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After completing this course students are able to
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express themselves in speaking and writing in Spanish in response to Novice and Intermediate prompts;
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establish contact and maintain communication on service and personal topics, with sympathetic native speakers of Spanish, i.e persons who are accustomed to speak with non-native speakers;
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ask and answer questions and compose texts in Spanish on topics studied in Spanish;
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demonstrate a basic familiarity with the Spanish speaking world;
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recognize, name and describe social, political, and historical events, and analyze and compare texts on those items, often relating them to relevant current developments and events;
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trace, find, study, criticize, and use English and/or Spanish secondary material, both in words and in images, in libraries, museums, and on the internet;
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express their findings on culture issues both orally in presentations and on paper, in English;
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This course focuses on the language, but also on the history and art of the Spanish-speaking peoples. Language learning prepares for communication with native speakers of the language, and on acquiring the functional tools for establishing and maintaining contacts with Spanish speaking persons.
Culture, history and art are addressed via texts in English, and detailed on a weekly basis in the course description. The study guide contains information necessary for acquiring a functional commnand of the language. The study guide also marks pace and progress, and deadlines through the semester.
Format
Contact hours focus on language practice. Students complete obligatory self-study assignments before class, and access equally required ICT/CALL materials as indicated in class
Grades
The tests for the language component of the course together (60%) must average at least a C-. If this average is under a C-, then the student cannot move on to the next level. If a student nonetheless wants to continue to Language & Culture I, course admission needs to be approved by the instructor, who may ask for extra work to be completed.
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