Advanced Spanish: Composition

Course Description

DESCRIPTION AND GOALS
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.

The main contents of the course will be :

• Accent marks, main spelling rules and punctuation.
• Blog entries about general topics.
• Descriptions.
• Informal letters vs. formal letters.
• Narratives.
• Journalistic texts.
• Argumentation
• Resumes.

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.

Several in-class and take-home essays will be given. There will also be daily homework assignments.

PREREQUISITES

Students need to have previously achieved an intermediate level of Spanish.

ASSESSMENT

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

• Participation: 10%
• Compositions (3): 55%
• Final exam: 35%