About Bilingual Courses

Each one of these is a 3-credit course offered during the Fall and Spring semesters. Bilingual classes are not offered during the summer.

SPN 2340. Introduction to Reading and Writing for Bilingual Level Speakers.
An intermediate-level course for bilingual speakers of Spanish who have achieved a certain speaking and listening ability outside of the classroom, but who have had little or no formal exposure to the language (i.e. fewer than three years of high school Spanish). Emphasizes practice in reading and developing vocabulary. Introduction to grammar and orthographic rules. This course is required of all majors and minors who are bilinguals unless they initially place above this level.

Prerequisite: Placement test or departmentally administered test for bilingual level speakers.

SPN 3350. Spanish Grammar and Composition for Bilingual Speakers.
Emphasizes the normative aspects of the language, as well as those areas of grammar which are problematical for students who have learned the language primarily through extended exposure outside the classroom setting (i.e. formal training of three or four years in high school) and whose speaking and comprehension abilities are more developed than their writing and reading skills. Develops vocabulary, style and ability to use different levels of language. Weekly compositions. This course is a prerequisite for most 3000 or 4000 level courses in Spanish.

Prerequisite: SPN 2340, grade C or better, or placement test, departmentally administered test for bilingual level speakers, or permission of coordinator of bilingual sequence.

SPN 4314. Advanced Composition and Syntax for Bilingual Speakers.
Emphasizes those aspects of Spanish style, syntax and registers which are problematic for the bilingual speaker. Some formal training in the language is expected (SPN 3350 or equivalent in a Spanish-speaking country). Prospective students must take a departmental placement test.

Prerequisite: SPN3350, grade C or better, or placement test or departmentally administered test for bilingual level speakers.

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