SPAN 200 Spanish for Heritage Learners (5 credits)

Distribution Area Fulfilled General Transferable Elective; Humanities
Prerequisite This course is recommended for individuals with heritage learner background (speaking and/or listening competency)

Course Description
This is an introductory course for Spanish heritage learners (with a speaking, listening, and/or writing competency). The course attempts to foster a sense of belonging through engagement and dialogue about various topics, including immigration, bilingual education, employment and Latinx cultural and economic contributions to the Pacific Northwest. Students also strengthen their writing and conversational skills in a supportive environment, and they expand their knowledge of Spanish varieties and cultures across the Spanish-speaking world.

Course Content
A. Stories of immigration and the U.S. Mexico border B. Intersectional identities of Spanish-speaking peoples in the U.S. C. Spanglish, mock Spanish, and other Spanish variances in the U.S. and elsewhere D. Formal and informal written and spoken Spanish E. Stigma of Spanish language use in various contexts F. Spanish as both a colonialist language and a tool for change

Student Outcomes
1. Use context-responsive Spanish (e.g. formal and informal) in writing and conversations.

2. Identify cultural and historical influences on Spanish language.

3. Research varieties of Spanish in the United States and elsewhere.

4. Employ complex vocabulary and commonly-used idiomatic expressions in various contexts.

5. Apply accurate verb forms and conjugations in written and spoken settings.

6. Apply orthographic conventions in written and spoken Spanish with increasing precision.

Degree Outcomes

Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking

Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Effective Communication

Graduates will be able to craft and exchange ideas and information in a variety of situations, in response to audience, context, purpose, and motivation.

Information Literacy

Graduates will be critical users, creators, and disseminators of information by examining how information is created, valued, and influenced by power and privilege.

Intercultural Engagement

Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.

Global Citizenship

Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

Potential Methods
1. Lectures 2. Reading and listening activities 3. Compositions 4. Discussions 5. Group work 6. Oral presentations 7. Games 8. Short films 9. Quizzes 10. Exams 11. Ethnographic methods (e.g. music, food, dance, storytelling, etc.)

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