Class policies and syllabus.

Marie Casado Woodbridge,  Lecturer
Oficina: 208, Withers Building.
 Lunes – Miércoles – Viernes  8:00 – 9:00 am.
Teléfono: 513 - 0367
Correo electrónico:  mcwoodbr@ncsu.edu
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CLASS POLICIES

Syllabus: Go to:http://fll.chass.ncsu.edu/spanish/fls102/mwf-s.htm.

Texto:  Plazas: the package. 
Note: If you purchase a used textbook, you will need to purchase the “ancillary package” at the NCSU bookstore in order to get the codes necessary to establish your lab account.

Sistema de notación:
30%  Exámenes: 4 exámenes.
30%  Examen final.
10%  Presentaciones
30%  Participación y preparación

No make –up tests are given unless a test is missed because of an excused emergency absence with formal documentation.

 
Tareas y Laboratorios:  To establish your Quia account follow the instructions from your key book pamphlet.  Enter your course code when required.  You should log on to Quia by the 1st week of the semester.  In order to get full credit for Quia the student is required to get a 70% or higher in both homeworks and laboratories.  Students should do all the graded Quia exercises, meaning all activities that have multiple choice answers and answers that do not require full sentences.
  
 
Presentaciones:

• Each student is evaluated on presentational and interpersonal oral communication skills, congruent with the National Standards for Foreign Language Learning.
  http://www.actfl.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3324.
• Each student must complete one in-class presentation on a topic treated in one of the chapters covered in the course and which includes recently studied vocabulary and structures. Presentations should consist of approximately 10 sentences. It is not necessary that students memorize the complete presentation but presentations must be well prepared and practiced, with minimal use of notes.
• Each student must complete one oral interview/conversation with the instructor, addressing one or more topics covered in the course and including appropriate vocabulary and structures. Students are advised to prepare for the interviews using recommended activities from the text and supplementary materials but they are not to prepare a script. Interviews may be conducted with one or two students at a time and will be done outside of class.
• The rubrics below will be used for grading:

Rubric for the assessment of Presentational Communication:
Name:                                      Chapter/Topic:                                                 Grade:
   

Rubric for the assessment of Interpersonal Communication:
Name:                                      Chapter/Topic:                                                 Grade:

Participación en clase: Students are expected to attend and participate in class activities.  Students should arrive on time and do not depart early or “come and go”.  They should be attentive, participate voluntarily and frequently, stay on task during group work, and ask appropriate, pertinent questions. Negative behaviors that have a general disruptive effect on the class will very negatively affect the class participation grade.  A  grade will be given daily between 0 and 4 points for class participation.

Academic Integrity: You and the instructor will follow both the spirit and letter of the NCSU Code of Student Conduct. You will have the opportunity to attest to this in writing upon several occasions. Although you must complete and turn in your own work, you are encouraged to work with others in completing and preparing the course assignments (quizzes and tests being the principal exceptions). However, the copying or sharing of answers, from another student or from an answer key, etc., is not WORKING together and is in violation of the honor code.

Students with Disabilities: Students with diagnosed disabilities schedule an appointment with the professor at the beginning of the semester to discuss academic accommodations. This student/professor meeting occurs after the professor receives official documentation from the DSS office. Students without official documentation need to register in Suite 1900, Student Health Center. (See current NC State Policy, DSO site, or call 5-7653, voice; 5-8830, try.). Students with particular learning styles/needs should inform the instructor at the beginning of the course.

Tutorial Services: For information on tutoring services visit the following web page: http://fll.chass.ncsu.edu/undergraduate/tutoring.php.