Spanish 250 Syllabus
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
Quito, Ecuador
- Halty, Raquel and Angela Labarca. Convocación de palabras: Lectura y redacción. USA. Thomson/Heinle, 2006. ISBN 1-4130-0666-3.
- Fuentes, Carlos. Aura. New York: Continental, 1989. ISBN 968-4111-819. NOTE: This is the edition that will be referred to and used in class. Students who acquire a different edition will be responsible for finding text that is alluded to in class.
- Suggested: Diccionario para la enseñanza de la lengua española. ISBN 8483321114.
Spanish 250 provides students with the necessary strategies for reading original texts in Spanish, as well as opportunities to read, understand, and analyze short stories, poems, novels, and journalistic texts.
Course Objectives
In Spanish 250, students will learn strategies that will help comprehension of the texts studied and of written Spanish in general, thus preparing for more advanced readings in the 400-level courses and above. Students will also broaden their vocabulary and practice spoken and written Spanish through communicative activities. The course aims at developing reading comprehension and analysis in Spanish, while also practicing other linguistic skills.
Students enrolled in Spanish 250, who wish to register for Spanish 400 level courses, must take the Spanish Listening and Reading Proficiency Exam (SLRPE). Successful completion of this exam, indicated by a score of 80% or better on each portion of the test, is one of the prerequisites for entry into our major/minor program. While 250 will help prepare for the reading portion of the SLRPE, students should also plan to read material from other sources (see the Resources page) in order to further strengthen vocabulary and comprehension in preparation for the exam.
Attendance and Participation
All students are required to attend all classes and are expected to arrive on time. If an illness or an emergency prevents you from attending class, you are expected to notify the RD as soon as possible. Upon your return to school, you must submit a note from a physician explaining your absence. The Resident Director will notify you if the absence is excused.
Makeup Work
Makeup work will be permitted ONLY when the RD is presented with acceptable documentation and the absence is excused. Students with an unexcused absence will not be allowed to submit makeup work. Class participation points cannot be made up for any reason.
After two hours of unexcused absences in a course, each additional unexcused hour will result in a one-percentage point reduction of your final grade per absence. This means that if you miss one school day and your absence is unexcused, your final grade will be reduced by 2 percentage points. For example, an 80% becomes a 78%.
Lateness
Lateness to class counts toward unexcused hours and will be rounded to the next quarter hour. (If you arrive 9 minutes late, you now have 15 minutes unexcused; arrive 17 minutes late, you now have 30 minutes unexcused, etc.). Repeated lateness and absences will require a meeting with the RD, will be reported to The Ohio State University, and may result in your removal from the class.
Missing or arriving late to required meetings and required school activities will be counted as an absence and will be treated as outlined above.
Academic Misconduct
Academic misconduct is defined as any activity which tends to compromise the academic integrity of the institution, or subvert the educational process. All suspected cases of academic misconduct will be reported to the Committee on Academic Misconduct as required by University rules. Such instances include, but are not limited to: plagiarism (representing as one's own work anything done by another), cheating on assignments or examinations, collusion, falsification of excuses, submitting work from a previous quarter without explicit permission of the current instructor, violation of course rules contained in the syllabus or provided in class.
For example for a written or oral report you should use the vocabulary, grammar structures, and strategies you've learned. Paraphrase your information and DO NOT "cut and paste" whole paragraphs from the web. Work submitted must be in your own words. "Borrowing" materials without citing sources is plagiarism.
All cases of copying, cheating, plagiarism, fraud, deceit, and other unacceptable academic conduct will be reported to the Resident Director and subsequently to the Office of Academic Misconduct at the Ohio State University in Columbus without exception.
Code of Conduct
Disrespectful or disruptive behavior in this program will not be tolerated and may result in non-completion of the program. Please refer to the OSU Student Affairs “Code of Student Conduct” Web site for rules and procedure.
Disability Information
Anyone who feels they may need an accommodation based on the impact of a disability should contact the RD to arrange an appointment as soon as possible. At the appointment you can discuss the course format, anticipate your needs, and explore potential accommodations. We rely on the Office for Disability Services for assistance in verifying the need for accommodations and developing accommodation strategies. If you have not previously contacted the Office for Disability Services, we encourage you to do so.
Course Evaluation
2 Exams: 30%
Análisis Oral: 15%
Activities and participation: 10%
Homework: 10%
Journal: 10%
3rd Exam (Final): 25%
Class Activities and Participation
Classes will focus on comprehension, analysis, and discussion of the assigned texts, through activities that require active participation from students. Students must be in class in order to obtain participation credit. Class activities cannot be made up.
Homework
Students must complete their assigned homework before class. The instructor may go over homework in class, or s/he may collect homework for grading.
Exams
There are four exams during the quarter, three midterms and a final, that will evaluate comprehension and analysis of assigned readings, as well as of new readings. Note: for Summer classes that meet for 48 minutes each day, there are five tests and one final. In order to prepare for these exams, you should review En términos generales, Los personajes y sus papeles, and Más allá del texto at the end of each selection
Análisis Oral de un Texto
Students will independently prepare two stories in Convocación de palabras: Espuma y nada más (pp. 257 – 260) and El Procer (pp. 268-273). On the date of your appointment, your instructor will select one of the stories and ask you detailed questions about it. He/she will also ask more general questions about the other selection. The best way to prepare for the exam is to review the questions from En términos generales and Los personajes y sus papeles. Your responses will be evaluated based on its content and the correct use of language. You will be asked to expand or clarify responses as required.
| Points | Response to Question | Response to Extended Query | Grammar, Pronunciation, Vocabulary |
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| 9-10 | Response to question was appropriate and comprehensible | Response to extended query was appropriate and comprehensible | Almost perfect grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary |
| 7-8 | Majority of response to question was appropriate and comprehensible | Majority of response to extended query was appropriate and comprehensible | Majority of grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary presented accurately |
| 5-6 | Half of response to question was appropriate and comprehensible | Half of response to extended query was appropriate and comprehensible | About half of grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary presented accurately |
| 3-4 | Less than half of response to question was appropriate and comprehensible | Less than half of response to extended query was appropriate and comprehensible | Less than half of grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary presented accurately |
| 1-2 | Response was inappropriate and/or almost totally incomprehensible | Response to extended query was inappropriate and/or almost totally incomprehensible | Grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary almost totally inaccurate |
| 0 | Response was incomprehensible or no attempt made to answer | Response was to extended query was incomprehensible or no attempt was made to answer | Grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary inaccurate or no attempt made to communicate |
****All your work should be included in your Quito program portfolio****
Grading Scale |
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| Letter Grade | Numerical Equivalent |
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| A | 93 - 100 |
| A- | 90 - 92 |
| B+ | 88 - 89 |
| B | 83 - 87 |
| B- | 80 - 82 |
| C+ | 78 - 79 |
| C | 73 - 77 |
| C- | 70 - 72 |
| D+ | 68 - 69 |
| D | 65 - 67 |
| E | 0 - 64.9 |
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En clase |
En casa |
*Introducción al curso: Repasar estrategias y términos literarios |
*Repasar: SLRPE en Internet |
*Discutir: Imágenes Photoshop C/115 - 119 |
*Preparar: La guerra y la paz C/133 - 141 |
*Discutir: La guerra y la paz C/133 - 141 |
*Entregar práctica de SLRPE: Borges y yo C/163 |
*Discutir: El hallazgo C/167 - 176 |
*Preparar: El hallazgo C/167 - 176 |
*Examen 1: Imágenes Photoshop; La guerra y la paz; El hallazgo |
*Preparar: El amigo de Él y Ella C/11 – 19 |
*Practicar estrategias: Cómo identificar la idea principal |
*Entregar: Práctica de SLRPE |
*Discutir: El amigo de Él y Ella C/11 - 19 |
*Preparar: Kinsey Report No. 6 C/80-84 |
*Presentar y discutir: Kinsey Report No. 6 C/80-84 |
*Preparar: Una carta de amor C/96 - 103 |
*Discutir: Una carta de amor C/96 - 103 |
*Preparar: ¿Por qué me odias tú? C/193 - 203 |
*Examen 2: El amigo de Él y Ella; Una carta de amor |
*Entregar práctica de SLRPE: Desde muy joven la tía Eloísa… C/182 |
*Discutir: ¿Por qué me odias tú? C/193 - 203 |
*Preparar: El delantal blanco C/204 - 219 |
Discutir: El delantal blanco C/204 – 219 |
Preparar: El delantal blanco C/204 – 219 |
*Discutir: El delantal blanco C/204 – 219 |
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*Preparar: Aura, Capítulo 1 A/11 – 20 |
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*Discutir y hacer actividades: Aura, Capítulo 1 |
Preparar: Aura, Capítulo 2 A/21 – 29 |
*Discutir y hacer actividades: Aura, Capítulo 2 |
*Preparar: Aura, Capítulo 3 A/30 - 41 |
*Discutir y hacer actividades: Aura, Capítulo 3 |
*Preparar: Aura, Capítulo 4 A/42 - 50 |
*Discutir y hacer actividades: Aura, Capítulo 4 |
*Preparar: Aura, Capítulo 5 A/51 - 62 |
*Discutir y hacer actividades: Aura, Capítulo 5 |
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Aura = A
