300 Level Courses
300 Level Courses
940:353 Spanish for Community Engagement (3)
- Course Code: 01:940:353
- Semester(s) Offered: Spring
- Credits: 3
01:940:353
SPANISH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT (3)
This course exposes students to Spanish in professional contexts such as health, education, social movements, community arts, law, and housing. Readings, films, and other media sources from literature, journalism, publicity/advertising and the non-profit sector offer students scenarios and context and scenarios for Spanish in community and career settings. The course readings, films, and student presentations draw on topics related to health, the environment, education, human rights, and political agency in the Spanish-speaking world. Students will visit community centers in New Brunswick that serve the Spanish-speaking population, and will participate in community initiatives such as food distribution sites, farmers’ markets, schools, health clinics, libraries, and legal aid clinics. Some volunteer hours outside of class are required (details will vary depending on the semester).
Prerequirement for the course:
Successful completion of SPA 215, 261, 325
Learning goals:
Students enrolled in this course will improve their communicative competence, general cultural knowledge related to the Spanish-speaking world, research ability and critical analysis as outlined in our departmental learning goals: http://span-port.rutgers.edu/learning-goals Students will also develop familiarity with initiatives in New Brunswick and the region that serve the Latinx community.
Assessments will be based on:
- Class participation
- Blogs
- Roundtable discussions
- One research project (5-8 pages)
- Research presentation
- In-class critical essay
Required texts:
Textbook: Spanish for the Professions (Cognella)
Graphic novel: Al Sur de la Alameda (Ekaré)
Other required readings, film screenings, and digital media sources will be available at no cost through the LMS (Sakai or Canvas).
*Readings may vary every time the course is taught.
940:368 The Bilingual Mind (3)
- Course Code: 01:940:368
- Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
- Credits: 3
Course synopsis will be forthcoming.
940:390 Topics in Hispanic Literature and Culture (3)
- Course Code: 01:940:390
- Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
- Credits: 3
Course synopsis will be forthcoming.
940:366 Methods of Teaching Spanish K-12 (3)
- Course Code: 01:940:366
- Semester(s) Offered: Spring
- Credits: 3
940:366
METHODS OF TEACHING SPANISH K-12
This course, taught fully in Spanish, introduces students to a variety of second language teaching methodologies and their evolution as a result of world events and their impact on research in the field of second language acquisition. Emphasis is placed on the understanding and implementation of communicative methods of language teaching, the design and development of content-related thematic units based on the New Jersey standards for world language teaching, the ACTFL guidelines, and Standards for the 21st century. The use of technology and integrated performance assessment will be included in the course.
Prerequisite:
Prerequisite 261 or equivalent or permission of the department.
Learning Goals:
In accordance with our Department Learning Goals, http://span-port.rutgers.edu/learning-goals, students in this course will improve their interpretive, interpersonal and presentational skills. They will be exposed to a large quantity of historical and practical information from a variety of textual and online sources that will be introduced by the instructor, as well as by the students themselves, and presented for discussion in pairs or small groups. The vocabulary of educational research and design will be introduced and used in context in addition to high frequency vocabulary on every topic customarily found in the instruction of novice and intermediate level learners. Students will be expected to design and demonstrate their potential for implementing a standards-based thematic unit on a topic of their choice for a target audience at the novice-mid proficiency level.
Method of Evaluation:
Consistent, active participation of each student is expected, as it is integral to the learning process and constitutes a significant part of the final grade. In addition to a mid-term and the final thematic unit described above, each student will be expected to demonstrate their ability to design and implement individual activities that appeal to the multiple intelligences of their target audience and could be used in teaching their students to develop their interpretive, interpersonal and presentational communication skills.
Required Texts:
Languages and Children: Making the Match. 4th ed. Helena Curtain and Carol Ann Dahlberg. Pearson, 2010.
940:332 Literature & Culture of the Hispanic Caribbean
- Course Code: 01:940:332
- Semester(s) Offered: Spring
- Credits: 3
01:940:332 Literature & Culture of the Hispanic Caribbean (3 credits)
Prerequisite: 01:940:215 or permission of Department.
Synopsis:
Critical approaches to the representation of historical, political, ideological issues in contemporary cultural texts, documents, films and video clips from Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic. Emphasis will be placed on representative works of major literary figures from Puerto Rico (Julia de Burgos, Luis Palés Matos, René Marqués, Rosario Ferré, Edgardo Rodríguez Juliá); Cuba (Nicolás Guillén, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Nancy Morejón, Virgilio Piñera, Reinaldo Arenas), the Dominican Republic (Andrés L. Mateo, Aída Cartagena Portalatín).
Learning Goals*:
- To become familiar with the literary production of Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic
- to increase students’ appreciation of different literary genres such as the historical novel, the short story, poetry, the essay
- to examine literature as a site of convergence of different types of discourse -cultural, social, philosophical, political, ideological
- to analyze the writer’s craft, his style and use of figurative language -symbol, metaphor, simile, personification, etc.-, as well as the structure, themes and settings of his literary product
- to illuminate the possible ways in which literature enriches our awareness and knowledge of ourselves and of contemporary Caribbean societies
- to engage students in critical discussions and in in-depth analyses of representations of self-other relationships, race and class conflicts, and gender construction in Caribbean texts
- to improve written and oral proficiency in Spanish through literary analysis, class participation, exams, compositions and assignments
*Refer to our Departmental learning goals https://span-port.rutgers.edu/learning-goals
Required Texts*:
Anthology of poetry, short stories, essays, and a short novel.
***Required texts may vary from semester to semester
Method of Evaluation*:
Two written exams (in situ): 30% (15% each)
Written assignments: 20%
Oral presentation: 10%
Class participation and punctual attendance: 20%
Final research essay: 20%
*Evaluation may vary from semester to semester.