159 Required Courses (15 credit hours) SPAN 3060 Grammar & Composition (3) SPAN 3160 Introduction to Literature (3) SPAN 3220 Phonetics & Phonology (3) FL 4340 Foreign Language Acquisition and Teaching for Proficiency (3) FL 4400* Methods of Teaching a Foreign Language (3) Elective Courses (select a minimum of 6 credit hours) SPAN 3000 Proficiency Development (3) SPAN 3190 Foreign Language Journal (1) SPAN 3320 Applied Language Studies (1-3) SPAN 3360 Advanced Grammar (3) SPAN DV3550 Cultural Heritage I (3) SPAN 3560 Cultural Heritage II (3) SPAN 35 70 Special Topics in Culture (3) SPAN 3610 Literature Survey I (3) SPAN 3620 Literature Survey II (3) SPAN 3630 Literature Genres (3) SPAN 3650 Literature Periods (3) SPAN 3670 Literature Authors (3) SPAN 3690 Special Topics in Literature (1-3) SPAN 3710 Business Language I (3) SPAN 3720 Language for Specific Purposes I (3) SPAN 3730 Language for Specific Purposes II (3) SPAN 3740 Translation/Interpreting I (3) SPAN 3850 Study Abroad (1-6) SPAN 4190 Foreign Language Journal (1) SPAN 4620 Survey of Literature I (3) SPAN 4630 Survey of Literature II (3) SPAN 4690 Special Topics in Literature (3) SPAN 4710 Business Language II (3) SPAN 4740 Translation/Interpreting II (3) SPAN 4830 Directed Readings (1-3) SPAN 4850 Study Abroad (1-6) SPAN 4920 Short Courses, Workshops... (1-4) SPAN 4960 Senior Seminar & Thesis (3) *Students must take ACTFL Oral and Written Proficiency Examinations prior to taking FL 4400 and student teaching. The department standard for Proficiency is the Advanced-Low level. Students must also complete the Praxis II Content Knowledge Exam in thdr language prior to taking FL 4400. (Please see the fordgn language advisor.) INTERDISCIPLINARY MINORS The Foreign Languages Department participates in the Asian Studies, European Studies, Linguistics, and Latin American Studies Minor Programs. Students who wish to enroll in one of these programs should indicate their desire to do so with the program coordinator who will help them work out a proper combination of courses to fit their particular needs. (See the Interdisciplinary Programs section of this catalog.) FOREIGN LANGUAGE COURSES These course descriptions are generic and apply to all languages. The acronym FL denotes fordgn language courses. In the class schedule each semester courses will be language specific: FRCH for French, GRMN for German, JPNS for Japanese, and SPAN for Spanish, etc. Oral Proficiency Requirements The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) has defined a scale for the evaluation of the language proficiency of students. The ACTFL Proficiency scale has four levels: Novice, Intermediate, Advanced and Superior. The Department of Foreign Languages requires that students achieve a determined proficiency level, depending on the students' goals. In addition, instructors assume that students entering any class have acquired the entry-level proficiency indicated for that class. (These levels are indicated in parentheses following the description of each course on the following pages: N=Novice; NH=Novice High; lL=Intermediate Low; IM=Intermediate Mid; IH=Intermediate High; AL=Advanced Low.) Novice (N) Students at this level have no experience in the language they are studying. They begin by learning the sound and spelling system and by memorizing words and phrases. During the course, they will progress to the point of being able to create simple sentences, to ask some questions, and to initiate, sustain and conclude simple social tasks more than half of the time. Novice High (NH) At the Novice-High level students progress from the ability to respond simply with learned utterances to the ability to create language face-to-face, to ask and answer simple questions, and to create sentence-level constructions. Intermediate Low (IL) At the Intermediate-Low level students continue to build mastery of personal social-oriented informational tasks and move to a higher level by practicing informational tasks beyond the immediate and personal. Students will move from simple-sentence to more complex sentence-level discourse. They will practice narration, description and comparison, but mastery is not expected. Intermediate Mid (IM) Students at this level build on an ability to perform informational tasks beyond immediate and personal needs while they continue to practice narration, description and comparison. In addition, students begin practice in supporting opinions and hypothesizing in the language. They move from complex sentence-level structures to paragraph-level discourse. Intermediate High (IH) At this level students can function at the Advanced level most of the time. They still need practice narrating, describing and comparing, and Linking sentences together smoothly In addition, they encounter more tasks that require them to support opinion and to hypothesize. Students progress from complex sentences to paragraphs to extended discourse. Advanced Low (AL) Students at this level function at the Advanced level all or almost all of the time. Students have no difficulty with extended discourse, narration in all tenses and explanation. They are able to and use language both oral and written in complex and sophisticated ways. Lower Division Courses FL 1000. Proficiency Development (1-2) (Cr/NCr) (N) Non-graded courses for entry-level students to augment foreign language instruction in stress-free activities such as reading children's literature, learning and performing skits, folk dancing, singing, cooking, etc. May be repeated for credit under different titles. FL 1010. First Year I (3) (N) Introductory course assuming no significant previous experience with the language. Beginners and students with less than two years of high school language should register for this class. Emphasis on everyday conversation and exposure to cultural perspectives. FL 1020. First Year II (3) (N) Continuation of 1010. Basic language skills including listening, speaking, reading, writing and culture. General PROFILE ENROLLMENT STUDENT AFFAIRS ACADEMIC INFO DEGREE REQ GENED Engaged Learning & Interdisciplinary OUR/CBL HNRS/BIS ESL LIBS INTRD MINORS Applied Science & Technology AUSV/ATTC CMT CEET/EE CS MFET/ETM MET DGET ENGR IDT SST TBE Arts & Humanities MPC/MENG COMM ENGL FL DANC MUSC THEA ART/ARTH Business & Econ MBA MACC/MTAX ACTG BS AD/FIN MGMT MKTG SCM ECON/QUAN 1ST Education MSAT/MED CHF AT/HLTH NUTR/PEP/REC HPHP COURSES ATHL/PE EDUC Health Professions MHA/MSN MSRS DENT PAR HTHS HAS/HIM MLS NRSG RADT DMS/NUCM RATH REST Science BTNY CHEM GEO MATH/MTHE MICR PHYS/ASTR ZOOL Social & Behavioral Sciences MCJ/CJ ECON GEOG HIST POLS/PHIL PSY SW/GERT SOC/ANTH AERO MILS NAVS Continuing Ed Davis Campus Weber State University 2011-2012 Catalog