University of Evansville Foreign Languages Department

Spanish 411-Advanced Grammar Fall !14

"nstructor# Patricia Lorena Andueza
$lassroom# Hyde Hall room 202
%ime# T/ TH 1.15 pm-11.50 pm
&ffice# OH 360
%elephone# 12-!-21"!
E-mail# pa55#e$an%$ille.edu
&ffice hours# &onday 2'00-5'00 pm( )edne%day '30 am-2'30 pm and !'00- 5'00 pm(
and *y appointment.
$ourse Description
+pani%, !11 i% an ad$anced cour%e in -rammar t,at .ill pro$ide you .it, t,e *ac/-round
nece%%ary 0or more ad$anced cour%e% in +pani%,. T,i% cour%e .ill not only 0ocu% on
continued ma%tery o0 t,e mo%t di00icult point% o0 +pani%, -rammar( *ut al%o al%o pre%ent a
per%pecti$e on -rammar a% a communicati$e tool. All cla%%e% .ill *e conducted in
+pani%,( and you .ill *e e1pected to participate acti$ely in in +pani%,.
$ourse goals
+pani%, !11 %ee/% to pro$ide %tudent% .it,2
3 4a%ic tool% nece%%ary to e1plain t,e 5,o.% and .,y%6 o0 +pani%, -rammar.
3 7nten%i$e practice o0 t,e mo%t di00icult a%pect% o0 +pani%, -rammar.
3 Opportunitie% to practice t,eir +pani%, lan-ua-e %/ill% in a %tructured en$ironment.
%e't (oo)# 8inin- Lunn( Patricia and 9e:e%ari%( ;anet A <200"=. 7n$e%ti-aci>n de
-ram?tica. +e-unda edici>n. Heinle. :en-a-e Learnin-.
T,i% cour%e i% de%i-ned to meet t,e 0ollo.in- de0inition 0rom t,e @A :redit Hour policy'
5Fifteen cloc)-hours of class plus thirty hours out-of-class *or) per credit-hour.6
+PAB 311 i% a 3-,our credit cour%e' to earn credit 0or t,i% cour%e( %tudent% are e1pected
to attend 2 cla%% %e%%ion% per .ee/ and to complete a minimum o0 2 additional ,our% in
preparation and ,ome.or/ 0or eac, %e%%ion.
%as)s+Grading#
1. ,ui--es .1/01# T,ere .ill *e %,ort Cuizze% co$erin- material 0rom readin-% and
lecture%.
2. 2ome*or) and class activities .3/01# Home.or/ .ill *e a%%i-ned on a re-ular *a%i%
.ill *e due at t,e *e-innin- o0 t,e ne1t cla%% period. Dou are al%o e1pected to participate
acti$ely 7B +PAB7+H in cla%% in pair( %mall -roup and .,ole cla%% acti$itie%.
- $ompositions <2= <10E=' %tudent% .ill .rite 2 critic%' one *a%ed on an article/
%,ort %tory( and t,e %econd one on a mo$ie <3 pa-e%( %in-le %pace( time% Be. Foman=.
&o$ie' Al ,om*re de al lado <Ar-entina( 2011=
-&ral group presentations <1= <10E=' %tudent% .ill -i$e an oral pre%entation
a*out -rammar $ariation. T,i% pre%entation .ill reCuire re%earc, <3 re0erence% at lea%t=.
T,e pre%entation %,ould la%t a*out 10-15 minute%( and you &@+T pro$ide a 1-2 pa-e
,andout <no lon-er t,an 2 pa-e%= 0or me and your cla%%mate% t,at %ummarize% your point%
and li%t% your %ource%. T,ou-, not reCuired( t,i% pre%entation i% $ery conduci$e to u%in-
&+ Po.erPoint pre%entation %o0t.are.
- 2ome*or) for group discussion <!= <10E=' %tudent% .ill po%t t,eir an%.er% on
4lac/*oard( and t,ey .ill continue t,e di%cu%%ion in cla%%.
- 4eflective diary .31 ./01. A0ter eac, cla%%( %tudent% .ill .rite a re0lecti$e
Gournal entry <150-250.ord%= in +pani%, a*out .,at t,ey ,a$e *een learnin- in cla%%.
+tudent% mu%t not %imply %ummarize readin-% or cla%% di%cu%%ion%( *ut rat,er ponder and
react to t,em. 7 .ill collect and -rade your diarie% at t,e end o0 +eptem*er( Octo*er and
Bo$em*er.
5&DEL#
Septiembre, 2 de 2014
Hoy en clase he aprendido (gramtica, vocabulario, cultura
!e ha sorprendido
"o he entendido.
3. 4eading+ listening comprehension hour .1!01 +tudent% .ill meet once a .ee/ .it,
t,e HLTA to .or/ on t,e compre,en%ion o0 di00erent readin-% <%,ort %torie%( ne.%paper
article%2= and di00erent li%tenin- acti$itie% <%,ort 0ilm%( 0ilm%( radio podca%t
0ra-ment%2=. 7n order to do t,e compre,en%ion acti$itie%( t,e %tudent% .ill need to apply
t,eir -rammatical /no.led-e.
!. E'aminations .4!01# T,ere .ill *e a mid-term e1amination and a 0inal e1aminationI
eac, one .ill count a% 20E o0 t,e 0inal -rade in t,e cour%e.
Grading Scale
A J3-100
:K "-"J
: "3-""
A- J0-J2 :- "0-"2
4K -J 9K 6-6J
4 3-" 9 65-6"
4- 0-2 A 0-6!.J
A%%E6DA6$E
Learnin- a lan-ua-e i% a cumulati$e proce%% and repeated a*%ence% a00ect t,e entire cla%%.
Attendance i% a critical 0actor in learnin- a 0orei-n lan-ua-e and cla%% participation i%
$ital 0or %ucce%%. Attendance is mandatory and .ill *e noted eac, cla%% %e%%ion. 7t i%
your re%pon%i*ility to %i-n t,e attendance %,eet eac, day. Dou .ill *e allo.ed three <31
a*%ence% 0or any rea%on( includin- illne%%( 0or t,e %eme%ter. A1cu%ed a*%ence% .ill *e
-ranted only .it, .ritten documentation 0rom t,e 9ean o0 +tudent%( t,e At,letic
9epartment or 0rom your department <&u%ic( T,eatre( etc.=. Foutine illne%% note% 0rom
t,e Healt, and )ellne%% $eri0yin- doctor%L appointment% *ill not *e con%idered a%
e1cu%ed a*%ence%. After your fifth a(sence7 each su(se8uent a(sence *ill result in a
deduction of / percentage points from your final grade. Eight une'cused a(sences or
more *ill result in automatic failure of this course9 Furthermore7 tardiness is
disruptive to the entire class9 Arriving late to class three times e8uals one une'cused
a(sence9 70 you are a*%ent( it i% your re%pon%i*ility to contact a cla%%mate 0or t,e
a%%i-nment %o t,at you .ill *e prepared 0or t,e ne1t cla%% meetin-. 7t i% recommended
t,at you -et t,e name% and p,one num*er% o0 %e$eral cla%%mate% to contact in t,e e$ent o0
an a*%ence.

$LASS4&&5 E%",UE%%E
Plea%e %ilence all cell p,one% .,en arri$in- to cla%%. Bo te1t me%%a-in- in cla%% i%
permitted9 70 you are te1tin- durin- cla%%( it .ill re%ult in an une1cu%ed a*%ence 0or t,at
day. Dou may *rin- .ater or a %o0t drin/ to cla%%( *ut plea%e re0rain 0rom eatin- and
c,e.in- -um durin- cla%% time.
2&6&4 $&DE
T,e @A Honor :ode applie% to all .or/ completed in t,i% cour%e. T,e ,onor code %tate%'
I will neither give nor receive unauthorized aid nor will I tolerate an environment that
condones the use of unauthorized aid.
S%UDE6%S :"%2 S;E$"AL 6EEDS
7t i% t,e policy and practice o0 t,e @ni$er%ity o0 A$an%$ille to ma/e rea%ona*le
accommodation% 0or %tudent% .it, properly documented di%a*ilitie%. )ritten noti0ication
to 0aculty 0rom t,e O00ice o0 :oun%elin- and Healt, Aducation i% reCuired 0or any
academic accommodation%. Any %tudent reCuirin- a%%i%tance due to %pecial need% or
circum%tance% %,ould noti0y t,e in%tructor at t,e *e-innin- o0 t,e %eme%ter %o t,at
adaptation% and modi0ication% can *e made to accommodate t,e %tudent. 70 you ,a$e
Cue%tion% a*out %er$ice% 0or %tudent% .it, di%a*ilitie% or procedure% 0or reCue%tin-
%er$ice%( you may contact t,e O00ice o0 :oun%elin- and Healt, Aducation at !-2663.
2&: %& USE %2E ;4&;E4 S;A6"S2 D"A$4"%"$S :"%2 A $&5;U%E4
LE%4A
<7 =7 >7 ?7 @ $trl A B A letter .$trl and apostrophe
)ey held do*n together1
C $trl AShift A D n.$trl7 Shift and D all
held do*n together7 release these )eys
then press n )ey1
E $trl A Shift A # A u .$trl and Shift and #
held do*n together at same time1
F Alt A $trl A Shift A G .all held do*n
together at same time1
H Alt A $trl A Shift A I .all held do*n
together1
&nline %utorials
A -reat many +pani%, -rammar tutorial% can *e 0ound on t,e 7nternet. Here are a 0e.'
-+pani%, dictionary' .....ordre0erence.com
- T,e +pani%, :ALL ProGect' ,ttp'//....indiana.edu/Mcall/
- :ol*y :olle-e' ,ttp'//....col*y.edu/M*/nel%on/e1erci%e%/
- 9e%cripti$e Nrammar o0 +pani%,'
,ttp'//....or*ilat.com/Lan-ua-e%/+pani%,/Nrammar/inde1.,tml
%entative calendar
5es D>a En clase
Agosto J :apOtulo 5
Septiem(re :apOtulo 5
Septiem(re 4 :apOtulo 6
Septiem(re K :apOtulo 6
Septiem(re 11 :apOtulo "' ,ui- 1
Septiem(re 1L :apOtulo "
Septiem(re 1J :apOtulo !
Septiem(re 3 :apOtulo !
Septiem(re / :apOtulo A ,ui-
Septiem(re 3! :apOtulo
&ctu(re $omposici?n " :apOtulo
&ctu(re M ,ui- 3 :apOtulo
&ctu(re K Oracione% condicionale%
&ctu(re 1! Oracione% condicionale%
&ctu(re 14 Fall (rea)
&ctu(re 1L Oracione% condicionale%
&ctu(re 1 5"D%E45
&ctu(re 3 :apOtulo J. Oracione% ad$er*iale% temporale%
&ctu(re J Oracione% ad$er*iale% temporale%
&ctu(re 3! Oracione% ad$er*iale% de lu-ar
6oviem(re 4 $omposici?n "" Oracione% ad$er*iale% de lu-ar
6oviem(re L ,ui- 4 A Oracione% ad$er*iale% de modo
6oviem(re 11 Oracione% ad$er*iale% de modo
6oviem(re 13 Oracione% ad$er*iale% conce%i$a%
6oviem(re 1J Oracione% ad$er*iale% conce%i$a%
6oviem(re ! Draft for the presentations K Oracione%
ad$er*iale% con%ecuti$a%
6oviem(re / ,ui- / Oracione% ad$er*iale% cau%ale%
6oviem(re M %han)sgiving (rea)
Diciem(re &ral presentations
Diciem(re 4 &ral presentations
Diciem(re K 4epaso
Diciem(re 1L7 1#!!
am
E'amen Final Gramatical
;resentaci?n de ;ortafolio Final