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LWSDU
– International Languages, Level 3 Spanish, University Preparation
1 CREDIT
¡Español, Pura Vida!
This course will give you the opportunity to live the Spanish language and culture without taking a step
outside Toronto. Your discovery of more complex structures and vocabulary and of culture and history
presented through conversations, literature and movies, will lead to a more profound understanding
of the Hispanic people. Through informal conversations, songs and games, you will begin the year by
reviewing the vocabulary themes and grammarstructures you acquired over the past two years. One
of your main objectives will be to discover the Hispanic presence in Toronto. Your year-long adventure
will begin with a scavenger hunt in Kensington Market, which will be followed by two other cultural
experiences of your choice. Throughout the year, you will learn to use the future, conditional and
compound tenses and the imperative and subjunctive moods in order to read, write and speak about
nature, the city, well-being, the workplace, the arts and current events. Your exploration of Spanish
history will lead you through the Hapsburg and Bourbon dynasties to the Spanish Civil War and into the
21
st
century. As you watch the movie
La historia oficial
, you will learn about the Argentine “dirty war”;
finally, the pages of Cervantes’
La gitanilla
and Carmen Laforet’s
Nada
will transport you from 16
th
to
20
th
century Spain through the eyes and experiences of two very different young women. This is only
the beginning—the Hispanic world is waiting for you!
Prerequisite: LWSCU – International Languages, Level 2 Spanish, Academic
LWSDUP
– International Languages, Level 4 Spanish, University Preparation,
Advanced Placement
1 CREDIT
This course includes the course content for LWSDU. In addition, students will be prepared to write the
AP Spanish Language exam.
Prerequisite: LWSDU – International Languages, Level 3 Spanish, University Preparation