Course Name & Number: SPAN 1412 Beginning Spanish II

Semester & Year: Summer II 2021

Course Description: Continued development of basic Spanish language skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing within a cultural framework.  Students acquire the vocabulary and grammatical structures necessary to communicate and comprehend at the high beginner to the low intermediate level.

Instructor’s Name: Katie Ralph

Instructor’s Office #: No physical office; online office hours only

Email address: kralph@nctc.edu

Office Phone #: 325-721-9629 (cell)

Canvas Office Hours: M-R 10:00-12:00

ESFL Division Chair: Dr. Rochelle Gregory    rgregory@nctc.edu

Textbooks & Materials Required: All the required materials are available for free in our Canvas site. You must have access to a reliable computer, internet, webcam, speakers, and microphone. You will not be able to complete the required assignments without these materials. Please plan to use Mozilla Firefox as your main browser.

You are expected to complete your online work regardless of unpredictable conditions, such as weather. Unless the college shuts down, you are expected to complete your work as scheduled. Please do not wait for the last minute to turn in your work because that is when technology glitches happen the most. It is your responsibility to double check that your submissions have gone through. 

Respondus Lockdown Browser. This is a free download available here (Links to an external site.) which you will use as you take your exams. Respondus Lockdown Browser Privacy Policy (Links to an external site.). Respondus Accessibility Statement. (Links to an external site.)

Canvas Learning Management System. Our online classroom is located in Canvas. Canvas Privacy Policy (Links to an external site.). Canvas Accessibility Statement (Links to an external site.).

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Technology Requirements

Screen Size

• A minimum of 1024x600. That is the average size of a netbook.

Operating Systems

• Windows XP SP3 and newer
• Mac OSX 10.6 and newer
• Linux - chromeOS

Mobile OS Native App Support

• iOS 5 and newer
• Android 2.3 and newer

Computer Speed and Processor

• Use a computer 5 years old or newer when possible
• 1GB of RAM
• 2GHz processor

Internet Speed

• Along with compatibility and web standards, Canvas has been carefully crafted to accommodate low bandwidth environments.
• Minimum of 512kbps

Screen Readers (if applicable)

• The latest versions of JAWS and VoiceOver

Canvas and Respondus Tech Support: (940) 668-3335 use this number during office hours if you need immediate support, but it is preferred that you submit a ticked through: http://ecampushelpdesk.nctc.edu/hc/en-us/requests/new

Minimum Technical Skills

In order to succeed in this course, you must be able to

• write, send, and receive emails
• navigate the internet to find information and access online learning components
• navigate and use Canvas
• upload content via the internet
• record yourself using a webcam and microphone
• download and install software
• compose, edit, format and spellcheck documents using a word processor

Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete SPAN 1412 will meet the following learning outcomes:

1. Engage in conversations using level-appropriate grammatical structures including narrating events that take place in the past.
2. Demonstrate understanding of level-appropriate spoken Spanish produced by Spanish speakers of diverse origins.
3. Write simple to moderately complex sentences using level-appropriate grammatical structures and organize them into cohesive paragraphs.
4. Read and comprehend level-appropriate authentic texts.
5. Identify and discuss traditions, customs, and values of the Hispanic world.
6. Compare and contrast the traditions, customs, and values of the Hispanic world with characteristics of their own culture.

Core Objectives

Foundational Component Area:  Language, Philosophy, and Culture

• Critical Thinking Skills (CT)- to include creative thinking, innovation, inquiry, and analysis, evaluation and synthesis of information
• Communication Skills (COM)- to include effective development, interpretation and expression of ideas through written, oral, and visual communication
• Social Responsibility (SR)- to include intercultural competency, knowledge of civic responsibility, and the ability to engage effectively in regional, national, and global communities
• Personal Responsibility (PR)- to include the ability to connect choices, actions, and consequences to ethical decision-making

Grading Policy & Procedures

In general, I do not offer extra credit. However, at the end of the semester, I apply standard rounding to everyone. An 89.44 will remain a B, but an 89.45 will round up to an A.

 

Tarea 20%

Oral exams (1) 15%

Exámenes escritos (2) 40%

Cultural project/Canvas work    25%
90-100% A

80-89% B

70-79% C

60-69% D

0-59%  F

 

Scholastic Integrity

Scholastic dishonesty shall include, but not be limited to cheating on a test, plagiarism, and collusion.  See Student Handbook “Student Rights & Responsibilities: Student Conduct [FLB- (LOCAL)]” #18.

Disciplinary Actions [Student Handbook, #5] “When cheating, collusion, or plagiarism has occurred beyond any reasonable doubt, the instructor may give the student or students involved an “F” on a particular assignment or in the course. [See Scholastic Dishonesty FLB (Local)] The instructor shall make a written report of the incident and of the planned action to his Department Chair.  The Department Chair shall report the incident and action to appropriate instructional dean who shall review the case, notify the student and, if necessary, take further action.  This may involve either probation or suspension of the student or students in question. If such disciplinary action is deemed necessary, the Dean of Student Services shall be notified, and the action shall be taken through that office.”

Plagiarism, which should be avoided at all costs, includes the following student actions:

1. Turning in someone else's ideas, opinions, theories, or work as your own;
2. Unintentionally or inadvertently turning in someone else's ideas, opinions, theories, or work as your own as the result of failing to document sources both internally and in the Works Cited;
3. Copying words, ideas, or images from someone without giving credit; Failing to put a quotation in quotations marks;
4. Giving incorrect information about the source of information, quotations, or images;
5. Changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit;
6. Copying so many words, ideas, or images from a source that it makes up the majority of the student's work, whether or not the student gives credit.

The NCTC Student Handbook can be found here (Links to an external site.)

Attendance and Late Work Policy

Even though this is an online class, it is not self-paced. You must plan to log into Canvas several times a week and should do the corresponding tarea/homework work by the due dates as well. Language cannot be learned in big chunks. It must be learned in small bits with frequent review of the previously covered material in order to be acquired.

Each day you should begin by reviewing the lesson, completing the tarea/homework, and submitting the attendance and other applicable work through Canvas.

In order to show your attendance, you must complete the corresponding attendance activity for that day. There will be attendance activities every Monday through Thursday, and each will be due at 4:00 pm*. If you miss an attendance activity, you will be counted absent for that day. After 4 missed attendance activities, the student may be dropped. 

*As a general rule, your work will be officially due at 4:00 pm because that is when my office hours end. However, I will accept work through midnight without applying any penalty. You are not guaranteed I will be available to help you if you run into issues submitting work after the official deadline, and I will not give any credit for any work submitted after midnight. The final exam is not part of this extension. The final is due on the day and at the time listed in the syllabus.

ADA Statement

North Central Texas College does not discriminate on the basis of disability for admission or access to its programs.  The College is committed to providing equal access to its students with disabilities by providing appropriate accommodations; a variety of services and resources are made available through the ACCESS Department.  Students are responsible for notifying the ACCESS Department of their need for assistance.  Students with documented disabilities, such as mobility impairment, hearing or visual impairment, learning, and/or psychological disorders are eligible for services. 

 

Disability Accommodations

The Office for Students with Disabilities (Links to an external site.) (OSD) provides accommodations for students who have a documented disability. A disability is anything that can interfere with learning, such as a learning disability, psychological challenge, physical illness, or injury. Accommodations may include extra time on tests, tests in a distraction-reduced environment, volunteer note taker in class, etc.

On the Corinth Campus, go to room 170 or call 940-498-6207. On the Gainesville Campus, go to room 110 in the Administration Building (100) or call 940-668-4209.  Students on the Bowie, Graham, Flower Mound, and online campuses should call 940-668-4209 to arrange for an intake appointment with OSD.

North Central Texas College is on record as being committed to both the spirit and letter of federal equal opportunity legislation, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, ADA Amendments Act of 2009, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (P.L. 93-112).

EEOC Statement

North Central Texas College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, or disability in the employment or the provision of services.

Tarea

You will have activities assigned to you to complete in order to practice material you have just learned. It is important to stay up to date with your homework because language cannot be memorized in large chunks. It must be practiced and learned in small portions with regular review.

Oral Exams

You will know beforehand what the possible topics for the exam will be. Remember that the oral exam is about producing language on the spot and not rehearsing fully memorized scripts.

Cultural Project

The cultural project will be turned in part by part throughout the semester and then revised and formatted in order to create the final version. Pay careful attention to the grading rubrics to know how you will be graded.

Exams

Due to the nature of language learning, all of the exams will be cumulative. This means you are still responsible for remembering vocabulary, conjugations, and material from prior chapters for each exam. Please avoid any activities that are not allowed during an on-campus exam or that could appear like cheating.

Grade input

I try to get work graded and back to you by the next week, but remember that the standard grade turn-around is two weeks.

Tobacco-Free Campus

NCTC restricts the use of all tobacco products including cigarettes, cigars, pipes, electronic cigarettes, and smokeless tobacco on campus property. NCTC is aware that tobacco use influences underage students, accumulates unsightly tobacco litter, and interferes with assuring clean air for all who come to NCTC. NCTC recognizes the health hazards of tobacco use and of exposure to second hand smoke. Information on a tobacco cessation program is available for students, faculty, staff who wish to stop using tobacco products. We would like to "thank you" for your help in making our campuses Tobacco-Free. For questions or concerns, please contact the Office of Vice President of Student Services at 940-668-4240.

 

 

Course Calendar

			Enfoque	Tarea	4th credit hour
		Lección 7	LO: 1, 2, 3, 4 y 5  CO: CT, COM, SR y PR Recognize the pronunciation differences between English and Spanish Use Lesson 7 vocabulary to talk about travelling Use the gustar construction to express and discover personal preferences Identify and produce ordinal numbers Identify direct objects and rewrite sentences using the direct object pronoun Identify and use the preterit tense to describe completed actions in the past Read an article in Spanish Write a short composition in Spanish Research cultural information about a Spanish-speaking country and summarize that information in paragraphs written in Spanish Demonstrate listening comprehension of aural paragraph and questions
Week 1	L7D1	7/14/2021	Accent rules Pronunciation Repaso de 1411 (El futuro, los verbos irregulares y de cambio de raíz, las 2 contracciones)	Review the vocabulario Review accent rules and pronunciation Hacer (do) la actividad de asistencia (attendance)	Visit the Canvas site for our course and familiarize yourself with it. If you have questions, contact me. Take the syllabus quiz.
	L7D2	7/15/2021	Vocabulario Los números ordinales Los objetos directos	Hacer la tarea 7.2 Hacer la actividad de asistencia (syllabus quiz)
Week 2	L7D3	7/19/2021	Vocabulario Los números ordinales Los objetos directos Los objetos indirectos	Hacer la tarea 7.3 Hacer la actividad de asistencia 2-7-3	Hacer la actividad: Personal Reflection #1  Leer las instrucciones del proyecto cultural. Decidir si vas a trabajar en un grupo, el formato de tu proyecto y el país. Subir tu plan para el Proyecto cultural (debes identificar las ideas generales que vas a investigar).
	L7D4	7/20/2021	Los objetos indirectos Gustar	Hacer la tarea 1-7.4  y Tarea 2-7.4
Week 2	L7D5	7/21/2021	Gustar	Hacer la tarea 7.5
	L7D6	7/22/2021	El pretérito regular	Hacer la Guía de estudio para el Examen #1 (asistencia)
Week 3	L7D7	7/26/2021	El Examen #1	No hay tarea diaria
		Lesson 8	LO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 y 6  CO: CT, COM, SR Use Lesson 8 vocabulary to talk about errands Identify direct and indirect objects and rewrite sentences that replace both with pronouns Memorize and use irregular and stem-changing preterit conjugations Use the preterit to give and obtain information about completed actions in the past Distinguish the differences between por and para Read an article in Spanish Research cultural information about a Spanish-speaking country and summarize that information in paragraphs written in Spanish Demonstrate listening comprehension of aural paragraph and question		Subir el borrador del artículo 1 a Canvas (7/28)
	L8D1	7/27/2021	Vocabulario Los objetos directos e indirectos	Hacer la tarea 8.1 Hacer la actividad de asistencia
Week 3	L8D2	7/28/2021	Vocabulario Los objetos directos e indirectos Por y Para	Hacer la tarea 8.2 Hacer la actividad de asistencia 8.2	Subir el borrador del artículo 2 a Canvas (7/30)
	L8D3	7/29/2021	Ser, Ir y Dar Los verbos con cambio de raíz	Hacer la tarea 8.3
Week 4	L8D4	8/2/2021	Los verbos con cambio de raíz Los adverbios Lectura Practica auditiva	Práctica Auditiva 8	Subir el borrador del artículo 3 a Canvas *Grading checkpoint* Be sure you left feedback for your partner and completed the peer evaluation for articles 2-3
		Lesson 9	LO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 y 6  CO: CT, COM, SR Use Lesson 9 vocabulary to talk about daily routines Memorize and use reflexive constructions to describe daily routines Memorize and use irregular preterit conjugations to give and obtain information about completed actions in the past Use the "Hacer tiempo que" construction to describe how long it has been since an action was completed or how long you have been doing that action Read an article in Spanish Research cultural information about a Spanish-speaking country and summarize that information in paragraphs written in Spanish Demonstrate listening comprehension of aural paragraph and questions
	L9D1	8/3/2021	Vocabulario El posesivo El reflexivo	Hacer la tarea 9.1 Hacer la actividad de asistencia 9.1 Práctica para el examen oral
Week 4	L9D2	8/4/2021	El reflexivo Hacer tiempo que	Hacer la tarea 9.2 Hacer la actividad de asistencia 9.2	Subir el borrador del artículo 4 a Canvas (8/5)
	L9D3	8/5/2021	El pretérito irregular Hacer tiempo que	Hacer la tarea 9.3 Examen Oral
Week 5	L9D4	8/9/2021	El pretérito irregular Practica auditiva Lectura	Práctica Auditiva 9	Subir el borrador del artículo 5 a Canvas
Week 5		Lesson 10	LO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 y 6  CO: CT, COM, SR, PR Use Lesson 10 vocabulary to talk about houses and apartments Identify and use the imperfect tense to describe repeated actions in the past Interpret the difference in meaning between conocer and saber in the preterit and imperfect tenses Read an article in Spanish Write a short paragraph in Spanish Demonstrate listening comprehension of aural paragraph and question Write a short composition in Spanish
	L10D1	8/10/2021	Vocabulario El imperfecto	Hacer la tarea 10.1 Hacer la actividad de asistencia 10.1	Subir el borrador del artículo 6 a Canvas (8/12)
	L10D2	8/11/2021	Vocabulario El imperfecto	Hacer la tarea 10.2
Week 5	L10D3	8/12/2021	Versión Final del Proyecto	Versión Final del Proyecto	Subir la versión Final del Proyecto a Canvas
		Lesson 11	LO: 1, 2, 3, 4 y 5  CO: CT, COM, SR Use Lesson 13 vocabulary to talk about clothing Identify and use the imperative form to elicit action from others Identify, interpret, and use the se impersonal construction to emphasize actions Read an article in Spanish Write a short paragraph Spanish Demonstrate listening comprehension of aural paragraph and question
Week 5	L11D1	8/16/2021	Vocabulario El imperativo de Ud./Uds./Nosotros y Tú negativo	Hacer la tarea 11.1	Leer los proyectos de los otros grupos y votar por el mejor proyecto de la clase
Week 5	L11D2	8/17/2021	El imperativo	Hacer la Guía de estudio para el Examen #3
	L11D3	8/18/2021	Examen Final	Examen Final

 

 

 

 

 

Core Competencies and Learning Outcomes Alignment Chart

 

CC/LO	Aligned Assignment (e.g., unit, assignment title, or link in Canvas)
CC: Communication	Cultural project (2-9)
CC: Critical Thinking	Cultural project (2-9)
CC: Personal Responsibility	Cultural project article 7, 8
CC: Social Responsibility	Cultural project (2-9)
LO 1: Engage in conversations using level-appropriate grammatical structures including narrating events that take place in the past.	Oral Exams (both)
LO 2: Demonstrate understanding of level-appropriate spoken Spanish produced by Spanish speakers of diverse origins.	Listening comprehension and oral questions on exams (all 3)
LO 3: Write simple to moderately complex sentences using level-appropriate grammatical structures and organize them into cohesive paragraphs.	Compositions (both) and exam paragraphs
LO 4: Read and comprehend level-appropriate authentic texts.	Exam reading comprehension (all 3)
LO 5: Identify and discuss traditions, customs, and values of the Hispanic world.	Cultural project (2-9)
LO 6: Compare and contrast the traditions, customs, and values of the Hispanic world with characteristics of their own culture.	Cultural project (2-8)