OLLI5010 - Spanish Short Stories [In-person at TUCC]

Course Description

Spanish Short Stories 

Instructor: Phyllis Bailey 

Day of Week: Thursday 

Dates: June 5 - July 24 (8 sessions) 

Time: 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. 

Location: In-person at TUCC 

*Please note that students must have two years of Spanish from OLLI or another educational institution. This course is conducted entirely in Spanish. The class will begin with a Q&A session covering both local and international news, as well as personal information. Students will then read and discuss a short story from El Cuento Hispánico, edited by Edward J. Mullen and John F. Garganigo (McGraw Hill, any edition), or from the Internet. Next, the class will discuss an episode of Destinos, an audiovisual series about the Castillo family, which can be accessed online. The class will also search the internet for up-to-date information about a selected Spanish-speaking country. Additionally, students will engage with Noche Oscura en Lima, a graded Spanish reader available online, and Al Día, a Spanish newspaper published weekly in Philadelphia. 

Maximum: 20 - Wait List

Instructor Bio: Phyllis Bailey holds a BA in Spanish from the University of Kentucky and an MS in education administration from the University of Pennsylvania. She served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Brazil and as an exchange teacher in Puerto Rico. Bailey taught Spanish for 33 years and was department chair of the World Language Department at Central High School. She also taught algebra and ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages). Bailey has studied in Mexico, Spain, and France and has traveled ext

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