SPAN 3100 - Adv. Spanish Conversation & Composition

3 hours

Prerequisites: SPAN 2202 with a grade of “C-” or better.
This advanced course is designed to build on the student’s communicative skills in a wide variety of real-life situations. We will extensively practice conversational idioms and informal spoken vocabulary. We shall also focus on reading and listening skills necessary to comprehend news materials at native oral speed. Class work consists in multi-media exposure to everyday language, use of short literary and journalistic texts, cultural texts and debates on contemporary sociocultural issues. Homework involves writing short compositions based on material discussed in class. This course can also be taken as a study abroad elective in Spain or Latin America, during the summer of the second or third year.

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