Spanish Composition and Conversation.

Catalog description

This course is a review of the most important concepts of first and second year Spanish, expanding on advanced grammar issues, writing skills and oral diction. It provides students with the skills required to improve their written and oral communication competency in the Spanish language at an upper intermediate level. It includes the development of writing skills with an emphasis on grammatical constructions, following a structural analysis of representative literary texts. It also deals with the development of oral skills through pronunciation practice, discussion of current events, skits, interviews, conversations, role plays, and debates. Course activities provide students with tools to express themselves clearly, completely, and accurately both in written and oral form. Activities also foster the development of depth of knowledge, critical thinking, and written expression in Spanish, providing students with the ability to think rationally, develop informed opinions, and comprehend new ideas.