UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO

FALL 2021
SPAN 202
SPANISH 4TH SEMESTER

Mon/Thu, 14h00-15h20 @ Bilbao/Cadiz Room

Prof. Carlos Burgos (burgos@sandiego.edu)
Office Hours: Monday, 12h00-13h00 or by appointment.

Course Description

Prerequisite: SPAN 201 or equivalent. Sequence integrating culture and language. Emphasis is on advanced
proficiency in oral and written discourse including presentational language and socioculturally appropriate
discourse in formal and informal, academic, and professional contexts. The primary focus of this course is to
develop students’ abilities to:

* engage in interactions with speakers of Spanish for a variety of purposes and in a variety of contexts using
socially and culturally appropriate forms for participating in conversations, establishing relationships with
others, providing and obtaining information, expressing feelings and emotions, and expressing opinions.

* understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics and manifest growing awareness
of the social and cultural influences shaping the production and use of knowledge in the Spanish-and English-
speaking worlds.

* present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of academic topics.

* develop strategies that will allow students to continue to acquire and develop their Spanish outside of the
classroom and throughout their lifetimes.

Required Reading

Punto y Aparte 6th Edition, by Sharon Foerster and Anne Lambright

Diccionario de la Real Academia de la Lengua Española

Evaluation

o Class participation 10%

o Talking Partner Report (2) 5%
o Diarios 5% (subir a Blackboard)
o Pruebas 10% (El profesor anunciará la fecha de las pruebas durante el desarrollo del curso)
o Oral presentations (2) 10%
o Compositions (3) 15%
o Midterm 20%
o Final Exam 25% (20% Exam, 5% Final Interview).
**More than two unjustified absences will affect the class participation grade. (With the 3rd absence an A will
become A-, a B will be a B-, etc.)

Grading Scale

A 100-94, A- 90-93, B+ 87-89, B 84-87, B- 80-83, C+ 77-79, C 74-77, C- 70-73, D+ 67-69, D

63-67, D- 60-62, F 0-5
Contents

Date Content

8/31 Introducción al Curso. Presentaciones. Tarea: Leer PYA, 2-15.

9/2 PYA, 2-15. Autorretrato. Tarea: Leer PYA, 19-20 (Vocabulario).

9/7 PYA, 20-24. Entrevista a Compañero.
9/14 Ser y Estar. Concordancia. PYA, 224 (Grammar).
Actividad: “La prensa amarilla”. Entrega: Diario 1. Tarea: Leer “España Cañí” (Ver
Blackboard). Asignación de tema para composición.
9/21 Lectura: “España Caní”. Comparaciones. PYA 228-230.
PYA, 25-32. Asignación de tema para presentación oral. La descripción: “Un artículo
escandaloso”.
9/23 Lectura: “Un evento histórico: la guerra civil española” (PYA 43).
Entrega: Diario 2.
9/28 Lectura: “La quiero mucho, pero me vuelve loco” (PYA 50).
Entrega: Composición 1.1 (Primer borrador).
PYA, 50-56.
9/30 PYA, 56-58.
Narración en Pasado. Pretérito vs. Imperfecto, PYA, 231-237 (Grammar).
Entrega: Composición 1.2 (Segundo borrador).
10/5 Presentaciones Orales 1.
Entrega: Diario 3.
10/19 Presente Perfecto, PYA, 238-239 (Grammar). PYA, 74
Entrega: Diario 4. Entrega: Composición 1.
10/21 PYA, 82-85. Entrega: Talking Partner Report 1
10/26 PYA, 89-94. Entrega: Diario 5.

10/28 MIDTERM
11/2 Subjuntivo, PYA 240-245.

11/4 PYA, 95-99. Asignación Presentaciones Orales 2. Asignación Composición 2.

Entrega: Diario 6.
11/11 Lectura: “Frida y Diego”, PYA 100-101. Entregar: Composición 2.1 (Primer borrador).
Asignación de tema para presentación oral
11/16-11/18 PYA, 120-125. Condicional e Hipótesis, PYA, 254-256.
Verbos como gustar. Entrega: Diario 7.
11/23 Asignación de Composición 3.
Entrega Composición 2. Mandatos.

11/20 Presentaciones Orales 2

Entrega: Diario 8.
12/7 Presentaciones Orales 2. Futuro, PYA 257-258.
Entrega: Diario 9.
12/9 Repaso para examen.
Entrega: Talking Partner Report 2. Entrega: Diario 10.
TBA FINAL EXAM
Entrega Composición 3.