Continuing Education Course Finder: LANCS02-1a

Spanish 1 (LANCS02-1a)

Status: Open

Fee: $400.00

Timing: 10 sessions from October 5, 2009 - December 14, 2009 on Mondays, 7:00-9:00pm no class 10/12

Course Description: This course is for beginners, people with very little or no previous experience with Spanish. This course will provide you with a basic knowledge of Spanish through the practice of speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and some writing, as well as work with cultural materials. We will place emphasis on speaking, listening, and reading; class will be conducted in Spanish as much as possible and emphasis will be placed on correct pronunciation.

With successful completion of this ten-week course, students will:

• have begun to gain knowledge of and insight into some aspects of Hispanic culture (i.e., institutions, mores, and history).

• be able to speak intelligibly in "survival" situations to persons accustomed to dealing with foreigners, and carry on short spontaneous conversations involving everyday topics, observing the basic requirements of courtesy. Pronunciation should be accurate enough as to allow comprehension.

• be able to comprehend simple conversations especially with those who adapt their speech to the foreigner/learner, and understand the gist of some one-way communications such as radio and television.

• be able to read many simple printed materials containing practical information in predictable contexts.

Instructor(s): José Ramón Ortiz

Instructor(s) Bio: Jose Ramon Ortiz, a native of San Luis Potosi, Mexico, is a published author of fiction and a second-year graduate student in Brown's Department of Hispanic Studies. After studying in a Berufe Schule in Austria, he made undergraduate studies in Mexico and Spain, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish Literature and Linguistics from the Instituto Technologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in 2006. At Brown, his research has the overall theme of contemporary Mexican Pop Culture and Literature. Currently, the main focus of Jose Ramon's work includes analyses of Recreational Horror, Lucha Libre and postmodern "literatures" and genres.