ECDR3011W

ECDR 3011W - Spanish Grammar and Composition Workshop (4 Cr.) Writing Intensive

Learning Abroad Center (10038) TOIP - Global Programs and Strategic Alliance

Course description

ECDR 3011W Spanish Grammar and Writing Workshop is an intensive writing course designed to develop and strengthen the understanding and management of language skills acquired in previous courses and to develop knowledge about various cultures in Latin America and Ecuador. This course seeks to integrate the skills of speaking, writing, reading and understanding the real world of Ecuadorian and Latin American culture through the analysis of texts of varied socio-cultural, economic, political and other learning resources. The reading and writing tasks of this course will allow students through the reading and analysis of different texts an approach to the reality of Ecuadorian and Latin American culture. Students will be exposed to learning in real contexts and to the appropriate use of vocabulary. During the course, each student will produce a series of original compositions with the objective of learning to write texts in a clear, precise and formal in Spanish using various rhetorical strategies. It is a course that will give students the possibility of acquiring basic guidelines to improve their style and composition.

Minimum credits

4

Maximum credits

4

Is this course repeatable?

No

Grading basis

OPT - Student Option

Lecture

Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for:

02354

Fulfills the writing intensive requirement?

Yes

Typically offered term(s)

Every Fall, Spring & Summer