Laboratory drill required. Language taught in its cultural context. To be taken in numerical sequence. Vocabulary expansion and idiomatic construction. Translations to examine linguistic and semantic differences.
Topics focus on culture and selected grammar points.
Individual and group presentations and interaction using videos. Critical analysis and oral discussion of poetry, essays, novels, and plays. Class Schedule will list topic selected. Total credit limited to 12 units. Selected works to be read by students in the original or in English translation.