Cultural Dialogues and Critical Reading and Writing for Spanish Heritage Speakers I
SPAN 3011
3 hours
Cultural Dialogues and Critical Reading and Writing for Spanish Heritage Speakers I
Course Description
Sharpen skills in reading and writing Spanish while discussing and researching issues in the United States, conceived as a multicultural nation, and the Spanish-speaking world.
Athena Title
Heritage Speakers of Spanish I
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in SPAN 3010, SPAN 3010H, SPAN 3011S
Non-Traditional Format
Student must be a heritage speaker of Spanish who is not a
graduate of a secondary institution in a Spanish-speaking
country, or for whom it has been 5 years or more since graduation
from said institution.
Prerequisite
Permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, students writing and reading skills in Spanish will be improved through a series of interactive activities between the instructor and students and between the students and their peers.
At the end of this course, students will have learned not only to produce a 400-word essay but also to enhance the logical organization of ideas by mastering four main strategies: enumeration, comparison, cause-effect, and problem-solution.
At the end of this course, students will have learned a variety of cultural, social, and political issues of the Spanish-speaking world and the United States, conceived as a multicultural nation, through the use of different cultural products, such as periodical press articles, chronicles, interviews, short films, music, and social media.
At the end of this course, students will have read and discussed text and audio-visual cultural products from a range of Spanish-speaking countries and regions around the world.
Topical Outline
Oral presentations, debates, and in-class discussion activities based on films, short stories, and periodical press articles
Write descriptive essays, with a critical approach, based on relevant cultural, social, and political issues
Oral presentations and interviews with the professor
Reading comprehension activities and examinations
Compositional elements that provide cohesion and coherence with emphasis on formal writing style
Language-specific activities to promote the use of transitions, relative pronouns, and conjunctions
