Learning Outcomes
Undergraduate
该系期望其专业学生在从电子游戏软件毕业时掌握以下技能和知识体系:
- Demonstrate "Advanced / Low" proficiency (as measured by the ACTFL scale) in a Romance language in speaking, listening, writing, and reading.
- Analyze and interpret literary and cultural texts.
- Make cogent, persuasive arguments using sufficient, verifiable data and rational, critical thinking.
- 熟悉文学体裁和批评术语.
- Demonstrate awareness of cultural difference, implicit and explicit, in the acquisition of a second language.
Learning Outcomes for individual RLL Courses that satisfy the College's Core Curriculum "Literature" requirement:
- 学生将展示批判性阅读和评价文本的能力.
- 学生将熟练运用学术散文来有效地维持由文本证据支持的原创文学论点.
- 学生将展示对文学体裁差异的理解.
- 学生将熟悉来自不同时期的代表性文本,并具备在未来以知情和批判性的方式参与类似文本的能力.
- Students will be able to identify and analyze the distinctive features of literary productions.
满足学院核心课程“文化多样性”要求的个别RLL课程的学习成果:
参加RLL文化多样性课程的学生将被录取, at the end of the course, to demonstrate:
- 他们可以从其他人的角度来看待人类的经历,这些人以截然不同的方式遇到和解释这个世界.
- 他们与一些与欧洲和北美主流文化截然不同的文化有过实质性的接触.
- 从理论和比较的角度欣赏文化的概念.
- an awareness of and sensitivity to the ways that perennial questions have been addressed in cultures other than their own.
Elementary French
Elementary French follows a communicative approach. From the first day of class, 学生将用法语与老师和同学交流. Therefore, by the end of this course, 学生应该能够在不同的时间范围内用目标语言成功地完成大量的交际和写作任务.
Upon successful completion of the sequence Elementary I and II (FREN1009 and FREN1010) students should be able to:
- speak in the target language to describe, 叙述并进行自发的对话,比如旅行, health, professions, plans for the future and references to the past.
- comprehend 目标语言有足够的能力理解主要思想和额外的细节在短对话涉及上述主题和真实情况在不同的时间框架.
- read 理解课文(有些是专门为学生准备的), 其他真实的)处理文化产品和实践的各种主题.
- write 在简单而完整的句子和短段落中进行不同主题的基本作文,能很好地掌握语法和句子结构.
- recognize, appreciate, and compare 自身文化与目标文化的异同.
Intermediate French
中级法语遵循交际法. 课程完全以目标语言进行,几乎所有的课程材料都是真实的,经过精心挑选,以符合学生的兴趣和能力. 在第二学期结束时,学生将能够在各种各样的个人兴趣话题和不同的交际环境中表达自己.
Upon successful completion of the intermediate sequence (FREN1109 and FREN1110) students should be able to:
- speak 用目的语叙述和描述现在时, past and future express opinions about topics relating to their own lives and those of the target culture, especially in areas such as student and family life, traveling, cinema, music, holidays, art and current events, etc.
- comprehend 口语水平更高,包括在一些辅助的情况下在更正式的环境中录制的真实视频和录音.
- read selected authentic texts on everyday topics with apparatuses such as vocabulary annotations and comprehension aids.
- write 在不同格式的法语段落级别, from summaries and cross-cultural observations to more formal but guided research papers based on course themes.
- understand and appreciate 当前和经典的外国文化,特别是因为它涉及到年轻人的生活, 并与他们自己的文化经历进行比较.
Conversation, Composition, and Reading
In Conversation, Composition, 和阅读(CCR)的学生将提高他们的法语流畅性和巩固他们的准确性,同时专注于复杂的语法主题, expanding their vocabulary, and broadening their understanding of diverse cultural and historical aspects of the French-speaking world. The course fosters students’ analytic, critical and creative skills in the target language through the use of authentic materials such as newspapers, reports, films and literary texts and through systematic practice of the three modes of communication: interpersonal, presentational, and interpretative.
Upon successful completion of the CCR1 and CCR2 sequence (FREN2209 and FREN2210) students should be able to:
- speak 在大多数关于熟悉话题的谈话中会自发地, of personal interest or pertinent to everyday life. Students should also be able to speak about more formal or specific topics with previous preparation.
- comprehend 从各种真实的标准语言音像材料中获取扩展一般言语的主要思想和相关细节.
- read and interpret 与当代主题相关的大量文章和报告, 包括对重要细节和细微差别的理解. Students should also be able to understand contemporary literary texts in the target language with some assistance.
- write 关于广泛的一般主题的清晰和详细的文本支持他们的观点. Students should also be able to write narrative and argumentative essays on specific topics with previous preparation.
- understand and appreciate 法语国家的文化和发展他们的历史意识, political and sociocultural differences.
Foundation Courses
In the Foundation Courses students will acquire extensive fluency and accuracy while focusing on complex grammar topics, expanding and deepening their vocabulary, and broadening their understanding of contemporary sociocultural and political issues in the French-speaking world. The course is structured around analysis, discussion and production of descriptive, narrative, 说明文和议论文,培养学生的分析能力, 通过使用不同的真实材料和系统的三种交流模式:人际交往,学习目的语的批判性和创造性技能, presentational, and interpretative.
结合基础课程,辅修两门,主修四门,学生将:
- speak 无论在正式场合还是非正式场合,都能流利准确地运用目的语.
- comprehend the main ideas and relevant details of extended general speech from authentic audiovisual materials such as TV news, films and videos in standard language and recognize the most commonly spoken dialectal varieties of the French language.
- read 并解读与当代主题相关的广泛文章和报告, including the understanding of details and nuances. 学生还应该能够用目标语言解释文学文本,并识别四种主要文本类型的主要特征(描述), narration, exposition and argumentation).
- write creative, clear, coherent and extended texts in the four main textual genres 与特定领域和学术语言互动.
- understand and appreciate the different Francophone cultures and develop a critical vision of their circumstances, contexts or idiosyncrasies.
- demonstrate 掌握一门外语所必需的元语言意识.
Elementary Italian
初级意大利语侧重于培养学生的沟通能力. From the first day of class, 学生将用意大利语与老师和他们的同学互动. By the end of the second semester, 学生应该能够在目标语言中使用不同的动词时态成功地完成大量的口语和书面交际任务.
成功完成基本序列(ITAL1003和ITAL1004), students should be able to:
- speak in Italian to describe, narrate stories, 就家庭等话题进行自发的对话, daily activities, food, clothing, health, likes and dislikes and events in the past.
- comprehend 能很好地理解目标语言的主要思想和额外的细节,在涉及上述话题的简短对话中,以及在不同的动词时态下的其他情况.
- read 并理解涉及各种文化产品和习俗的文本(有些是专门为学生准备的,有些是原始资料).
- write basic compositions about a variety of themes in simple but complete sentences and compose short paragraphs, 能很好地掌握意大利语语法和句子结构.
- recognize, appreciate and compare 他们自己的文化和意大利文化的异同.
Intermediate Italian
中级意大利语也遵循交际方法. Class is conducted entirely in the target language. Nearly all course materials are primary sources, 根据学生的兴趣和能力精心挑选. 在第二学期结束时,学生将能够在不同的交际环境中就各种各样的个人兴趣话题表达意见.
Upon successful completion of the Intermediate sequence (ITAL1113 and ITAL1114) students should be able to:
- speak 用目的语叙述和描述现在时, past and future and express opinions about topics relating to their own lives and the lives of Italians, 尤其是围绕学生和家庭生活等话题, traveling, cinema, Italian products and economy, music, holidays, Italian art and current events in Italy.
- comprehend more complex and formal spoken language, including primary-source videos and recordings, with some assistance.
- read 在工具的帮助下,选择日常主题的主要来源,如词汇注释和理解辅助.
- write paragraphs in Italian in a variety of formats, from summaries and cross-cultural observations to more formal but guided research papers based on course themes.
- understand and appreciate current and classic elements of a foreign culture, 尤其是因为它们与意大利年轻人的生活有关, and make comparisons to their own cultural experiences.
Conversation, Composition, and Reading (CCR)
In Conversation, Composition and Reading (CCR), 学生将提高他们的流利程度,巩固他们的意大利语口语和写作的准确性,同时专注于复杂的语法主题, expanding their vocabulary and broadening their understanding of diverse cultural and historical aspects of Italy. CCR fosters students’ analytical, critical and creative skills in the target language through the study of primary source materials such as newspapers, reports, short films and literary texts and through systematic practice of three essential modes of communication: interpersonal, presentational and interpretive.
Upon successful completion of the CCR sequence (ITAL2213 and ITAL2214) students should be able to:
- speak 在熟悉的话题上自发地交谈, of personal interest, or pertinent to everyday life. 学生还应该能够在准备的情况下谈论更正式或更具体的话题.
- comprehend 从标准语言的各种原始音像材料中获取扩展一般言语的主要思想和相关细节.
- read and interpret 与当代主题相关的大量文章和报告, understanding important details and nuances. Students should also be able to understand contemporary literary texts in the target language with some assistance.
- write clear and detailed compositions in which they support their views on a wide variety of general topics. Students should also be able to write narrative and argumentative essays on specific topics with previous preparation.
- understand and appreciate 了解意大利的多元文化,培养对历史的认识, 他们的文化和我们的文化之间的政治和社会文化差异.
- understand and appreciate current and classic elements of a foreign culture, 尤其是因为它们与意大利年轻人的生活有关, and make comparisons to their own cultural experiences.
Elementary Portuguese
初级葡萄牙语侧重于培养学生的沟通技巧. From the first day of class, 学生将用葡萄牙语与老师和同学互动. By the end of the second semester, 学生应该能够在目标语言中使用不同的动词时态成功地完成大量的口语和书面交际任务.
成功完成初级序列(I和II)后, RLRL102401 and RLRL102301), students should be able to:
- speak in Portuguese to describe, narrate stories, 就家庭等话题进行自发的对话, professions, food, clothing, health, likes and dislikes and the past.
- comprehend 能很好地理解目标语言的主要思想和额外的细节,在涉及上述话题的简短对话中,以及在不同的动词时态下的其他情况.
- read 并理解涉及各种文化产品和习俗的文本(有些是专门为学生准备的,有些是原始资料).
- write basic compositions about a variety of themes in simple but complete sentences and compose short paragraphs, 能很好地掌握葡萄牙语语法和句子结构.
- recognize, appreciate and compare 他们自己的文化和葡语文化的异同.
Elementary Spanish
初级西班牙语侧重于培养学生的沟通能力. From the first day of class, 学生将用西班牙语与老师和他们的同学互动. By the end of the second semester, 学生应该能够在目标语言中使用不同的动词时态成功地完成大量的口语和书面交际任务.
成功完成初级序列(I和II)后, SPAN1015 and SPAN1016), students should be able to:
- speak in Spanish to describe, narrate stories, 就家庭等话题进行自发的对话, professions, food, clothing, health, likes and dislikes and the past.
- comprehend 能很好地理解目标语言的主要思想和额外的细节,在涉及上述话题的简短对话中,以及在不同的动词时态下的其他情况.
- read 并理解涉及各种文化产品和习俗的文本(有些是专门为学生准备的,有些是原始资料).
- write basic compositions about a variety of themes in simple but complete sentences and compose short paragraphs, 能很好地掌握西班牙语语法和句子结构.
- recognize, appreciate and compare 他们自己的文化和西班牙语文化的异同.
Intermediate Spanish
中级西班牙语也遵循交际法. Class is conducted entirely in the target language. Nearly all course materials are primary sources, 根据学生的兴趣和能力精心挑选. 在第二学期结束时,学生将能够在不同的交际环境中就各种各样的个人兴趣话题表达意见.
Upon successful completion of the Intermediate sequence (SPAN1115 and SPAN1116) students should be able to:
- speak 用目的语叙述和描述现在时, past and future and express opinions about topics relating to their own lives and lives in Spanish-speaking cultures, 尤其是围绕学生和家庭生活等话题, traveling, cinema, music, holidays and art and current events.
- comprehend more complex and formal spoken language, including primary-source videos and recordings, with some assistance.
- read 在工具的帮助下,选择日常主题的主要来源,如词汇注释和理解辅助.
- write paragraphs in Spanish in a variety of formats, from summaries and cross-cultural observations to more formal but guided research papers based on course themes.
- understand and appreciate current and classic elements of a foreign culture, 尤其是当它们与年轻人的生活有关时, and make comparisons to their own cultural experiences.
Conversation, Composition, and Reading (CCR)
In Conversation, Composition and Reading (CCR), 学生将提高他们的流利程度,巩固他们的西班牙语口语和写作的准确性,同时专注于复杂的语法主题, 扩大他们的词汇量,拓宽他们对西班牙语世界不同文化和历史方面的理解. CCR fosters students’ analytical, critical and creative skills in the target language through the study of primary source materials such as newspapers, reports, short films and literary texts and through systematic practice of three essential modes of communication: interpersonal, presentational and interpretive.
Upon successful completion of the CCR sequence (SPAN2215 and SPAN2216) students should be able to:
- speak 在熟悉的话题上自发地交谈, of personal interest, or pertinent to everyday life. 学生还应该能够在准备的情况下谈论更正式或更具体的话题.
- comprehend 从标准语言的各种原始音像材料中获取扩展一般言语的主要思想和相关细节.
- read and interpret 与当代主题相关的大量文章和报告, understanding important details and nuances. Students should also be able to understand contemporary literary texts in the target language with some assistance.
- write clear and detailed compositions in which they support their views on a wide variety of general topics. Students should also be able to write narrative and argumentative essays on specific topics with previous preparation.
- understand and appreciate 了解不同的西班牙文化,培养对历史的认识, 他们之间的政治和社会文化差异.
Advanced Spanish
In Advanced Spanish, students will acquire extensive fluency and accuracy while focusing on complex grammar topics, 扩大和加深他们的词汇量,拓宽他们对西班牙语世界当代社会文化和政治问题的理解. The course, which is structured around the analysis, discussion and production of descriptive, narrative, expository and argumentative texts, fosters students’ analytical, 通过接触不同的主要来源和三种交流模式的系统实践,培养目标语言的批判性和创造性技能, presentational and interpretive.
在成功完成高级西班牙语(SPAN3392)后,学生应该能够:
- speak 无论在正式场合还是非正式场合,都能流利准确地运用目的语.
- comprehend the main ideas and relevant details of extended general speeches from primary audiovisual sources such as TV news clips, films and videos in standard language and recognize the most common spoken dialectal varieties of the Spanish language.
- read and interpret wide-ranging articles and reports related to contemporary topics, understanding details and nuances. 学生还应该能够用目标语言解释文学文本,并识别四种主要文本类型的主要特征(描述), narration, exposition and argumentation).
- write creative, clear, 四种主要文本体裁中连贯和延伸的作品, 与特定领域和学术语言互动.
- understand and appreciate 不同的西班牙文化,并发展他们独特的特点和历史和社会文化背景的批判视野.
- demonstrate 掌握一门外语所必需的元语言意识.
Graduate
该系期望其电子游戏正规平台生在从电子游戏软件毕业时获得以下技能和知识体系:
- “Advanced-high” linguistic proficiency in the target language (as measured by the ACTFL scale) in speaking, listening, writing, and reading.
- 对目的语国家或国家的文学和文化有广泛的了解, including major literary movements and genres.
- 了解不同的理论方法的文本适用于M.A. degree level.
- 精通文学文本的细读和批判性分析, which includes the ability to recognize and interpret the correspondence between thought and expression, text and contexts.
- Competence in research methods and practice, as they pertain to libraries, 档案和其他有关电子游戏正规平台资料的资料库.
- 能够构思和表达原创的论点和结论, 并以适当的学术形式呈现, in both oral and written form.
- Competence in foreign language pedagogy and familiarity with the best practices of the profession.