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What foreign language classes does FSU offer?

Does FSU require 2 years of foreign language?

What is Spanish Linguistics class?

How to minor in Spanish FSU?

Does FSU count ASL as a foreign language?

Does FSU require public speaking?

What is the base of linguistic study?

What do you mean by linguistics?

What jobs can I get with a minor in Spanish?

What is the Spanish language course?

This course is the first of a three-semester sequence of courses for students with no prior knowledge of the Spanish language , either at the high-school or native-speaker level. The course emphasizes oral communication and grammatical expertise, as well as listening comprehension. Students read short texts and write paragraphs and short compositions in Spanish. May not be taken concurrently with SPN 1121, 1124, and/or 2220. May not be taken by native speakers. Some sections may be computer-assisted.

How many semester hours can a non-native speaker take?

The nonnative speaker can profit most from this course. May be repeated when content varies to a maximum of six semester hours. May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours, three hours of which may be applied to the requirements for the major with permission of the department.

What is regional cultural studies?

Regional Cultural Studies. This course provides students with exposure to texts and cultural productions from specific regions of Latin America, Spain, or the Latino enclaves in the U.S. Texts may include historical documents, legends and myths, poetry, fiction, essays, or popular music.

What is the program of Spanish and Portuguese?

The Program of Spanish and Portuguese offers BA, MA, and PhD degrees in Spanish, a minor in Portuguese, and a minor in Linguistics. The program's dedicated and diverse faculty are specialists in Iberian, Latin American and Caribbean Literary and Cultural Studies, Hispanic Linguistics, and Second Language Acquisition. The links on this page will provide you with more detailed information about our programs, but here are some quick facts:

Is Florida a part of the United States?

Given that Florida was part of the Spanish Empire (1565-1763 and 1784-1821) longer than it has been part of the United States, and due to Florida's proximity to the Caribbean and Latin America, Florida has maintained important cultural, social and economic ties with the Spanish-speaking world for nearly 500 years.

Is Florida a Spanish speaking state?

The State of Florida enjoys a long standing relationship with the Spanish-speaking world. In 2013, cities throughout the state celebrated the 500th anniversary of the Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon's arrival in Florida, and 2015 marks the 450th anniversary of the founding of St. Augustine (1565) by Spanish explorer Pedro Menéndez de Avilés.

How many hours of practicum is required for FSU?

This certificate requires the completion of a minimum of four courses and a required practicum (21 credit hours). The courses are typically available in lecture (on-campus formats) and a few are available online. The required practicum will be completed at a College of Medicine training site in Immokalee, Florida. The practicum will be completed working in coordination with FSU College of Medicine faculty, medical students, and postdoctoral fellows.

What is a medical interpreter certificate?

The Medical Spanish Interpreter Certificate is an interdisciplinary program administered by the FSU College of Medicine . The interdisciplinary program coordinates a series of required and electives courses offered through the FSU College of Medicine, the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics (Division of Spanish) and the School of Communication. The Medical Spanish Interpreter Certificate features a required capstone practicum, placing students in a College of Medicine clinical training site.

What is SPN 3350?

Students who currently do not meet the Spanish language requirements may be advised to take SPN 3350, Spanish for Heritage Speakers.

What is a Spanish language certificate?

This is a limited enrollment certificate program. This certificate requires that applicants be experienced Spanish speakers, who are familiar with written and conversational Spanish, including common idioms and nuances of the Spanish language. In most cases the applicants will be native, heritage speakers who have been evaluated by the F.S.U. Spanish department and deemed to have an appropriate level of proficiency.

What is a medical interpreter certificate?

The Medical Spanish Interpreter Certificate is an interdisciplinary program administered by the FSU School of Communication. The interdisciplinary program coordinates a series of required and electives courses offered through the FSU College of Medicine, the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics (Division of Spanish) and the School of Communication . The Medical Spanish Interpreter Certificate features a required capstone practicum, placing students in a College of Medicine clinical training site.

What is SPN 3350?

Students who currently do not meet the Spanish language requirements may be advised to take SPN 3350, Spanish for Heritage Speakers.

How many hours of classes are required for a program of studies?

Program's Courses. Program of Studies. This certificate requires the completion of a minimum of four courses and a required practicum (21 credit hours). The courses are typically available in lecture (on-campus formats) and a few are available online.

What is CLAS in healthcare?

In 2000, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services developed the Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS). CLAS mandates language access services for all recipients of federal funds.

How many hours of research do you need to do honors in Spanish?

The Honors in the Major program in Spanish requires students to maintain a 3.2 grade point average, complete six hours of honors research, and write an honors thesis. For more information please contact the FSU Honor’s Office at 644-1841.

Where was Spanish spoken?

In fact, in the present day states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and FLORIDA, Spanish was spoken for nearly a century before the first English-speaking settlers arrived in Virginia and Massachusetts.

How many hours of Spanish minor?

Spanish: The minor requires fifteen semester hours numbered above 2220 including three hours in Spanish literature (SPW). Only one SPT course can count for the minor. Credit extended in meeting the foreign language requirement for graduation may not be used in satisfying the minor.

How many countries speak Spanish?

Spanish is the official language of 21 countries, and there are more than 400 million native speakers of Spanish, more than any other language in the world except for Mandarin Chinese. Spanish has never been a “foreign language” in the United States.

Which country has the second largest Spanish speaking population?

The United States has the second largest Spanish-speaking population in the world (after Mexico and ahead of Spain, Colombia, and Argentina).

Can you use credit for foreign language in a minor?

Credit extended in meeting the foreign language requirement may not be used in satisfying the minor. Linguistics: Linguistics is the study of the nature of language. There are linguistic applications in many disciplines.

What languages does the department of linguistics offer?

The department offers French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish in combination with each other.

How many hours of Chinese and Japanese language classes are required for a co-major?

A co-major is offered in Chinese and Japanese, requiring 15 hours of both Chinese and Japanese language above the 2220-level, and 12 hours in Chinese and/or Japanese literature and culture. Of the combined 30 hours of Chinese and Japanese language courses, at least 3 hours must be taken at the 4000-level in one language and 6 hours taken at the 4000-level in the other. No minor is required.

How many hours of language do you need to be a business major?

The Concentration in Business requires a minimum of 21 hours of language above the 2220 level in French, German, Italian, Russian, or Spanish; 18 hours of language above the 2220 level are required in Chinese or Japanese. The student must also complete 27 hours in designated business courses. No minor is required.

What do you learn in a second language doctorate program?

In the doctoral program, you will take courses in foreign and second language teaching methodology, second language acquisition, research methods, language assessment, the psychology of language learning, as well as educational psychology and policy. You will have the opportunity to conduct individual and team research on current issues in second language teaching and learning and present research findings at major scholarly venues.

What is the masters program in English?

In the master’s program, you have the opportunity to follow either an education or a research track.

What is a statement of purpose?

Statement of purpose – should describe your purpose for pursuing a degree, qualifications and long-term career goals.

What is an Ed.S. degree?

Our education specialist (Ed.S.) program is an advanced master’s degree. Applicants to the Ed.S. program should already hold a master’s degree in an area of Foreign and Second Language Education or related field. The purpose of this program is to expand your skills and knowledge in your current area of preparation or to extend your skills and knowledge to another area of Foreign and Second Language Education. You will have the opportunity to write a thesis or complete supervised research, pass comprehensive exams, or defend a portfolio or final project.

Is it acceptable to submit a paper used in another class?

Writing Sample – it is acceptable to submit a paper used in another class, or one that was published.

Is there a demand for ESL teachers?

In the interconnected world we live in, the demand for ESL teachers and foreign and second language teachers continues to increase both in America and overseas. Learning English is an invaluable skill in nearly every country, and English speakers are often eager to learn a second language. For those who go on to teach English to speakers of other languages, they will be treated to unique experiences found in no other profession.

What is graduate reading knowledge in Spanish?

This course is designed to present structures of the Spanish language and vocabulary to prepare graduate students majoring in other disciplines to read journals, books, and monographs written in Spanish useful to the student’s research, and to take the Graduate Reading Knowledge Exam to fulfill the language requirement of other programs. For this class I created a new syllabus, and designed a class to give students, with all different levels of Spanish, the tools to pass the language test. (SPN 5060: Spring 2019)

What is contemporary Latin American fiction?

While the course is designed to expose students to a broad range of representative authors and texts, it also seeks to situate those texts in both specific histories and broader theoretical frameworks. Roughly half of the semester will focus on “canonical” texts. The other half of the semester will be dedicated to layering, critiquing and responding to those texts through readings of less recognized voices. (SPW 5385)

What is the Hispanic Episteme?

Beginning with the premise, as outlined by Michel Foucault in The Order of Things, that it is possible to trace certain important epistemological shifts in the Western world from the end of the Middle Ages to our own time, this course aims to heighten our awareness of how today the practice of professional cultural studies is systematically interpellated through the discourses specific to our own systems of knowledge and communication. Taking medieval and early modern Iberia, as well as its colonies, as a case study, our examinations of a selection of texts from this geographic and temporal space will revolve around the usefulness, or lack thereof, of some of the contemporary West’s most prominent social constructions of subject formation, such as race, class, gender, and nationhood. (SPW5586)

What is Latinx studies?

Latinx Studies: Reading and Writing the Past. This course considers how Latinx writers and multimedia artists engage, interrogate, and recreate the past to question narratives of history and nation. The course engages various historical periods and media, including novels, comic books, and codices. (SPW4930)

What is comparative Caribbean studies?

Exploring comparative methodologies through Caribbean objects of analysis from Anglophone, Francophone, and Hispanophone traditions, this course shifts theoretical analytic each time it is offered: Fall 2015 on performance studies, Fall 2017 on theories of decolonization; Fall 2019 on speculative fictions and theories. Students who can read texts in the original language are expected to do so. All texts are available in English translation. (Cross-listed FRW 6938 /SPW 6934 / FOL 5934-01)