acquisition of communicative competence involving oral/aural and
reading/writing skills commensurate with course type and length;
acquisition, at the same time, of the metalanguage/metadiscourse required
for an understanding of the phonetics, sentence structure, intonation patterns
and communicative discourse patterns of Spanish (as commensurate with course
type and length) - this will promote autonomous language-learning and research
skills;
acquisition, at more advanced levels, and in conjunction with general
language courses, of Spanish-specific professional communication skills and an
understanding of Spanish and Latin American discourse diversity and problems of
intercultural communication;
acquisition, at more advanced levels, of skills necessary to translate
and interpret into and from English and Spanish;
exposure to the varieties of language in Spain and Latin America;
a developing appreciation and understanding of Spanish social and
cultural identity.
