Sharpen skills in speaking and reading Spanish, while building cross-cultural competence for globally oriented travel, study, and work. Not open to native speakers.
Athena Title
Spanish Cultural Dialogues Hon
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in SPAN 3010, SPAN 3011, SPAN 3011S
Prerequisite
(SPAN 2002 or SPAN 2002E or SPAN 2002H or SPAN 2120H) and permission of Honors
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
The objective of this course is to improve students’ oral and listening comprehension skills in Spanish through a series of interactive activities between the instructor and students and between the students and their peers.
Students will learn to develop arguments in Spanish using full sentences and producing short paragraphs orally, as well as to strengthen their understanding of selected grammatical functions.
Students will be familiarized with a variety of cultural products, such as periodical press articles, chronicles, interviews, short films, music, and social media.
Topical Outline
Oral presentations, debates, and in-class discussion activities based on films, short stories, and periodical press articles
Oral examinations and interviews with the professor
Listening comprehension activities and examinations
Language-specific activities to promote the use of transitions, relative pronouns, and conjunctions
