ELEMENTARY PORTUGUESE I
A beginning course designed for students who wish to start their study of Portuguese and have no proficiency in another Romance language. The four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing are developed at the basic level.
- MW 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Ana P Huback
CULPA: 1 Info - 4 points
ELEMENTARY PORTUGUESE II
Prerequisites: PORT W1101 or the equivalent. A course designed to acquaint students with the Portuguese verbal, prepositional, and pronominal systems. As a continuation of Elementary Portuguese I (PORT W1101), this course focuses on the uses of characteristic forms and expressions of the language as it is spoken and written in Brazil today.
- TR 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Ana P Huback
CULPA: 1 Info - 4 points
COMPREHENSIVE BEG CATALAN
An extensive introduction to the Catalan language with an emphasis on oral communication as well as the reading and writing practice that will allow the student to function comfortably in a Catalan environment.
- TR 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Instructor:
Elsa Ubeda
CULPA: 10
Info
- 4 points
COMP ELEM PORT I/II-SPAN SPKRS
Prerequisites: knowledge of Spanish or another Romance language. An intensive beginning language course in Brazilian Portuguese with emphasis on Brazilian culture through multimedia materials related to culture and society in contemporary Brazil. Recommended for students who have studied Spanish or another Romance language. The course is the equivalent of two full semesters of elementary Portuguese with stress on reading and conversing, and may be taken in place of PORT W1101-W1102. For students unable to dedicate the time needed cover two semesters in one, the regularly paced sequence PORT W1101-W1102 is preferable.
- TR 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Instructor:
Joao Nemi Neto
CULPA: 1 Info - 4 points
INTERMEDIATE CATALAN I
Prerequisites: CATL W1120. The first part of Columbia University´s comprehensive intermediate Catalan sequence. The main objectives of this course are to continue developing communicative competence - reading, writing, speaking and listening comprehension - and to further acquaint students with Catalan cultures.
- MW 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Elsa Ubeda
CULPA: 10
Info
- 4 points
INTERMEDIATE PORTUGUESE I
Prerequisites: PORT W1120 or the equivalent. General review of grammar, with emphasis on self-expression through oral and written composition, reading, conversation, and discussion.
- MW 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Ana P Huback
CULPA: 1 Info - 4 points
INTERMEDIATE CATALAN II
Prerequisites: CATL UN2101 or equivalent Catalan 1202 is the second part of Columbia Universitys intermediate Catalan sequence. Course goals are to enhance student exposure to various aspects of Catalan culture and to consolidate and expand reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills.
- MW 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
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Instructor:
Elsa Ubeda
CULPA: 10
Info
- 4 points
Intermed. Portuguese II
Prerequisites: PORT UN1120 or PORT UN1320 or the equivalent. General review of grammar, with emphasis on self-expression through oral and written composition, reading, conversation, and discussion.
- MW 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Ana P Huback
CULPA: 1 Info - 4 points
ADV WRITING/COMP IN PORTUGUESE
- TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Joao Nemi Neto
CULPA: 1 Info - 3 points
BRAZILIAN SOCIETY & CIV (ENG)
Each week, a historical period is studied in connection to a particular theme of ongoing cultural expression. While diverse elements of popular culture are included, fiction is privileged as a source of cultural commentary. Students are expected to assimilate the background information but are also encouraged to develop their own perspective and interest, whether in the social sciences, the humanities (including the fine arts), or other areas.
- TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Joao Nemi Neto
CULPA: 1 Info - 3 points
Women, Creation, and Feminisms in Contem
Women, Creation & Feminis
At the crossroads of social media, social movements, and the arts, the present course offers a comprehensive genealogy of recent cultural interventions embodying the most pressing issues for feminisms in Spain today. For this endeavor, the syllabus is organized around three thematic axes: memory, bodies, and territories. By deploying an open consideration of arts, activism, and their creators, the case-studies here introduced unfold a polyphonic nature in both content and form. In this light, problematics such as ecology, technology, love, violence, healthcare, labor, or collective trauma will be navigated through the genres of performance, essay, poetry, graphic novel, photography, documentary, music, or the videoclip. These will shape the singularities of the later socio-political cycle in the country, distinguished by the internationalist expansion of feminisms; an interconnected and intersectional approach to social justice; the emergence of a globalized and domestic far-right; and the shifting of the institutional left. Such a background will nurture a series of feminist interventions claiming radical imaginaries in the favor of the 99%.
- TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Miguel Angel Blanco Martinez
Info - 3 points
A Practical Approach to Second Language
Second Language Teaching
This graduate seminar serves as a continuation of SPPO GR6001 (“Theory and Practice of Second Language Teaching”) and it is intended for in-service instructors of language, and language and content courses at the Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures at Columbia University. It focuses on the application in the second language (SL) classroom of the pedagogical principles reviewed in the previous semester, with emphasis on methodological approaches and applied techniques.
Students will be directly mentored regarding the classroom treatment and presentation of grammatical, lexical, socio-cultural, and pragmatic aspects of the language in the SL classroom. From a communicative approach and beyond, they will also continue to engage with basic teaching techniques such as lesson planning, use of the target language, technology integration, task design, and the use of written and oral authentic materials. They will learn practically how to promote the development of students’ abilities for literacy and critical thinking. Finally, they will be carefully guided through the actual design and implementation of testing and assessment measures for the course they are teaching. In this seminar, we will also analyze real and potential case scenarios that will/may arise in the classroom and we will consider tactics to resolve problems that typically occur. Reflective teaching practices (teachers as learners of teaching, dynamics of classroom communication, the role of teachers’ beliefs about pedagogical practices) will be revisited and rethought.
- F 1 p.m.-3 p.m.
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Instructor:
Irene Alonso-Aparicio
Info - 2 points