Discipline: Foreign Languages
Title: Los hispanos en los Estados Unidos
BELMONT UNIVERSITY
SPANISH 360SL LOS HISPANOS EN LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS
SPRING 2002
COURSE GUIDELINES
PROFESSOR: DR. DAVID C. JULSETH
OFFICE LOCATION & TEL: Wheeler Humanities Building #213A; tel. 460 6858
EMAIL: julsethd {at} mail.belmont(.)edu
WebCT COURSE PAGE: http://classroom.belmont.edu: 8900
WEB PAGE: http://www.belmont.edu/Humanities/languages/
CLASS TIME: SPA 360.01 M, W, F 1:00 1:50
TEXTBOOKS: TBA
Spanish/English Dictionary
EXAMS
Examen I – Fri, Feb 22
Examen II – Mon, Apr 1
Examen III – (Final) Fri, May 3
COURSE DESCRIPTION AND GOALS
In this advanced Spanish course we will look at a wide variety of issues that affect the lives of Hispanics living in the United States: immigration law, ESL, education, health issues, discrimination, employment, religion, etc…
This course will give the students a hands on opportunity to use Spanish language skills and cultural knowledge as part of an immersion experience in the Hispanic community. After the first two weeks of class, we will have a number of Wednesdays "free". In lieu of this class period, each student will be placed with a community partner where he/she will be involved directly with Hispanics in Nashville. Because of this required service learning experience, the course number SPA 360 carries the suffix SU in the section number. By "service learning" I mean that the students will do work on a volunteer basis (not for pay) in an area that will be linguistically challenging and therefore will show a gain in Spanish language skills. I also expect, on the part of the student, an increased cultural awareness and heightened sensitivity for immigrant issues.
On Fridays we will come together again in class for conversation (in Spanish) about each student's service experience. This will be a time for reflection and for sharing as students will be at a variety of community partners and therefore will have different experiences to share with each other.
Each student will do required readings, 24 hours of community service, keep a journal and vocabulary list, participate actively in Friday conversation days, and give a final presentation that will combine their service experience with the relevant class topics. Tests will cover class discussions, required readings, student presentations, and essay topics.
GRADE DISTRIBUTION: % POINTS
3 examenes (100 pts each) 30%
El diario 15%
Servicio Comunitario 22%
Dias de Conversación 14%
Vocabulario personal 9%
Presentación 10%
TOTAL 100%
SERVICE LEARNING COURSE COMPONENT
Each student will perform at least 24 hours of community service in a location where Spanish is spoken. This course component will be graded on the following basis (beyond the "Diario" and the "Vocabulario personal" that are both derived from this service experience as well):
24 hours of work x 5 pts per hour = 120 pts (12%)
Evaluation of student's service work by the community partner and professor = 100 pts (10%)
Total = 220 pts (22%)
EL DIARIO
Your journal will be collected three times during the semester and you will get up to 50 points each time. Make sure you have an entry for each day that you work in your volunteer service job. Include:
- Where did you work? What hours? What did you do?
- Who did you meet?
- How did the day go?
- Good experiences?
- Any problems? Frustrating experiences?
- Is there anything you could do this week to be better prepared next time?
VOCABULARIO PERSONAL
Each student must create his/her own vocabulary list based on their service experience. You need to have 10 new words each week! These lists will be collected three times during the semester.
- What words did people use that you did not know? Write them in your list and look them up. You can even ask them to write the word down for you if you are not sure how to spell it.
- What words would help you to better serve your community partners? Be creative and proactive!
- Read articles (en español, por supuesto) related to your service experience. Underline words you do not know and add the most important ones to your "vocabulario personal" list.
PRESENTACIONES ORALES
The professor will work with each student to develop a theme. One day of class time will be devoted to working on the presentation. Points will be given for preparation and presentation as well as fluency, pronunciation, content and grammar. Powerpoint is encouraged especially for multi media presentations but not mandatory.
Note: You need to write 3 questions (en español) for your presentation. What are the three things that you would like us to learn and to remember about your famous Hispanic person? These questions will resurface on the Final Exam!!
DÍAS DE CONVERSACIÓN
On these days we will really concentrate on improving your speaking ability. Be ready to spend the WHOLE class period speaking in Spanish. Here's an idea of how I will grade these days:
10 pts. = Came into the classroom speaking Spanish and enthusiastically participated in the conversation for the entire class period. No ENGLISH.
8 pts. = Some English but good overall participation
6 pts. = Too much English being spoken, lack of interest
3 pts. = Physically present
0 pts. = Absent.
