University of Connecticut

Department of Literatures, Cultures and Languages

ESPAOL 1003 - Espaol intermedio I

Otoo 2016
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Course: Espaol 1003
Instructors name: Charles LeBel
Meeting times: MW 10-11.40
HART 209
Section:
H71
E-mail: charles.lebel@uconn.edu
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General Overview:

This course intends to develop communicative skills at a basic level.

We will focus on listening, speaking, writing and reading. Its purpose will be to provide a
cultural context that encourages and eases speaking in Spanish.
It also establishes the basic grammatical structure to allow for written communication.
Spanish 1003 demands faithful and regular preparation of assignments and active
participation.
To participate successfully, you must come to class fully prepared. This means that before
each class you should:
read all the assigned pages
preview the assigned vocabulary and grammar points
complete the assigned exercises in writing and the corresponding activities

Course goals:
1. SPEAKING: The student should be able to express personal meaning by creating with the

language: in part by combining and recombining known elements and conversational

input to produce responses typically consisting of sentences and strings of sentences.

2. LISTENING: The student should be most accurate in their comprehension when getting

meaning from simple: straightforward speech. They are able to comprehend messages
found in highly familiar everyday contexts.

3. READING: The student should be able to understand conventional narrative and

descriptive texts and derive some meaning from texts that are structurally and/or
conceptually more complex. These texts reflect the standard linguistic conventions of the
written form of the language in such a way that readers can predict what they are going
to read.
4. WRITING: The student should be able to meet practical writing needs: such as simple
messages and letters: requests for information: and notes. These writers can create with
the language and communicate simple facts and ideas in a series of loosely connected
sentences on topics of personal interest and social needs.
5. CULTURE: The student should be able to gain knowledge and understanding of other cultures
and connect with other disciplines and acquire information about them.
Based on the ACTFL Guidelines for the 4 skills
Texts and materials:
Exploraciones 2nd edition. The key to access the iLrn program is a requirement. If you have
bought the book second hand you will need to buy the access to the workbook separately.
Evaluation Criteria: An individual's performance will be evaluated according to the following
criteria and percentages.
Class participation
Oral exams and oral exercises

10%

15%
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University of Connecticut

Department of Literatures, Cultures and Languages

Homework and Workbook Ebook

Quizzes (Pruebas)
Redacciones
Written midterm exam
Written final exam

15%
15%
15%
15%
100%

15%

Grading scale:
A
AB+

95-100%
90-94
86-89

B
BC+

83-85
79-82
76-78

C
CD+

73-75
69-72
66-68

D
D
F

63-65
60-62
0-59

If a student should deem it advisable to drop the course, s/he must take care of the
paperwork. If the students name appears on the final grade list, s/he will receive the grade
that reflects the work done during the semester, even if s/he had decided to drop the course.
Last day to drop a course is September 12, 2016.
Course Details: We will use the following sites for our course:
HuskyCT for information about the syllabus and other announcements.
ILrn website which contains your assignments and activities:

Work will be assigned in ILrn website that will be completed orally and in writing in the
electronic format. We recommend that you complete those exercises as part of the
activities in the class. The absolute deadline for the exercises for every lesson is indicated
in the syllabus. Later submissions would not be accepted.

Please submit all the activities by the deadline. The activities are organized in an orderly
manner and what you learn in one will be applied to the next one.

Pace your work to do the activities every day. Do not wait until the day to complete
everything. Especially on the weekends, you have time to advance on all your work for the
following week.

Oral activities.
Oral activities are activities that require the student to do an online recording of them
speaking either in the iLrn website or other online method. These exercise can be individual
or in pairs.
These exercises will allow the instructor to see the issues in relation to the students
Spanish pronunciation, to recommend ways to improve it and to evaluate the students
progress in relation to this important issue.
Further details will be given in a separate document.

Exams, quizzes and pop-quizzes. Quizzes and pop-quizzes are important tools to evaluate
the students progress and whether students understand or keep up with the contents of
the class.

Self-Tests and Quizzes. ILrn contains self-tests and quizzes, you should take these quizzes
for yourself. If you had any experience with Spanish earlier in your life, you may already be
acquainted with some structures.

Keyboard and Accents. Accents are important! Change your keyboard, it is easier than
trying to cut and paste the symbols. I advise you to google keyboard in Spanish and then
you can choose either MAC or PC. Certain keys will become dead keys for the accents.

How to begin:
1. You need to buy the textbook from the Coop.
2. Once you purchase your online text, you will need to go to the website:
http://hlc.quia.com/books . Click in the create an account tab and follow the instructions.
Once you have created an account: you need to include the book key that you have bought.
3. After entering the book key, you need to join Spanish 1003. In this case, you need to enter
the code the instructor will give you.
4. You should be able to see our Spanish 1003 class with the instructors name. ILrn is where
you will complete assignments from Exploraciones.
SYLLABUS IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE, WITH PRIOR NOTIFICATION OF THE INSTRUCTOR
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Contenidos Libro de texto

Proyectos y
ejercicios orales

Tareas Libro
de Actividades
(Activities
iLrn)

REPASO Please complete the preMicro-composicin

test captulo 11 in Ilrn webpage
under Self-test section.
Repaso:
Presente de indicativo
Diferencias entre SER-ESTAR
Stem-changing verbs
Verbos como GUSTAR.
Captulo 11 Es la moda arte?
Investigacin web 1:
Exploraciones lxicas (374-5)
Conexiones (377)
Conexiones culturales (376-7)
Ejercicio oral 1
Exploraciones gramaticales (378-80)
Exploraciones gramaticales (381-4)
En vivo (385)
Lectura (386-7)
12 de sept.: Courses dropped after this date will have a "W" for withdrawal recorded
on the academic record
Exploraciones lxicas (388-9)
Exploracin web 2:
Conexiones culturales (390-1)
Cultura p. 390
Exploraciones gramaticales (392-4)
Ejercicio oral 2
Exploraciones gramaticales (395-7)
Lectura (398-9)
Redaccin (400)
En vivo (401)
Exploraciones profesionales (402-3)
Exploracin web 3:
SAM Cap. 11
Exploraciones de repaso (404-5)
Conexiones (412)
Cap. 12 Qu ser de nuestro
Ejercicio oral 3
planeta?
Exploraciones lxicas (410-1)
Conexiones culturales (412-3)
Exploraciones de repaso (414-6)
Exploraciones gramaticales (417-20)
En vivo (421)
Exploracin web 3:
SAM Cap. 12-1
Lectura (422-3)
Conexiones (427)
Conexiones culturales (426-7)
Examen Oral 1
Repaso Examen Mitad de semestre
7 Octubre: Mid-term progress reports due students from faculty
Examen mitad de semestre
Ejercicio oral 4
Exploraciones lxicas (424-5)
Exploraciones gramaticales (428-30)
Exploraciones gramaticales (431-33)
Lectura (434-5)
Redaccin (236)
En vivo (437)
Exploracin web 4:
SAM Cap. 12-2
Exploraciones profesionales (438-9)
Comparaciones
Exploraciones de repaso (440-1)
(450)
Exploraciones literarias (444-5)
Captulo 13 Es tu vida una
telenovela?
Exploraciones lxicas (448-9)
Conexiones culturales (450-1)
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Exploraciones gramaticales (452-54)

Exploraciones gramaticales (455-8)
En vivo (459)
Lectura (460-1)
Exploraciones lxicas (462-3)
Conexiones culturales (464-65)
Exploraciones gramaticales (466-8)
Exploraciones gramaticales (469-71)
Lectura (472-3)
Redaccin (474)
En vivo (475)
Exploraciones profesionales (476-7)
Exploraciones de repaso (478-9)
Captulo 14 Qu haces en una
emergencia?
Exploraciones lxicas (484-5)
Conexiones culturales (486-7)
Exploraciones gramaticales (488-90)
Exploraciones gramaticales (491-4)
En vivo (495)
Lectura (496-7)
Exploraciones lxicas (498-9)
Conexiones culturales (500-1)
Exploraciones gramaticales (502-4)
Exploraciones gramaticales (505-7)
Lectura (508-9)
Redaccin (510)
En vivo (511)
Exploraciones profesionales (512-3)
Exploraciones de repaso (514-5)
Exploraciones literarias (518-21)
Vacaciones de Accin de Gracias

Ejercicio oral 5
Exploracin web 5:
Cultura (464)

Ejercicio oral 6

Ejercicio oral 7
Exploracin web 6:
Investiga:
Comparaciones
(487)

Ejercicio oral 8
Exploracin web 7:
Comparaciones
(501)

Ejercicio oral 9

Proyecto final: El viaje turstico

Repaso para el examen final y
presentaciones orales
Examen final

SAM Cap. 13

SAM Cap. 14
Examen oral 2

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS

SPAN 1003
STUDENTS RIGHTS: All students in the College have specific rights and responsibilities. You
have the right to adjudication of any complaints you have about classroom activities or
instructor actions. You also have the right to expect a classroom environment that enables
you to learn, including modifications if you have a disability
STUDENTS RESPONSIBILITIES: Your responsibilities to this class --and to your education
as a whole-- include attendance and participation (see next). You are also expected to be
honest and honorable in your fulfillment of assignments and in test-taking situations. You
have a responsibility to the rest of the class-and to the instructor-to help create a classroom
environment where all may learn. At the most basic level, this means that you will respect
the other members of the class and the instructor, and treat them with the courtesy you
hope to receive in turn.
PARTICIPATION: Since the oral component of the class is very important, students are
expected to participate in all class meetings. After the second unexcused and not
officially documented absence the instructor will decide how this is affecting your
participation and your final grade will be lowered.
Criteria for class participation are:
Being present at every class session
Reading and preparing the work for class as determined by the instructor.
Actively participating in class activities by making comments, asking questions, showing
enthusiasm in activities.
Do the homework in the preparation of listening comprehension, grammar exercises,
dialogues, and readings and for completion of exercises indicated.
The realization of the Internet projects might form an integral part of the required
course work.
Cell phones Please, NO cell phones, text messaging, or newspapers in class. Please turn cell
phones completely off, including vibration setting and put them away. It is disturbing to the
entire classand disrespectful to the instructorto have students get up during class to
receive phone calls or to have to lecture while they are text messaging. If you have a
particular emergency, please inform me before class that you will be expecting a call.
Should you need to use the restroom you must leave your phone visible on your desk,
otherwise you will not be permitted to leave the classroom. Please remember to do so, so
that your leaving the classroom does not cause an unnecessary interruption. (If you do not
own a phone, you might want to let the instructor know at the beginning of the semester.)
Laptop Use The use of laptops is not permitted in this class. Consult your instructor if you
need to use your laptop.
PUNCTUALITY: As participation is so important in language courses, chronic tardiness cannot
be tolerated as it disturbs both your classmates and the instructor. If you arrive after class
has begun, quietly take a seat near the door in order to minimize the interruption. If you
have a conflict of times with another class, please inform your instructor about your
problems. After the second late arrival, your grade will be affected.
PLAGIARISM: Especially important are the originality of written work. Keep in mind that
turning in anothers work as your own is considered plagiarism and constitutes academic
dishonesty. This inappropriate behavior will be considered especially in relation to texts copied
from Internet.
According to The Student Code at the University of Connecticut, presenting, as one's
own, the ideas or words of another for academic evaluation is a case of academic misconduct.
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A student who knowingly assists another student in committing an act of academic

misconduct shall be equally accountable for the violation, and shall be subject to the sanctions
and
other
remedies
described
in
The
Student
Code
(see
http://www.dosa.uconn.edu/Code2.html#partvi).
Please note that ALL written work is expected to be your own work, without the help of
others. This includes tutors. Writing which can be suspected to be primarily the work of
someone else will not be accepted. To clarify what kind of help on written work is permissible
and what kind is not, refer to the following list.
YOU MAY:
Consult with your instructor during the office hours.
Consult dictionaries and grammar reference sources:
http://www.rae.es/rae.html
http://www.wordreference.com
http://www.spanishspanish.com/
http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/index.php
Use a Spanish spell checker (e.g. with a program such as Microsoft Word).
Use peer-review comments from the class.
YOU SHOULD NOT:
Ask a friend or your tutor to read your work and correct the errors.
Use automatic translation devices from Internet or other sources (machine
translation is easily identifiable).
MAKE-UP WORK: Neither make-up quizzes nor journals will be given for reasons other than
documented medical absences.
TUTORING (DURING FALL/SPRING SEMESTERS): It is imperative that students not fall
behind in the work assigned in language courses. It is extremely difficult, if not impossible
(depending on the length of the absence and the students ability), to make up missed class
time.
A free tutoring service will be available at the UConn during the semester for
those students experiencing problems with the material in the classes.
Do not wait until the end of the semester to seek help!!!!
SPANISH RESOURCE CENTER AND SPANISH CLUB: Students can find a great variety of
resources in Spanish in the Resource Room OAK 219. Books, dictionaries, CDs or films may
help you to improve your skills and strength your interest in the Spanish language and
culture.
EL CLUB DE ESPAOL: Uconn students can practice their oral skills during the weekly
meetings held by El Club de Espaol in the Library Language Center (first floor). El Club de
Espaol is a student organization that provides a meeting point for those interested in the
Spanish culture (the schedule for this semester will be posted in OAK 219).
DIAGNOSED DISABILITIES: If you have a diagnosed disability, it is the students
responsibility to bring an official letter from the Office of Students with Disabilities to your
instructor and Prof. Urios-Aparisi. Special arrangements will be made with your instructor.
PROBLEMS, QUESTIONS: If you have any problems or questions concerning the course
requirements or your performance, please discuss them with your instructor. If there is a
problem that your instructor cannot resolve please consult Prof. E. Urios-Aparisi,
eduardo.urios-aparisi@uconn.edu OAK 252.

Fulfill your language requirements in a Study Abroad

Program

UCONN in Granada
Spain
Alhambra from the Generalife garden. Photo: Reguera

Track 2: UConn in Granada. Intermediate Spanish

Prior Language Study Requirement: Students who have taken Spanish 1002
or two years of Spanish in high school.
5 courses: Up to 17 University of Connecticut credits
Students will take Span 1003 and 1004 (or only 1004) plus 3-4 content courses
designed for that level such as SPAN 3293 (Spanish Literature), SPAN 3293
(Spanish Civilization and Culture), SPAN 3293 (Islamic Culture in Spain), HIST
1998 (History of Spain), ARTH 1993 (History of Spanish Art)
THE ACADEMICS: Students will receive 15-17 credits abroad. All the courses
are taught in Spanish by University of Granada faculty, but are adapted to suit
the needs of UConn students. The class experience is designed to make
effective use of Granada and its cultural institutions.
The program runs EVERY FALL AND SPRING SEMESTER or you could spend
the full academic year in Spain.
Track 1: UConn in Granada. Advanced Spanish
Prior Language Study Requirement : 5 semesters of Spanish (The equivalent to
Span 1001-1004 plus SPAN 3178). 5 courses- 15 UConn credits.
Students will take courses such as SPAN 3293 (Spanish Literature), SPAN 3293
(Translation), ARTH 3993 (History of Spanish Art), HIST 3993 (History of Spain),
POLS 3993 (Political Systems of Spain), INTD 3993 (Society and Politics in
Modern Spain), ECON 2493 (Economy of Spain).
More information: Contact the UConn Study Abroad Office
For information and application Go to: www.studyabroad.uconn.edu. Click the
link Find a program and write Granada
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Cuestionario Informativo
Please fill in this form and return it to the instructor
Nombre (name):

Apellido (last name):

Lugar y fecha de nacimiento (Place and date of birth)

Correo electrnico (email):
Area(s) de inters, o especializacin (Major and minor or main interests):
1. Indica qu experiencia (cursos, aos, amigos, etc.) en espaol has tenido hasta este
momento (What experience with Spanish have you had until this moment? You can detail
previous courses and/or years of studying Spanish).

2. A qu instituto asististe? Cundo te graduaste de tu instituto? (Which highschool did you

attend? When did you graduate?)
3. Por qu decidiste tomar este curso? (Why are you studying Spanish?)
4. Explica brevemente qu te gustara hacer o qu esperas en esta clase (Explain briefly what
you would like to learn or you expect to learn in this class)

5. Qu otros idiomas conoce? (Do you have some knowledge of any language other than
English or Spanish?):
6. reas de inters en lenguaje o la cultura hispnica (Main areas of interest in Spanish
language or culture):

MIL GRACIAS

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