SPAN 1020 - Beginning Spanish 2 - Fall 2017 Syllabus

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SPAN 1020: Beginning Spanish 2 syllabus for Fall 2017 outlines a 16-week, 5-credit course running from August 28 to December 14. The course targets mastery of listening, speaking, reading, and writing through practical, realistic scenarios, with class time focused mainly on listening and speaking while reading and writing can be practiced at home. Required materials include Puntos de partida (10th edition) and ConnectPlus, with optional workbook and laboratory formats and Yabla. Placement guidance, pass/fail requirements, and C-or-better criteria to proceed to SPAN 2110 are provided, along with objectives and course requirements.

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Course Overview

Course Description

Required Texts

Optional Texts

Administrative Information

Placement and Requirements

Instructors and Coordinator

Course Objectives

Communication and Skill Development

Cultural Perspectives

Course Requirements

Homework and Attendance

ConnectPlus On-line Workbook and Lab Manual

SYLLABUS: SPAN 1020, Beginning Spanish 2 FALL / 2017, 5 CREDITS, 16-WEEK COURSE FROM AUGUST 28–DECEMBER 14 INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION Instructor: Office: Office hours: Email: COURSE DESCRIPTION: Spanish 1020 is a beginning Spanish course that assumes some prior knowledge and experience with Spanish. The course uses a variety of language teaching approaches to help the student work toward mastery of all four basic language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. The overall emphasis is on realistic situations that could prove useful in a practical sense to the student. Since reading and writing can be practiced at home, class time will be devoted mainly to listening and speaking activities. REQUIRED TEXTS: 1. Dorwick, Pérez-Gironés, Becher. Puntos de partida, 10th edition. 2. ConnectPlus to accompany Puntos de partida, 10th edition. These items can be bought together in a bundle or separately. Note that the Puntos textbook will also be used for 3rd semester Spanish, Spanish 2110; the ConnectPlus access code does not need to be purchased each semester as the code purchased for 1010 will work throughout the 3-course sequence. If you are a new student and need to purchase the access code, it can be purchased at the CU Bookstore or through the McGraw Hill website, as it is a specially designed version for our classes. Copies of Puntos de Partida 10th edition will be located in the Norlin Library reserve area and ALTEC reserve. OPTIONAL TEXTS: Paper versions of the Puntos Workbook and Laboratory Manual can be purchased online (for students who would like pen-and-paper practice versions of the same exercises offered in the Connect On-line Workbook & Lab Manual) . Students will also have the opportunity to use the on-line Spanish video program Yabla. Yabla can be found at [http://tinyurl.com/CUstudentyabla](http://tinyurl.com/CUstudentyabla) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION: If you have any doubts about the appropriateness of your placement in this level, second-semester Spanish, Spanish 1020, you should look at chapters 1-7 from Spanish 1010 and chapters 8-13 for Spanish 1020 of the Puntos textbook to see what grammar and vocabulary you might have already learned. You may also take the non-binding placement exam. If you have any doubts, please speak with your instructor and/or the course coordinator as soon as possible to find the correct Spanish class for you. The online, non-binding placement exam can be found at, [http://altec.colorado.edu/byu_exam_gateway.shtml](http://altec.colorado.edu/byu_exam_gateway.shtml) In order to continue on to Spanish 2110, the 3rd and last course in the beginning Spanish course sequence, you must earn a C-or better in Spanish 1020. This applies to students taking the course pass/fail as well. The Puntos de partida textbook is also used for the third semester course, SPAN 2110. Spanish 1020 is a multi-section course with multiple instructors and one supervisor/coordinator. If you have a question or problem, please speak with your instructor first. Then feel free to contact Mrs. Karen Gaston Malcolm, Spanish 1020 Coordinator, in McKenna 30B, 303-492-2186, [karen.malcolm@colorado.edu](karen.malcolm@colorado.edu). COURSE OBJECTIVES: By the end of Spanish 1020 students will be able to communicate about topics related to the daily life of a student, such as free time, holidays, health, quality of life and the environment. The following objectives refer more specifically to what students will be able to do at the end of this course: 1. Students will communicate in Spanish in the three modes: interpersonally (through conversations and emails), interpretatively (reading, listening, watching video), and presentationally (oral presentations and written compositions) . They will be able to use and understand the present tense of verbs and pertinent vocabulary, with sufficient accuracy in spelling and pronunciation so as to be understood by persons used to dealing with b

FAQs

What is the course structure and schedule for SPAN 1020 (Fall 2017)?

SPAN 1020 is a 16-week course (5 credits) running from August 28 to December 14, Fall 2017.

What are the required learning materials for SPAN 1020?

Required texts are Puntos de partida (10th edition) and ConnectPlus to accompany the same edition; they can be purchased as a bundle or separately.

What is required to continue to SPAN 2110 after SPAN 1020?

Students must earn a C or better in Spanish 1020 to continue to SPAN 2110, including students taking the course pass/fail.

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