2006-2008 HBU Catalog - Houston Baptist University

SPANISHSPAN 1314, 1324 Beginning Spanish ProficiencyFocus is on achieving beginning proficiency in Spanish, developing the skills of listening,speaking, reading, writing, viewing, and showing in the interpersonal, interpretive andpresentational modes. Students learn to use and understand the language necessary forexpressing basic needs, wants, and courtesies. Vocabulary and structures for meetingimmediate survival needs are practiced. Students begin to gain insights into Hispaniccultural values and patterns of daily life. Not open to students with more than twoyears of high school Spanish or with proficiency level above Novice.SPAN 2314, 2324 Continuing Spanish ProficiencyPrerequisites: SPAN 1314 and 1324 or the equivalent.Focus is on increasing proficiency in Spanish using the skills of listening, speaking,reading, writing, viewing, and showing in the interpersonal, interpretive andpresentational modes. Students ask and answer questions on everyday topics, initiateand respond to simple statements, and maintain basic conversations. Students learn tocomprehend utterances in areas of immediate need and in situations where context aidsunderstanding. Students gain insights into culture and civilization through interactiveactivities and through discussions and readings in the language. Not open to studentswith proficiency level above Novice High.SPAN 3121, 3221, 3321 Special TopicsSpecial topics are determined by interested students with the approval of theDepartment Chair. Spanish-language literature in the United States, the contemporaryLatin American short story and Spanish Golden Age comedia are examples of possibleareas of interest.SPAN 3173, 3174, 3175 Language Center InternshipPrerequisite: SPAN 1314 or its equivalent.Students expand their knowledge of and increase their skills in Spanish through avariety of multi-media and cultural activities. All work is done in the Language Centerunder the supervision of a supervising instructor and an evaluating instructor. Thecourse may not be used in partial fulfillment of the language requirement.SPAN 3305, 3306, 3307 Individualized Spanish ProficiencyPrerequisites: SPAN 1314 and 1324.Focus is on increasing proficiency in Spanish using the skills of listening, speaking,reading, writing, viewing, and showing in the interpersonal, interpretive andpresentational modes and on acquiring a more comprehensive knowledge andunderstanding of the cultures of the Spanish speaking world. Students developindividual language proficiencies while using Spanish to complete a series of projectswhere they make connections with other subject areas and participate in Spanishspeaking communities. Not open to students with proficiency above Intermediate.SPAN 3308 Business SpanishPrerequisites: SPAN 1314, 1324, 2314, and 2324 or the equivalent (an intermediateknowledge of written and spoken Spanish).Students develop the communication skills needed to succeed in a business environmentwhere Spanish is spoken by studying the various forms of business communications,including Spanish-language business publications, letters, memos, reports, andresumes. They practice the interpersonal skills of negotiating, persuading, defending,and hypothesizing. They study the effects of culture and experience on perception.They increase their knowledge about the countries where Spanish is spoken.344 / Courses