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1. VIDEO/ATTENDANCE: Mandatory. You are allowed 3 absences, excused or unexcused. Inform the instructor before or after any absence. You will be able to view the class session live (MWF, 8:05 a.m.) or during the next 48 hours and prior to the next class session (ideally, with your course companion, whom you select using the course roster). Archives of previous class sessions will be made available approximately 2 weeks after the class session is originally broadcast. If you fail to view/participate in a class session you earn a "0" for the day. You are responsible for all class material starting with the first day of class, regardless of when you register for the course!! Each absence after 3 will result in a 1% deduction from the final grade.
2. DAILY ASSIGNMENTS/PARTICIPATION: To properly participate and earn a "10" for each day of class, you are expected to actively read each page of the text as indicated on the syllabus, and prepare each activity as needed (orally, written out, etc.) in order to complete the activity during the class session with your class partner. If you encounter an activity that proves problematic, email me prior to the class session. Each class session will include opportunities for individual, pair, small and large group work. Daily participation is expected, evaluated and recorded through quizzes submitted via email. Based on Item #1 above, the three lowest daily participation scores will be dropped.
3. TESTING: Quizzes (pop or otherwise) will be over material assigned for the day, week, etc. For quizzes, have your email program running when you begin watching the video. During the lecture I will say that we are about to have a quiz. Have your homework already to go, so that when I say, "The quiz is Activity 1-16, items 1-10", you can type that into an email message and send it to me before time is up and we start correcting it in class. They are timed and simple. Principally they are to encourage you to have everything prepared prior to class.If you miss a daily quiz you earn a "0" for that quiz. The two lowest quiz scores will be dropped. Hourly exams will concentrate on the current chapters but of necessity include material from all previous chapters. Internet students will be required to come to the Foreign Languages Technology Center electronic classroom during specific days/hours in order to take each exam. The Final Exam will be the comprehensive FLS101 departmental final exam. The written portion of the exam will be given as indicated on the syllabus. An additional session of 25 minutes will be required for the oral portion of the final exam.
4. MAKE-UP WORK: Typically, there is no make-up work (see #1, #2 and #3). Emergencies and school-sponsored trips, etc., are handled on an individual basis. These types of absences are typically included in the 3 absences mentioned above.
5. WRITTEN EXERCISES: Written workbook exercises in the workbook/lab manual are to be completed as indicated in the course schedule below. Your fellow students highly recommended that you complete the corresponding exercises in the workbook as the material is covered in each class session. Bring your workbook with you to be checked during each hourly exam.
6. LISTENING COMPREHENSION / ORAL SKILLS: The computerized listening comprehension exercises (¡ARRIBA AUDIO 2.0!) are to be completed in the Foreign Language Technology Center or the HA362 Language Lab. Check the hours of operation and plan ahead. If necessary, there is also a CD available for purchase if you prefer to complete the exercises somewhere else other than in the labs. (Windows and a sound card are required. Contact the instructor for more information.) The exercises are due as indicated on the course schedule below. Each chapter's exercises are divided into two parts. You must spend a minimum of one 30-minute session to complete each of the two parts for each chapter (i.e. a minimum of two 30-minute sessions for each chapter).You will also submit several voice samples during the semester.
7. COMPUTER ACTIVITIES: There will be a series of weekly computer assignments made during the semester. These assignments are accessible from the course schedule below by clicking on "Week 1", "Week 2", etc. These assignments will include WWW work, email, geography, and grammar tutorials. Part of the assignments must be completed in the Foreign Language Computer Lab, but a majority can be completed in other labs or at home. The exercises are due as indicated on the course schedule below.
8. PAIRED ACTIVITIES: Paired activities in the main part of the text end with the letter "a" and have a corresponding part "b" in the appendix of the text. These activities are to be completed with another class member, with one report per pair to be submitted via email, as indicated/assigned on the course schedule below. (Click here to see the current course companion list.)
9. GENERAL: We will practice and develop all five language skills: speaking, listening, writing, reading and culture. Due to the nature of the course, in addition to viewing the class sessions, you will be expected to complete a significant amount of work on your own and with other class members, outside of the classroom and in the Foreign Languages Technology Center.
10. HONOR CODE: You and the instructor will follow both the spirit and letter of the NCSU Honor Code. You will have the opportunity to attest to this in writing upon several occasions. Although you must complete and turn in your own work, you are encouraged to work with others in completing and preparing the above assignments outside of class, as well as some activities during class time (quizzes and tests being the principal exceptions). However, the copying or sharing of answers in or out of the classroom, from another student or from an answer key, etc., is not WORKING together and is in violation of the honor code.
11. DISABILITIES: Students with diagnosed disabilities inform the instructor at the beginning of the course using official documentation (See current NC State Policy). Students with particular learning styles/needs should inform the instructor at the beginning of the course.
12. ADVERSE WEATHER: Listen to the radio, watch tv, read your email, or check NC State's home page to find out if classes will be cancelled.. Employees may call 513-8888. Read the complete adverse weather policy for more info.
13. TUTORING: Students who feel a need for a tutor may contact the Undergraduate Tutorial Center, 147 Leazar Hall, 515-3163.
14. MORE INFORMATION: There is more university-wide course policy information available at the Provost's site.

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. Computer Date Video Text Other Arriba Audio Paired Written Week 1 Aug. 16 Introduction .FLPF ... . ... . Aug. 18 002-006 ...   .. . Aug. 20 007-012 . ... 1-9a .1-1 - 1-5 Week 2 Aug. 23 013-015 - .AA 1, parte 1 .. 1-6 - 1-9 . Aug. 25 016-021 .. 1-18a / 1-19a 1-10 - 1-14 . Aug. 27 022-025 .   1-27a 1-15 - 1-18 Week 3 Aug. 30 026-031 . ..AA 1, parte 2   .1-19 - 1-26 . Sep. 01 . EXAMEN 1 . ..    Chapter 1 . Sep. 03 032-038   ..   .. Week 4 Sep. 06 . Día feriado . .. . .. .. Sep. 08 039-042 . .. 2-6a 2-1 - 2-5 . Sep. 10 043-047 . AA 2, parte 1  . 2-6 - 2-8 Week 5 Sep. 13 048-051 .  . 2-20a 2-9 - 2-14 .. Sep. 15 052-054 ..  . 2-15 - 2-16 . Sep. 17 055-059 ..  2-31a 2-17 - 2-22 Week 6 Sep. 20 060-067 . .AA 2, parte 2 2-39a / 2-41a 2-23 - 2-28 . Sep. 22 .. EXAMEN 2 . ..   Chapter 2 . Sep. 24 068-074 . ..   .. Week 7 Sep. 27 075-079 .  . 3-6a / 3-9a 3-1 - 3-5 . Sep. 29 080-084 .  . 3-10a / 3-16a 3-6 - 3-9   Oct. 01 085-087 - ..   3-10 - 3-12 Week 8 Oct. 04 088-094 .  AA 3, parte 1   3-13 - 3-14 . Oct. 06 095-098 .   3-34a 3-15 - 3-18   Oct. 08 099-102 .    3-39a / 3-45a 3-19 - 3-22 Week 9 Oct. 11 . Día feriado . . .  . . Oct. 13 103-107 .  AA 3, parte 2 3-48a /3-53a 3-23 - 3-32   Oct. 15 .. EXAMEN 3 .     .Chapter 3 Week 10 Oct. 18 108-112 . . . ..   Oct. 20 113-116 .   .4-6a. .4-1 - 4-3.   Oct. 22  117-121 . . . 4-4 - 4-7. Week 11 Oct. 25  122-125 .  AA 4, parte 1  4-17a. .4-8 - 4-12   Oct. 27  126-130 .Bull   4-23a / 4-27a 4-13 - 4-15   Oct. 29  131-135 EC   4-38a  4-16 - 4-21 Week 12 Nov. 01  136-139   . 4-40a / 4-41a 4-22 - 4-25   Nov. 03  140-143  AA 4, parte 2  4-53a 4-26 - 4-28   Nov. 05   EXAMEN 4 .     Chapter 4 Week 13 Nov. 08 144-147   .     Nov. 10  148-151     .5-1 - 5-2   Nov. 12  152-155     ..5-3 - 5-5. Week 14 Nov. 15  156-159 - .AA 5, parte 1 .5-21a / 5-22a 5-6 - 5-9   Nov. 17  160-163 .     .5-10 - 5-11   Nov. 19  164-168      5-30a .5-12 - 5-15 Week 15 Nov. 22 169-173       5-16 - 5-20   Nov. 24 174-178 -   5-54a 5-21 - 5-26    Nov. 26 . Día feriado . . . . Week 16  Nov. 29 179-183 . .AA 5, parte 2   5-27 - 5-30    Dec. 01 Repaso   .      Dec. 03 Final Oral     . Finals Week Dec. 08 6-9 pm Final Escrita . Location: TBA . . .