Spanish - Hofstra University

Spanish from Hofstra University is a Campus Bachelor Language degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. Courses for the major in Spanish: 1. Learning Goal: Students should develop linguistic skills in oral and written expression. Objectives: Students should be able to: 1. demonstrate the ability to understand speech in the target language in most social and professional situations; 2. demonstrate the ability to communicate orally in the target language in most social and professional situations; 3. demonstrate the ability to understand written texts (journalism, non-fiction, literature , etc.); 4. demonstrate adequate mastery of the grammar of the target language; 5. demonstrate the ability to write grammatically and analytically at a variety of language levels. 2. Learning Goal: Students should develop a sense of the cultural aspects of the peoples who speak the target language. Objectives: Students should be able to: 1. recognize political, social, economic, and linguistic factors that influence components of the language and the culture; 2. develop understanding of people of other cultures in general and in the particular local setting(s). 3. Learning Goal: Students should be able to demonstrate an ability to read and analyze literature written in the target language. Objectives: Students should be able to: 1. develop a sensitivity for literary language; 2. become familiar with various literary terms and concepts and be able to use them in explicating and interpreting literary texts; 3. become acquainted with a diverse range of literary genres, trends, schools, and groups; 4. analyze and interpret literary texts; 5. understand the historical, social, and political context of literary works and apply that knowledge to a literary analysis of those works. View more details on Hofstra University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Language courses.