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UNTIL I CAN TAKE PRIDE

IN MY LANGUAGE, I
CANNOT TAKE PRIDE IN
MYSELF.
Gloria Anzalda

SPANISH FOR HERITAGE SPEAKERS


WHY ARE WE HERE?
WHO AM I AND HOW CAN
YOU FIND ME? This course is designed for heritage speakers who are conversational in Spanish, but
have little or no formal training in reading or writing the language. Together, we'll
Dr. Jennifer Darrell build on the linguistic strengths you already possess and work on developing skills
jenniferdarrell@kings.edu that are often tricky for heritage speakers. (Whr d ths ccnts g
x5211 nywys?!? And is it a "baca" or "vaca"?!?) In addition, we'll learn about context,
and how to modify your language for different situations.
HM 517
We're also here to talk about what it means to be a bi- or multi-cultural individual
MY OFFICE HOURS living in America today. We'll learn more about the cultures of the Spanish-
speaking world, as a way of helping you connect with your cultural heritage, and
TTh, 2:00-4:30, or by we'll talk about your place in the community. This class will be a safe place to talk
appointment about any challenges you may face on our campus, in our town, or across our
nation. It will also be an opportunity to recognize and celebrate the many ways in
which your cultural heritage is a source of strength and something to take pride in.
CLASS TIME AND LOCATION Finally, this class will give you the chance to reach out and make a difference in the
community, performing community service in conjunction with the McGowan
MWF, 1:00-1:50
Hispanic Outreach Program.
HM 213
WHAT WILL YOU BE ABLE TO DO AFTER TAKING THIS
CONVERSATION HOUR CLASS?

W, 3:30-4:30 Utilize a wide range of vocabulary and grammatical structures, including regular
and irregular forms of the present indicative, imperfect, and preterite tenses,
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formal and informal commands, and the present subjunctive
HM 516 Master the rules for spelling and use of accents in Spanish
Adapt your written and spoken language as appropriate to correspond to a
variety of formal and informal contexts
Write proficiently in Spanish in a variety of formats, including personal essays,
research papers, and business letters
Critically analyze reading passages to summarize, synthesize, analyze, and
evaluate concepts contained within the text
Recognize the diversity of cultural beliefs and customs among different Spanish-
speaking countries and within the Hispanic community in the United States, and
compare and contrast cultural elements across a variety of Hispanic
See? Sometimes I need help communities
too! It's always best to ask! Feel connected to your Hispanic heritage and community, and take pride in
them as a source of strength
HOW WILL YOU BE GRADED?

Rsum, Cover
Letter & Mock Interview
10% Participation
15%

Immigration
Teaching Project
15% MATERIALS NEEDED

Service Learning
Deana Alonso-Lyrintzis &
15% Brandon Zaslow, Entre mundos:
An Integrated Approach for the
Native Speaker, 2nd Edition,
Pearson, 2004.

Deana Alonso-Lyrintzis, Dinorah


Debate &
Follow-Up Paper Guadiana-Costa, & Brandon
15% Zaslow, Workbook to
Journal Entries Accompany Entre mundos: An
10%
Integrated Approach for the
Native Speaker, 2nd Edition,
Cultural Reflection Paper Quizzes Pearson, 2004.
10% 10%

A notebook or journal that you


don't take other notes in. This will
WHAT WILL WE DO, AND WHEN WILL WE DO IT??
serve as your reflection journal,
and I will collect it periodically.
We are going to cover the first 9 chapters of the textbook this semester, and we'll
spend 4-5 classes on each chapter. (Don't worry, we won't try to do everything,
A folder or binder to keep your
just the most important stuff!) Here's a rough schedule of when we'll get to each syllabus and other handouts
chapter, as well as a brief preview of the themes and the grammar we'll cover: organized.

Chapter 1: Aug. 30Sep. 8. La personalidad, adjetivos, gustar A variety of colored highlighters,


Chapter 2: Sep. 11Sep. 20. Qu significa ser hispano?, el presente indicativo, las pencils, and/or pens. We'll use
slabas tnicas these to mark up readings in class
to practice different
Chapter 3: Sep. 22Sep. 29. El espaol en el mundo, la concordancia, palabras
comprehension strategies.
agudas
Chapter 4: Oct. 2Oct. 11. La guerra de los sexos, los cambios de raz, palabras
A Spanish dictionary or app. I
llanas
recommend WordReference,
Chapter 5: Oct. 16Oct. 23. La familia, los demostrativos, los interrogativos, which is available both online and
palabras esdrjulas as an app.
Chapter 6: Oct. 25Nov. 3. La familia en crisis, el imperfecto versus el pretrito
Chapter 7: Nov. 6Nov. 13. Los trabajadores migratorios, los mandatos Other materials will be posted on
Chapter 8: Nov. 15 Nov. 29. Los estudios, el subjuntivo Moodle, so please remember to
Chapter 9: Dec. 1Dec. 8. El mundo profesional, ms con el subjuntivo check the site frequently!
WHAT ARE OUR COURSE POLICIES?

Attendance (aka "Do I really have to come to class?): Yes, of course you have to
come to class! I miss you when you're not there! (Not to mention the fact that we will
cover a LOT of material in class, and it will be very difficult for you to do well in the
course if you are absent.)

HOW CAN I DO WELL? Of course, sometimes life happens. Maybe you have a gigantic chemistry exam to
study for, or maybe you're just not feeling well. To account for this, I give you three
Prepare and participate! absences to do with as you wish. Use them wisely.

CAN I PLAGIARIZE? For each absence after your third, I lower your final grade by 3 points. If you have
four absences and a final grade of 87, you will earn an 84. If extenuating
Umm, no. Is this really a surprise? circumstances come up that will take you out of class for an extended period of time,
come talk to me, and we'll work something out.
If you are ever in doubt as to whether
something is permissible or not, please
If you miss a day of class, you are still responsible for turning in any assignments that
ask! You may also refer to pages 44
were due that day, and it is your job to get the notes from class.
50 of the Kings College Student
Handbook for a detailed explanation
Also please note that I don't like getting in trouble any more than you do, so if you
of the Academic Integrity Policy.
are absent a lot, I'll have to follow the college policy and refer your name to the
Associate Vice President for Student Success and Retention. Please see page 112 of the
WHAT ABOUT GOOGLE Kings College Student Handbook for more information on the colleges attendance
TRANSLATE? policy.
That would also be a no. In foreign
Participation: It is your mission to actively participate in all activities every day. Strong
language courses, the use of online
participation includes coming prepared, staying on task, and asking questions in class.
translation sites, such as Google
Translate, constitutes a violation of
Remember, participation represents 15% of your grade that is because I want to
the Academic Integrity Policy. hear from you! We will check in midway through the semester using the participation
rubric available on Moodle and then once more at the end of the semester.

WHO WILL HELP ME? Preparation: Each night, you will be assigned homework, which may include (but is
not limited to) readings from the textbook, grammar exercises, online activities, and
Me! Come see me during office
participation in online forums through Moodle. It is very important that you come to
hours! We also have many
instructional support services
class prepared, having completed all assigned homework. This will allow us to make
available through the Academic Skills the most effective use of class time. Coming prepared to class is part of the grading
Center, including Spanish language rubric for participation.
tutors, and they are excellent! More
information on the Academic Skills Late Work: As a general rule, if you miss a day of class, you are still responsible for
Center can be found at: turning in any assignments that were due that day. That said, I understand that
http://www.kings.edu/academics/sup sometimes extenuating circumstances come up. I can work with you, but you need to
port/skills_center. let me know. Please email me or come talk to me in my office hours if you need an
extension, and be prepared to explain the circumstances as well as a specific time and
date by which you believe you can turn the work in. This does not guarantee you an
WHAT IF I HAVE A DISABILITY?
extension, but it communicates a level of respect for me, for your classmates, and for
No worries! Just come talk to me and the course, and I will do my best to work with you. Any work turned in late without
we'll make any necessary previous permission will be penalized by 5 points per calendar day. Please keep in
arrangements for your success! mind that we will be doing a lot of peer editing this semester, so anytime you show
up without a completed assignment, it affects your classmates as well as yourself.
WHAT WORK WILL YOU DO?
HOW TO WIN COLLEGE:
Journal: You will keep a journal throughout the semester to work on your
written Spanish skills as well as to help you reflect on your experience as
GENERAL TIPS
multicultural individuals. You should use a separate notebook for this journal, as I
Address your professors
will collect it periodically, and I dont want you to be without any important class
appropriately. Most of us are
notes at these times. I would like for you to write at least three journal entries per
"Dr.", not "Mr." or "Ms.", and we
week (please date them!). For one of these entries, I will give you a prompta
worked really hard for those
general topic or specific question, typically related to the cultural themes we are
discussingto reflect on and respond to. These prompts are available on Moodle. degrees! When in doubt, check
For the second entry, I would like you to find an article from a Spanish how we sign our e-mails.
newspaper, blog, or periodical that is relevant to our class to read and react to in Be prepared to put some solid
your journal. The third entry should be a reflection on your service learning work in outside of the classroom.
experience. Each entry should be approximately 150 words, though you are We don't have as many hours
always welcome to write more! As long as I feel you are taking the work face-to-face with you in the class
seriously, you will receive full credit for each journal entry completed on time. I do as your high school teachers did,
reserve the right to lower your grade if it seems that you are putting minimal so we expect more independent
time and effort into your work. work from you.
Buy a stapler. Use the stapler.
Quizzes: We'll have short quizzes on a fairly regular basis so that I can see how Be careful about what you say in
well you are understanding the grammar we cover. I will always announce them front of whom. This is a small
ahead of time. campus, and we all know each
other well. You will have a
Papers & Projects: We will work on four papers/projects this semester. The first reputation on campus - make it a
will be a cultural reflection paper. The second will be an in-class debate, with a good one!
follow-up paper. For the third project, you will work with students from my
The syllabus is a magical
upper-level Crossing Borders class to prepare a lesson on immigration to present
document with many deep truths
to my intermediate Spanish students. Finally, you will write a rsum & cover
(or at least practical information
letter, and we will do a mock interview. Detailed information and a grading
about due dates and
rubric will be distributed for each project later in the semester, always at least a
week before the paper/project is due. expectations.) Please read it! We
weep openly every time we are
Here is a tentative list of due dates: (NB: I will ask you for drafts before the final asked a question that is clearly
due date so that we can workshop them together.) answered on the syllabus.
Have some fun! Even if you
September 20: Cultural reflection paper aren't particularly excited about a
October 11: In-class debate class, try to keep an open mind
October 16: Follow-up paper and a good attitude. You'll enjoy it
November 13: Immigration teaching project more, and make a better
December 8: Rsum & cover letter impression.
Finals Week: Mock Interviews Do power postures! (There's a
TED talk that explains how cool
Service Learning: You will be required to complete 15 hours of community these are!)
service through the Hispanic Outreach Program at Kings College, and you will Get a planner, either paper or
need to keep a detailed log of all your hours, as I will not be there with you. You digital, and use it religiously.
will receive more information on this component of the course early in the Go to office hours. We don't bite,
semester. Successful completion of your community service hours is worth 15% of
and we are happy to help you
your grade. This class counts as a service learning course.
with your questions.

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