Weekly compositions serve as an aid for grammar review. Students gain greater ease in reading through a variety of texts of increasing difficulty. These texts also serve as a basis for discussion, composition, and grammar review. Fall Introduces students to the more complex aspects of the language, while promoting oral fluency through a variety of materials. Excerpts from novels, plays, poetry, periodicals, and films are used to promote classroom discussions with active student participation.
Students make frequent oral presentations.
Spring A continuation of SPA 3015, with special emphasis on writing. Students develop their writing skills in Spanish through frequent practice and critique of work in progress. Both academic and creative writing are studied in this course. Students submit a portfolio of their work at the end of the semester. Cervantes and European Narrative See Literature courses for description.