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SPAN6505A-L09

Adv Academic Writing

Advanced Spanish Writing

The course aims at developing students academic writing skills through the understanding of key concepts of discourse analysis such as reference, cohesion, and coherence. A variety of text types will be analyzed in class. Rethoric devices such as argumentation, hypothesis, and exposition will be presented and practiced through writing tasks, with group work integrated into the course. Special attention will be given to the articulation of class activities with the requirements of other courses at the same level. (1 unit).

Required texts: Estrella Montolío (coord), Manual Práctico de Escritura Académica, vol. II (Barcelona: Editorial Ariel, 2002. ISBN: 84-344-2868-7); material in electronic form on Segue; standard Spanish-English Dictionary (recommended: Oxford).

Recommended text: Diccionario de la lengua española (Madrid: Real Academia Española, 2 vols).
Course Reference Number (CRN):
60179
Subject Code:
SPAN
Course Number:
6505
Section Identifier:
A

Course

SPAN 6505

All Sections in Summer 2009, LS 6 Week Session

Summer 2009, LS 6 Week Session

SPAN6505A-L09 Lecture (Fernandez Isla)
SPAN6505B-L09 Lecture (Fernandez Isla)
SPAN6505C-L09 Lecture (del Campo)
SPAN6505D-L09 Lecture (Reyes-Torres)