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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

General Education Core

CORE IV: World Languages and Global Culture

Syllabus