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Mary BurstinBrandeis University Department of Romance Studies Hisp 20 –Fall 2017

Instructor Mary Burstin Office Rabb 318 Telephone 781 -736 - 3224 Office Hours M, W, and TH> 2:00 - 3:00 P.M Email [email protected] ______Textbooks: Blanco / Donley. VISTAS. Fifth Edition. Supersite: www.vistas.vhlcentral.com(Free with the purchase of a new text book). You will receive handouts (H/O) of additional materials in class. ______

This course, as currently designed, continues the proficiency-based instruction started with Spanish 10 last semester or the equivalent elsewhere. It will further develop and strengthen the communication skills you acquired in Spanish 10 or any other comparable course, and will help you expand and deepen your awareness of the diversity of cultures within the Hispanic world. This course has been designed based on the proficiency-based curriculum developed by the faculty in the language program; you will be assessed according to how you can function in the Spanish Language through an information-based approach and task-based instruction; you will learn to handle everyday situations and communicate effectively in Spanish. Reading, writing, speaking and listening, will be cultivated in an interactive atmosphere.

By the end of this course, you are expected to be able to function comfortably within the range of an intermediate low level as determined by the guidelines of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) proficiency rating scale in both, the receptive and productive skills (www.sctfl.org). At the same time you will have gained deeper awareness of the range of Hispanic cultures in the world.

Learning goals: This course aims to: - further develop and strengthen the communication skills. - bring students to a higher language proficiency level as determined by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) guidelines. - help students attain a higher cultural competence and understanding. - strengthen the students’ ability to communicate effectively in Spanish. - review and increase the vocabulary and grammatical structures needed to perform specific language functions. - improve the students listening and reading skills. - help students achieve more cohesion in writing.

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-2- Learning outcomes. By the end of this course students will be able to: - function in Spanish at a higher proficiency level.

- talk about a variety of familiar topics with more confidence and accuracy.

- talk about past and present events.

- write short compositions on a variety of familiar topics.

- understand and interpret the main idea in written semi-authentic and authenticthe text.

-listen to semi-authentic or authentic short texts and get the gist of the text. - better understand the culture of various Spanish speaking countries and communities. Students taking this course will be able to perform the following language functions: -Talk about present and past activities. -Talk about daily routine. -Express preferences/likes and dislikes. -Talk about food and meals. -Order food at a restaurant. -Make comparisons. -Talk about pastimes, parties, and celebrations. -Talk about personal relationships. -Talk about health and medical conditions. -Describe how you feel. -Give orders. Grade Distribution: Attendance, participation in class 10% Homework: VISTAS website and other 10% Compositions (2) 10% Group skits / presentations) 10 % Quizzes 10% Unit exams (2) 20% Final oral exam 10 Final written Exam 20%

-3- **Reminder: In order to be able to continue to the 30 level you have to get a C- or higher.

** The final exam cannot be made up without advance authorization from the Office of Academic Affairs and in consultation with the Registrar. ______Grading Scale:

94-100 A 70-73 C- 90-93 A- 67-69 D+ 87-89 B+ 64-69 D 84-86 B 60-63 D- 80-83 B- 59 and below F 77-79 c+ 74-76 C Placement: If you are (or want to be) enrolled in this class, it is because you have placed yourself here. Think carefully about your placement; will this course be challenging enough for you? Do you want to major o minor in this language? And will you have enough time to do so? If you think this class might not be the right one for you, please speak with me as soon as possible. Keep in mind that once you have completed a course in the language sequence (courses number 10 through 108), you will not be able to skip a level. If the course that is at your level is closed, we advise you to wait a semester and enroll in the right course for you during pre-registration.

AP scores 1 or 2> level Span 20 3> level Span 30 4> level Span 104 or 105 5> level Span 106

Attendance and Participation: Language learning is interactive. You will improve your speaking skills by attempting to speak and communicate in Spanish with others. Learning requires your active involvement, which is possible only when you have prepared your assigned material carefully. Therefore, attendance is required and active participation is essential and obligatory for all class meetings. Class participation means your alertness and your contributions to discussions and activities.

-4- Repeated late arrival to class will be treated the same as absences. Absences will make an impact on your participation grade. Please take this seriously. Many absences will bring your final grade down significantly no matter how good a student you may be. The amount of absences permitted in this class is 3, after that number, you grade will decrease. Please Note: If you have to miss a class due to illness or a major problem, get in touch with me immediately to work out a solution. If you participate in an athletic program and need to be excused for competition, your coach must send a list of the dates when you will be absence. You should complete the class work and homework. ______

Evaluation :

Writing Component: For this course you will need to write several paragraphs related to the topics discussed in class. You will also have to hand in two compositions. The objective of these writing activities is to gradually develop your writing skills in Spanish. All paragraphs should be typed and doubled spaced. All writing assignments must be your own work written only for this course . It is not acceptable for anyone other than me to review or correct your work or to provide you with vocabulary or expressions. Please remember that even though studying with a partner or group is encouraged, paragraphs compositions and exams are to be done individually and without help from classmates or tutors.

Quizzes: There will be three quizzes to evaluate listening, comprehension, vocabulary, and grammatical structures.

Exams: Two exams to evaluate reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar and writing skills.

Final exam: It will cover the material studied throughout the semester.

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Students thinking of Majoring or Minoring in Spanish:

If you are thinking about majoring or minoring in Spanish, you should familiarize yourself with the program in the Bulletin and then see the Undergraduate Advising Head, Professor Jerónimo Arellano as soon as possible to make sure that you understand the prerequisites and requirements.

-5- Study Abroad If you are interested in studying abroad, there many opportunities. Please, contact the following representatives: Scott van der Meid ([email protected]) Study Abroad Office – Usdan Student Center - Phone number: 6-3483

Brandeis University Group Study (B.U.G.S.) Brandeis University Group Study, or B.U.G.S., is a program that provides peer tutoring to all undergraduate students. BUGS offers group study sessions for over 15 academic subjects to students who may want to improve their knowledge in a course. Sessions are led by knowledgeable and non-judgmental students who have already taken the class. They are recommended by faculty members to help students better understand course material, prepare for an exam, or answer any questions relating to the class. Evening drop-in study groups are offered in most subject areas. All sessions meet weekly and are free of charge. There is no need to make an appointment or sign up just show up at any point during the designated times. The B.U.G.S. tutor TBA.

Academic Integrity: Academic integrity is central to the mission of education excellence at Brandeis University. Each student is expected to turn in work completed independently, except when assignments specifically authorize collaborative effort. It is not acceptable to use the words or ideas of another person, without proper acknowledgement of that source. This means that you must use footnotes or endnotes and quotation marks to indicate the source of any phrases, sentences, paragraphs or ideas found in published volumes, on the internet, or created by another student. Violations of University policies on academic integrity, described in Section Three of Rights and Responsibilities, may result in failure in the course or on the assignment, or in suspension or dismissal from the University. If you are in doubt about the instructions for any assignment in this course, it is your responsibility to ask for clarification. If you have questions about Academic Integrity, please, contact Erika Lamarre ([email protected]). Telephone: 781-736-5075. Shapiro Campus Center 203.

Students with disabilities:If you are a student with a documented disability on record at Brandeis University and wish to have a reasonable accommodation made for you in this class, please see the professor immediately. Retroactive accommodations cannot be provided.

Success in this 4-credit hour course is based on the expectation that students will spend a minimum of 9 hours study time per week in preparation for class (reading, papers, discussion section ,preparations for exams, etc.)

-6- -Hisp.20 Syllabus- Fall 2017 (Subject to change )

Evaluation dates: (all dates provided may be subject to change.)

1. Quiz #1: septiembre 14 (jueves ) 2. Quiz # 2: octubre 10 (miércoles)

3. Quiz#3 noviembre 13 (lunes) 4. Examen #1: octubre 25 (miércoles) 5. Examen #2: noviembre 27 ( lunes) 6. Compositción#1:septiembre 28 en clase. (Miércoles) !!!!!!! 7. Compositción#2: octubre 25 en clase. (Miércoles)!!!! 8. Final exam: TBA **Presentations in class start: 10 /30**Topics( TBA) Semana # 1 Agosto 30 - 31 Miércoles 30 Introduction to the class. Repaso (review): The present progressive (166-169) Ser/estar (170-173)

Jueves 31 Repaso (review): Seasons and weather (154) Repaso (review): Preterite tense of regular verbs (206-209)

Semana # 2: Septiembre 4 -7 Lunes 4 Labor Day: No classes

Martes 5 Lección #7 La rutina diaria : Communicative Goals: You will learn how to describe your daily routine, and talk about personal hygiene. El reflexivo: me ducho, me afeito etc.… (Pp.237-239)

Miércoles 6 Continuamos con actividades comunicativas para práctica de verbos reflexivos.

Jueves7 Actividades comunicativas para reforzar: pretérito, ser- estar, verbos reflexivos

Semana # 3: Septiembre 11 - 14 Lunes 11 Fotonovela: (pp.230-232)

Martes 12 Comunicación: La farmacia, Actividades. (pp.229) Adverbs: antes (de), después (de)……….

Miércoles 13 Cultura: La siesta. El mate. (Pp.234-235)

*Jueves 14 Quiz #1

Semana # 4: Septiembre 17-21 Lunes 18 Indefinite and negative words (pp240-243)

Martes 19 El pretérito de los verbos “ser”- “ir” Práctica y comunicación (pp.244- 245)

Miércoles20 El verbo “Gustar” and other similar verbs that conjugate like the verb “gustar”

Jueves 21 Rosh Hashana. No university exercises

Semana # 5 Septiembre 25 -28 Repaso de estructuras gramaticales aprendidas. Lunes 25 Lectura: ¡Qué día! (pp.252-253)

Martes 26 Skits en clase para practicar vocabulario y las estructuras gramaticales (reflexive verbs, indefinite and negative words, gustar, and verbs that conjugate like gustar)

Miércoles 27 Escuchar:(listening) p.255-256) L ectura Perú (p.258-259). Video sobre “Machu Pichu”

*Jueves 28 Composición #1 Escritura en clase: Descripción de un lugar (p 254)

-8- Semana # 6 Octubre 2- 5 Lunes 2 Lección # 8 La comida Communicative goals: You will learn how to order food in a restaurant and talk about and describe food.

Comunicación: (pp.267) Pretérito : stem-changing verbs (p p.274, 275)

Martes 3 Pretérito: stem-changing verbs (p p.274, 275) (Thursday schedule) Comunicación:( pp.276) Actividades relacionadas con el tema de la comida

Miércoles4 Frutas y verduras de las américas (pp.272, 273)

*Jueves 5 Sukkot. No university exercises.

Semana # 7 Octubre 9 - 12 Lunes 9 Fotonovela (pp.268, 269) ¿Qué pasó? (p.270)

Martes 10 Escuchar:(listening) p.255-256) Repaso gramátical

*Miércoles 11 (Thursday shedule) Quiz#2

Jueves 12 Shmini Atzeret: No university exercises

Semana # 8 Octubre 16 - 19 Lunes 16 Double object pronouns (pp.277, 278, 279,280) 8 Brandeis University

Actividades comunicativas para practicar direct and indirect object pronouns

-9- Martes 17 Actividades comunicativas para practicar el double object pronouns (pp.277, 278, 279,280) Actividades con direct and indirect object pronouns

Miércoles18 Actividades comunicativas para practicar el double object pronouns (pp.277, 278, 279,280) y con direct and indirect object pronouns a través de Dramatizaciones. Tema: “En el restaurante”

Jueves 19 El comparativo (p.281, 282)

Semana # 9 Octubre 23 - 26 *Lunes23 Examen #1

Martes24 Comparativos irregulares (p.283)*Se organizar los grupos y los temas para las presentaciones en clase (a partir del lunes 30 de octubre.

El Superlativo (p.286) Recapitulación (pp.288, 289)

*Miércoles 25 *Composición #2 Escribir en clase una crítica sobre un restaurante local para el periódico de la Universidad de Brandeis.

Jueves 26 Lección #9 Las fiestas Communicative goals: You will learn to express congratulations, express gratitude, and terms for parties and celebrations, words to express stages in life

and personal relationships. You will also learn about important Latin-American celebrations. Las etapas de la vida: pp.302-303.

-10- Semana # 10 Octubre 30-31 / Noviembre 1- 2 **Lunes 30 * Inician las Presentaciones de los estudiantes en g rupos de tres

Pretérito, verbos irregulares: tener, venir decir, poder, querer, traer, traducir, conducir (p.310-313) Conjugación del verbo irregular “dar” (p.311)

Martes 31 *Presentaciones de los estudiantes

Continuamos con actividades comunicativas para practicar el pretérito de verbos irregulares: tener, venir decir, poder, querer, traer, traducir, conducir (p.310- 313) Conjugación del verbo irregular “dar” (p.311)

*Miércoles 1 *Presentaciones de los estudiantes

Celebración: “El día de los muertos”: Handout

*Jueves 2 *Presentaciones de los estudiantes Terminar el tema del “Día de los muertos”

Fotonovela “El día de los muertos. (P.304-305) ¿Qué pasó? (p306)

Semana #11 Noviembre 6 -9 *Lunes 6 *Presentaciones de los estudiantes Question words: ¿quién? ¿quiénes? ¿cómo? ¿dónde? ¿de dónde? El uso de ¿qué? / ¿Cuál? (pp.316, 317)

*Martes 7 *Presentaciones de los estudiantes Verbos que cambian de significado en el pretérito (verbs that change meaning in the preterite (p.314-316)

*Miércoles 8 *Presentaciones de los estudiantes Celebración: “La quinceañera”: Handout

Jueves 9 Pronouns after prepositions: conmigo, contigo (p.318- 319) Lectura : “Vida social, el matrimonio, el bautismo... (p.322)

Semana #12 Noviembre 13 -16 *Lunes 13 *Quiz#3

Martes 14 Lección #10 En el consultorio Vocabulario332 Actividades pp.333- 335) El imperfecto (p.342, 343, 344,345)

El pretérito vs. El imperfecto (pp. 346, 347,348)

Miércoles15 Actividades comunicativas para practicar pretérito vs imperfecto (pp. 346, 347,348)

Jueves 16 El uso del “se” impersonal (pp.350, 351, 352,353)

Semana # 13 Noviembre 20 - 23 Lunes20 The accidental” se” (Ejemplo: Se me cayó el libro)

Martes 21 Skits de los estudiantes sobre el tema: El doctor y en el consultorio Fotonovela (pp.336, 337) ¿Qué pasó? (p.338) *Last day to drop courses with a “W” transcript notation (instructor signature required)

*Miércoles22 Actividades comunicativas para practicar pretérito vs imperfecto y para practicar el “se” impersonal y el “se” accidental.

*Miércoles 22 *Thanksgiving holiday. No university exercises

*Jueves 23 *Thanksgiving holiday. No university exercises *Viernes 24 *Thanksgiving holiday. No university exercises

Semana # 14 Noviembre 27 – 30 Lunes 27 *Examen#2

Martes 28 Adverbs (pp.354-355) Listening (p.381)

Miércoles 29 Lección#11 El imperative: Familiar commands: affirmative and negative “tú” “commands pp.378, 379, and 380,381)

Jueves 30 Reciprocal reflexives (pp.386, 387) Stressed possessive adjectives and pronouns (mío, tuyo, suyo…)

Semana# 15 Diciembre 4 – 7

Lunes 4 Repaso general

Martes 5 Repaso general

*Miércoles 6 Final oral exam

*Jueves 7 Final oral exam

Semana #16 Diciembre 11

Lunes 11 Study day

*Monday 12 -19 Final examination period 12 Brandeis University Spanish written exam TBA