Spanish 101: Hybrid Elementary Spanish I COURSE CONTRACT Fall, 2014 COURSE DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES Spanish 101W Hybrid is a three-credit hour course designed to introduce you to the Spanish language and the many facets of Hispanic culture, and to develop all language skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. In this course you will develop your ability to communicate in Spanish in everyday situations. Upon completion, you will be able to comprehend and respond with grammatical accuracy to spoken and written basic Spanish and demonstrate cultural awareness. The course consists of one 50-minute professor-led class per week, one 50-minute small group session with a peer teacher (Student Leader), and a minimum of 5 hours of interactive online Spanish instruction. (Please note: The UNC-CH unwritten rule for work outside of class is that students are expected to spend at least two hours of study in preparation for each hour of classroom instruction. The traditional three-credit hour Spanish course meets four days per week with an additional expectation of 6 hours of homework. We expect a similar commitment on the part of our students in the hybrid course.) Since a large part of the instruction in this course is done online, it is vital for students to do their work by the deadline and to be prepared for each class. Instructors will not use the classes to explain grammar but rather to give students the opportunity to practice what they have learned (vocabulary, grammar, etc.) with a wide variety of communicative activities. COURSE MATERIAL Textbook: nd ¡Anda! Curso elemental ( 2 edition, published by Prentice Hall/Pearson): - You can purchase the Span101 course material package in the UNC Student bookstore. - The package consists of: 1) a soft-sided and set-up to be inserted into a 3-ring binder textbook 2) access code for My Spanish Lab (MSL). - The access code for MSL, also includes access to the online textbook, as well as access to the Student Activities Manual (the workbook), the videos and many other features you will need for this course. The access code is good for 18 months. How to access MSL - To access the online program you need to: 1) Create your account in the My Spanish Lab 2) Enroll in your class (section) - You will find instructions in the “Course information” under “Resources” page on the Sakai site. Note: To take full advantage of this online course, you must have the appropriate software, plugins, and network connection. Please read “Getting started” document carefully posted on the Span 101 Sakai site, and take the time to download the necessary software, if you do not have it installed already. - If you have questions, you must ask your professor as soon as possible. Not understanding how the program works is not an excuse for late work.

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SAKAI SITE Sakai is the course management site used for this course. Here, you will find instructions for course activities and assignments. Other helpful links will also be available on this site. Sakai is not simply a reference tool. It is a major component to the structure of this course. You will be expected to check it regularly. 1) Go to http://sakai.unc.edu 2) Log in with your onyen and password. 3) Find ‘SPAN101.ALL.FA14’ located in the menu bar near the top. If you do not see the course title listed, click on the box that says “More sites” and look for the course title. Click on it. COURSE SET-UP The course has several components. We focus on communicative proficiency through various activities. 1. Two face-to-face meetings 1) one 50-minute professor-led class per week: During the class meetings with your professor, you will review the information that you studied through online program, do pair or group activities to apply what you learned to a real-world situation. 2) one 50-minute small group session with a peer teacher (Student Leader): The small group session is set up to provide you with interactive activities as well as an opportunity to work in a small group to develop your conversation skills. At the beginning of each session you can ask any questions about the materials to your Student Leader. During the first week of the semester you will sign up for a small group session which fits best to your schedule. 2. Online exercises The textbook ¡Anda! Curso elemental, comprised of 12 total chapters, has two preliminary chapters. One is located at the beginning of the book and the other is located between chapters 6 and 7. We will cover Preliminary Chapter A and Chapters 1 through 6 in Span 101. The Student Activities Manual (online workbook), accessed through My Spanish Lab, has the same structure. Particular exercises have been assigned in each chapter and must be completed and submitted before the deadline each week. You must log into MySpanishLab through UNC Portal site. The link is on the Sakai site.

3. Office hours You will have a mandatory meeting with your instructor, in person, during the third week of the semester. During the second week, remember to sign up for this meeting. You will receive an email from your instructor which will include available times and instructions explaining how to sign up for your session. You are encouraged to discuss any questions you may have regarding the course structure or materials during this face-to-face mandatory visit. Scheduling an appointment to meet with your instructor throughout the semester is always encouraged if you need further assistance. GRADING Your grade will be based on the following scale: 91.5-100 A 87.5-89.4 B+ 89.5-91.4 A81.5-87.4 B 79.5-81.4 B-

77.5-79.4 71.5-77.4 69.5-71.4

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67.5-69.4 D+ 59.5-67.4 D Below 59.5 F

Your final grade in the course will break down as follows: Class participation: Oral Interview: 2 compositions: Online exercises: Fall, 2014

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Pronunciation exercise: Weekly quizzes: 2 partial exams: Final exam:

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1. Class participation grade (taken in class and in small group sessions): reflects attendance, preparation for class, attentiveness and focus, the effort made to answer questions (in Spanish) and take part in both class and small group activities, as well as the effort made to use the Spanish language spontaneously. Class attendance (including small group sessions) is mandatory and vital. Given the limited number of scheduled class meetings, please note that after one initial absence, 3 points will be deducted from your final participation grade for each subsequent absence (from the class and the small group session). Please note that your professor can only excuse certain types of absences. You must inform your professor as to the nature of your absence as soon as possible. Remember that your presence only will not earn you a good participation grade. 2. Oral interview: will be scheduled in 15-minute blocks during which time a partner and you will speak with your instructor using grammar and vocabulary that you have studied thus far in the course. Your professor and the Sakai site will provide you with all necessary information on this exercise. Your professor will grade your pronunciation, comprehensibility, fluency and pace, content and syntax, and grammatical competence. 3. Compositions: will be written at home and turned in on the days indicated on the syllabus. Required length and possible topics will be posted under on the Sakai site one week in advance. Please note: composition 2 will have two drafts. After your professor edits and makes comments on the first draft, you will revise the composition based on the feedback you received. Both drafts are counted in the final grade. The grades will be based on appropriateness and richness of vocabulary, grammatical accuracy, content and syntax, and overall organization. 4. Online exercises: will be done through MySpanishLab. Each exercise is assigned points. The final grade for these exercises will be determined by adding all points received for each activity completed. Not all chapter exercises will be assigned. Students are encouraged to complete additional activities for further practice and review, however, those will not be considered in computing this portion of the grade. The online component of the course is designed so that most of the activities provide immediate feedback and can be completed multiple times. Therefore students can (and should) practice an activity before completing it for submission. You must follow the syllabus as outlined for maximum success in the course, i.e. to be prepared for and benefit most from face-to-face sessions. Please note that the due dates (each Tuesday by 11:59pm unless otherwise indicated on the syllabus) for submission of exercises reflect the latest possible times that this work will be accepted for credit. NOTE: 1) You must access MySpanishLab program through the UNC Portal site. 2) Begin the assignments well before the due date. You may find it easier to break up the assigned reading and the assigned activities in My Spanish Lab. 5. Pronunciation exercise: allows the professor to evaluate specific aspects of your pronunciation. Each student records a passage assigned before the due date and later receives individual comments and evaluation from your professor. This activity will be done through MySpanishLab and the specific information about this exercise will be provided by your professor. 6. Weekly quizzes: will be administered through the My Spanish Lab site. You can take the quiz at any time before the due date (each Thursday night by 11:59pm). However, once you start the test you will have 10 minutes to complete it. These short quizzes will test grammar points and/or vocabulary covered in the lesson up to that point, and are primarily based on online exercises (MySpanishLab).

7. Partial exams: will be administered twice during the semester (after Chapters 2 and 4). These 50minute exams are designed to test whether you can apply the information you have been learning and use the grammatical structures and vocabulary studied within real-world contexts. There will be a study guide with sample exam items posted on the Span101 Sakai site.

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8. Final Exam: is the same as the partial exams in structure and objectives. For this three-hour cumulative paper exam, there will be a study guide on the Sakai site as well.

COURSE POLICIES 1. Only homework submitted by the deadline will receive credit. No late work of any kind will be accepted. 2. It is vital for students to be prepared for each session (class and small group) so that class time can be spent on activities that allows students to practice and apply the material learned online, and not with the instructor explaining grammar. 3. Remember that Intermediate Spanish courses (Span 203 and 204) will be very different from this introductory course. The best way to prepare yourself for the next level of Spanish study is to complete all assignments in a timely manner. Although you work independently in Span 101 and may be tempted to use unauthorized help or methods in completing the activities, it is not a good idea for you to do this. Not only is it unethical and goes against the honor code, but you will be at a great disadvantage in upper-level courses as you will be expected to have mastered the material. 4. EXTRA CREDIT assignments will NOT be made. 5. NO MAKE UPS will be given for any graded work without a prompt, VALID excuse, and must be scheduled immediately. 6. No eating or drinking in the classroom is allowed—this is university and LRC (Language Resource Center—where our classroom is located) policy. 7. Due to the nature of the course, communication between the professor and his/her students is crucial. You should check email regularly. In addition, mandatory office hours will be held during the first month of classes. Students are not permitted to drop levels 1 through 3 of Foundations courses in a foreign language, at any time during the semester, unless approved by a dean in the Academic Advising Program. (p. 378 Undergraduate Bulletin)

HONOR CODE Academic dishonesty in any form is unacceptable, because any breach in academic integrity, however small, strikes destructively at the University’s life and work. Outside help of any kind on any assignment that is to be turned in for a grade is considered academic dishonesty. What this means is that, with the exception of consultation with your professor, Student Leader, or FLRC walk-in hours tutors, no help may be received on any homework assignment, or composition without being in violation of the honor code. "Help" includes any aid received from personal tutors, friends, native speakers or anyone else other than your professor or Student Leader on any assignment. However, your online textbook, class notes, and web resources (NOT WEB TRANSLATORS, NO “COPY AND PASTE” FROM MY SPANISH LAB) may be consulted for homework assignments, compositions, and other out-of-class work unless you are specifically instructed otherwise by your professor. Quizzes and exams must also be completed entirely by each individual student with no help of any sort from fellow classmates, dictionaries, textbooks or notes; and furthermore, on every quiz and exam the Fall, 2014

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student must write out the pledge "I have neither given nor received any unauthorized aid on this exam". Group study, however, is an activity that is both accepted and recommended. In preparation for any exam or quiz, students may work together to help one another prepare. Special circumstances must be brought to the attention of your professor. Peer tutors for Spanish will be available for one-on-one, drop-in assistance in Dey Hall, on TUESDAYS and WEDNESDAYS (6-9 pm). Detailed information is posted on the Learning Center's new Web site (http://learningcenter.unc.edu) and on the bulletin board near the second-floor entrance of Dey Hall.

CONTACT INFORMATION Instructors Section

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Prof. Whitney Winters

[email protected]

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Prof. Whitney Winters

[email protected]

Course coordinator: Dr. Hosun Kim

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[email protected]

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