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PUERTO RICO COURSE OPTIONS SPA 211 (3 Credits)* Participants in this intensive language and culture immersion program will increase oral proficiency and deepen cross-cultural competencies through Spanish language immersion and intercultural exchange taught by WCSU faculty in Spanish. The first week of the course will focus on arts appreciation and creative inquiry, the environment and social change, and cultural knowledge related to the social and political history of the region through lectures and discussion with faculty from WCSU in partnership with faculty from an institution of higher education abroad. During the second week of the course, students will have the option of participating in an education immersion experience or conducting research projects related to the culture content of the course.
Pre-requisites/co-requisite: One semester of Spanish study or placement examination by oral proficiency examination. Students registering in SPA 211 may not register concurrently in SPA 411. This course is standard graded. Three hours, three credits. * This course completes the language requirement in Spanish.
Participants in this intensive language and culture immersion program will increase oral proficiency and deepen cross-cultural competencies through Spanish language immersion and intercultural exchange taught by WCSU faculty in Spanish. The first week of the course will focus on arts appreciation and creative inquiry, the environment and social change, and cultural knowledge related to the social and political history of the region through lectures and discussion with faculty from WCSU in partnership with faculty from an institution of higher education abroad. In addition to the study of language and culture, this seminar will provide teacher training and professional development for current and future teachers with more than 30 hours of classroom observations in schools, opportunities to participate in teaching lessons, and instructional technology final projects.
Pre-requisites/co-requisite: One semester of Spanish study or placement examination by oral proficiency examination. Students registering in SPA 211 may not register concurrently in SPA 411. This course is standard graded. Three hours, three credits. *Course provides multi-disciplinary outreach, world culture knowledge, and immersion for K-12 teachers. |
