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The University of Montana

SPNS 202-03, (LA 335 MTRF 11:10-12:00) Professor: Eduardo Chirinos Office: LA 331 Email: [email protected] Phone: 243-5879 Office Hours: MTTF: 10:00-11:00 and by appointment

Course Description/Objectives: This is a four credit hour intermediate course designed for students who have had the equivalent of three semesters of college Spanish. Intermediate Spanish courses aim at helping students to develop their listening, reading, speaking and writing skills, as well as their knowledge of grammar and culture. This is the last grammar course of the 100-200 sequence, which completes the basic knowledge necessary to advance to the literature and culture classes of the 300 level. This is a grammatically intense course! Students must have already mastered the ser vs. estar, preterit vs. imperfect, and the present subjunctive before enrolling in this course.

Required Materials:

TEXT: Bretz, Mary Lee, et.al. ¡Avance! Intermediate Spanish. Third Edition.

WEBSITES: Dictionary English-Spanish: http://www.wordreference.com

Grading

**Final Exam………………………………………...... 30% (cumulative) Quizzes…………………………………….……….…..20% Oral exam…………………………………………..…..15% Class Participation …………………………...……….20% Composition ………………….………………………15%

** Final Exam on ______(In class) To succeed in this class you have the responsibility of studying a new grammar point or learning new vocabulary on your own before we go over it in class.

— Students are expected to study 8-10 hours per week to pass this course satisfactorily.

— Class time will be used to answer questions and practice but not to reiterate what is explained in the book. Classes will be conducted entirely in Spanish, and students are expected to communicate in Spanish at all times.

**There is no extra credit project. Please do not ask Grading Scale:

A 94-100 A- 90-93 B + 87-89 B 83-86 B- 80-82 C+ 77-79 C 73-76 C- 70-72 D+ 67-69 D 63-66 D- 60-62 F 0-59

Attendance —Attendance is crucial to the successful completion of this class. Attendance is mandatory and will be recorded. You may miss up to 3 classes during the semester without affecting your final grade. After the first 3 absences, each additional absence will result in a 1% reduction of your overall course grade. (For example, if your overall average is 88%, you grade will lowered to 87% for the 5th absence, 86% for the 6th absence and so on). Please do not contact the professor regarding you absence(s) unless you have a documented excuse indicating serious illness or an emergency. — Class will start ON TIME!!!

Final Exam and Quizzes — At the end of each chapter there will be a quiz over the material covered. No make-up exam/quizzes will be given unless you call me before the test with an acceptable excuse. Acceptable reasons for missing a test include marriage, death, serious illness, family or other serious problems. Do not waste your time trying to reschedule an exam with other types of excuses. — If a student misses a quiz, the final exam grade will be duplicated for the missed quiz. It will be the instructor’s decision if a student qualifies for this option.

Participation — You have to be prepared and come to class each day ready to be actively engaged in all class activities. At the end of the semester you will receive a grade for your participation. This grade will be based on both, the in-class and the outside work done. Your class participation will DEFINITELY be important to calculate your final grade e.g. it may be the difference between an A or a B.

Homework — COMPOSITION: Students will be expected to write one composition. The composition must be typed, double spaced, font 12, Times New Roman.

Important notices:

— No grade of “I” (incomplete) will be given. — There is no extra credit offered in this course. — Personal situations will not be addressed in the classroom.

— All students must practice academic honesty. Academic misconduct is subject to an academic penalty by the course instructor and/or a disciplinary sanction by the University. — All students need to be familiar with the Student Conduct Code. The Code is available for review online at http://www.umt.edu/SA/VPSA/index.cfm/page/1321 — The University of Montana assures equal access to instruction through collaboration between students with disabilities, instructors, and Disability Services for Students (DSS). If you think you may have a disability adversely affecting your academic performance, and you have not already registered with DSS, please contact DSS in Lommasson 154. I will work with you and DSS to provide an appropriate accommodation.

Please feel free to stop by my office to clear up confusions or to ask questions Fecha Tema Página(s) lunes, 26 de enero Presentación del curso martes 27 Repaso: ser vs. estar; presente de indicativo pp. 12-15; pp. 18-21 jueves 29 Repaso: pretérito; pretérito vs. imperfecto pp. 78-80, 197; pp. 87-90 viernes 30 Repaso: subjuntivo vs. indicativo (influencia, duda y emoción) pp. 116-120, 149-152, 199 lunes, 2 de febrero Capítulo 7: El mundo de los negocios pp. 193-195 Vocabulario martes 3 El imperfecto de subjuntivo pp. 200-201 jueves 5 Secuencia de tiempos: presente de subjuntivo vs. imperfecto de pp. 201-202 subjuntivo viernes 6 Cláusulas adverbiales de tiempo pp. 205-207 lunes 9 Cláusulas adverbiales de manera y lugar pp. 207-208 martes 10 ¡Ojo! pp. 211-212; p. 215 Lectura cultural: Las prácticas empresariales entre culturas jueves 12 Prueba: Capítulo 7 viernes 13 Capítulo 8: Creencias e ideologías pp. 221-223 Vocabulario lunes 16 Feriado: Día del Presidente martes 17 Cláusulas adverbiales (subjuntivo) pp. 226-227 jueves 19 Por vs. para pp. 231-233 viernes 20 Se proceso pp. 234-236 lunes 23 ¡Ojo! pp. 241-242; p. 244 Lectura cultural: La medicina alternativa en Hispanoamérica martes 24 Prueba: Capítulo 8 jueves 26 Repaso p. 239 viernes 27 Examen I lunes, 2 de marzo Composición en clase martes 3 Capítulo 9: Los hispanos en los Estados Unidos pp. 253-255 Vocabulario jueves 5 La voz pasiva vs. se pasivo pp. 257-260 viernes 6 Ser/estar + participio pasado pp. 263-264 lunes 9 Se inocente pp. 265-266 martes 10 Preposiciones: A & en pp. 268-270 jueves 12 ¡Ojo! p. 272; p. 275 Lectura cultural: El futuro del inglés en los Estados Unidos viernes 13 Día de Lenguas Extranjeras lunes 16 Prueba: Capítulo 9 martes 17 Capítulo 10: La vida moderna pp. 281-283 Vocabulario jueves 19 Futuro & condicional pp. 285-287 viernes 20 Cláusulas con si (posibles) pp. 289-290 lunes 23 Clásulas con si (hipotéticas/contradictorias) pp. 290-291 martes 24 Comparaciones pp. 293-297 jueves 26 ¡Ojo! pp. 301-302; p. 304 Lectura cultural: La televisión en el mundo hispano viernes 27 Prueba: Capítulo 10 lunes 30 Vacaciones de primavera martes 31 “ jueves 2 “ viernes 3 “ lunes, 6 de abril Repaso martes 7 Examen II jueves 9 Composición en clase viernes 10 Capítulo 11: La ley y la libertad individual pp. 311-313 Vocabulario lunes 13 Tiempos perfectos del indicativo pp. 315-317 martes 14 Presente perfecto vs. pluscuamperfecto del subjuntivo pp. 319-320 jueves 16 Secuencia de tiempos pp. 322-324 viernes 17 ¡Ojo! pp. 327-327; p. 330 Lectura cultural: ¿Cuándo se llega a la edad adulta en el mundo hispano? lunes 20 Prueba: Capítulo 11 martes 21 Capítulo 12: El trabajo y el ocio pp. 341-343 Vocabulario jueves 23 Repaso de tiempos verbales pp. 345-347 viernes 24 Formas progresivas pp. 351-353 lunes 27 Restricciones de -ndo pp. 357-358 martes 28 Prueba: Capítulo 12 jueves 30 Lectura cultural: El tiempo libre a la hispana p. 363 Película: Nueve reinas viernes, 1 de mayo “ lunes 4 “ martes 5 “ jueves 7 Composición en clase viernes 8 Repaso martes 12 Examen final comprensivo a las 7 pm en 131 CHCB