Intensive Beginning Spanish: Special Course
SPANSH 15
Subject & Catalog Number
Course Information
Description
This intensive beginning class is for students with no previous formal training in Spanish, but with competence in at least one language other than English. In this class, students explore a host of social, cultural, and environmental issues that have historically impacted the lives and livelihoods of local, national, and foreign Spanish-speaking communities. Throughout the semester, students interact constantly with instructors, peers, and native Spanish speakers around the world as they explore culturally and linguistically rich content. Through discussions and critical analyses of authentic multimodal texts (e.g., written, audiovisual, visual) from many different sources (e.g., social media, newspapers), students develop a wide array of linguistic functions, such as the ability to make detailed descriptions or to narrate in different time frames. By the end of this class, students a) will have significantly advanced their linguistic competence, and b) will have deepened their understanding of the cultures and worldviews of Spanish-speaking communities in the United States, Latin America, and Spain.
Course Notes
Not open to auditors. May not be taken Pass/Fail, but may be taken Sat/Unsat by GSAS students. Upon the recommendation of the course head, students who have performed at a superior level in this course may enroll in any course for which they are linguistically prepared. This course is taught by members of the Department.
Recommended Prep
An advanced knowledge of at least one foreign language, preferably a modern Romance language, but no previous study of Spanish.
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
