COURSE
DESCRIPTION
The
course Spanish AP – Advanced Spanish I
has been designed in accordance with a
“task-based
approach” to learning Spanish as a foreign language. What does this mean?
Basically
that one learns to speak by speaking and to write by writing, just like one
learns to dance or to play soccer by practicing.
On
this approach to the language you will discover and learn how to interact on an
advanced level with any Spanish speaker on real life
situations, enabling yourself to have
real conversations, offering help, asking for relevant information and for day
to day usage.
Learning
in this manner will require active participation in classwork on your part. Researching,
reading, writing, demonstrating and participating actively, going beyond
expectations, shall be the constant of
this class. Your learning of grammar and vocabulary shall be
self-motivated and proactive. Keeping and updating your blog is a mandatory
resource for you to demonstrate your
learning and the way you approach to the topics we are discussing during class.
COURSE
OBJECTIVES
As is stated in our 2013-2014 Course of Instruction, based
on the College Board for AP (http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/ap/IN120085262_SpanLangCED_Effective_Fall_2013_lkd.pdf) Spanish AP and Spanish
Advanced I aim to enable you to become an advanced user of this language. An
advanced user of a language are those
that can research, talk, write, read,
listen and interact with materials produced and
designed for native speakers of the language, with accuracy and
confidence. In order to help you to do this better, you will be asks to reflect on the following questions:
a. How do societies and
individuals define quality of life?
b. How is contemporary life
influenced by cultural products,
practices, and perspectives?
c.
What are the challenges of contemporary life?
d.
How are aspects of identity expressed in
various situations?
e.
How do
language and culture influence identity?
f.
How does one’s identity develop over time?
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COURSE CONTENT WINTER TERM
In
order to achieve these objectives, the course will address the following
communicative topics and situations:
- Contemporary
life
From December 2nd to January 23th.
- Personal
and Public Identities
From January 27th to February
27th.
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Winter Exams
In connection with the linguistic and communicative
content of each unit, a variety of cultural materials (newspaper articles,
informative texts, songs, literary extracts, games, etc.) will be used to
introduce you to the life and culture of Spanish-speaking countries.
HOMEWORK
Daily
assignments will mainly consist of research, grammar/vocabulary, reading and
writing exercises.
ASSESSMENT
There
will be one mid-term exam and a final project during the term, but students
should also expect other more frequent and shorter summative and formative tests
related to teaching unit completion or content revision. Exams and projects
will usually include:
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Comprehension
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Expression
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Writing and structures
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Listening
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Reading
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Speaking and Writing
25%
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25%
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25%
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25%
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The final grade that a particular student obtains and the end of the
term will take into account the following student performance aspects:
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Class participation,
Homework and Portfolio
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Project
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Language Skills
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Tests
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Final exam
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20%
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10%
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30%
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20%
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20%
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In
addition to the various examinations, the Portfolio
system will allow you to monitor your achievements (both individual and group),
through a file reflecting the progress of your learning process.
Grading Scale:
93-100 A
(excellent) 76-78 C+ (satisfactory)
89-
92 A- 73-75 C
86-88 B+
(good) 70-72 C-
83-85 B
(good) 67-
69 D+
79-82 B-
60-
66 D
59 and below F (failing)
ACADEMIC HONESTY
At
King’s Academy, we live in a community where mutual trust is paramount and
honesty in all forms the expected norm. This applies in particular to academic
honesty. All work submitted must clearly reflect the sources consulted and used
through full citations, whether it is passages, phrases, or merely ideas that
have been appropriated. In addition, it is appropriate to list sources
consulted, even if not actually used in a work, in a bibliography. Plagiarism
or the unacknowledged appropriation (whether conscious or unconscious) of the
words or ideas of another person in oral or written fashion is a violation of
our community tenets and will result in serious disciplinary action as well as
a failed grade for the assignment and perhaps the course. We will review what
plagiarism is, how to avoid it, and how to offer full citations for various
kinds of sources of information. Even inadvertent borrowing, when not
acknowledged, is plagiarism and students will be held accountable.
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FACULTY
CONTACT DETAILS
Instructor’s
name: Antonio Melgar
Department
of World Languages, HM King Hussein Bin Talal Humanities Wing
Telephone: (ext.1026)
Mobile phone: 077 990 40 27
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* As
is stated in the Common European
Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching and assessment for
the breakthrough level (C1).
