Please read this explanation of the vocabulary work that you will be expected to do online. Then, complete the questions that follow to indicate your understanding of this portion of your coursework.

Online vocabulary work is split into two categories in this course: Pre-class and Post-class. While you don't have to complete one activity to move on to the following activity, it is strongly suggested that you do them in the order they're presented in here.

Pre-class vocabulary work is split into three assessments, and you are responsible for completing all three before coming to class on the day the vocabulary is taught. While you are expected to complete these activities before class, they will accepted late for a deduction of 25% per day they are late. The course is designed for you to take them before class, though, and you will likely find yourself feeling behind if you do not make this a habit. The quizzes are as follows:

1. Pre-Class Bookwork Check: This is a brief quiz (3-4 questions) that you should take AFTER completing the relevant bookwork that you have been assigned that relates to the current vocabulary theme. This bookwork will always be in a section of your book called "Entrando en materia" and, more specifically, the quiz will typically over the the reading in that section. The pages you need to complete are indicated in the quiz instructions, and are also available to you as a Google Doc in the module called "General Course Information & Resources". This quiz functions to check that a.) you have done the bookwork and b.) that you understand the basic gist of the bookwork. You can take this quiz as many times as you'd like, there is no time limit, and your highest grade will be the one recorded. For the sake of the success of your own independent learning, it is discouraged that you attempt to do this quiz while completing the bookwork or instead of completing the bookwork. Also, keep in mind that some in-person class sessions may involve the bookwork and, if you only fill in the answers online, you will not have access to your work in-class. Working with a group of peers and/or referencing the bookwork you have done prior to taking this quiz are both permitted. While this task is completed online, it is not counted as "Online Work." Instead, it is counted in the "Homework Assignments" category, since it functions as a homework check.

2. Pre-Class Vocabulary Quiz: Before the day of class when each vocabulary theme is treated, you are expected to learn the vocabulary for that theme. These quizzes assess how well you have learned the vocabulary. You can only take these quizzes once, and they are timed to limited you to 20 minutes. For these quizzes, you may not use the internet, your textbook or any help from peers. The first question of these quizzes will always be a reminder to you that these quizzes are entirely your own work, and you will be asked to confirm that you understand. They are counted in the "Homework Assignments" category because they are an assessment of your studying/HW habits. Please note, you can find the vocabulary for each theme at the back of each chapter in the section titled "Vocabulary at a Glance". More information about these quizzes is available on the page titled "Detailed Information about Pre-Class Vocabulary Quizzes".

3. Pre-Class Contextualized Assessment: This section will involve current vocabulary topics in context (typically in a video or a news story). You will be asked 3-4 questions about the content (and occasionally about grammar as it relates to content). As you're completing these assessments, keep in mind that they are designed to encourage you to utilize and foster the skills of understanding the gist of real-world language interactions so that you can better participate in them. In other words, they are very rich learning/studying experiences if you permit yourself the time and energy to really delve into them. This also means they will likely be more challenging than the other pre-class components. You can only take these quizzes once. There is no time limit. Work with peers and reference to the text are permitted and encouraged. These grades are counted in "Online Activities". The very last question of these will always be open-ended and won't be worth any points. It will be a discussion question (labelled "Más allá") for the upcoming class, and you should reflect on it and prepare to be able to discuss it (at your current level of proficiency, of course) in Spanish. Since you will only have access to these pre-class contextualized quizzes once it's important to note that the "Más allá" questions are also available in the list of "¡A Hablar! questions (available to you in the "¡A Hablar! Module" and here) as well as in the "General Course Information & Resources" module. If the links in these assessments are disabled, you can always find the content saved as PDFs or MP4s in "Files".

Post-class vocabulary work is comprised of only one assessment, to be done without the help of peers, which is counted in "Online Activities".

1. ¡A Hablar / Escribir en Casa!: By the end of each class session that treats a vocabulary topic, you should be able to speak and write to some degree about the topic at hand. For the post-class work for each vocabulary topic, you will be prompted to either speak (for about 30 seconds; you have two attempts and have 3 minutes for each attempt) or write (about 35-50 words; you have 1 attempt and have 10 minutes for that attempt) in response to a randomly generated question from the array of ¡A Hablar! discussion questions (available here and in the ¡A Hablar! module on Canvas).

You will know whether you will have to speak or write ahead of time (it's listed in the calendar and also is part of each quiz's title). In each chapter there are three vocabulary topics and therefore three post-class vocabulary assessments. Speaking and writing are each assessed in this way 6 times over the semester; each chapter assesses one of the skills twice and the other one once.

When you have to speak for this post-class work, you will record your voice directly into Canvas (preferred) or upload a voice file that you create on your computer during the quiz. This involves technology that isn't in other online components and because of that, you are encouraged to test the technology ahead of time. There is a practice quiz in the "Overview of Online Vocabulary Work" module that will let you preview and/or troubleshoot this technology so that you don't have to use one of your attempts on an actual quiz to determine whether or not the technology is working for you. As mentioned in the syllabus, your instructor will not accept assignments that are emailed; this is particularly important for you to understand for these voice recordings. You must ensure that your device's voice-recording technology is working properly so that you may submit on Canvas.

These are counted in "Online Activities". You should do them alone, though you may use the book for reference. You may not use an online translator to translate more than single words.

Unlike the pre-class vocabulary work, which is graded automatically by Canvas, these post-class tasks are graded manually by your instructor. Because of this, if they are past due, they will not be accepted and you will not receive any credit.

Please note that there is ANOTHER speaking activity called ¡A Hablar! (which roughly translates to "Let's Talk!") that happens in-class and is also about the same vocabulary themes, and draws from the same set of ¡A Hablar! questions. They share the same title because they are very similar speaking tasks; it's just that one happens in-class and these online ones happen individually and at home.

The rubric for these assessments is below. As you will see, it is extremely basic, and you do not need to be perfect in order to get a good score. You simply need to show that you are capable of producing language at the level expected in class in order to get an 8/10 or even a 10/10. Your instructor will grade these holistically and will not likely give specific feedback (if you would like to learn about how to improve your performance on these assessments, you should meet individually with your instructor).

¡A Hablar!/¡A Escribir! Post-Class Vocabulary Rubric