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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS FOREIGN LANGUAGES (FL)

5003 Foreign Language Studies I
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Consideration of foreign language instruction research and practice regarding facilitation of speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills development. Special emphasis on Spanish, French, and German.

5013 Foreign Language Testing
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Consideration of content and approaches for testing achievement and proficiency at the various levels, in listening, speaking, reading, writing, vocabulary, structure, and culture in the foreign languages. Special emphasis on Spanish, French, or German.

5023 Foreign Language Studies II
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Consideration of foreign language instruction research and practice regarding integration of special areas such as video, audio, computer, literature, composition, culture-authentic materials, and/or higher-order thinking-skills materials. Special emphasis on Spanish, French, or German. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

5033 Foreign Languages and Intercultural Communication
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Investigation of intercultural communication research in specific language communities and its application to effective interaction with speakers of a variety of foreign languages. Consideration of sociolinguistic norms, semantic variation, and nonverbal language relevant to selected foreign language communities in the United States and abroad compared with mainstream U.S. English norms.

5043 Principles of Translation
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: Previous coursework or experience in translation or consent of instructor. A survey of approaches to translation, practice, and theory, with hands-on experience in a variety of genres (for example, literary prose, poetry, essay, narration) and vocabularies (e.g., legal, medical, business). May be repeated when languages vary, i.e., Spanish/English, French/English, or German/English.

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