Note: A placement exam will be required when you arrive on site.

Advanced

This course is designed for students who have completed or tested out of a minimum of four semesters (or six quarters) of college-level Spanish. However, students must take a placement exam to determine the course level into which they will be able to enroll.

SPANISH III (300): Advanced Spanish: Composition

DESCRIPTION AND AIMS

The main goal of the course is to provide students with the necessary resources for them to be able to write different types of basic texts in Spanish (narrative, descriptive, argumentative...) by means of exercises involving exposition, reflection, and practice. Students will learn techniques to organize the written speech, as well as style resources that will let them progress within the area of writing in Spanish.

SYLLABUS

- Review of rules for the use of accent marks
- Review of main spelling rules
- Punctuation
- Descriptive texts
- Narratives
- Argumentative texts
- Exposition texts
- Journalistic texts: the news
- Journalistic texts: reviews
- The resume
- Letter types

METHODOLOGY
Students will be provided with grammar and style guidelines pertaining to the different sorts of texts to be worked on in class. These guidelines will enable them to do tasks based on reflection, guided practice and creativity.

The final grade will be determined by several in-class and take-home essays. There will also be homework assignments.

ASSESSMENT
The final grade will be calculated according to the following grade breakdown:

Participation & attendance: 15%
Compositions: 55%
Final exam: 30%

BIBLIOGRAPHY

CHAMORRO, M.D., Abanico, Barcelona, Difusión, 1995.
FERREIRO, P. y ZAYAS-BAZÁN, E., Cómo dominar la redacción, Madrid, Playor, 1991.
GONZÁLEZ, A y ROMERO, C., Curso de puesta a punto en español. Escribe, habla, entienda … argumente, Madrid, Edelsa, 1998.
LE�"N, Eugenia, Dar que hablar. Propuestas de conversación para ejercicios de lenguaje, Málaga, Universidad de Málaga, 2000.
MARTÍN PERIS, M. y SANS, L., Gente. Curso de Español para Extranjeros, Barcelona, Difusión, 1997.
MIQUEL, L. y SANS, N., Como suena I �" II, Madrid, Difusión, 1992.
Prisma. Avanza, Madrid: Edinumen, 2004.
Sueña 3, Madrid: Anaya, 2001.RODRÍGUEZ JIMÉNEZ, V., Manual de redacción, Madrid, Paraninfo, 1990.
VV.AA., Preparación Diploma Básico Lengua Extranjera, D.B.E., Madrid ,Edelsa, 1995
Instructor’s own materials.

 Notes:
- The grading system, as well as the assessment standards, will be the same as those used in the U.S.A.