Spanish

Immigration, Nationalism and Border Politics in Spain and Morocco

This course is designed to provide in depth study regarding the history of immigration to Spain in general, its repercussions on society, and the relationship between Spanish and Moroccan communities in Spain and Morocco. We will study the historical and present day migratory movement of Moroccan citizens toward the Iberian Peninsula. This migration has been present for centuries, and still is today, creating one of the oldest and numerous communities in Spain. Commercial, political and labor relations have always been important, and will be studied along with borders and foreign relations.

Intensive Spanish for Healthcare Professionals in Oviedo

This intensive Spanish course is aimed at persons who work or intend to work in the health care related field.  Rather than only teaching standard terminology, classes offered incorporate common dialect variants,  a as well as aspects of Latino culture that can impact the patient’s health and interaction with the medical system. Students are taught techniques and strategies for effective communication with Latino patients in a medical setting.

Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics

The course content focuses on the analysis of the basic linguistic characteristics of the Spanish language. It introduces students to the study of the Spanish sound system (phonetics and phonology), formation of words (morphology), sentence structure (syntax), as well as the evolution of the different Spanish varieties (historic, regional, and social). This class will prepare students for higher-level courses in Hispanic linguistics and others in which Spanish is used in formal academic contexts. This course requires students to have completed two years of college-level Spanish.

Introduction to Linguistics

Esta clase es un curso introductorio a los principales conceptos y métodos de análisis y descripción lingüística en español. A lo largo del curso los estudiantes se familiarizarán con los conceptos básicos vinculados a las áreas fundamentales del estudio del lenguaje y la lengua que le permitan acceder posteriormente a cursos más elevados de análisis lingüístico.

Language and Society – B1

Este curso propone un aprendizaje integral del idioma español (Nivel B1) mediante una inmersión lingüística fundamentada en el análisis crítico de corpus literarios, fuentes históricas y testimonios audiovisuales. El objetivo central es que el estudiante logre articular una imagen cercana de la realidad mexicana a través del estudio de su lengua; es decir, comprender la cultura como un fenómeno intrínseco al habla.

Additional Modules

Students will enroll in Spanish for Heritage Speakers, and will then take an additional 20 hours of modules including: Spanish Business (10 or 20 hours), Spanish and Latin American Literature (10 hours), Spanish Art History and History (10 hours).

1st Year Spanish in Queretaro

Este curso está diseñado para alumnos que previamente han completado el equivalente de SPAN 102 o SPAN 111 y ahora participan en el programa de Querétaro para concluir el primer año de español y además cubrir todo el segundo año de español. Este curso intensivo,equivalente a SPAN 103/112 reforzará los conocimientos fundamentales del primer año de español para capacitar a los alumnos en su estudio intensivo del segundo año de español. Alumnos de este curso se matriculan simultáneamente en cursos complementarios sobreGramática A2, Escritura A2, y Conversación A2.
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