Covers speaking, reading, writing, listening, and culture of Spanish-speaking world.

This course introduces students to beginning medical conversational Spanish, covering basic linguistic and intercultural skills needed in the health profession. Topics covered include: making introductions, basic questions for patient assessment, instructions (commands), basic medical terminology for anatomy, medical history, and assessment, etc. The course will address intercultural skills to facilitate better communication between healthcare providers and the Spanish-speaking community, such as: addressing the latina/o patient, cultural norms related to commands, gender differences, communication with elders, quantification and cultural expressions of pain, physical contact and modesty. This course will take a practical methodological approach, with a range of structured situational activities and simulations of what students may encounter in real medical contexts to improve language proficiency and cultural competency.

Covers speaking, reading, writing, listening, and culture of Spanish-speaking world.

An in-depth study and analysis of selected grammatical topics in a contextualized framework.

Selected readings with emphasis on reading comprehension and the development of reading strategies. Work in composition writing and a review of selected grammatical topics. Complements material of SPAN204.

Practice of complex grammatical structures through reading and writing of compositions and essays. Specific lexical, syntactic, rhetorical, and stylistic devices will be highlighted.

Development of proficiency in critical thought through the reading, viewing, and analytical discussion of major genres and styles of cultural materials selected from Spanish-speaking world. Taught in Spanish.

Further development of listening, speaking, and writing skills in Spanish. Opportunity to develop oral and written fluency, improve pronunciation and increase vocabulary. Individual and/or group oral presentations. Taught in Spanish.

An overview of cultural and literary production of Latin America from the late 19th through the early 21st centuries, exploring the production of literary texts in their socio-historical, political, and cultural contexts and development. Taught in Spanish.