online Spanish 112 I01 First Year Spanish 3 credits Spring 2017

Instructor: Dr. Gretchen Skivington Office hours: MCML 127: MW 9:00-9:30; T Th 9:00-10:00 & F by appointment am Phone, email: 753-2283 [email protected]

Text: Vistas- a loose-leaf text with online Supersite passcode or v-text. Highly recommended you>Go directly to gbcnv.edu Bookstore. Spanish 111 & 112. “Vistas” for Supersite Passcode.

Technical Problems (vhl platform): Go to: vhlcentral.com Do “Guided Student Tour”! 1-800- 248-2813 or “Questions”? rt. bottom toolbar on Student Workstation homepage. Access Tutorials and Tour through upper rt. “Help” pulldown menú.

Course Overview: This course will emphasize beginning reading, writing listening and speaking skills in Spanish. The writing portions will provide practice in composing complete and grammatically correct sentences and lead to the development of coherent paragraphs. The oral portion will focus on correct usage and pronunciation of conversational Spanish.

Course Objective : The course is designed to develop Spanish language skills through practice in listening, speaking, writing and structural analysis.

Grading: Summative: 50% graded “Pruebas”/Exams = Lesson Exams: (100 points each) Lessons 6-10 Formative: 50% process Assignments= (each lessons’ points vary) Lessons 6-10

** All Assignments & Pruebas through “Vistas” Supersite

A 91-100% B 81-90 C 71-80 D 61-70 F 60

Spanish tutor: You may work LIVE on your oral skills or clarify grammar points with the Spanish tutor in the Academic Success Center in the EIT building. Refer to tutor scheduling sheet on the GBC Home page: Academic Success Center. You may also phone ASC 753-2149 for availability and schedules or check online gbcnv.edu Academic Success Center. We will not be offering Skype tutoring due to lack of participation.

Assignments (Formative) (vhl Supersite): Each lesson 6-10 contains 4 grammatical components:“Estructuras”. After each grammar explanation there is a “Práctica” which provides practice of the concept and skill. Ex: LI.1 Estructura p. 12 deals with the concept of “Nouns and Articles”. The subsequent “Práctica” p. 15 provides a practice exercise. After studying each Estructura you are assigned the following Práctica. Using the Supersite: It’s up to you how much extra you wish to do beyond Assignments! All lesson Assignments for L6-10 are pre-assigned and set as per deadlines to correlate with the Pruebas or lesson exams. The Prueba/Exams are also available online. Please do the “Student Guided Tour” to learn to navigate the program. You should do as much as possible: language learning like math is all about practice and repetition.

NOTE: I have preset both a Practice Exam “Prueba” and the actual Exam/Prueba on the “Vistas” Supersite for you. The Deadlines are set within the program and reiterated through the Announcements as per Schedule: All Deadlines (Assignments + Practice Exam) midnight Saturdays: Assessments midnight Sundays except for L10= Final.

Schedule: Deadlines Assignments & Practice Exam Assessments L5 REVIEW Sun. 1.31 L6 Sat. 2.20 Sun. 2.21 L7 3.12 3.13 L8 4.2 4.3 L9 4.23 4.24

L10 * Wed. 5.17 5.18= FINAL EXAM

**Verify schedule on vhlcentral.com ANNOUNCEMENTS. Also check Calendar!

 Drop deadline is : 4.4 to receive a “W” instead of an “F”.

GBC General Education Goals/Objectives

Objective 1: Communication Skills Students will learn to clearly and effectively communicate in the foreign language in written and oral form.

Learner Outcomes: +Indicates Measurement

*Written Communication +-Complete written practices “prácticas¨ +-Process the Assignments through vhl Supersite +-Written exams: vocabulary and grammar

*Oral Communication -Participate in Skype and Voice board oral conversation groups -Attend one-on-one conversation sessions with ASC tutors

*Listening Skills -Listen to aural/oral CDs. Listen on Supersite. -Listen to Spanish satellite TV, DVDs in Spanish, other Spanish language CDs, online programs +-Practice listening skills on Voiceboard groups or with the ASC tutor. -Listen to “Telenovela”, Vistas program *Reading Skills -Read assigned passages and dialogues in the text -Read outside Spanish language materials, i.e.: La Hora -Read one short Spanish novella from GBC library

Objective 2: Critical Thinking Integrate creativity, logic, quantitative reasoning, and the hierarchy of inquiry and knowing in social and scientific understanding:

Quantitative Ability Understand mathematical principles and integrate quantitative methods into problem solving.

Learner Outcomes: *+ Apply appropriate mathematical operations to deduce the metric conversion of distances, volumes, temperature, size and weights *+ Apply arithmetic computations orally in Spanish to practice Spanish numbers and facilitate travel applications: i.e., monetary conversion.

Reasoning and Independent Thought Use logical and visual thinking in selecting, analyzing and presenting information.

Learner Outcomes: * Gain a basic understanding of complex linguistic systems and their logical applications: syntax, gender, case, mood, tense etc. *+ Solve a puzzle in Spanish: i.e., tourist directions—“On a grid map of greater Madrid reason visually how you could get from the Plaza Major to the Escorial.” *+ Accomplish a complex task in Spanish by presenting the sequential steps in Spanish to someone: i.e., “How to change the oil in your new Seat 440

Scientific Understanding Understand the essential workings of natural systems, understand the hierarchy of scientific knowing and theuse of the scientific method in its pursuit, and have the ability to use this knowledge predicatively.

Learner Outcomes: *+ Research and report on one aspect of the hierarchy of descriptive (scientific) linguistics as it applies to the historical development of Spanish: i.e., “Provide a phoneme chart of different Spanish dialects”:” Create a language tree beginning with Latin .n roots”. * Learn medical terminology in Spanish (for nurses and medical personnel).

Objective 3: Personal and Cultural Awareness Understand the roles of individuals in Hispanic society, the development of that society in Hispanic countries and cultures.

Learner Outcomes: *+ Listen and respond to videos on Spanish culture and society Lectura, Cultura *+ Read and answer questions in Cultura on Supersite. * Participate in discussions with bilingual and bicultural students.

Objective 5: Technological Understanding Function effectively in modern society through the use of technology. Foster one’s knowledge and usage of a foreign language through technological applications.

Learner Outcomes:

*+ Access and learn to use online Supersite “En Linea”. *+ Access and use CDs, online Spanish chat rooms.

Learning Outcomes: Measurements:

1. Written Communication Assignments & Pruebas 6-10 2. Oral Communication VHL Supersite 3. Listening Skills VHL Supersite 4. Reading Skills Assignments: Pruebas 6-10

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