Spanish

Overview

If you wish to attain proficiency in Spanish and you’re fascinated with the Hispanic culture, you’ll appreciate this degree program which will increase your personal interactions and will lead to a wide array of careers and possibilities. 

With on-campus courses focusing on acquiring linguistic and cultural skills and a required Study Abroad program, you will engage in personal interactions and discover Argentine or Spanish civilization first-hand. You will also have the opportunity to develop a dynamic Christian worldview as you encounter differing cultural values and beliefs. The Spanish major is designed to equip students to interact in authentic situations in the Spanish language and to live intentionally as global citizens.

The major focuses primarily on proficiency, specifically developing listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills as well as cultural awareness. Furthermore, through the Study Abroad program, students will be enrolled in advanced Spanish and civilization courses in one of Grace College’s member institutions in Argentina or Spain and have opportunity to apply their faith in the context of the Hispanic culture.

Course Requirements for B.A. Spanish

Course Requirements for a Spanish Minor

Courses

Examples of courses in this major:

SPA101–102 Beginning Spanish Language and Culture I and II

Students are put in the presence of authentic, unsimplified Spanish and are trained to use it in the dynamic context of communication. The emphasis is placed on oral proficiency, the development of skills, self-expression and cultural insight.

SPA201–202 Intermediate Spanish Language and Culture I and II

Continuation of language study advancing students toward comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing while gaining a deeper appreciation for the Spanish-speaking culture, language, and people.

SPA205 Spanish Conversation

This course is an advanced proficiency-based approach to oral skill development. Students speak the language in a range of contexts likely to be encountered in the Spanish-speaking culture, carrying out a range of functions likely to be necessary in dealing with others in the Spanish-speaking culture. Students are exposed to a repertoire of methods or techniques of speech in order to increase sociolinguistic competence.

SPA210 Advanced Communication and Civilization

This course provides a link between basic language work done thus far and the increasingly diversified advanced work students will encounter overseas. The class is designed to prepare students for the academic standards and teaching style in Latin countries. Students are exposed to a variety of genres in their readings, compositions and conversation, training them to analyze and synthesize their material and learning to become more articulate in the Spanish language. 

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