ML 291 01: Medical Spanish



SPNS 250-01: Sp- Spanish for Healthcare Professionals

Reid 452 1710-1825 Tuesday/Thursday

Spring 2014 Mark T. Lehman, lehmanmark@

Office Hours 1830-1915 Tuesday/Thursday or by appointment

Please note: Syllabus is subject to change depending on our progress as a class. Please check with a classmate or me if you have missed class.

Week 1 (Jan 8-10)

Jan. 9:

➢ Introductions

➢ Discussion of syllabus and other handouts

➢ Pre-Assessment quiz (not for grade)

➢ Grammar lesson and student participation

➢ Tarea para el martes:

o Textbook study and memorize all Para Comenzar vocab pg. 12

o Textbook pgs. 1-12, Para Comenzar

1. Greetings/Goodbyes, vowels, alphabet, numbers 0-100, Calendar, days, months, subject pronouns, expressions of courtesy

o Workbook pgs. 1-6

Week 2 (Jan 13-17)

➢ D2L Culture Discussion Thread

o Read and Discuss: Hispanic Paradox Article

Jan. 14:

➢ Grammar lesson and student participation

➢ Tarea para el jueves:

o Compose concise statement of personal learning goals for the semester course.

o Find and complete cognate activity with images of Mexico in D2L

o Textbook study and memorize all Lección 1 vocab pgs. 33-34

o Textbook pgs. 14-24, Lección 1- M1, M2

1. Personal information, Telling time, Patient history, ser + adjetivos

o Workbook pgs. 7-13

Jan. 16:

➢ Due: Cognate Activity (turn in hard copy in class or submit to D2L dropbox)

➢ Due: Personal learning goals for the course (turn in hard copy in class or submit to D2L dropbox)

➢ Lecture: Cultural competency

➢ Grammar lesson and student participation

➢ Tarea para el martes:

o Textbooks pgs. 24-28, Lección 1- M3

1. In the doctor’s office, definite and indefinite articles

o Workbook pgs. 14-17

Week 3 (Jan 20-24)

➢ D2L Culture Discussion Thread

o Read and Discuss: National Council of La Raza. (2009). Profiles of Latino Health: The Top Twelve Questions about Latinos and Health Care. Copyright 2010 NCLR. Answers to questions 1-6

Jan. 21:

➢ Grammar lesson and student participation

➢ Tarea para el jueves:

o Textbooks pgs. 29-34, Lección 1- M4

1. ¿Qué le pasa?, Interrogatives

o Workbook pgs. 17-21

o Study for PC/L1 Quiz

Jan. 23:

➢ Guest speaker: Violeta Nitzinger (TA)

➢ Grammar lesson and student participation

➢ Quiz Para Comenzar y Lección 1

➢ Tarea para el martes:

o Read Textbook Ventana Cultural (cultural window) “What’s in a Name” pg. 35. Find and complete accompanying Romualdo García activity in D2L.

Week 4 (Jan 27-31)

➢ D2L Culture Discussion Thread

o Read and Discuss: National Council of La Raza. (2009). Profiles of Latino Health: The Top Twelve Questions about Latinos and Health Care. Copyright 2010 NCLR. Answers to questions 7-12

Jan. 28:

➢ Due: Romualdo García activity, “What’s in a name?” (turn in hard copy in class or submit to D2L dropbox)

➢ Grammar lesson and student participation

➢ Tarea para el jueves:

o Study for exam

Jan. 30:

➢ Grammar lesson and student participation

➢ Tomar (to take) el examen Para Comenzar/Lección 1

➢ Tarea para el martes:

o Textbook study and memorize all Lección 2 vocab pgs. 54-56

o Textbooks pgs. 37-46, Lección 2- M1,M2

1. Body parts, more adjectives, the head

o Workbook pgs. 22-27

Week 5 (Feb 3-7)

➢ D2L Culture Discussion Thread

o Read and Discuss: Schmalzbauer, Leah. GENDER & SOCIETY, Vol. 23 No. 6, December 2009. Gender on a New Frontier: Mexican Migration in the Rural Mountain West.

February 4:

➢ Guest speaker: Jace Meng (Tandana experience in Ecuador)

➢ Grammar lesson and student participation

➢ Tarea para el jueves:

o Textbook study and memorize all Lección 2 vocab pgs. 54-56

o Textbooks pgs. 46-57, Lección 2- M3, M4

1. Inner organs, -er and -ir verbs, systems, expressions with tener y estar

o Workbook pgs. 28-33

February 6:

➢ Grammar lesson and student participation

➢ Tarea para el martes:

o Review vocab and grammar for Lección 2

Week 6 (Feb 10-14)

➢ D2L Culture Discussion Thread

o Read and Discuss: Culture and the patient-physician relationship: Achieving cultural competency in health care. Volume 136, Issue 1, Pages 14-23 (January 2000) Glenn Flores, MD, Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, 91 E Concord St, Maternity 419, Boston, MA 02118.

February 11:

➢ Grammar lesson and student participation

➢ Tarea para el jueves:

o Review for L2 quiz

February 13:

➢ Grammar lesson and student participation

➢ Quiz Lección 2

➢ Tarea para el martes:

o Review vocab and grammar for Lección 2

Week 7 (Feb 17-21)

➢ D2L Culture Discussion Thread

o Read and Discuss: La Clínica pgs. 1-113

February 18:

➢ Grammar lesson and student participation

➢ Tarea para el jueves:

o Study for L2 exam

February 20:

➢ Grammar lesson and student participation

➢ Tomar el examen Lección 2

➢ Tarea para el martes:

o Textbook study and memorize all Lección 3 vocab pgs. 75-76

o Textbook pgs. 59-63, Lección 3-M1

1. I’m sick, present progressive, (add present perfect)

o Workbook pgs. 34-36

Week 8 (Feb 24-28)

➢ D2L Culture Discussion Thread

o Read and Discuss: La Clínica pgs. 114-226

February 25:

➢ Grammar lesson and student participation

➢ Tarea para el jueves:

o Textbook pgs. 63-71, Lección 3-M2, M3

1. First aid, ser vs. estar, ir +a (future)

o Workbook pgs. 36-43

February 27:

➢ Grammar lesson and student participation

➢ Tarea para el martes:

o Compose 2-3 page La Clínica essay

o Texbook pgs. 71-76, Lección 3- M4

1. Las enfermedades de la niñez, irregular verbs in present tense

o Workbook pgs. 43-46

o Textbook study and memorize all Lección 7 vocab pgs. 154-156

o Textbook pgs. 146-150, 153, Lección 7- M3 + p. 153

1. No me gusta hacer ejercicio, expressing likes and dislikes, #’s 100-1,000, ordinal #’s

o Workbook pgs. 94-97 (all), 98 (7-19 only)

Week 9 (March 3-7)

➢ D2L Culture Discussion Thread

o Read and Discuss: Texbook Ventana Cultural, Pudor and Medicine pgs. 56-57

o Read and Discuss: Textbook Ventana Cultural, Home Remedies p. 77

o Read and Discuss: Textbook Ventana Cultural, Hispanics and AIDS p. 100

March 4:

➢ Due: La Clínica essay (turn in hard copy in class or submit to D2L dropbox)

➢ Distribute rubric: Action Research project

➢ Grammar lesson and student participation

➢ Tarea para el jueves:

o Review for quiz

March 6:

➢ Guest speaker: Marybeth Adams (St. Catherine Family Health Care Clinic and Pregnancy Resource Center. Belgrade, MT.)

➢ Grammar lesson and student participation

➢ Quiz Lección 3 (all), Lección 7 (M3 only)

➢ Tarea para el martes:

o Complete Action Research Project and Essay

o Review vocab and grammar from Lecciones 3 y 7

Spring Break (March 10-14)

Week 10 (March 17-21)

➢ D2L Culture Discussion Thread (No designated leader)

o Share and Discuss- Action Research Projects

March 18:

➢ Due: Action Research Project 2-3 page paper (turn in hard copy in class or submit to D2L dropbox)

➢ Grammar lesson and student participation

➢ Tarea para el jueves:

o Study for exam

March 20:

➢ Grammar lesson and student participation

➢ Tomar el examen Lección 3 (all), Lección 7 (M3 only)

➢ Tarea para el martes:

o Textbook study and memorize all Lección 4 vocab pgs. 98-99

o Textbook pgs. 79-88, Lección 4- M1, M2

1. Diabetes and the family, possessive adjectives, problems of the heart, stem changing verbs

o Workbook pgs. 47-52

Week 11 (March 24-28)

➢ D2L Culture Discussion Thread

o Read and Discuss: Textbook Ventana Cultural, cultural differences in emergency-response requests p. 122

o Read and Discuss: Textbook Ventana Cultural read El Hambre Infantil p. 156

o Read and Discuss: Textbook Ventana Cultural read La Enfermera Partera Diplomada de hoy p. 179

March 25:

➢ Grammar lesson and student participation

➢ Tarea para el jueves:

o Textbook study and memorize all Lección 8 vocab pgs. 177-178

o Textbooks pgs. 159-164, Lección 8- M1

1. Daily routines, reflexive verbs

o Workbook pgs. 101-103

March 27:

➢ Grammar lesson and student participation

➢ Tarea para el martes:

o Textbooks pgs. 168-172, Lección 8- M3

1. Postnatal care, saber vs. conocer

o Workbook pgs. 105-108

Week 12 (March 31-April 4)

➢ D2L Culture Discussion Thread

o Read and Discuss: Kevane, Bridget. Montana.

April 1:

➢ Grammar lesson and student participation

➢ Tarea para el jueves:

o Study for Quiz

April 3:

➢ Grammar lesson and student participation

➢ Quiz Lección 4 (M1 and M2), Lección 8 (M1, M3)

➢ Tarea para el martes:

o Review vocab and grammar from lecciones 4 y 8

Week 13 (April 7-11)

➢ D2L Culture Discussion Thread

o Read and Discuss: National Council of La Raza. (2008). A Burden No Child Should Bear: How the Health Coverage System is Failing Latino Children [Brochure]. Washington, DC: Ryan, Kara.

April 8:

➢ Grammar lesson and student participation

➢ Tarea para el jueves:

o Review for exam

April 10:

➢ Grammar lesson and student participation

➢ Tomar el Examen Lección 4 (M1 and M2), Lección 8 (M1, M3)

➢ Tarea para el martes:

o TBD

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Week 14 (April 14-18)

April 15:

➢ Guest speaker: Dr. Leah Schmalzbauer (Associate Professor of Sociology, Montana State University)

REVIEW with lecciones 6 y 12

➢ Grammar lesson and student participation

➢ Tarea para el jueves:

o TBD

April 17:

➢ Guest speaker: Colette Kirchhoff, MD. (Bozeman Deaconess Hospital)

REVIEW with lecciones 6 y 12

➢ Grammar lesson and student participation

➢ Tarea para el martes:

o TBD

Week 15 (April 21-25)

April 22:

REVIEW with lecciones 6 y 12

➢ Grammar lesson and student participation

➢ Practice final exam interviews

➢ Tarea para el jueves:

o Compose self-evaluation of your learning outcomes for semester

April 24:

FINAL EXAM with ½ class

-Listening, reading, writing, listening, speaking, cultural competency

➢ Due: Self Evaluation (turn in hard copy in class or submit to D2L dropbox)

Week 16 (April 28-May 2) Finals Week

FINAL EXAM with ½ class

-Listening, reading, writing, listening, speaking, cultural competency

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