Advanced Spanish I

Curriculum Guideline

Effective Date:
Course
Discontinued
No
Course Code
MODL 3351
Descriptive
Advanced Spanish I
Department
Modern Languages
Faculty
Language, Literature & Performing Arts
Credits
3.00
Start Date
End Term
202220
PLAR
No
Semester Length
15 weeks
Max Class Size
22
Contact Hours
Seminar: 4hrs/week Lab: 1hr/week
Method(s) Of Instruction
Lab
Seminar
Learning Activities

Class activities may include: practice of syntactic and lexical structures, discussion of readings and audio-visual materials, written work, and oral presentations.

Conversation practice in small groups with a Native Language Assistant.

Course Description
This course is designed for students who have completed MODL 2252 or equivalent. It is aimed at refining and strengthening the skills acquired in previous levels, particularly reading, writing, and oral expression; and at providing a deeper understanding of Spanish-speaking cultures. Only Spanish is spoken in class.
Course Content
  1. In-depth review of grammatical structures in context.
  2. Study of vocabulary and stylistic nuances.
  3. Culture through the works of Spanish-speaking writers and artists.
  4. Writing different types of texts.
  5. Practising oral tasks such as supporting an opinion and defending a point of view.
Learning Outcomes

The student will be expected to demonstrate proficiency in Spanish at the advanced level in:

  1. Reading comprehension of unedited literary and non-literary writings.
  2. Oral expression: supporting an opinion, defending a point of view.
  3. Written expression: summaries, narratives, descriptions, expressing an opinion, comparative and contrastive analysis of syntactical and lexical features in the language.
Means of Assessment

Written evaluations   60%

May include but not limited to grammar, writing and reading comprehension exercises, chapter tests, paragraph writing, compositions, short essays, written homework, preparation, final written exam

 

Oral evaluations  40%

May include but not limited to oral tests, oral presentations and discussions, conversation lab, preparation, class participation, final oral exam

 

No single evaluation will be worth more than 20%

Textbook Materials

Literary and nonfiction texts to be selected by the instructor, e.g. short novels, drama and/or an anthology.

An advanced-level Spanish textbook such as (but not limited to) the current edition of Maria Canteli Dominicis. Repase y escriba: Curso avanzado de gramática y composición. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Accompanying workbook.

Prerequisites

MODL 2252 (Minimum Grade of C) or Assessment (see calendar).

Corequisites

None

Equivalencies

None

Which Prerequisite

None