Provides additional language development for students, emphasizing academic writing skills in Spanish. This course requires students to have completed two years of college-level Spanish.
Develops advanced language skills through the investigation of major currents of change in modern Spanish-speaking societies; gender issues, technology, revolution and counterrevolution. This course requires students to have completed two years of college-level Spanish.
Study of Spanish sounds, rhythms, and intonation; supervised pronunciation practice. This course requires students to have completed two years of college-level Spanish.
Develops advanced language skills through analysis of major historical influences in the cultures of Spanish-speaking regions: Spain, Latin America, and the United States. This course requires students to have completed two years of college-level Spanish.
This is as an intermediate level course that helps consolidate your prior knowledge of the Spanish language helping you acquire confidence, not only in understanding the language, but also in using the target language properly. You will not only have access to the language in a real context, but you will also gain cultural knowledge (traditions and social etiquette) which will help you understand the Spanish speaking world. Your interaction with the instructor will be ongoing in class.This course is offered in Block C of the Spring Quarter.
Develops advanced language skills through the study of cultural products (e.g., art, literature, film, music) in Spanish-speaking societies. This course requires students to have completed two years of college-level Spanish.
Provides additional language development for students, emphasizing academic writing skills in Spanish. This course requires students to have completed one year of college-level Spanish.
In this course you will study Spanish literature around 1898. This was a time of crisis in Spanish society from which a group of writers surfaced that made up the Silver Age of Hispanic arts. The period studied is after the Civil War of 1936 with the censor limitations of Franco. Lastly, authors of the restored democracy will be read and studied.In the Spring Semester and Spring Quarter this course is offered in Block B.
Review and development of aspects of Spanish grammar with special attention to idiomatic usage. This course requires students to have completed one year of college-level Spanish.
In this course, will participate in a series of conversational activities in order to develop their spoken Spanish. Activities will focus on building vocabulary, improving pronunciation, and learning culturally appropriate pragmatic conversation skills (turn taking, conventional turns of phrase, formulaic greetings, etc.). This course requires students to have completed one year of college-level Spanish.