SPA 112 — Heritage Spanish I
Examines the dialectal and sociolinguistic variation present in Spanish-speaking communities in the United States as well as in Spanish-speaking countries. Students will become cognizant of the linguistic strengths they possess, develop a sense of pride in their heritage by studying their language and culture and expand their ability to use Spanish in new applications and contexts. Examines the concept of standard Spanish and explores the situations in which standard and non-standard Spanish should be employed and how to adjust language usage accordingly. This course emphasizes the orthography, pronunciation and lexical expansion in formal Spanish. This course is intended for Hispanic heritage students that comprehend spoken Spanish and may have varying degrees of speaking and writing ability. IAI H1 900