SPAN 227 - Spanish for Heritage Speakers II

(3 units)

Intended for students who have a Spanish language background but little or no formal training. Emphasis on writing skills, grammar and vocabulary enrichment. Not open to students who have credit for SPAN 211-SPAN 212. Completion of SPAN 227 satisfies the College of Liberal Arts foreign language requirement.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. recognize dialectical variances in order to use formal and informal varieties of Spanish according to different contexts.
2. articulate and express ideas in an academic variety of oral and written Spanish.
3. critically apply concepts central to the interpretation of literary texts.
4. correctly apply the rules of Spanish orthography, including diacritical marks, in their writing.
5. demonstrate familiarity with the basic rules of Spanish grammar and orthography relating to regular and irregular subjective and command form verbs.
6. compare and contrast the linguistic and grammatical aspects of academic Spanish and English.
7. demonstrate a deepened understanding of Hispanic culture in Latin America while connecting it with Latino culture of in the United States.

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