound
Español 102
SPRING 2013
COURSE SYLLABUS
Professor: Maria Ferrer-Lightner
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This is the continuation of Spanish 101.
100-level Spanish is designed to be an innovative course that develops basic communicative proficiency in listening, speaking,
reading and writing. Consistent with advances in second language teaching and learning research, this program is informed by
several essential principles of communicative language teaching, among them, that 1), learners need to focus on the message
(as well as the form) contained in oral and written discourse in order to more successfully acquire language, and 2), proficiency
requires that the target language be used meaningfully from the first day of instruction in order to aid acquisition. Thus, this
approach to language learning is information based, which is to say that the language acquisition process is supported through
the exchange of meaningful/relevant information. In this course, you will actively learn Spanish vocabulary, pronunciation,
and structures, and will read and listen to a fair amount of authentic oral and written Spanish. In addition, you will also receive
cultural information about the world around you and the Spanish-speaking world, since knowing a language also involves
knowledge of the culture(s) in which it is spoken. The class will be conducted almost exclusively in Spanish.
Objectives:
Students will practice oral and written language. Apply grammar concepts to daily practice and use of Spanish.
Complete assigned homework. Read a short story in Spanish. Continue reading chapters of Don Quijote de la Mancha
by Miguel de Cervantes in English. Do some research on Hispanic countries and learn about their cultural traits.
MATERIALS REQUIRED
 Text: ¡Arriba! 5th Edition
 Workbook for ¡Arriba! 5th Edition.
 Spanish/English, English/Spanish Dictionary
EVALUATION
Participation
Homework (TAREA)
Presentación oral
Pruebas
Compositions
10%
13%
10%
35%
32%
Grades are only for guidance.
ATTENDANCE
Students will be expected to abide by institutional guidelines regarding class attendance.
PARTICIPATION: This refers to how much you participate, your attitude toward your fellow classmates, your instructor and
the activities, your preparedness for class, and your attendance. All these factors are of paramount importance: language
acquisition is a process, and it is cumulative. In order to comprehend and produce Spanish, you must consistently comprehend
and produce Spanish.
ORAL PARTICIPATION: The oral practice of Spanish on a regular basis is very important. You can’t learn to speak
Spanish if you don’t practice speaking Spanish! To foster oral practice outside of class, There are a series of “conversation
cards” that will be given to you by your instructor, with topics related to the course content to get you talking. I recommend
that you meet with a partner (or two) at least once a week and try for a 10-minute conversation, solely in Spanish, using the
conversation cards as a starting point and focusing on WHAT you are saying, not necessarily HOW you are saying it.
Delivering the message orally in Spanish, without worrying about errors or “sounding perfect,” is the goal. Just talk and keep
it in Spanish for 10 minutes.
Your will do one conversations during the quarter. The conversation will be graded and are part of the 13% of your
total class “Tarea” grade. Please check the course calendar for dates. In groups of two you will prepare a short conversation
(five minutes) using the “conversational cards” assigned to you and the vocabulary from the textbook. Once in class you and
your partner will role play the conversation.
In regards to class interaction, keep in mind the following:
Faculty and university are committed to protecting the rights of community members to engage in dialogue
and express ideas in an environment that is free from harassment, discrimination, and exploitation. This
freedom of expression does not, however, entail the freedom to threaten, stalk, intimidate, harass, or abuse.
Students are therefore expected to treat every individual with respect and civility. (Student Code of Conduct
12)
Oral Presentation: In groups students will prepare an oral presentation about a political, social, or economic issue related to
the Latin American country we are working in class. Oral presentations are short exposition about a specific theme. This
activity will require time to research and prepare the presentation .Students will try her best to do it in Spanish.
Syllabus: The material for which the student is responsible during a given day’s class is listed on that day. The student is
expected to prepare the material BEFORE coming to class, so that class time can be used to discuss and analyze the
material.
HOMEWORK: HOMEWORK will be assigned weekly. It usually includes studying a section on either vocabulary or
grammar in the textbook, completing an activity not finished in class, prepare conversations and oral presentations.
You will also be assigned homework exercises which require original responses. You will receive credit for
completing the assignment. These are mostly self-corrected assignments that you should turn in at the beginning of the next
class.
CHAPTER QUIZZES (PRUEBAS) AND FINAL EXAM: These will closely reflect the activities that you do in and out of
class. There will be a section on Oral Comprehension, as well as sections on the vocabulary, grammar, and cultural content of
the chapter/unit.
COMPOSITIONS: In Spanish 102 you will write 4 graded compositions. If it is possible, the required first draft of the
compositions will be completed in class.
TENTATIVE COURSE SCHEDULE
SEMANA 1
24 de enero
jueves
ESPAÑOL 102
SPRING 2013
Introduction to course.
Repaso Spanish 101
Chapter 4. Primera Parte: ¿Cómo es tu familia? La América Central I: Guatemala. El
Salvador, Honduras
Vocabulario: Miembros de la familia
SEMANA 2
31 de enero
jueves
Chapter 4. Primera Parte: ¿Cómo es tu familia? La América Central I: Guatemala. El
Salvador, Honduras
1. Present tense of stem-changing verbs
2. Direct objects, personal a, direct obj., direct obj. Pronouns.
SEMANA 3
7 de febrero
jueves
2. Direct objects, personal a, direct obj., direct obj. Pronouns.
3. Present of tense poner, salir, and traer
Comparaciones: La familia hispana. Lectura
2
SEMANA 4
14 de febrero
Jueves
SEMANA 5
21 de febrero
Jueves
Segunda Parte: ¿Cómo es tu familia? “La América Central I: Guatemala. El Salvador,
Honduras”
Vocabulario: el ocio
4. Demonstrative adj. and pronouns
5. Saber and conocer
Nuestro Mundo
Páginas “Querida Dolores”
Repaso para la prueba.
Taller 1
1. Taller- A escribir: “Una invitación”
Presentación oral:
Quiz de todo el Cap. 4
SEMANA 6
28 de febrero
Jueves
Entregar Taller 1: “Una invitación”
Chapter 5. ¿Cómo pasas el día? La América Central II: Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panamá
Primera Parte:
Vocabulario: Las actividades diarias
1. Reflexive constructions: pronouns and verbs
SEMANA 7
7 de marzo
jueves
SEMANA 8
14 de marzo
jueves
2. Comparison of equality and inequality
Comparaciones: El ecoturismo en Costa Rica. Lectura
Segunda Parte: ¿De dónde eres? ¨Bienvenidos a España”
Vocabulario: Los quehaceres diarios
3. The superlative
4. The present progressive
Nuestro Mundo
Ritmos: “Ligia Elena”
Páginas: “Playa Cacao”
SEMANA 9
21 de marzo
jueves
Repaso para la prueba.
Taller 2
Taller - A escribir: “Viendo casa”
Presentación oral
Quiz de todo el Cap. 5
3
SEMANA 10
28 de marzo
jueves
Chapter 6. ¡Buen provecho! Chile: un país de contrastes
Primera Parte:
Vocabulario: Las comidas y las bebidas
1. The verb “decir” and “dar”, indirect objects, and indirect object pronouns
2. Gustar and similar verbs
SEMANA 11
4 de abril
Jueves
SEMANA 12
11 de abril
jueves
SEMANA 13
18 de abril
jueves
3. Comparaciones: La compra de la comida y la cocina chilena
Segunda Parte:
Vocabulario: En la cocina
1. The preterit of regular verbs
2. Verbs with irregular forms in the preterit (I)
Nuestro Mundo
Ritmos: “Tren al sur”, Los Prisioneros
Páginas: “El Santiago”
Taller 3
Taller - A escribir: Una reseña de un restaurante
Presentación oral
SEMANA 14
25 de abril
Jueves
Repaso para la prueba y práctica del pretérito
SEMANA 15
2 de mayo
jueves
Quiz de todo el Cap. 6
Chapter 7 ¡A divertirnos! Las islas hispánicas del Caribe
Primera parte
Vocabulario: El tiempo libre
1. Irregular verbs in the preterit (II)
4