INFORMATION ON 161 COURSES

Prerequisite: Open to all students beginning a language or those who place into either the 101 or 102 level.  A review course for students who have had three years of language study in high school or for students or wish to begin a second modern language.  The material covered is essentially the same as for the 101-102 sequence, except that it is covered in one semester instead of two.  This includes a thorough grounding in the five language skills: reading, understanding, speaking, writing and cultural apprehension, as well as an understanding of the structure of the language, cultures and literatures of the countries that speak the language studied.  Special emphasis is placed on preparing students to begin work at the intermediate language level.

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German 101-102 in one semester.

German 161 (6 credits)
Comprehensive Beginning German

Questions?: rdonaldson@loyola.edu or ubeitter@loyola.edu

Open to all students beginning German or to students that place in either German 101 or German 102.

By popular demand, SN 161 will also be offered in the spring. Material from the 101-102 sequence focusing on basic elements of grammar, oral and written activities and self-expression on diverse cultural situations (buying fruit in Buenos Aires, the real estate market in Puerto Rico, reading Jorge Luis Borges’ poetry, finding a distant relative in Seville, hacienda culture in México) will be covered. Besides the DOS MUNDOS text used in Spanish 101 and 102, the class will consider some episodes from DESTINOS, a soap opera. The smaller class size allows for more contact with the professor.

This course has the flexibility to meet diverse student needs, those first-year or transfer students who had difficulty with high school Spanish, those who have completed the language sequence in another language and want to begin a new area (this is a globalized world they say), and those majoring or minoring in another language and want to jump start a second foreign language. Seniors looking for a useful and interesting way to end their four years at Loyola are welcome.

last updated 11/07/08 by ner