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Fall 2009

The "Objetivos de aprendizaje" column corresponds to the topic of the communication activities that you'll focus on in class that day.

 

The "Libro de texto / Preparación" column corresponds to the section in the book where you will find the material to prepare in order to reach those objectives. The page numbers that appear in parentheses refer to the items that you need to study BEFORE and AFTER class; if you don't study them, then you won't be able to participate as actively in class, you likely won't understand everything that goes on in class and, as a result, you'll probably feel lost during the session.

 

The everyday homework will be posted by your instructor after each class to be done prior to the next meeting on MySpanishLab, it is your responsibility to check the MySpanishLab website periodically in order to complete your homework on time.

 

Semana

Objetivos de aprendizaje

Libro de texto / Preparación

Capítulo Preliminar A: Para empezar

9-11 septiembre

Presentación del curso

Presentación y uso de MySpanishLab

 

State at least two reasons why it is important to study and be able to communicate in Spanish
Greet others, take leave and introduce people
Describe yourself and others

Para empezar (pp. 2-3)

Género y número (pp. 4-5)

Los artículos definidos e indefinidos (p. 6)

Los adjetivos descriptivos (p. 7)

Los adjetivos posesivos (p. 11)
El presente indicativo (pp. 13-17)

Los verbos con cambio de raíz (pp. 18-20)

14-18 septiembre

▫ Describe yourself and others

Express your likes and dislikes
State your nationality and that of others
Name the continents and countries where Spanish is spoken

Las construcciones reflexivas (pp. 21-23)
Ser y estar (pp. 24-26)
El verbo gustar (p. 27)
El español, lengua de millones (p. 10)
¿Quién habla español? (p. 18)
La influencia del español en los Estados Unidos (p. 28)

Capítulo 1: Así somos

21-25 septiembre

Talk about yourself and others in detail

Describe your feelings and reactions using the verb gustar

▫ Discuss stereotypes and the idea of a "typical latino"
Anticipate and predict content and guess meaning when listening to a conversation
Describe events in the past
Share and discuss information about your family

▫ Discuss about well-known Hispanic families

El aspecto físico y la personalidad (pp. 32-33)

Los pronombres de complemento directo e indirecto y los pronombres reflexivos (p. 34)
Algunos verbos como gustar (pp. 38-41)
¿Hay un latino típico?l (pp. 40)
Escucha (pp. 41-42)
Algunos estados (p. 43)

EL pretérito (pp. 44-46)
EL presente perfecto (pp. 46-49)
La familia (pp. 50-53)

28 septiembre -

2 octubre

Employ a variety of expressions when greeting and saying good-bye

▫ Use the strategy of mapping to organize your ideas before writing

▫ Learn and discuss about some famous Hispanic people and events in the US
Meet and learn about the three protagonists of Laberinto Peligroso
▫ Learn about literary terminology and Hispanic author Julia de Burgos

Understand, discuss, and analyze a literary reading
 

Test 1 (Capítulo Preliminar A - Capítulo 1)

Estrategias comunicativas (pp. 54-55)
Escribe (p. 56)
Los hispanos en los Estados Unidos (pp. 58-59)
Laberinto Peligroso (pp. 60-62)

 

From Letras:
A Julia de Burgos (pp. 1-4)

Capítulo 2: El tiempo libre

5-9 octubre

Share information about sports and pastimes
Indicate for others to do something
Make suggestions for a group using Let's
Learn and discuss about an international sporting event

Listen for the gist

Make recommendations and suggestions

▫ Express volition

Learn about three elite athletes and champions in the Spanish-speaking world

Preguntas (p. 67)
Algunos deportes (pp. 68-69)

Los mandatos formales e informales (pp. 70-73)
Los mandatos de nosotros/as (pp. 74-76)
La Vuelta al Táchira (pp. 68-71)
Escucha (pp. 79-80)
Algunos pasatiempos (p. 81)
El subjuntivo (pp. 82-89)
Campeones famosos del mundo hispano (p.90)

12-16 octubre


▫ Express pardon, request clarification and check for comprehension
Write a comment about an sporting or pastime event using linking words
List interesting facts about sports and pastimes in Mexican culture
▫ Scan, Skim, and get the gist of a passage
Learn and discuss about the interests of the protagonists of Laberinto Peligroso

▫ Learn about literary terminology and Hispanic author Eduardo Galeano

Understand, discuss, and analyze a literary reading

Estrategias comunicativas (pp. 92-93)
Escribe (p. 94)
Deportes y pasatiempos en la cultura mexicana

(pp. 96-97)
Laberinto Peligroso (pp. 98-101)

 

From Letras:
El fútbol a sol y sombra y otros escritos (fragmento) (pp. 5-8)

Capítulo 3: Hogar, dulce hogar

19-23 octubre

Describe your house and its surroundings
Discuss present and past events

▫ Discuss why people make home improvements

▫ Listen for the main ideas

▫ Describe inside your house in detail

Describe your emotions and sentiments
Express doubt

 

Proyecto grabado (criterio de evaluación)

Preguntas (p. 105)

Los materiales de la casa y sus alrededores (p. 106)
▫ El pretérito: verbos con cambio de raíz y otros verbos irregulares (pp. 107-109)

Los artículos definidos e indefinidos (pp. 110-114)

El mejoramiento de la casa (p. 112)
Escucha (p. 115)

Dentro del hogar (p. 117)

El imperfecto (pp. 118-120)

El subjuntivo (pp.121-124)

26-30 octubre

 

Identify and discuss about people who specialize in home design
Learn how to extend, accept, and decline an invitation
Write a description about your ideal home

▫ Explore and learn about housing and architecture in Spain

▫ Identify the main ideas of a text
Speculate on the developing relationship between Celia and Cisco

▫ Learn about literary terminology and Hispanic author Sandra Cisneros

Understand, discuss, and analyze a literary reading


 

Examen de mitad de curso

(Capítulo Preliminar A - Capítulo 3)

Estar + el participio pasado (pp.125-127)
La importancia de la casa y de su construcción

(p. 126)
Estrategias comunicativas (pp. 128-129)
Escribe (p. 130)
Las casas en España (pp. 132-133)

▫ Laberinto Peligroso (pp. 134-136)

 

From Letras:
La casa en Mango Street (fragmento) (pp. 9-12)

Capítulo 4: ¡Celebremos!

2-6 noviembre

Share information about your ways to celebrate life events
Describe and narrate events in the past
Talk about events that had occurred

▫ Learn and share information about celebrations and traditions in the Hispanic world

▫ Listen for details in a conversation

▫ Describe your favorite food and its preparation

Preguntas (p. 141)
Las celebraciones y los eventos de la vida (pp. 142-143)
El pretérito y el imperfecto (pp. 143-146)
El pluscuamperfecto (pp. 147-150)
El Día de los Muertos (p. 150)

▫ Escucha (p. 151)

▫ La comida y la cocina (p. 152)

9-10 noviembre

▫ Indicate how long an event has been going on or how long ago it occurred

▫ Talk about events that have occurred

▫ Expresiones con hacer (pp. 153-156)

▫ Más comida (pp.157-160)

▫ El presente perfecto de subjuntivo (pp. 161-163)

11 noviembre

No hay clase - día festivo

12-13 noviembre

▫ Talk about events that have occurred

▫ Learn and share details about three people known for creating excellent cuisine

▫ Employ a variety of expressions to politely request and give directions

▫ El presente perfecto de subjuntivo (pp. 161-163)

Grandes cocineros del mundo hispano (p. 164)

Estrategias comunicativas (pp. 166-167)

16-20 noviembre

Discuss and compare cultural information regarding celebrations and traditions in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador
Identify details and supporting elements in a text
Speculate about threatening notes
▫ Learn about literary terminology and Hispanic author Isabel Allende

Understand, discuss, and analyze a literary reading

 

Test 2 (Capítulo 4)

Composición (criterio de evaluación)

Tradiciones de Guatemala, Honduras y El Salvador

(pp. 170-171)
Laberinto Peligroso (pp. 172-175)

 

From Letras:
Nouvelle Cuisine (pp. 13-16)

Capítulo 5: Viajando por aquí y por allá

23-25 noviembre

Discuss your travel preferences and the different means of transportation
Clarify the meaning using some relative pronouns
Share you vacation plans
Discuss and compare notes on travel and transportation
Listen for specific information
Discuss how technology is useful, both at home and in travel
Share information about events in the past

Preguntas (p. 179)
Los viajes (p. 180)
Por y para (pp. 181-184)
Viajando por coche (pp. 185-187)
Los pronombres relativos que y quien (pp. 187-189)
El fin del mundo y los glaciares en cinco días (p. 191)

Escucha (pp. 193)
La tecnología y la informática (pp. 195)

▫ El pretérito y el imperfecto (196-198)

26-27 noviembre

No hay clase - receso por el día de acción de gracias

30 noviembre -

4 diciembre

Describe something that is uncertain or unknown

Share your experiences with technology
Learn about some people for whom travel and technology are important
Learn about expressions to help you ask for input and express your emotions
Share information about interesting vacations and to explore "green" efforts in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama

▫ Discuss what Celia and Cisco discover about the rain forest, old maps, and a cronista journal

▫ Learn about literary terminology and Hispanic author Antonio Machado

Understand, discuss, and analyze a literary reading

 

El subjuntivo con antecedentos desconocidos o que no existen (pp. 199-200)
Las acciones relacionadas con la tecnología (pp. 201-205)
Viajando hacia el futuro (p. 204)
Estrategias comunicativas (pp. 206-207)
Un viaje por mundos diferentes en Nicaragua, Costa Rica y Panamá (p. 210-211)
Laberinto Peligroso (pp. 212-215)
 

From Letras:
He andado muchos caminos (pp. 17-20)

Repaso: Capítulo 6: ¡Sí, lo sé!

7-9 diciembre

Describe yourself and others
Share ideas about sports and pastimes
Describe homes in depth
Relate past celebrations and plan future ones
Share details about past and future travels
Describe what has and had happened
Express wishes, doubts, feelings, and emotions
Link together simple sentences and clauses
Refer to people and things that may or may not exist
Synthesize information about families, sports and pastimes, homes and their construction, celebrations, and traveling in the Spanish-speaking world

▫ Compare and contrast the countries you learned about throughout the course

 

Composición (código de corrección)

10-11 diciembre Conversaciones finales (criterio de evaluación)

 

*The Final Exam will take place during one of the Common Exam slots that, at a later date, the Office of Enrollment Services will determine and then post at the following site: www.uri.edu/es/calexams/examScheduleFall2009.html. The Department of Languages has no control over when the Office of Enrollment Services makes final decisions about Common Exams. If you would like to know when Common Exams will be scheduled, you should contact the Office of Enrollment Services.