NCSSM COURSE CAtAlOG - North Carolina School of Science and ...

taking this for core-elective credit may choose to take only one or two
trimesters, if they wish.
Prerequisite: SP307 Intermediate Spanish or equivalent, or permission of the Dean
of Humanities, is prerequisite for SP354. Then, each course in the sequence, or
permission of the Dean of Humanities, is prerequisite for the next course.
Meeting pattern: Four periods per week.
These three one-trimester courses constitute a third-year level of Spanish study
and are conducted entirely in the language. The series is designed for students
who have completed through the intermediate level of high school Spanish.
The first course, SP354, offers some grammatical review, but greater emphasis is
on the introduction and practice of more adanced grammatical concepts and
vocabulary in context. Through a variety of audio and video programs that
correlate to the themes in the course, students develop listening
comprehension. Class and language lab activities emphasize communication
skills, allowing students to interact and apply what they are learning. Webbased
activities provide additional language exercise. These courses also
include readings of varying degrees of difficulty with an emphasis on cultural,
social, historical, and literary topics. These then form the basis for development
of composition skills in Spanish.
SP404 Readings in Spanish with Topics I
SP406 Readings in Spanish with Topics II
SP408 Readings in Spanish with Topics III
One trimester each
Credit: One unit each World Language credit.
Unless exempt, junior students using this sequence to meet the World Language
graduation requirement must complete all three one-trimester courses. Junior
students who have exempted the World Language requirement and seniors
taking this for core-elective credit may choose to take only one or two
trimesters, if they wish.
Prerequisite: SP358 Advanced Spanish III or equivalent, or permission of the
Dean of Humanities, is prerequisite for SP404. Then, each course in the
sequence, or permission of the Dean of Humanities, is prerequisite for the next
course.
Meeting pattern: Three periods per week including lab.
Conducted entirely in Spanish, these three one-trimester courses constitute a
fourth-year level of Spanish study and are designed to serve as a bridge
between language study and literature. The courses are an exploration of
Hispanic literature, culture, and society through a variety of genres, including
brief narratives, descriptions, short stories, poetry, plays, and the arts. Students
develop an advanced vocabulary and improved reading comprehension.
They develop their writing skills to include personal and descriptive narratives;
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