NB: Mantengo el derecho a cambiar este calendario según las necesidades del curso. Les avisaré de cualquier cambio.
Course Outline
| Week | Lesson & Module | Learning Objectives | Activities & Assignments | Due Dates |
| 1 & 2 | Comida y cultura | Vamos por un cafe
La costumbre de matear La gastronomía peruana |
Intro post Blackboard
DP 1 HW 1 |
Jan 29
Jan 30 Feb 1 |
| 3 & 4 | Migración | Los inmigrantes en Estados Unidos | DP 2
HW 2 |
Feb 8
Feb 15 |
| 5 & 6 | Religión | El papa Francisco, Jorge Mario Bergoglio
Los mayas y la astronomía |
DP 3
HW 3 Topic for Recent News |
Feb 22
Feb 29 Mar 4 |
| 7 | Ecología, ciencia y biología | La biodiversidad de Latinoamérica | DP 4
Midterm |
Mar 5
Mar 7 |
| 8 | SPRING BREAK AND SAINT PATRICK’S DAY | |||
| 9 & 10 | Música, arte y literatura | La pintura afrocubana de Wifredo Lam
El arte conceptual de Nicola Costantino |
DP 5
Recent News I |
Mar 21
Mar 28 |
| 11 & 12 | Español, historia y cultura de los EE.UU. | El español “en/de” los Estados Unidos
Las culturas, identidades y dialectos en contacto |
DP 6
HW 4 |
Apr 4
Apr 11 |
| 13 & 14 | Español, y las lenguas y culturas indígenas en Latinoamérica | Español de los andes, los amazonas y más | DP 7
HW 5 |
Apr 18
Apr 25 |
| 15 | Recent News | Redactar noticias del mundo hispanohablante y presentarlas a una audiencia | Updated bibliography
Present your recent news findings to the class |
Apr 30
Apr 30 and May 2 |
| Recent News Topic Due | You should looks at the list of topics at the end of the syllabus and upload your proposed topic with supporting sources for me to review | Mar 4 | ||
| Recent News Report | You will make a discussion post of 250 words summarizing your recent news and upload references as well. More details are located in Blackboard | Mar 28 | ||
| Midterm | The midterm covers the first three units: Comida y cultura, Migración, Religión | Mar 7 | ||
| Final Paper | Instructions available in Blackboard | May 8 | ||
*Articles available in Blackboard
Topics for Recent News and final paper
*choose one topic and search for recent news in the Spanish-speaking Americas; this can be one country or across multiple countries. You must email me with your topic for approval first.
- Art
- Cinema
- Music
- Soccer
- Medicine
- Economy
- Business
- Geography / biodiversity
- Nature and natural resources
- Education
- Transportation and travel
- Literature
- Science
- Technology
- Media (radio, news, etc.)
- Politics
- Pets, pet owners
- Real estate
- Climate / climate change / weather patterns
- Immigration / migration
- Other topic of your choice