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FLS 105
   Course Objectives and Syllabus

Spring 2012

Course Objectives                                                                                            

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 foreign.

  • 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

 

FLS 105 Course Syllabus: Spring 2012

Date
(Fecha)

Chapter
(Capítulo) 

Topic
(Tópicos)

Text
(Texto)

Workbook
(Tarea del  "workbook")

10 enero

P

Introduction to course and Capítulo Preliminar 

       
2-11

12 enero

P/1

Capítulo Preliminar/ Capítulo 1

 

12-18

19-27

Workbook exercises due for the Preliminary Chapter by 5:00 pm

Labs due for the Preliminary Chapter by 5:00 pm

17 enero

1

Capítulo 1

 

28-35

19 enero

1

Capítulo 1

 

36-48

24 enero

1/2

EXAMEN I  (Capítulo prliminar y Capítulo 1);

Capítulo 2:

 

 49-57

Workbook exercises due for Chapter 1 by 5:00 pm

Labs due for the Preliminary Chapter and Chapter 1 by 5:00 pm

26 enero            2

Capítulo 2

 

 58-68

31 enero

2

Capítulo 2

 

69-81

2 febrero
2/3

EXAMEN II ;

Capitulo 3:

 

 83-91 Workbook exercises due for Chapter 2 by 5:00 pm     

Labs due for Chapter 2 by 5:00 pm

7 febrero

3

Capitulo 3

 

92-99

 

9 febrero

          3

Capitulo 3

100-111

14 febrero

3/4

EXAMEN III;

Capítulo 4

 

113-120

Workbook exercises due for Chapter 3 by 5:00 pm

  

Labs due for Chapter 3 by 5:00 pm

16 febrero

4

Capítulo 4

 

121-131


21 febrero

4

Capítulo 4

 

132-143

23 febrero

4/5

EXAMEN IV;

Capítulo 5

 

 

145-153

Workbook exercises due for Chapter 4 by 5:00 pm.

Labs due for Chapter 4 by 5:00 pm

 28 febrero

5

 Capítulo 5

154-163


 

el primero de marzo

5

Capítulo 5

 

.164-177

6 marzo

     

No hay clases.

 

 

8 marzo

No hay clases.

 
13 marzo         5/6  

EXAMEN V

Capítulo 6

 

179-185

.Workbook exercises due for Chapter 5 by 5:00 pm. .

Labs due for Chapter 5 by 5:00 pm
15 marzo         6

Capítulo 6

 

 186-199    
20 marzo

6

Capítulo 6

 

200-211


 
22 marzo

6/7

EXAMEN VI;

Capítulo 7

 

 213-219

.Workbook exercises due for Chapter 6 by 5:00 pm.

Labs due for Chapter 6 by 5:00 pm
27 marzo

7

Capítulo 7

 

220-235

29 marzo

7

Capítulo 7

 

 236-247

 
3 abril       7/8

EXAMEN VII;

Capítulo 8:

 

 249-259 Workbook exercises are due for Chapter 7 by 5:00 pm Labs due for Chapter 7 by 5:00 pm
6 abril

No hay clase.

  
10 abril

8

 Capítulo 8 260-271


 
12 abril

8

Capítulo 8

 

 272-281


17 abril

8/9

EXAMEN VIII

Capítulo 9

 

283-289

Workbook exercises due for Chapter 8 by 5:00 pm.

 Labs due for Chapter 8 by 5:00 pm
19 abril

9

Capítulo 9

 

 290-304
24 abril

9

Capítulo 9

 

 305-317    
26 abril

5-9

PRESENTACIONES ORALES y Repaso final

 

Workbook exercises due for Chapter 9 by 5:00 pm

 Labs due for Chapter 9 by 5:00 pm
         

3 mayo

5-9

Final Exam:  6:00-9:00 p.m.  in WI 130
 



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