COLLEGE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE
Department of Spanish
Degrees Offered:B.A., MA
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Chair:Wu, Kuan
The Department
The Department of Spanish, established in 1962, is the oldest of its kind in the Republic of China. In 1992, it became part of the College of Foreign Languages and Literature. Its main objective is to teach Spanish and the culture of Spanish-speaking countries, so its raduates can communicate in Spanish, teach Spanish, and take important roles in the relations between Taiwan, R.O.C. and Spanish-speaking countries.
To achieve its objectives, the Department has designed a curriculum with subjects ranging from philology to culture, and organized various activities to help students practice Spanish and experience the culture of the Spanish-speaking countries.
The most outstanding features of this Department are its international orientation, its exchange programs with foreign universities, its dynamism in the organization of national and international events, and its forward-looking vision.
The Master program, started since August 2006, is devoted to the training of well-prepared talents for the country and plays an important role in promoting Taiwan's research on linguistic science. Under present director Dr. Kung, the Master program provides our M.A. candidates with intensive and diverse courses in the field of Spanish translation and the culture study of Hispanic countries.
Faculty
Professor
Chen, Yea-hong; Juan, Hung-hui; Perez, Francisco Luis
Associate Professors
Chang, Mou-chuen; Chen, Hsiao-chuan; Cho, Chung-hung; Kung,
Kwo-wei; Lin, Hui-ing; Lin, Sheng-bin; Lin, Yue-hong; Soang,
Lih-lirng; Susana N. Vittadini Andrés; Tseng, Jose-yeh; Wang, Hsiu-chi
; Wu, Kuan
Assistant Professors
Blanco Pena, Jose Miguel; García Martínez, María Antonia; Her, Wan-i ;
Liou, Ai-ling
Lecturer
Pei, Chau-pu
Degree Requirements
- Requirements for a degree of B.A. in Spanish:
Successful completion of 140 credits of courses, including 119 credits of required courses and 21 credits of elective Spanish courses. - Requirements for a Master's degree in Spanish:
Successful completion of 32 credits of courses, including 6 credits of required courses and 26 credits of optional courses.
Students are also required to submit a written master's thesis completed under the supervision of a faculty member and pass an oral examination.
Course Descriptions
Undergraduate Courses
A0348 Spanish Translation I (2/2) This course studies translation and writing. The first semester is devoted to translation of social letters, business letters, and news articles. The second semester emphasizes translating various styles of essays, on topics ranging from politics to physical education.
A0349 Spanish Translation II (2/2) This course introduces the further skills of translation, such as the translations of biography, Chinese festivals, interviews, and news and translation of the visit of foreign visitors.
A0359 Spanish Conversation I (4/4) This course deals with the listening and speaking ability of everyday Spanish, such as greetings, personal information, the way to describe the surroundings, etc.
A0360 Spanish Conversation II (4/4) This course practices more phrases, tenses and grammar concepts by listening and oral practice in order to improve the ability to communicate with others in Spanish.
A0361 Spanish Conversation III (2/2) This course trains students to express their opinions under some presumed circumstances such as making a trip, taking an interview, etc. through group discussion.
A0362 Spanish Conversation IV (2/2) This is an advanced conversation course which provides further training in speaking and listening to Spanish, aiming to express opinions on various topics fluently.
A1298 Spanish Reading and Lexicology I (2/2) This course aims to improve students' vocabulary that is used in daily life by reading selected articles.
A1299 Spanish Reading and Lexicology II (2/2) This course builds up reading ability by studying selected readings, with emphasis on Spanish vocabulary, sentence structures and idioms.
A1300 Spanish Audio Practice I (1/1) This course offers students with training of listening practice through tapes and making basic conversation with laboratory equipment.
A1301 Spanish Audio Practice II (1/1) This course is a continuation of Spanish Audio Practice I, in which students practice certain sentence patterns by listening and speaking. 2008 TAMKANG UNIVERSITY CATALOG COLLEGE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE342 S
A1452 Spanish Composition I (2/2) This course cultivates students' writing techniques of Spanish in reading as well as rhetoric.
A1453 Spanish Composition II (2/2) This course is a continuation of Spanish Composition I, from which students will learn how to write compositions with more complicated sentence structures, vocabulary, and grammar concepts of a superior level.
A1454 Hispanic History and Geography (2/2) An introduction to Spanish and Latin American history and geography, with emphasis on special characteristics of different historical periods.
A1615 History of Spanish Literature (2/2) An introduction to the history of Spanish literature from Medieval Literature to Renaissance with emphasis on the study and analysis of major literary works.
A1616 History of Latin American Literature (2/2) This course introduces students to Latin American literature up to the beginning of the 20th century, with emphasis on the study and analysis of major trends and literary works.
F0006 Spanish-Chinese Interpretation (2/2) This course emphasizes training students' expressive and translating abilities, from Spanish to Chinese and vice versus through oral practice.
F0048 Business and Applied Spanish (2/2) This course trains Spanish writing skills used in certain occasions, such as social letters, commercial and official correspondences, invitations, applications, autobiography, certificates, etc.
F0049 Elementary Spanish Grammar (6/6) This course provides general concepts of Spanish grammar, from the letters, the basic conjugation of verbs to simple sentence patterns.
F0054 Intermediate Spanish Grammar (4/4) This course is a continuation of Elemental Spanish Grammar. In addition to the review of elementary Spanish grammar, this course explores deeper into the conjugation of verbs and other tenses.
F0055 Advanced Practical Spanish Grammar (2/2) This course deals with formalizing the concepts of Spanish grammar at a superior level, and comprehension of rules of these concepts to increase the ability to read and comprehend other lexical units.
F0056 Spanish Pronunciation Practice I (1/1) This course trains basic pronunciation covering the comparative study of difficult intonation of European countries, basic theory of pronunciation, pronunciation of vowels, diphthongs and consonants.
F0057 Spanish Pronunciation Practice II (1/1) This course is a further pronunciation practice, including precise pronunciation of words as well as special emphasis on pronunciation and tones of complete sentences.
F0132 Hispanic Art (0/2) This course not only introduces different schools of art in Spanish-speaking countries, but also studies artists in this field and their works through appreciating paintings and videos.
F0141 Introduction to Spanish Literature (0/2) A basic introduction of Spanish literature. 2008 TAMKANG UNIVERSITY CATALOG COLLEGE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES 343
F0241 Spanish Sentence Making Practice (2/2) The content of this course matches with the course of Elemental Spanish Grammar and also is the basic introduction of the course of Spanish Composition I. Students have more opportunities to practice sentence making by the way of absorbing the opinion of grammar.
F0338 Spanish Culture (2/0) This course is a survey of Spanish culture in order to gain a general concept of the language, people's thoughts, arts, society, etc.
F0475 Spanish for Diplomacy and Politics (0/2) Improve the student's international concept about the relationship between Taiwan and other countries.
Master's Program A0309 Journalistic Spanish (0/2) A close reading and comparative analysis of the journalistic Spanish.
A0365 Cultures of Spanish Countries (0/2) This course helps students understand social and cultural aspects of Spanish-speaking countries.
F0400 Translation Theory (3/0) This course deals with theory of translation. It is a survey of the major theories of translation and theoretical texts.
F0622 Cultural Subjects of Hispanic Countries (3/0) This course introduce a closer analysis on cultural aspects of Spanish-speaking countries.
F0623 Methodology of Cultural Investigation (3/0) This course is designed to help students familiarize themselves with some most fundamental and critical concepts and practices in the field of cultural studies.
F0624 Spanish Contemporary Drama (3/0) This course introduces a few important dramas of contemporary Spain.
F0627 Gradual Interpretation I : Culture & Commerce (3/0) This course encompasses gradual interpretation theory, oral practice, and students reports. Materials focus on cultural and commercial issues.
F0629 Editing of Dictionaries (3/0) This course introduces major concepts, tools, materials and methods on editing dictionaries.
F0630 Movies of Hispanic Countries (3/0) This course is designed to introduce students to major developments of film study, by examining a number of Spanish cinemas of Hispanic Countries.
F0665 Consecutive Interpretation II : Law & Politics (3/0) This course encompasses gradual interpretation theory, oral practice, and students reports. Materials focus on political issues.
F0406 Translation I : Politics & Commerce (0/2) Materials of this course encompass the practice on political and commercial subjects.
F0409 Translation II : Culture (0/2) Materials of this course encompass the practice on cultural 2008 TAMKANG UNIVERSITY CATALOG COLLEGE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE344 S subjects.
F0410 Spanish Literature & Cinema (0/2) The aim of this course is to present the literature works and the tendencies of Spanish modern cinema, with special regards to contemporaneous works, theories and criticisms.
F0411 Contemporary Artistic Movements of Spain (0/2) This course will present the development of artistic movements in Spain and lead to an appraisal of the influence of Spanish modern thinkers.
