SPANISH 230
Horario de clases: Lunes, Miércoles y Viernes de 12:00 a 12:50 pm
Salón de clases: HV004B
Horas de oficina: By appointment
e-mail: leonorjurado@gmail.com
FILOSOFÍA DEL CURSO:
This course is conducted in Spanish and engages conversational practice through which students learn vocabulary, idioms, conversational courtesies of the language, etc., and improve facility in speaking and understanding the spoken and written language, whether in daily situations or academic environment.
Listening comprehension and reading are the basis for the sound acquisition of a foreign language. You cannot expect to acquire native fluency in a foreign language in one or two years. The goal in this course is communicative competence, not grammatical perfection.
Learning to speak in Spanish will facilitate an approximation to understanding cultural traits in the Spanish speaking world. Readings on controversial issues (abortion, immigration, marriage, drugs, gender, etc.), review an array of lens based media (tv and film), art and or other viewings on topics of current interest done outside the class serve as the basis for general class discussions through practice in different types of discourse, including narration, description, critical commentary, debate and dramatic dialogue. Much importance will be given to interaction in the classroom.
Real life situations: we might take field trips to restaurants, museums, theaters, and business in the Uptown Whittier and/or Los Angeles area. You are also encouraged to hold one-on-one or small group sessions with our Native-speaking tutors.
The goal of this course is to develop a student’s ability to understand spoken Spanish and to speak the language in order to communicate accurately. The rule in evaluating a students’ performance is: Can this student make him or herself understood by a native speaker of Spanish who does not know English and who therefore cannot interpret Spanglish? And if this student expresses him or herself, how well does he or she do it?
Students are required to have taken Spanish 221 (or equivalent). NATIVE SPEAKERS of Spanish WILL NOT BE ALLOWED IN THIS CLASS. If a student is clearly deficient in basic knowledge of grammar, or if he or she is unable to communicate orally at the most elementary level, he or she should postpone taking 230 until he or she has made up for linguistic deficiencies which 230 is not intended to correct. However, he or she should take into account that theoretical knowledge of grammatical rules does not necessarily ensure adequate oral performance, and some students may indeed belong in 230 even though they may have some difficulty expressing themselves in Spanish. Class activities will be organized in such a way as to ensure that such students have ample opportunity to practice the language.
Horario de clases: Lunes, Miércoles y Viernes de 12:00 a 12:50 pm
Salón de clases: HV004B
Horas de oficina: By appointment
e-mail: leonorjurado@gmail.com
FILOSOFÍA DEL CURSO:
This course is conducted in Spanish and engages conversational practice through which students learn vocabulary, idioms, conversational courtesies of the language, etc., and improve facility in speaking and understanding the spoken and written language, whether in daily situations or academic environment.
Listening comprehension and reading are the basis for the sound acquisition of a foreign language. You cannot expect to acquire native fluency in a foreign language in one or two years. The goal in this course is communicative competence, not grammatical perfection.
Learning to speak in Spanish will facilitate an approximation to understanding cultural traits in the Spanish speaking world. Readings on controversial issues (abortion, immigration, marriage, drugs, gender, etc.), review an array of lens based media (tv and film), art and or other viewings on topics of current interest done outside the class serve as the basis for general class discussions through practice in different types of discourse, including narration, description, critical commentary, debate and dramatic dialogue. Much importance will be given to interaction in the classroom.
Real life situations: we might take field trips to restaurants, museums, theaters, and business in the Uptown Whittier and/or Los Angeles area. You are also encouraged to hold one-on-one or small group sessions with our Native-speaking tutors.
The goal of this course is to develop a student’s ability to understand spoken Spanish and to speak the language in order to communicate accurately. The rule in evaluating a students’ performance is: Can this student make him or herself understood by a native speaker of Spanish who does not know English and who therefore cannot interpret Spanglish? And if this student expresses him or herself, how well does he or she do it?
Students are required to have taken Spanish 221 (or equivalent). NATIVE SPEAKERS of Spanish WILL NOT BE ALLOWED IN THIS CLASS. If a student is clearly deficient in basic knowledge of grammar, or if he or she is unable to communicate orally at the most elementary level, he or she should postpone taking 230 until he or she has made up for linguistic deficiencies which 230 is not intended to correct. However, he or she should take into account that theoretical knowledge of grammatical rules does not necessarily ensure adequate oral performance, and some students may indeed belong in 230 even though they may have some difficulty expressing themselves in Spanish. Class activities will be organized in such a way as to ensure that such students have ample opportunity to practice the language.
- Teacher: Leonor Jurado Laspina