SPA 103

Beginning Spanish III
Professor: Carol Lacy-Salazar

Objetivos del curso: Spanish 101-102-103 is a three-term sequence that presents the essential structure of the Spanish language and basic vocabulary in a four-skill approach: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. the same texts are used in all three courses; approximately one-third of the material will be covered this term. Your goal is correct self expression in Spanish as well as understanding of both written and spoken Spanish and a nascent understanding of the Hispanic culture.

There will be daily quizzes plus two written exams and one oral final exam. There will be no make-up quizzes unless you have an official medical excuse; however, the lowest quiz grade will be dropped. The accelerated pace of an intensive course supposes no absences. Only faculty-approved absences and official medical escuses are valid. In general, if you miss more than two full days of class, you should discuss dropping the course with the professor.

You should plan to spend approximately three hours daily on your homework assignments, which will include reading over the chapter--paying particular attention to the grammatical explanations and exercises--, writing the exercises in the workbook that correspond to the chapter we have covered in class that day, listening to the oral exercises and doing the computer activities located at the Online Learning Center Website (www.mhhe.com/quetal7), and doing the CAN-8 exercises (accessible in the College Hall Humanities Lab). The Workbook/Lab Manual has the answers in the back. Please check your own work after you have completed the exercises. We will not go over the exercises in class unless you have questions; however, quiz questions will be chosen from the homework exercises.

There will be three short compositions (approximately 200 words each) written on themes that reinforce the grammar points being studied in class. These should be typewritten or handwritten in blue or black ink and written on every other line. Students are responsible for correcting these compositions after they have been reviewed by the professor. Everyone is expected to present one of the compositions orally for the rest of the class and to read an article related to one of the countries described in the Enfoque Cultural and to orally summarize the article for the class.

Textos:

¿Qué Tal?, 7th edition, Dorwick, Pérez-Gironés, Knorre, Glass & Villarreal
Workbook/Laboratory Manual to accompany ¿Qué Tal?, Arana & Arana, Sabló-Yates
Glossed readings from the Tutorial on the Spanish Web Site: "Autobiografía," "Costa Rica," and "Leyendas de Costa Rica."

Evaluación: Su nota final se basará en lo siguiente:

20%-- Pruebas diarias
40%-- Exámenes (2 escritos y uno oral)
20%-- Trabajo Oral
20%-- Trabajo Escrito