SPAN 218 Spanish for Spanish-Speakers

This course focuses on the continued development of reading, writing, and speaking skills in Spanish for students with native/near-native command of these skills, with an emphasis on comparing and contrasting features of Spanish that are of special interest to Spanish-speakers in the US. Course content will include a study of spelling (including accents), develop vocabulary, and foster the development of academic and professional registers of the language. Students will do this via a study of topics of special relevance to Spanish Speakers in the US using a wide variety of materials such as literary texts from a range of genres, news items (including images), music, podcasts, and art work.

Credits

4

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Write personal, narrative, and persuasive essays while adhering to the norms of standard written Spanish
2. Give a formal presentation using an appropriate register
3. Describe and analyze different registers of Spanish used in the US and abroad
4. Describe and analyze a variety of texts from different genres, such as creative nonfiction, short stories, poetry, and journalism
5. Describe and analyze different forms of "Spanglish" in order to put non-standard forms into linguistic, cultural, and historical context
6. Connect their own personal and/or family stories to the cultural and historical contexts of immigration in the US.