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Germanna Community College - Part A of the Syllabus
Semester: Spring 2015
Class Info: SPA 202
Location/Room: Online
Class Name: Intermediate Spanish II
Class Days/Times: online
Class Credits: 3
Instructor: Dr. Ashley Bevilacqua Anglin
Phone: 540-834-1038 (please note, I am only
at this location a few hours a week – the MW
SP1/FAC office hours listed below. I can check
voicemail remotely, but you will usually get a
quicker answer by sending an email.)
Office Location: MW SP1/FAC1 316F; TuTh
OR1/LGC 407H.
Days at Location: MW at FAC; TuTh at LGC;
online M-F
Office Hours: MW at FAC, 1:30 – 12:30; TuTh
at LGC, 11:00 – 2:00
Office Hour Notes: If you need to meet or
talk at a different time than those listed,
please email to set up an appointment.
Instructor E-mail: [email protected]
Course Description:
Continues development of skills of understanding, speaking, reading, and writing of
Spanish. Class conducted in Spanish. Lecture - 3 hours per week (online equivalent).
Additional Course Description:
This course is specifically intended for those students who have three semesters of
previous experience (or equivalent) with the Spanish language. It is the fourth course of
four, which lead to fulfillment of the general education requirement for a major in Liberal
Arts. In addition to acquiring skills in using Spanish, students will gain knowledge about
how the Spanish language, and by comparison, the English language, are structured.
Learning Outcomes:
Listening: Able to sustain understanding over longer stretches of connected discourse, on a
number of topics pertaining to different times and places.
Speaking: Able to handle most uncomplicated tasks and social situations. Beginning ability to
speak in connected discourse in present, past or future tenses.
Reading: Able to read consistently with full understanding of simple connected texts dealing with
basic personal and social needs about which the reader has personal interest and/or knowledge.
Able to get main ideas and information from texts featuring description and narration.
Writing: Able to meet many practical writing needs. Able to take notes on familiar topics and
respond in writing to personal questions. Able to write letters, synopses and summaries. Able to
express time and tense.
Textbook and Supplies:
Rusch et al. Fuentes: Conversación y Gramática. iLrn Online Learning Center access
(includes e-book, online workbook, online media, tutorials etc.) is required. Book code is
available from GCC bookstore or directly from www.cengagebrain.com . Note: The same
book/account will be used for SPA 201-202. iLrn Course ID: XADGNG648.
Additional Attendance/Withdrawal Policy for this course:
Online attendance is verified by ensuring the student has logged into Blackboard at least once a
week.
Academic Dishonesty – Course Specific (must be consistent with College’s policy
statement; see Part B of this document)
The penalty for academic dishonesty in this course is: You will receive a zero on any
assignment for which it is determined you have plagiarized or cheated. This includes
compositions run through a translation program without thought or revision. If there is more than
one instance of academic dishonesty by a student, the matter will be reported to the Dean of
Arts and Sciences.
Course Plan for College Closing (optional):
When the college closes, this course continues on its regular schedule because it is an online
course. Any modifications made to the course schedule will be noted in Blackboard and updated
in iLrn as necessary.
Electronics (e.g. Cell Phones) /Food Classroom Policy (optional):
As an online course there are no cell phone or food classroom policies.
Grading Policy and Grading Scale:
iLrn homework: 20%.
Speaking grades: 15% (iLrn voice recording activities, Bb
voice board, midterm interview).
Reading/writing: 20% (Follow-up to reading
assignments (3) plus formal writing assignments with opportunities to revise (2))
Exams (3) 45% (15% each)
SPA 202-W01
Tentative Course Activities & Assignments – subject to change with notice
Semana
Fechas
Conceptos que vamos a
estudiar en iLrn
1
12-19
enero
This week, you will need to set
up your iLrn account and get
used to using the materials
contained there (your e-book,
online homework, tutorials,
etc.) Find the Fuentes iLrn
content area in Blackboard to
get started. The topics below
are assigned in iLrn.
Tareas/trabajos para
hacer en Blackboard;
Otras fechas importantes
If you have any problems
or questions about getting
started, please post in the
Discussion Board or send
me an email
([email protected])!
The best way to use iLrn is to
go through the ebook and read
the grammar/vocabulary
presentations where noted,
then do activities marked with
a computer mouse icon.
(Other activities and materials
are available using the menu
buttons on the right side of the
ebook page.)
2
20-26
enero
3
27 enero-2
febrero
4
3-9 febrero
Cap. 6 Podcast – ebook pp.
165-167
Politics (vocabulary) – ebook
pp. 177-180
Cap. 6 Present subunctive (3
parts) – ebook pp. 173-176,
181-184
Que and quien – ebook p.
185-7
Por vs para – pp. 188-192
Más allá – Videofuentes –
ebook pp. 193-5
Cap. 7 Podcast – ebook pp.
198-200
Vocabulary: Travel, sports,
environment – ebook pp. 201205
Readings: 2 short articles
online (links posted in
Blackboard – Trabajos)
Voice board response to
articles (above) – in
Blackboard
Reading: “Literatura” (3
short pieces)
Write a short poem in
Spanish (for
5
10-16
febrero
6
17-23
febrero
7
24 febrero
– 2 marzo
8
3-9 marzo
9
10-16
marzo
10
16-22
marzo
24-30
marzo
11
31 marzo –
6 abril
12
7-13 abril
Affirming and negating – 206209
Subjunctive and adjective
clauses – 210 - 215
Subjunctive and adverb
clauses – 216-219
Double object pronouns – 220223
Más allá – Videofuentes –
226-228
Cap. 8 Podcast – 231-233
Vocabulary – Work – 234-238
Subjunctive in adverbial
clauses – 239-242
Reported speech – 243-246
Negating and options – 247249
Reciprocal verbs – 250-252
participation/culture
points)
Optional Power Points to
view in Blackboard for a
different perspective on
the subjunctive
Examen 1 (Cap. 6 y 7) in
Bb this week
Writing 1: Redacción –
CV y carta de solicitud
Cap. 9 podcast – 259-261
Vocabulary – Art – 262-267
Imperfect subjunctive – 268274
Spring Break
Reading – La continuidad
de los parques
Passive voice – 276-7
Uses of infinitive (summary) –
278-9
Transitional phrases with Por –
280-281
Más allá – Videofuentes –
282-4
Discussion board
response to Continuidad
de los Parques
Cap. 10 Podcast – 287-9
Future tense – 290-292
Conditional – 293-5
Future + conditional – 296-7
Any time there are two new
verb tenses in one chapter,
you are going to find it
challenging! I recommend the
website
Writing 2: Proyecto –
Comentar un cuadro (via
Blackboard or
MediaShare – TBA)
Examen 2 (Cap. 8 y 9)
available in Blackboard
this week
www.conjuguemos.com to
help you get more practice
conjugating them. (Go to the
section “Spanish Verbs” from
the left menu bar, then choose
the tense you want to
practice.)
13
14-20 abril
Vocabulary – relaciones
humanas – 298-304
Si clauses – 305-309
Reading: “El sexismo y el
lenguaje”; Discussion
board
14
21-26 abril
Optional activities in
Blackboard using Spanish
Language and Culture
web page
15
27 abril – 6
mayo
Cap. 11 Podcast – 314-6
Vocabulary – La justicia – 317323
Future perfect and conditional
perfect – 324-8
Si clauses part 2 – 328-331
Pluperfect subjunctive – 332-3
Linking ideas – 334-7
Más allá – cortometraje – 338341
Examen 3, Cap. 10 y 11 (Bb)
Exámenes 7 – 13
mayo
Final interviews in office
or via Skype/FaceTime
Syllabus Subject to Change
PED and courses which include off-campus participation (e.g., clinicals) as well as
courses that include a laboratory component which results in potential risk to students
(e.g., accident in the lab, field trip) must require a completed Assumption of Risk form
prior to student participation in the course/ activity. Instructor must complete form with
specific details relative to the course or activity. Words bracketed by parentheses
indicate need for course specific information. Completed, signed forms are required for
all off-campus activities. Originals are submitted to Campus Security and copies to
Dean’s Office. Faculty should retain a copy as well. No student can participate in the
course or course activity without submitting a signed form prior to participating.