SPAN 303 Hispanophone Cultural Diversity
For students with years of previous study in Spanish as demonstrated by a placement exam or for students with a passing grade in SPAN 202, this course is designed to provide intensive practice in conversation, reading and writing in the Spanish language. Content of this course explores the richness and complexity of cultural diversity within the Spanish-speaking world. This course also incorporates exploration of the vast dialects and cultural expressions spoken in Latin America and Spain. Using the course's content as the subject of academic inquiry, it also develops the four skills of communication in Spanish (reading, writing, speaking, and listening), with a Special focus will be given to real-time interpersonal and presentational oral production of cohesive paragraphs featuring narration and description in all tenses and on a variety of increasingly abstract and academic contexts. This course roughly targets the ACTFL Advanced-Mid rating. Teaching methodologies may include task-based, project-based, and other experiential learning assignments. Satisfies Diversity Requirement (D-CRES) due to extensive theory and practice in cross-cultural comparison. Taught in Spanish.
Prerequisite
SPAN 202, placement, or special instructor permission.