Berkshire Community College
Department of Languages
Instructor: Lois B. Cooper
Call: 774.776.3304 (or 774-PROFE04)
lcooper@berkshirecc.edu
Office: Melville 238
Course Meets: TTh: 1:30-3p & 4:30-6p
Spanish in the Workplace for Firefighters
SPA 131 ~ Fall 2015
Spanish Program Blog
Office Hours:
Monday, Wednesday: 12:55pm-1:55pm;
Tuesday, Thursday: 10:50am-11:50am
...and by appointment.
Required Materials:
1) Tactical Spanish for Firefighters, available online, at: http://pslt.biz/ss-fire-ems.php
There are three purchasing options:
 Hard copy in a binder with the text and audio CDs in the mail for $70, plus $12.95 for shipping and handling;
 Digital files to download to your computer on a thumb drive, for $50, plus $6.00 for shipping and handling;
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Direct download of all text and audio files from the http://pslt.biz website, for $40.
2) Access to a computer that is connected to the Internet. Materials and information may be posted to the Spanish
Program Blog, at http://blogs.berkshirecc.edu/languages .
3) A valid email address. Your instructor may need to communicate with you outside of class hours, either to send
you valuable resources or important information about the class. You will be asked to get the email addresses and
phone numbers of your classmates, as well, as you may be required to practice with your classmates outside of class
hours. (If you have a cell phone, you will be able to use my GoogleVoice phone number to text or phone me: 774PROFE04 – 774-776-3304.)
4) A binder to keep your Tactical Spanish text and paper for taking notes and doing written homework exercises. (Use
your binder for note-taking. It is preferable to a spiral notebook, since you will want to be able to organize your
materials by unit and hand in papers.)
5) Helpful: Post-it flags and highlighters are useful for marking passages in the text and pages in the manual of
particular interest or difficulty for study.
Tuition and fees:
 New this year: $20 Registration Fee that is obligatory and payable each semester students register for courses.
 If you are interested in paying your tuition and fees in segments, there is a $30 charge for such a payment plan.
For more information, contact Rachelle Daverin at: rdaverin@berkshirecc.edu. Or, call: 413.236.3041. Her
office is in Field 109.
Massachusetts Residents:
Tuition and fees for this 3-credit class:
$597.00 (Note: Student Activity Fee is waived)
New England and New York Residents:
Tuition and fees for this 3-credit class:
$636.00
Veterans:
Veterans who are Massachusetts residents may apply for a Categorical Tuition Waiver, which waives the
tuition portion of the bill ($26 per credit) that is good for the academic year (July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2016.) Some of
you may already have applied for this waiver, so their bill will reflect this discount. Others may need to reapply for a
current waiver. I you have never received a waiver , you will need to fill out an application AND bring your DD214
(member 4 copy) to the Registrar’s Office to document your eligibility.
Your instructor will distribute tuition waiver forms to all veterans who register for the class. Learn more at:
http://www.ma.gov/veterans or contact Marsha Burniske, in the Registrar’s Office, at 413.236.2133
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Individuals over 60 years old who are legal residents of Massachusetts may qualify for a categorical tuition waiver.
With the waiver, seniors pay no tuition and about one-third the credit course fees paid by non-senior students.
Application forms for the tuition waiver are available in the Registrar's Office. Completed forms should be submitted
along with proof of age. (e.g., driver's license). If qualified, the Registrar's Office will issue a tuition waiver certificate
good for one academic year at a time.
Fees for those over 60 for this 3-credit class:
$153 (Note: Tuition and Student Activity Fee are waived.)
Important information on this course:
Spanish 131 is a beginning course in Spanish that will provide firefighters personnel with the basic tools they need to
communicate with and understand native Spanish speakers in the community. Spanish 132 and Spanish 133, the
second and third courses in the sequence, will provide firefighters each semester with vocabulary in more contexts
firefighting professions confront on the job and better aural comprehension of spoken Spanish.
Upon successful completion of these courses, students will be able to understand a good deal of spoken Spanish in
their workplaces and respond appropriately. Individuals who successfully complete oral and written examinations will
qualify for a certificate of completion and a 4% increase in salary. Those individuals who follow up with a one-credit
refresher course every other year after having completed the three-course sequence will receive a certificate that will
qualify them to continue to receive the 4% salary increase.
Catalog Description
SPA 131 Spanish for the Workplace
3 credits • Offered as needed • HU/hu
A course for those who expect to interact with Spanish speakers in the workplace. Designed to enable student
to communicate in job-related situations, this course covers basic Spanish language skills and strategies as well
as issues involved in cross-cultural communication.
Objectives
SPA 131 students will master the basic communicative tools in Spanish they need to resolve typical problems related to dealing
with individuals in the community on the job. All participants will be actively involved in the learning process, both in and out
of the classroom. Successful SPA 131 students will be able to:
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Communicate in basic Spanish with and be understood by native speakers of the language;
Develop and employ effective communication strategies appropriate to the demands of their job;
Achieve compliance to simple commands in emergency situations (fire or evacuation);
Ask for basic personal information and understand Spanish native speakers’ responses to questions;
Understand and respond to those calling the dispatch desk in emergencies;
Communicate with victims of car accidents and vehicle fires;
Handle questions related to still alarms;
Be familiar with and able to use vocabulary related to the most common medical emergencies. (SPA 132 and 133 deal
with more specific medical emergencies.)
Understand how culture can affect communication.
Students taking this course will not acquire fluency in Spanish by the end of the semester. This is an unreasonable goal to
achieve in the space of a single semester (or even three semesters!), regardless of the methodology. Rather, students aim to
leave the class able to acquire information from native Spanish speakers, to achieve compliance in emergency situations in
response to basic commands and, in general, to communicate their ideas in order to interact productively in Spanish. Students’
growing mastery of aural and spoken Spanish will enhance their relationship with the growing Latino population in Berkshire
County. We hope that successful students in this course will be motivated to continue their course of Spanish language study
beyond this three-course cycle. (SPA 101-102-201-202 provide training in more spontaneous forms of communication in a far
wider range of contexts than those of workplace Spanish.)
Readings, videos and Culture
Short readings on Hispanic cultures and excerpts from Spanish-language films, advertisements and YouTube videos
may occasionally be provided on themes we will cover in the course.
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Class Format will be as varied as the material covered. The class will be a combination of listening to and imitating Spanish
pronunciation of workplace related vocabulary, presentations, discussion in English of assigned readings, paired and group
work, situational role play and simulations.
Assignments, which will be announced and explained in class, include homework from Tactical Spanish or handouts, group
work, writing, learning and performing scenarios related to the lessons covered. Students should correct their own written
exercises from the textbook using the answer key at the back of the binder. Your instructor will circulate to see that you have
completed homework. At times, she may give homework that is not from the textbook. In those instances, you will hand your
work in for correction and comment. Late homework will not be accepted without permission. Students should not assume
that late homework will be accepted in all situations.
Class participation is the foundation of a language course. Students are expected to work with each other as well as with the
instructor, and to participate vigorously in class discussions and language practice. As firefighters will be speaking and
understanding Spanish in the field, they must practice actively in class. The quality of participation of individuals in the class
affects the overall learning experience of the entire cohort: as in firefighting work, a weak member of a given team has a
negative impact on the effectiveness of work of the entire group. Keep this in mind! If you don’t commit to preparing well and
participating actively, the work of the entire class is slowed. Be the wind in the sails of your class! Work hard; prepare well;
participate energetically and with commitment. Don’t forget: the quality of your participation in class counts for a large part
(25%) of your final grade.
Testing is an excellent way for you to keep yourself on task and to track your own progress. There will be many kinds of
assessment, as there are many types of learners:
Oral assessments and billetes de salida
Assessments on how well you are learning to speak will be the most important part of your testing.
 During class: Your instructor will assess how well you have learned to use vocabulary and grammar on an informal
basis during each class.
 During class: She will assess your performance of the communicative objectives for each lesson. Your work in roleplay activities designed to help you learn will prepare you well for the more formal oral assessments given for each
chapter.
 At the end of class sessions: In order to earn the right to leave the classroom, you will have to earn a billete de salida,
an exit ticket. As you leave the classroom each day, your instructor will ask you a question or engage you in an
interaction that you practiced during the class session. When you answer correctly, you may leave the classroom.
Your instructor will note a grade for your billete de salida performance for each class session.
 Formal oral assessments: There will be three formal oral assessments during the semester: an evaluation for units 13 (and handouts), another for units 4-6 (and handouts) and a formal final oral exam that assesses units 1-7. There will
be no written final exam.
**Good news: There will be no surprises in the oral assessments; you will know in advance on what you will be tested, how you
will be tested and the criteria upon which your performance will be assessed.
Written assessments
There will be three types of written tests. (There may not be a written quiz for every chapter or for every handout.):
 Diagnostic quizzes some of which may not be graded;
 Short vocabulary quizzes for each chapter.
 There is no written final examination.
Vocabulary Quizzes
Quizzes will not always be announced in advance, but many of them will be based on homework assignments from your
textbook. This means that if you are keeping up with your homework assignments, you should do well on the quizzes. If you
do not excel in these exercises, you should see your instructor to get advice about strategies you can use to improve your
performance.
**Good news: The lowest of the chapter test grades will be dropped and will not be calculated in your final grade.
**Bad (?!) news: Since attendance is required, the instructor will not provide for make-up tests. Only in cases of extreme
hardship, will the instructor consider the possibility of make-up tests.
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Self-assessements
You will also have the chance to provide self-assessments over the course of the semester. This will help the instructor learn
about which aspects of the course are most challenging to students and which elements of the course most effectively help
students to learn so that she can assist you in creating your own learning plan. Such feedback will enable your instructor to
adjust methods to take into account individual learning styles and challenges, when possible and appropriate.
Tutoring
Students are encouraged to take advantage of the tutoring available to all BCC students, as well as the language laboratory
facilities in Melville 112. Students who have access to broad-band Internet connections will not need to use the language lab
on BCC’s main campus to access online learning resources for Spanish, although all students are invited to use the lab. An
advantage of using the lab is that other BCC Spanish students and tutors are often in the lab studying and these students are
happy to help you should you need help and if you are unable to locate Professor Cooper for help.
We are lucky to have Frank Santana, a native speaker from the Dominican Republic on board with us, this year. He may be
able to attend the 4:30p sessions from time to time to help students act out scenarios in Spanish. Students will practice listening
to and understanding Frank’s responses. Alejandro Romero, from Ecuador, is also available for tutoring. Students’ developing
skill at comprehension of native speakers of Spanish will be critical to their success in their interactions with native speakers in
the community. Contact the Tutoring Center at 413.236.1650 or visit the Center to sign up for tutoring with either Frank or
Alejandro. The Tutorial Center is in Koussevitsky 214.
Attendance
Students are expected to attend every class meeting; tardiness of more than ten minutes will constitute a cut. More than three
absences could result in a faculty-initiated withdrawal from the course. Students are responsible for all material covered in
every class - including tests - whether or not they attend.
When students MUST miss class:
1. When officers are called away from their afternoon or evening class due to an emergency, we strongly encourage them
to arrange to attend an evening or afternoon class, preferably the same day but, in any case, at some time during the
same week of the absence. When students do make up classes they missed, such call-away absences will not count
against students’ attendance record.
2. Should officers know in advance that they will need to be away from Pittsfield for either police training or personal
time, they must inform Professor Cooper at the earliest so that she have the time to provide advice on alternate
assignments.
Disabilities
It is BCC policy to provide, on a flexible and individualized basis, reasonable accommodations to students who have
disabilities that may affect their ability to participate in course requirements. Students with disabilities are encouraged
to contact the Coordinator of Services for Students with Disabilities, in the Student Development Center, to discuss
their individual needs for accommodations.
Academic Honesty
Students are expected to do their own work, unless instructed to complete work in groups. If students use information from any
web site, they must include the url (Internet address) of the site. Failure to credit a source used in an assignment is plagiarism
and is subject to punishment, to be determined by the instructor and by the Dean’s Office. Please note, too, that any use of
electronic online translators, like Google Translate is prohibited. It is easy to distinguish an electronically translated text from
a student’s original work, so don’t put yourself in the position of having to sanctioned for this!
Civility in the Classroom
We operate under the assumption that we will all treat one another with respect. This means, as well, that your instructor is
committed to treating her students with respect. She will expect the same from her students. Beyond the expectation of
speaking in moderate tones and tolerance of views that differ from your own, it also means arriving on time for class – as late
arrivals are disruptive – and turning off personal cell phones and pagers (not firefighter communication apparatus). Uncivil
behavior on your part may result in your removal from the class and withdrawn from the course.
This also means that should you have suggestions for how to improve the course, you should speak to Profe outside the
classroom or via email, rather than interrupting class sessions to share your ideas.
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Final Grades will be based upon:
Quality of preparation for class, participation, attendance and attitude
Vocabulary quizzes and completion and self-correction of homework (written and/or oral)
Oral Evaluations: Daily billetes de salida (20%) and two formal orals (20%)
Final Oral Exam
Total:
25%
10%
40%
25%
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100%
SPA 131 for Firefighters
Tentative Schedule – Fall 2015
(All subject to change, if need be.)
In general, homework for most every class should involve the following activities:
 Listening to the audio CD bundled with your class materials, following along with the transcript.
 Highlighting words, expressions, grammatical structures you know you will need to learn and to use.
 Learning new words and expressions and preparing for daily vocabulary quizzes.
 Completing the exercises in the back of your notebook that correspond to the Unit you are studying.
 Reviewing what you have learned in previous Units.
 Recombining the new materials with the old to create scenarios on the themes for which you are learning
vocabulary.
 Preparing a written text of scenarios to be corrected in class by classmates and by Profe.
 Learning your scenarios by heart and practicing them.
 Preparing to perform scenarios in class and/or via video recording. (Details on how to create your videos will
be provided in class.)
 Watching videos online and completing comprehension activities.
Note: All assignments are in your main text, Tactical Spanish for Firefigherss, unless otherwise specified.
Week 1 – Tuesday, September 22
Topics for the week:
Introduction to course and materials
 Unit 1: Pronunciation and the alphabet;
 Masculine and Feminine Words
 Numbers from 1 – 10
 Handout: Greetings and Identifying Yourself as a Firefighter or Paramedic
Homework for Thursday, September 24:
 Listen to the audio cd materials for Unit 1, while following along with the transcript of the lesson.
 Repeat after the instructor on the CD, when indicated.
 Highlight and/or take notes on the material of Unit 1.
 Be prepared to be able to SPELL out names in class, on Thursday.
Week 2 – Tuesday and Thursday, September 29, October 1
 Listen to : Greetings and Identifying Yourself as a Firefighter or Paramedic; Commands 1—10 on the
Spanish Program Blog: http://blogs.berkshirecc.edu/language (Navigate to Spanish Classes > SPA 131 >
SPA 131 Resources on the blog.)
Week 3 – Tuesday and Thursday, October 6 and 8, 2015
 Continue practicing the material on the handout: Greetings and Identifying Yourself; Commands 1—10.
 Study and Learn the material for Unit 2: Talking to adults and children. Listen to the CD and repeat the
expressions you hear. Learn as much of the material for the Unit as you can.
 Complete the exercises in the back of your notebook that correspond to the unit we are studying. Then,
correct your own work. Profe will check to see your work is complete and that you understand the material.
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Week 4 – Tuesday and Thursday, October 13 and 15, 2015
 Continue practicing the material on the handout: Greetings and Identifying Yourself; Commands 1—10. Can
you produce those expressions with prompts? GREAT! If not, keep practicing!
 Study and Learn the material for Unit 3: Courtesy. Listen to the CD and repeat the expressions you hear.
Learn as much of the material for the Unit as you can.
 Complete the exercises in the back of your notebook that correspond to the unit we are studying.
Week 5 – Tuesday and Thursday, October 20 and 22, 2015
 Prepare for formal oral evaluation #1, to be held in class, Wednesday, February 19, or via video recording.
It will cover Units 1, 2, 3, and the material on the Greetings and Identifying Yourself; Commands 1—10
handouts.
Week 6 – Tuesday and Thursday, October 27 and 29, 2015
 Study and Learn the material for Unit 4: Small Talk / Dispatch / Understanding the Caller
 Complete the exercises in the back of your notebook that correspond to the unit we are studying. Check your
work.
 Listen to the CD and repeat the expressions you hear. Learn as much of the material for the Unit as you can.
 Read and study the material on the handout: Fire and Evacuation of Houses and Buildings. Listen to the
audio that corresponds to this handout on the Spanish Program Blog: http://blogs.berkshirecc.edu/language
(Navigate to Spanish Classes > SPA 131 > SPA 131 Resources on the blog.)
Week 7 – Tuesday and Thursday, November 3 and 5, 2015
 Continue practicing the material on the handout: Fire and Evacuation of Houses and Buildings; Commands
11-20
 Study and Learn the material for Unit 5: Numbers, Asking phone number, age, weight and height. Listen to
the CD and repeat the expressions you hear. Learn as much of the material for the Unit as you can.
 Complete the exercises in the back of your notebook that correspond to the unit we are studying.
Week 8 – Tuesday and Thursday, November 10 and 12, 2015
 Continue practicing the material on the handout: Fire and Evacuation of Houses and Buildings; Commands
11-20. Can you produce those expressions with prompts? GREAT! If not, keep practicing!
 Study and Learn the material for Unit 6: Months, Days, Asking the time, date of birth. Listen to the CD and
repeat the expressions you hear. Learn as much of the material for the Unit as you can.
 Complete the exercises in the back of your notebook that correspond to the unit we are studying.
Week 9 – Tuesday and Thursday, November 17 and 19, 2015
 Prepare for formal oral evaluation #2, to be held in class, Wednesday, February 19, or via video recording.
It will cover Units 4, 5, 6, and the material of the Fire and Evacuation of Houses and Buildings; Commands
11-20 you’ve been studying.
Week 10– Tuesday and Thursday, November 24 and 26, 2015
 Read and study the material on the handout: Car Accidents,
Vehicle Fires; Commands 21-31. Listen to the audio that
corresponds to this handout on the Spanish Program Blog:
http://blogs.berkshirecc.edu/language (Navigate to Spanish
Classes > SPA 131 > SPA 131 Resources on the blog.)
 Study and Learn the material for Unit 7, Medical Examination.
Listen to the CD and repeat the expressions you hear. Learn as
much of the material for the Unit as you can.
 Complete the exercises in the back of your notebook that correspond to the unit we are studying.
No classes Thursday: El Día de la acción de gracias
Week 11 – Tuesday and Thursday, December 1 and 3, 2015
 Continue practicing the material on the handout: Fire and Evacuation of Houses and Buildings; Commands
11-20. Can you produce those expressions with prompts? GREAT! If not, keep practicing!
 Continue studying and learning the material for Unit 7, Medical Examination. Listen to the CD and repeat
the expressions you hear. Learn as much of the material for the Unit as you can. The oral for unit 7 will be
part of the final oral examination. Complete the exercises in the back of your notebook that correspond to the
unit we are studying.
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Week 12 – Tuesday and Thursday, December 8 and 10, 2015
 Recapitulation and Review of Units 1-7 and all the material on all the handouts: Practice for Final Oral
Exam.
Week 13 – Tuesday and Thursday, December 15 and 17, 2015
 Recapitulation and Review of Units 1-7 and all the material on all the handouts: Practice for Final Oral
Exam.
 The final oral exam will take place in class on Thursday, December 17. There will be no make-up date for
this class.
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Learning Language
We all learn differently. Which learner do you think is the more successful one, the one in the column on the left or on
the right? What kind of learner are you? What kind of learner do you want to be?
Some of us relish the opportunity to learn and grow,
and understand that making mistakes is part of the
process of acquiring new knowledge. They are able
to laugh at themselves when they do make a
mistake. More importantly, they use the mistakes
they make to learn to say it right, read it and write it
right!
Some of us understand that learning takes
commitment, time, effort and some degree of
sacrifice.
Some of us get that learning – especially learning a
foreign language – will take us out of our comfort
zone into a place where we are less competent than
we are in our native tongue, and still, they are
willing to go there! They are willing to laugh at
their mistakes and use them to gain greater
competence and confidence in Spanish.
And then, some of us expect perfection from the
first day, are afraid of making mistakes, and are
reluctant to speak. They somehow expect to be able
to learn to speak Spanish without actually practicing
it in class.
Some of us expect learning to be fun all the time,
and get discouraged and lose interest when the
learning actually takes some effort and is a little
uncomfortable.
And, some of us expect that learning a language will
be easy and comfortable. They expect to be able to
express complex ideas from the first weeks of class.
When they discover they can’t, they just tune out
and eventually give up.
Here is a list of techniques and activities which might help you. Try them!
Relax.
Laugh at your mistakes – and learn from them.
Listen to language tapes in the car.
Study a little bit every day! A half hour every day will be more useful than cramming for hours before a test!
Listen to Latino music.
Highlight your textbook.
Study immediately before class to practice vocabulary you’ll have to use in class.
Study immediately after class to reinforce what you just learned.
Study before you go to sleep at night.
Watch Spanish language videos and TV.
Watch English language videos with Spanish subtitles on your computer.
Look up words you really need to know to understand what you just read/heard on the internet at this site:
www.wordreference.com
Write down the words you look up, or make flash cards.
See www.wordchamp.com . This site lets you generate your own flash cards!
Keep a little notebook of new Spanish vocabulary you can carry around with you.
Make mistakes! Learn from them!
Don’t fall behind on your homework assignments!
Study every day rather than trying to do a whole week’s worth of studying at one long sitting before class.
Relax.
Ask for help. Your instructor has office hours for you. Use them!
Sign up for a tutor. It will be a valuable opportunity for both of you.
Practice speaking by yourself....Out loud! (Practicing in the shower out loud works very well, for example!)
Use new vocabulary as soon and as often as you can. Make it yours.
Read the text out loud.
Relax.
Complete all the homework assignments.
Talk to your classmates in Spanish.
Make mistakes!
Correct your mistakes!
Correct your classmates’ mistakes!
Ask them to correct your mistakes!
Participate in class.
Set mini-goals.
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Achieve them!
Set maxi-goals!
Achieve them!
Study with a friend.
Review graded homework.
Make and use flashcards.
Use rhymes and pictures to remember things.
Relax.
Listen to people speaking Spanish when you’re out and about in Berkshire County.
Make friends with Spanish speakers in Berkshire County. Tell them you’re taking a Spanish course at BCC. Practice
speaking Spanish with them!
Discover Mexican, Salvadoran and Columbian restaurants in the Berkshires.
Eat at La Fogata on Tyler Street. It is terrific, and it’s run by Colombians who are more than happy to speak Spanish
with you...)
Attend every class.
Make up your own exercises and evaluations.
Learn about cultures where Spanish is spoken.
Guess the meanings of new vocabulary.
Do outside reading in Spanish. The language lab (M 112) is full of good things to read.
Review.
Keep a positive attitude.
Don’t be afraid to make mistakes.
Relax. And most importantly: HAVE FU
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Spanish Program “Wikiblog”: http://blogs.berkshirecc.edu/languages/
Professor Cooper’s email address: lcooper@berkshirecc.edu
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Spanish Program “Wikiblog”: http://blogs.berkshirecc.edu/languages/
Professor Cooper’s email address: lcooper@berkshirecc.edu
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Syllabus Agreement Form: Spanish 131
Please fill out this form and hand it in to Profe.
Name, including job title: _________________________________________________________________
Email Address: ________________________________________ Cell Phone: _______________________
Work Phone: _____________________________________ Home Phone __________________________
Home Address: _________________________________________________________________________
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Please check off each item and write your signature, below.
I agree to turn off my personal cell phone upon entering the classroom.
I understand that this is a three-credit course and that I will need to plan study time that amounts to between one to three
hours for each class session, depending on my study skills and my aptitude.
I understand that my attendance in this class is required. If I am unable to attend class due to a serious illness or if I am
called away due to an emergency, I agree to call or email Professor Cooper (413.774.PROFE04 –413.774.7763304) or
lcooper@berkshirecc.edu) on the same day to let her know. Further, I know I may make up a missed class, by attending a class
in another section of SPA 131, preferably on the same day, but at the least, during the same week, with no absence penalty. I
understand that if I have more than three unexcused absences, I may be withdrawn from the course by the instructor. If my
instructor judges that I have had too many excused absences to be able to catch up and pass the class, she may withdraw me from
the class. (Note: This is BCC Policy.)
I understand that success in the class is highly performance based. This means that my active participation is required. If
I pass written tests, but do not speak up in class and use my language skills, I may not pass the class. Further, because the course
is performance based, attendance is an absolute requisite for passing the course.
I understand that courtesy and respect for my classmates and my instructor are necessary for my success and that of others.
While it is true that good humor and a sense of camaraderie enhance learning, disruptive, disrespectful behavior short-circuits our
ability to learn, and will not be tolerated. I understand that my instructor has the right to withdraw disruptive students when
student conferences about unacceptable behavior have not remedied the situation.
I PROMISE to let my instructor know when I am having difficulty in the class, and to make an appointment to get extra
help from her or to work with a tutor. Even if I am normally reluctant to seek assistance, I understand that to succeed in this
class, I will just HAVE to get over it and ask for HELP!
I agree to bring my textbook materials and completed work to each class. I understand that my instructor does not accept
late homework or grant makeup tests under normal circumstances. I may opt out of one test a semester, however, or have my
lowest test grade dropped from my final average.
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I have read the attached syllabus and have understood the other obligations of this course.
I agree to participate actively and have FUN in class!
Signature: ________________________________________________________________________
After you have read your syllabus, please read, sign and return this form to Professor Cooper (“Profe”)!
Spanish Program “Wikiblog”: http://blogs.berkshirecc.edu/languages/
Professor Cooper’s email address: lcooper@berkshirecc.edu
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