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Stephen F Austin State University
Department of Languages, Cultures, and Communication
Spanish 1311.502 – Fall 2021
Professor: Dr. Juan Carlos Ureña
E-mail: urenajuan@sfasu.edu
Office phone: (936) 468-2300 / 468-4303 (Department)
Office: LAN Dugas 250
Department of Languages, Cultures, and Communication
Office Hours: Office Hours: MTWRF: 11 – 12 or by appointment
Online Course: No meeting time or place
SPAN 1311 “Elementary Spanish I (3 credits) meets three times a week in 50-minute
segments, or twice a week in 75-minute segments for 15 weeks, and also meets for a 2-hour final
examination. Online delivery contains extensive written content as well as audio-visual
presentations and exercises that includes the same information students in a face-to-face lecture
course receive, requiring students to engage the online modules for at least three hours per
week. Both formats require students to participate in daily listening, reading, and grammar
exercises, in addition to practicing their conversation skills. They are expected to take regular
written and/or verbal quizzes and chapter tests and are assessed for their active participation
using the Spanish language. A significant portion of their grade comes from daily homework
activities. A student can expect to spend at least 6 hours each week preparing outside of
classroom hours.
SPAN 1111 “Elementary Spanish I Lab" (1 credit) meets for 50 minutes each week in the
Language Resource Center (LRC) for oral language practice, and will interact at least 50 minutes
per week with an online practice interface as a co-requisite to SPAN 1311. If this course is taken
online, flexible zoom hours will replace meeting in the LRC.
REQUIRED MATERIALS:
Conectados by Marinelli/Fajardo plus access to Mindtap Learning 2nd Edition plus
MindTap access.
IMPORTANT: If your degree plan requires more than 1 semester of Spanish, you will
need to purchase the Custom MindTap 4-Term digital access. You can purchase this
digital access through your Campus Bookstore or directly through Cengage
sites after registering for your Custom MindTap digital course.
If your degree plan only requires 1 semester of Spanish, you only need to purchase 1-
Term Custom MindTap access and not the 4-Term access. You can purchase 1-Term
Custom MindTap access through the Campus Bookstore or by calling Cengage Customer
Support at 1-800-354-9706 and requesting this ISBN: 9780357661208.
1For detailed information on how to purchase your 1-Term Custom MindTap access for
this course, please navigate to this
website: https://www.cengage.com/coursepages/SFASUSPAN1311 and/or contact the
Cengage Representative: Jonathan Gomez – jonathan.gomez@cengage.com.
Available for purchase: Campus Bookstore and available with Cengage Unlimited or
online when registering.
Please do not buy it in Amazon.
USB Web Cam and Microphone only if your computer does not have one
THIS CLASS REQUIRES TECHNOLOGY ACCESS, A WORKING DESKTOP COMPUTER OR
LAPTOP, CAMERA AND MICROPHONE OR A HEADSET WITH A MICROPHONE. THIS IS
THE ONLY WAY TO COMPLETE YOUR ONLINE ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENTS, AND
TO ACCESS STUDY TOOLS, MEDIA, SCORES, INSTRUCTOR STUDENT COMMUNICATION
AND MORE. RECOMMENDED INTERNET BROWSER: CHROME
Organization: This course will cover Preliminary Lesson through Capítulo 4 of your
textbook.
Preliminary Lesson: Student will learn to set personal goals for learning Spanish, learn
strategies for success, say hello, ask someone’s name, state your name and spell it, greet
people in informal and formal situations, say what classes they have, follow instructions
Capítulo 1: Students will be able to introduce themselves and others, greet and ask how
they are feeling, count to a hundred, exchange basic personal information, describe your
classroom and campus, say where you are going around campus. Learn subject pronouns,
the verbs “estar”, “ser”, “tener” and “ir” and its various idiomatic expressions.
Capítulo 2: Students will be able to describe classes, people, tell time, talk about
weekday and weekend activities, extend, accept, and decline invitations, make statements
and ask questions. Learn adjectives, basic sentences of negation, the present tense of –ar,
-er, and, –ir verbs, Yes/No questions, information and tag questions.
Capítulo 3: Students will be able to talk about family, friends, and pets, express
possession, describe people and make comparisons, describe some gatherings and
celebrations, express likes and dislikes, learn possessive adjectives and pronouns,
compare uses of verbs “ser” and “estar”, make comparisons, superlatives, present tense of
stem-changing verbs and the verb “gustar”.
Capítulo 4: Students will be able to discuss vacation plans and activities, talk about
dates, weather, and seasons, express what is going on, plan travel, lodging and
sightseeing, express plans, preferences, and obligations. Learn irregular verbs in the
present tense, verb “ir + a + infinitivo”, numbers over 100, present progressive, verb
phrases, indefinite and negative expressions.
2Grading:
Grade Item Points Out of 1000 Percentage Value
Oral and Written 200 20%
Communication (Flipgrid
videos)
MindTap Exercises 200 20%
Voice Thread Presentation 100 10%
Quizes 100 10%
Midterm Exam 200 20%
Final Exam 200 20%
A = 89.5 - 100 B = 79.5 - 89.5 C = 69.5 - 79.5 D = 59.5 - 69.5
Explanation of Course Components:
Oral Communication: This semester you will use the free website (or app) Flipgrid.com to
upload short videos in which you practice communicating with me and your classmates in
Spanish. You will also have some pronunciation exercises to complete. The goal of these videos
is not to demonstrate flawless Spanish, but rather to put forth your best effort in communicating.
MindTap: The Cengage MindTap website is where you will earn all your homework points.
Expect to do about 30 exercises each week. It is your responsibility to keep up with your
homework assignments, and at the end of the semester your percentage grade will be put into the
gradebook. You will have +15% “grace” on these grades, meaning if you complete 85% of the
exercises, you will receive 100% or 200/200 in the gradebook. See below:
Percentage you completed Percentage in gradebook Points out of 200
50 65 130/200
60 75 150/200
70 85 170/200
80 95 190/200
85 100 200/200
Tip—A good way to keep pace with your material is to treat this course as if it were a Monday-
Wednesday-Friday course meeting for two hours, breaking up your homework into segments that
you complete daily or every other day. There will be no way to keep up if you wait for the end of
the week to complete homework.
Quizzes: You will have several short, timed, unproctored quizzes to complete on d2L throughout
the semester on topics that are in the module for the week. I will often include listening exercises
on these quizzes, and you can expect multiple choice, short answer, or fill-in- the-blank
questions.
3Voice Thread Presentation: You will create a Voice Thread Presentation titled “Mi familia
ficticia” using VoiceThread, which is an online tool that allows you to combine voice recording
with images. Guidelines for this presentation will be given on d2L.
Midterm and Final – Your midterm and final exams (both password-locked) will be given
online via d2L.
Lab: The language lab is available to you to complete assignments for your class and to use as a
resource center. There are tutors available to you in the lab that can help guide you with online or
instructor generated exercises and activities. Your tutor cannot give you responses directly but
may point you in the right direction: For assistance with 1311 level web activities. For help
reviewing for tests and general review. For input on assignments already graded by instructor.
You may NOT however seek assistance on graded assignments that you will turn in again for
points in the class. A schedule of available tutoring times will be provided.
*Students must pass Spanish 1311 with a 70 or higher to enroll in Spanish 132.
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Students will demonstrate the ability to engage in effective oral communication with
native speakers of the target language. (Communication)
2. Students will analyze and summarize authentic texts in the target language. (Critical
Thinking)
3. Students will write effective, original compositions demonstrating the ability to analyze,
persuade and/or defend an opinion in the target language. (Critical Thinking,
Teamwork)
4. Students will apply critical thinking skills in comparisons of the cultures studied and their
own. (Critical Thinking, Personal Responsibility)
5. Students will, if seeking teacher certification, demonstrate mastery of professional skills
necessary to teach the target language. (Critical Thinking, Personal Responsibility)
6. Students will demonstrate mastery of linguistic and cultural skills necessary to pursue
graduate study and/or careers. (Personal Responsibility)
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. Students will be exposed to and actively engage in discussions selected from songs,
comics, videos, news and internet materials, and readings from text that relate to the
culture of Spanish speaking countries.
2. Students will use vocabulary dealing with the following themes in their writing and
speaking: greetings and leave-taking, introductions and expressions of courtesy,
academic life and leisure activities, numbers to 100, the calendar, time, seasons,
interrogative words, the family and friends, physical traits and personality, parties,
celebrations and activities, the city and travel-related expressions, transportation and
directions and weather.
3. Students will be able to correctly utilize the following grammatical structures: articles,
gender and number of nouns, present tense, the implied future tense, adjective placement
4and agreement, ser and estar, -ar, -er and -ir verb conjugations, irregular present tense
verb conjugations, the verb gustar and saber and conocer.
4. Students will be able to communicate in oral and written form about what one normally
does, where one lives, what one likes to do, vacations, and one's family and friends.
5. Students will investigate very simple topics on the Internet in Spanish and record their
findings.
GENERAL EDUCATION CORE CURRICULUM
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has identified six core learning objectives:
Critical Thinking Skills, Communication Skills, Empirical and Quantitative Skills, Teamwork,
Personal Responsibility, and Social Responsibility. SFA is committed to the improvement of its
general education core curriculum by regular assessment of student performance on these six
objectives.
By enrolling in SPAN 1311– Elementary Spanish I, you are also enrolling in a Core Curriculum
Course that fulfills the CRITICAL THINKING, WRITTEN AND ORAL COMMUNICATION,
TEAMWORK AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY requirement. This particular course
assesses CRITICAL THINKING.
1. CRITICAL THINKING. Students will be instructed in and will apply critical thinking
skills to include creative thinking, innovation, inquiry, analysis, evaluation, and synthesis
of information.
Core Objective Definition Course Assignment Title Due Date
Critical Thinking Skills To include creative Voice Thread November 1, 2020
thinking, innovation, Presentation
inquiry, and analysis,
evaluation and synthesis of
information.
SFA POLICIES:
Academic Integrity (4.1)
Please copy and paste the following information regarding Academic Integrity into your
syllabus. In addition, you may include your own guidelines for academic integrity as
appropriate.
Academic integrity is a responsibility of all university faculty and students. Faculty
members promote academic integrity in multiple ways including instruction on the
components of academic honesty, as well as abiding by university policy on penalties for
cheating and plagiarism.
Definition of Academic Dishonesty
Academic dishonesty includes both cheating and plagiarism. Cheating includes but is not
limited to (1) using or attempting to use unauthorized materials to aid in achieving a better
grade on a component of a class; (2) the falsification or invention of any information,
5including citations, on an assigned exercise; and/or (3) helping or attempting to help another
in an act of cheating or plagiarism. Plagiarism is presenting the words or ideas of another
person as if they were your own. Examples of plagiarism are (1) submitting an assignment as
if it were one's own work when, in fact, it is at least partly the work of another; (2) submitting
a work that has been purchased or otherwise obtained from an Internet source or another
source; and (3) incorporating the words or ideas of an author into one's paper without giving
the author due credit.
Please read the complete policy at http://www.sfasu.edu/policies/student-academic-dishonesty-
4.1.pdf
Withheld Grades Semester Grades Policy (5.5)
Ordinarily, at the discretion of the instructor of record and with the approval of the academic
chair/director, a grade of WH will be assigned only if the student cannot complete the course
work because of unavoidable circumstances. Students must complete the work within one
calendar year from the end of the semester in which they receive a WH, or the grade
automatically becomes an F. If students register for the same course in future terms the WH
will automatically become an F and will be counted as a repeated course for the purpose of
computing the grade point average.
Students with Disabilities
Please copy the following statement and paste into your course syllabus.
To obtain disability related accommodations, alternate formats and/or auxiliary aids, students
with disabilities must contact the Office of Disability Services (ODS), Human Services
Building, and Room 325, 468-3004 / 468-1004 (TDD) as early as possible in the semester.
Once verified, ODS will notify the course instructor and outline the accommodation and/or
auxiliary aids to be provided. Failure to request services in a timely manner may delay your
accommodations. For additional information, go to http://www.sfasu.edu/disabilityservices/.
Mental Health and Wellness
Please copy and paste the following information into your course syllabus.
SFA values students’ mental health and the role it plays in academic and overall student
success. SFA provides a variety of resources to support students' mental health and
wellness. Many of these resources are free, and all of them are confidential.
On-campus Resources:
SFA Counseling Services
www.sfasu.edu/counselingse
rvices Rusk Building, 3rd
Floor 936.468.2401
6SFA Human Services
Counseling Clinic
www.sfasu.edu/humanservices/
139.asp Human Services,
Room 202 936.468.1041
Crisis Resources:
Burke 24-hour crisis line: 1.800.392.8343
Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1.800.273.TALK (8255)
Crisis Text Line: Text HELLO to 741-741
TENTATIVE COURSE SCHEDULE SPAN 1311.502
Fall 2021
Week 1: Basic Modules and Lección Preliminar Dates: Aug 23 – 29
To study/Complete Due Dates
Read through all of Access Homework, Introductory and
Week 1 modules (Read the Syllabus)
Purchase textbook/MindTap access
Lección preliminar: pages 1-8
• MindTap Exercises Lección Preliminar Due dates for MindTap exercises on MindTap
Quiz 1 (Syllabus) Quiz Due Sunday Aug 29th at 11:59 pm
Flipgrid Video 1: Introductions Video Due Sunday Aug 29th at 11:59 pm
Week 2: Capítulo 1 Dates: Aug 30 – Sep 5
To study/Complete Due Dates
Read through the following sections in our textbook:
Nuestro Mundo: El mundo hispanohablante, p. 10-11
Paso 1 Vocabulario: El primer día de clases, p. 12-13
Paso 1 Gramática A: Los números del 0 al 100, p. 16-17
Paso 1 Gramática B Los pronombres de sujeto y el verbo
estar, p. 19-20
• MindTap Exercises Due dates for MindTap exercises on MindTap
Flipgrid Video 2: Pronunciation Video Due Sunday Sep 5 at 11:59 pm
Week 3: Capítulo 1 Dates: Sep 6 – 12
To study/Complete Due Dates
Read through the following sections in our textbook:
7Paso 2: Vocab. El salón de clase, p. 24-25
Paso 2: Gram. A: Los sustantivos y los artículos, p. 28 -29
Paso 2: Gram. B: El verbo ser: p. 31-32
• MindTap Exercises Due dates for MindTap exercises on MindTap
Quiz 2 (articles, nouns, ser) Quiz 2 Due Friday Sep 10 at 11:59 pm
Flipgrid Video 3: ¿Quién eres? Video Due Sunday Sep 12 at 11:59 pm
Week 4: Capítulo 1 Dates: Sep 13 – 19
To study/Complete Due Dates
Read through the following sections in our textbook:
Paso 3: Vocab. Nuestro campus, p. 36-37
Paso 3: Gram. A: El verbo tener, p. 40-41
Paso 3: Gram. B: El verbo ir: p. 43-44
• MindTap Exercises Due dates for MindTap exercises on MindTap
Flipgrid Video 4: ¿Adónde vas? Video Due Sunday Sep 19 at 11:59 pm
Week 5: Capítulo 2 Dates: Sep 20 – 26
To study/Complete Due Dates
Read through the following sections in our textbook:
Nuestro mundo: España, p. 52-53
Paso 1: Vocab. Las carreras / Las clases, p. 54-55
Paso 1: Gram. A: Los adjetivos, p. 58-59
Paso 1: Gram. B: La oración y la negación: p. 61-62
• MindTap Exercises Due dates for MindTap exercises on MindTap
Discussion 1: ¿Dónde vives? Discussion 1 Due Sunday Sep 26 at 11:59 pm
Week 6: Capítulo 2 Dates: Sep 27 – Oct 3
To study/Complete Due Dates
Read through the following sections in our textbook:
Paso 2: Vocab. La hora / Un día típico, p. 66-67
Paso 2: Gram. A: El presente de los verbos regulares
-ar, p. 70-71
Paso 2: Gram. B: Las preguntas de sí/no, p. 73-74
• MindTap Exercises Due dates for MindTap exercises on MindTap
Quiz 3 Quiz 3 Due Friday Oct 1 at 11:59 pm
Flipgrid Video 5: Reading Practice Video Due Sunday Oct 3 at 11:59 pm
8Week 7: Capítulo 2 Dates: Oct 4 – 10
To study/Complete Due Dates
Read through the following sections in our textbook:
Paso 3: Vocab. El fin de semana, p. 78-79
Paso 3: Gram. A: El presente de los verbos -er / -ir,
p. 82-83
Paso 3: Gram. B: Las preguntas de información y
confirmación, p. 85-86
• MindTap Exercises Due dates for MindTap exercises on MindTap
Quiz 4 Quiz 4 Due Friday Oct 8 at 11:59 pm
Week 8: MIDTERM EXAM Dates: Oct 11 – 17
To study/Complete Due Dates
MIDTERM EXAM Midterm Due: Wed. Oct 13 at 11:59
Begin Capítulo 3
Nuestro Mundo: Cuba, República Dominicana y Puerto
Rico, p 94-95
• MindTap Exercises Due dates for MindTap exercises on MindTap
Week 9: Capítulo 3 Dates: Oct 18 – 24
To study/Complete Due Dates
Read through the following sections in our textbook:
Paso 1: Vocab. Mi familia / Mis fotos, p. 96-97
Paso 1: Gram. A: Los adjetivos y los pronombres
posesivos, p. 100-101
Paso 1: Gram. B: Los verbos ser y estar, p. 103-104
• MindTap Exercises Due dates for MindTap exercises on MindTap
Get ready for your Voice Thread presentation!
Week 10: Capítulo 3 Dates: Oct 25 – 31
To study/Complete Due Dates
Read through the following sections in our textbook:
Paso 2: Vocab. Mis amigos y mi familia, p. 108-109
Paso 2: Gram. A: Los comparativos, p. 112-113
Paso 2: Gram. B: Los superlativos, p. 115-116
• MindTap Exercises Due dates for MindTap exercises on MindTap
Submit your Voice Thread Presentation Presentation Due Sunday Oct 31 at 11:59 pm
9Week 11: Capítulo 3 Dates: Nov 1 – 7
To study/Complete Due Dates
Read through the following sections in our textbook:
Paso 3: Vocab. Las fiestas, p. 120-121
Paso 3: Gram. A: Los verbos con cambio de raíz en el
tiempo presente, p. 124-125
Paso 3: Gram. B: El verbo gustar, p. 127-128
• MindTap Exercises Due dates for MindTap exercises on MindTap
Flipgrid Video 6: Questions and Answers (Discussion) Discussion 2 Due Sunday Nov 7 at 11:59 pm
Week 12: Capítulo 4 Dates: Nov 8 – 14
To study/Complete Due Dates
Read through the following sections in our textbook:
Nuestro Mundo: México, p 136-137
Paso 1: Vocab. Las vacaciones, p. 138-139
Paso 1: Gram. A: Los verbos irregulares en el presente,
p. 142-143
Paso 1: Gram. B: El future ir + a + inifinitivo,
p. 145-146
• MindTap Exercises Due dates for MindTap exercises on MindTap
Quiz 5 Quiz 5 Due Friday Nov 12 at 11:59 pm
Discussion 3: Me gusta Discussion 3 Due Sunday Nov 14 at 11:59 pm
Week 13: Capítulo 4 Dates: Nov 15 – 21
To study/Complete Due Dates
Read through the following sections in our textbook:
Paso 2: Vocab. El tiempo, las estaciones y las fechas,
p. 150-151
Paso 2: Gram. A: Los números mayores de 100,
p. 154-155
Paso 2: Gram. B: El presente progresivo, pp. 157-158
• MindTap Exercises Due dates for MindTap exercises on MindTap
Flipgrid Video 7: Tu cumpleaños Video 7 Due Sunday Nov 21 at 11:59 pm
Week 14: Capítulo 4 Dates: Nov 22 – 28
To study/Complete Due Dates
10No activities this week.
THANKSGIVING I recommend that you study for the Final
Exam.
If you want, you can advance to the next
module and work on MindTap assignments.
Week 15: Capítulo 4 Dates: Nov 29 – Dec 5
To study/Complete Due Dates
Read through the following sections in our textbook:
Paso 3: Vocab. En el hotel / En la estación de tren,
p. 162-163
Paso 3: Gram. A: Las frases verbales, p. 166-167
Paso 3: Gram. B: Las expresiones indefinidas y negativas,
p. 169-170
• MindTap Exercises Due dates for MindTap exercises on MindTap
Final Discussion Final Discussion Due Sunday Dec 5 at 11:59
pm
FINAL EXAM: Dec 6 – 8
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