SPAN 2090 - Intermediate Spanish I (Composition and Conversation)

Satisfies Option 1.

Fall, spring or summer. 4 credits.

Prerequisite: SPAN 1230, or LPS 56–64, or SAT II 590–680, or CASE Q. Not open to students who have taken SPAN 2000 or SPAN 2070. Class meets three times a week.

J. Routier-Pucci (course coordinator) and staff.

This intermediate course develops accurate and idiomatic oral and written expression in a cultural context. Students achieve a higher level of syntactical and lexical competence through reading and discussing essays and literary texts and viewing films. Particular emphasis is on writing and editing academic essays with peer/instructor feedback. Classes are in Spanish and the language is actively used in oral presentations and communicative, creative, and critical-thinking activities. Students review grammar structures on their own with clarification and support of the instructor. After this course, students may takeSPAN 2140, SPAN 2150, SPAN 2170, or SPAN 2190.