SYLLABUS
SYLLABUS
SYLLABUS
SPANISH 4
2016-2017
Course Objectives
Spanish 4 has been designed for students with some previous learning of that language. The main focus of the course is on language acquisition and development of language skills. These language skills should be developed through the study and use of a range of written and spoken material. Such material will extend from everyday oral exchanges to literary texts, and should be related to the culture(s) concerned. The material should be chosen to enable students to develop mastery of language skills and intercultural understanding.
Methods and Techniques
Oral/Aural: debates, directed response, listening/speaking activities, picture series narrations, dramatization, role-playing, conversation, games and oral presentations
Reading/Writing: structural review activities, creative dialogues, reading comprehension, text analysis, paragraphs and essay writing according to specific text types required by the IB.
Materials
We will be working with a great number of resources, such as:
Internet: research assignments, streaming of news/music/interviews/etc. Students should download Audacity 2.0-a free application available on the web.
Films
Magazines/newspapers: articles (reading practice, summaries…)-There will be helpful links available in Moodle
Text: Asi se dice McGraw Hills, 2016
Literature:
Extracts from novels, plays, poems… with activities (oral and written)
Tesoro Literario, Glencoe, 1997
Nuevas Vistas 2, Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 2003
Behavior
All students are expected to participate actively in all class activities in an appropriate manner. Students are responsible for upholding the CAC Honor Code. All infractions will result in submission of the indiscretion to the Honor Counsel.
Parental Support
Daily review of material covered in class is a key to success for all students, as is daily practice and contact with the language. It is important that students set aside time to partake in on-line chats with native speakers, read additional texts (magazines on-line, newspapers on-line, etc.), listen to music, view video, etc.
Evaluation
The student will be evaluated according to the following criteria: daily classroom participation, timely completion of written and oral assignments, frequent quizzes on vocabulary and structures, written comprehension and expression, and oral presentations and projects.
Assignments due to an excused absence will be accepted during the week that the student returns. Students with unexcused absences will not receive credit for work missed the day of the absence, and a grade of 0 will be awarded. Projects turned in late will result in a 10% reduction per day. It is the student’s responsibility to ask what was missed and make arrangements for completing missed work. Homework assignments are due in the next class unless otherwise stated. Late homework assignments will not be accepted, and grade of 0 will be awarded for any incomplete/missing homework. The department standardized tests, oral comprehension and expression, spelling and written comprehension and expression.
QUARTER GRADE: Coursework 15% (formative grade)
*homework, classwork, workbook/exercises, dialogues,
Participation 15% (formative grade)
*use of Spanish, behaviour, group dynamics, punctuality, interruptions, effort, attitude towards learning
Projects/Presentations 25% (Summative grade)
*Oral presentations, research projects, creative projects, individual oral recordings, literary analysis
Quizzes 20% (formative grade)
*short evaluations, unannounced graded work, pop quizzes
Tests 25% (Summative grade)
*Unit tests, major written assignments, essays
SEMESTER GRADE:
Semester Grade based on above criteria 80%
Semester Final 20%
YEAR GRADE: Average of first and second semesters.
CONTACT: mvera@g-cacegypt.org