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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Permission from the instructor. Business Spanish II, Advanced Spanish for Business, is specifically designed for advanced speakers of Spanish (e.g., native speakers, heritage speakers, students who have studied in a Spanish-speaking country for at least one semester, and those who have attained an equivalent level of linguistic competency). Students will take an in-depth look at the corporate dynamics of a number of countries in Latin America, focusing on their economies and markets, as well as on the cultural and business protocols of each region. Through the creation of an entrepreneurial project and the writing of a business plan, students will enhance their business and language skills.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 202 or equivalent. Spanish 212 is an advanced grammar course that emphasizes the acquisition of a solid knowledge of those major points of Spanish grammar. Through discussion and correction of assigned exercises, analysis of authentic readings, and contrastive study of Spanish and English syntax and lexicon, students will develop an awareness of the norms of standard Spanish with the aim of incorporating these features into their own oral and written linguistic production.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 202 or equivalent. Spanish for the Professions is designed to provide advanced-level language students with a wide-ranging technical vocabulary and the enhancement of solid communicative skills within the cultural context of several developing Latin American countries. Focusing on topics such as politics, economy, society, health, environment, education, science and technology, the class will explore the realities and underlying challenges facing Latin America. Through essays, papers, articles, research, discussions, case studies, and videotapes, we shall take an in-depth look at the dynamics of Latin American societies. The course will focus on--but not be restricted to--Mexico, Cuba and Argentina.
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3.00 Credits
Distribution Course in Hist & Tradition. Class of 2009 & prior only. Prerequisite(s): Spanish 212. The primary aim of this course is to develop students' knowledge of the geographical, historical and cultural contexts of the Spanish-speaking world. At the same time that they are introduced to research techniques and materials available in Spanish, students strengthen their language skills through reading, oral presentations, video viewing, and regular writing assignments. The course is designed to give students a broad understanding of Hispanic culture that will prepare them for upper-level course work.
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3.00 Credits
Arts & Letters Sector. All Classes. Topics vary. See the Romance Languages Department's website at http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/roml for a description of the current offerings.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Spanish 219. This course will explore the social aspects of the Spanish language in the world. It will principally deal with the position of Spanish in Spain, in Spanish-speaking America, and in the United States. We will deal with the unity and diversity of Spanish and its speakers in topics such as dialect varieties, regional languages, linguistic identity, languages in contact etc. The class will be conducted in Spanish, with readings in both Spanish and English.
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3.00 Credits
Arts & Letters Sector. All Classes. Topics vary. See the Romance Languages Department's website at http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/roml for a description of current offerings.
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3.00 Credits
Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Prerequisite(s): Spanish 219. An introduction to articulatory phonetics designed to give the student a practical knowledge of the Spanish sound system as compared with English. Also some work in acoustic phonetics. Students learn to use the phonetic alphabet. Basic work is followed by an introduction to the linguistic analysis of sound systems, with concentration on Spanish and English phonology. Some introductory work on regional and social variations of pronunciation in the Spanish- speaking world. Lastly, an introduction to morphological analysis of language, with particular attention to the structure of the Spanish verb and word formation. Lectures and discussion of readings.
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3.00 Credits
Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Prerequisite(s): Spanish 219. A survey treatment of the development of Latin to modern Spanish, with emphasis on relations between external history and the development of grammatical structure and vocabulary, and major sound shifts. Lectures and discussions of reading.
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3.00 Credits
Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Prerequisite(s): Spanish 219. Topics vary. See the Romance Languages Department's website at http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/roml for a description of the current offerings.
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