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| Course ID: | SPAN 3010. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Spanish Cultural Dialogues | Course
Description: | Sharpen skills in speaking and reading Spanish, while building cross-cultural competence for globally-oriented travel, study, and work. Not open to native speakers. | | Oasis Title: | Spanish Cultural Dialogues | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in SPAN 3010H, SPAN 3011 | | Prerequisite: | SPAN 2002 or SPAN 2002E or SPAN 2120H | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | Course Objectives: | 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. In order to
promote discussion and oral argumentation, 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 | |
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