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FLS 105
   Course Objectives and Syllabus

Spring 2011

Description:  Listening and speaking; development of a balanced foundation in all Spanish language skills. Idiomatic, everyday Spanish and cultural awareness. Class practice, laboratory and written homework. Use of Spanish through past tenses, regular and irregular, and various morphological and syntactical aspects. Emphasis on oral skills and increased cultural awareness. Written work and laboratory practice will be assigned daily.
Objectives: At the conclusion of the course, successful students will be able to do the following in writing and orally with sufficient accuracy to be  understood by a native speaker who is accustomed to dealing with foreigners.

  • Greet people appropriately according to time of day, social situation and the relationship of the parties
  • Say good-bye according to the same
  • "left"Introduce oneself and others
  • Describe people as they presently are with respect to physical characteristics and personality traits
  • Describe objects as they presently are with respect to size and color
  • Compare people and objects
  • Indicate where people and things are located
  • Indicate where and when activities take place
  • Tell time; express the day and date
  • Express possession
  • Ask and answer questions about feelings
  • Ask and answer questions about wants, needs, preferences and plans
  • Ask and answer questions about common activities in the university
  • Describe what is happening at a particular moment in the present
  • Express whole numbers to 2.000.00 and express addition, subtraction, multiplication and division with those numbers
  • Distinguish the performer of an activity from the recipient
  • Express likes and dislikes
  • Extend invitations; accept and decline invitations
  • Ask informational questions (who, what, where, when, how, why) about an event, a situation or a person
  • Identify family members and explain their relationships
  • Express interest, lack of interest and indifference
  • Express actions that will take place in the near future
  • Refer to objects and people using object pronouns to avoid repeating their names
  • Express to whom and for whom things are done
  • Identify at least 10 Spanish speaking countries and their capitals and locate them on a map
  • Locate Spain, Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic and on a map; identify their capitals and locate them on a map
  • Identify and describe at least two sites of historic and/or cultural interestin Spain
  • Identify and describe at least two sites of historic and/or cultural interest in Mexico
  • Identify at least two major products of Mexico
  • Identify at least two major products of Cuba, Puerto Rico and/or the Dominican Republic
  • Explain the political relationship between Puerto Rico and the United States
  • Identify body parts
  • Discuss conditions related to health and discuss remedies
  • Discuss daily routine and personal care activities
  • Give instructions to and follow instructions given by friends and family members
  • Give instructions and follow instructions given in professional and formal situations
  • Tell what people have just done
  • Make comparisons and state superlatives
  • Discuss food and beverages
  • Order food and beverages in a restaurant
  • Extend and respond to invitations
  • Report completed past actions
  • Discuss shopping habits and preferences
  • Interact with sales personnel
  • Speak emphatically about possession
  • Indicate how long something has been going on
  • Report ongoing or habitual actions and feelings in the past
  • Narrate in the past
  • Discuss holidays and vacations
  • Describe changes in emotion
  • Discuss the beach and the countryside
  • Ask questions to obtain information about people, places, events and activities
  • Discuss travel plans and preferences
  • Discuss how to get around in a city and indicate where places are located in relation to one another
  • Avoid redundancy in referring to people and things by using direct and indirect object pronouns
  • Recognize statements of volition and influence
  • Identify on a map the countries of Bolivia, Paraguay, Venezuela, Argentina, Guatemala, El Salvador, the Dominican Republic, Cuba adn Puerto Rico
  • Discuss issues of health and the natural environment in Bolivia
  • Discuss the ancient Andean tradition of coca and Paraguayan herbal remedies
  • Discuss shopping options in Buenos Aires
  • Describe and discuss the tango
  • Discuss Venezuelan foods and restaurants
  • Describe Santo Tomás de Chichicastenango, Guatemala
  • Discuss the patron saint of El Salvador
  • Discuss travel options to the Hispanic nations of the Caribbean
  • Discuss the music of the Dominican Republic
  • Discuss the political, cultural and linguistic uniqueness of Puerto Rico

 

 

 

Date
(Fecha)

Chapter
(Capítulo) 

Topic
(Tópicos)

Text
(Texto)

Workbook
(Tarea del  "workbook")

Other
(Otra tarea)

11 enero

P

Introduction to course and Capítulo Preliminar;  Vocabulary: Saludos y despedidas; Encuentro Cultural (EC); En contexto; Estructura (E) I: Subject pronouns and SER;

2-11

WB P-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, WB P-6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

. Lab, CD Rom, website

Listen to voc on CD 

Listen to En contexto on CD

13 enero

P/1

Estructura (E) I: Subject pronouns and SER; Así se dice (ASD): Hay and  numbers 0-30;  Voc: Palabras interrogativas EC: El mundo hispano

Capítulo 1; Voc: En la clase y colores; En contexto; E I: Articles and agreement;  

12-18

19-27

Autoprueba: WB P-13, 14, 15, 16, 17; WB 1-1, 2, 3, 4, 5 

. Lab, CD Rom, website

Listen to voc on CD 
Complete lab, cd Rom, website

18 enero

1

E I: Articles and agreement;  Voc: Lenguas extranjeras, otras materias y lugares universitarios; Voc: Lenguas extranjeras, otras materias y lugares universitarios; Encuentro cultural; E II: Present tense of -ar verbs

34-36

WB , 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,

13, 14, 15, 16, 17

Listen to En contexto on CD

Lab, CD Rom, website

20 enero

1

E II: Present tense of -ar verbs; ASD: Telling time and talking about the days of the week; Repaso

34-48

 Autoprueba: WB 1-18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23

Lab,Listen to voc on CD, cd rom, website

25 enero

1/2

EXAMEN I;

Capítulo 2:  La familia; En contexto; ASD: Possession 

 50-57

Lab and Workbooks due

WB 2-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,

Listen to  En contexto on CD

Lab, CD Rom, website

27 enero

2

ASD: Possession; E I: Uses of the verb SER; ASD: Agreement with descriptive adjectives;  Encuentro cultural; Voc: Las nacionalidades

56-67

14, 15,  16, 17, 18, 19, 20

Lab, CD Rom, website
 1 febrero
2
 E II: Present tense -er and -ir verbs;  Tener; ASD; Nos. 31-100; Repaso 66-84 Autoprueba: 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 Lab, CD Rom, website

 3 febrero

2/3

EXAMEN II

Capítulo 3: Los deportes y los pasatiempos; En contexto; E I: Gustar;

86-95

Lab and Workbooks due;     

WB 3-1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Complete lab, cd Rom, website
 8 febrero

        
           3		 Gustar; Encuentro cultural; Voc: Los lugares; E II: IR; E III: Verbs with Irregular yo forms

92-105

 ,WB 3-6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 Listen to voc on CD; Listen to En contexto on CD
Lab, CD Rom, website

10 febrero

3

E III: Verbs with Irregular yo forms; ASD: Saber and conocer; ASD: Months, seasons and  weather;  Repaso

 

104-120

Autoprueba: WB 3-19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25

Listen to voc on CD; Complete lab, cd Rom, website

15 febrero

3/4

EXAMEN III; 

Capítulo 4: Voc: La casa;  En contexto;  EC: Gaudí; E I: Stem-changing verbs

122-131

Lab and Workbook due

WB 4-1, 2, 3, 4, 5,    

Complete lab, cd Rom, website

17 febrero

4

Stem-changing verbs;  ASD: Expressions with TENER; Encuentro cultural; Voc: Los quehaceres domésticos 

128-137

WB 4-6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,

Listen to En contexto on CD
Lab, CD Rom, website

22 febrero

4

E II: Affirmative tú commands; E III: ESTAR;

ASD: Numbers 100-1,000,000 Síntesis I and II;

 

138-154

WB 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 Completar AUTORPUEBA WB 4-23, 24, 25

Lab, cd Rom, website

24 febrero

4/5

EXAMEN IV

Capítulo 5: Vocabulario: el cuerpo humano; En contexto; Estructura I:  Reflexive verbs (introducción)

156-163

Lab and Workbooks due;
WB 5-1, 2, 3, 4, 5

 

Complete lab, cd Rom, website

Listen to voc on CD; Lab, cd Rom, website

 1 marzo

5

.Estructura I: Reflexive verbs (introducción); Así se dice (ASD):  Acabar de; Encuentro cultural; Voc: La salud

.162-173

 .WB 5-6 to 5-15 .
 3 marzo            5

Repaso; Estructura II: Ser vs. estar; Estructura III: Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns; Repaso

174-188

 WB 5-19, 20,21,22,23,24 Completar AUTORPUEBA

Listen to En contexto on CD

Work on lab, cd Rom, website
 8 marzo       Vacaciones      
10 marzo   Vacaciones      

 15 marzo

        5/6

EXAMEN V;

Capítulo 6: Vocabulario:  La comida ; En contexto; Estructura I: Comparativos y superlatives (introducción)

190-199

Lab and Workbooks due;    

WB 6-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8

 Complete lab, cd Rom, website
 17 marzo
           6

Estructura I: Comparatives y superlatives; Encuentro cultural; Voc:  El restaurante; Estructura II: Regular verbs and verbs with spelling changes in the preterite (introducción)

196-207

WB 6-9,10,11,12,13,14,
WB 6-15,16

 Lab, CD Rom, website


22 marzo

6

Estructura II: Regular verbs and verbs with spelling changes in the preterite; Estructura III: Verbs with stem-changes in the preterite; Repaso

206-220

 WB, pp. 101-103 WB 6-17,18,19,2021,22; Completar AUTOPRUEBA

Lab, CD Rom, website

 

24 marzo

6/7

EXAMEN VI;

Capítulo 7: Voc:  La ropa; En contexto; ASD: 

222-229

Lab and workbook due

WB 7-1,2,3,4,5

Complete lab, cd Rom, website

29 marzo

7

EXAMEN VI;

Capítulo 7: Voc:  La ropa; En contexto; ASD:

Stressed possessive adjectives and pronouns;

230-243

.WB 7-6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,

 

  Lab, cd Rom, website

31 marzo

7

Estructura I: Verbs irregular in the preterite; Encuentro cultural;  Voc:  De compras; Estructura II: Direct object pronouns (introducción)

Estructura II: Direct object pronouns; Estructura III: The imperfect tense; Repaso

240-256

, 17,18 AUTOPRUEBA
WB pp. 119-121; WB 7-19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

Lab, cd Rom, website
 5abril
         7/8

Direct object pronouns (introducción)

Estructura II: Direct object pronouns; Estructura III: The imperfect tense; Repaso

258-263

Lab and workbook due

WB 8-1,2,3,4,5

Complete Lab, CD Rom, website

 7 abril

8

EXAMEN VII;

Capítulo 8: Voc: Fiestas y celebraciones; En contexto; ASD: Interrogative words

 264-273

.WB 8-6,7,8,9,10,11,12


 Listen to voc on CD; Lab, cd Rom, website

12 abril

8

Estructura I: The preterite vs. the imperfect; Encuentro cultural;  Voc: La playa y el campo

El pretérito y el imperfecto; Estructura II: Affirmative and negative expressions; ASD: Hace and hace que

264-288

 WB 8-13,14,15,16, WB, pp. 136-138 

CD ROM, actividades de laboratorio y de Internet

14 abril

8/9

El pretérito y el imperfecto; Estructura II: Affirmative and negative expressions; ASD: Hace and hace que

 

Completar AUTOPRUEBA
Lab and Workbooks due;

Complete lab, cd Rom, website

19 abril

9

EXAMEN VIII

Capítulo 9: Voc:  Viajar en avión; En contexto;

Estructura I: Indirect object pronouns;

   WB 9-1,2,3,4,5

 
21 abril   Vacaciones      

26 abril

9

Estructura II: Double object pronouns

Encuentro cultural; Voc:  El hotel; ASD: Las indicaciones; EC ; G III: Los mandatos formales y mandatos negativos en “tú

   WB 9-6,7,8,9,10,11, 12,13,14,15,16  Listen to voc on CD; Lab, cd Rom, website

28 abril

9

G III: Los mandatos formales y mandatos negativos en “tú; Síntesis; PLAZAS #3; Repaso

Repaso (5-9)


WB 9-17,18, 19,20,21,22,23
Completar AUTOPRUEBA,
WB, pp. 154-157 		Complete lab, cd Rom, website

 5 mayo

5-9

Final Exam, 6:00 -9:00 pm:
ALL LABS AND WORKBOOKS ARE DUE

 

 



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