September Heritage Literacy Courses
Our online Heritage Literacy courses help heritage learners strengthen their reading and writing skills, jump-start their readiness for Intermediate or Advanced sequences, and fast-track their language proficiency to advanced and professional levels.
If you’re a heritage language learner—someone who was raised in a home where a language other than English was spoken, and/or has a personal, family, or community connection to the language but received the majority of their formal education in English—there’s a good chance your speaking and listening skills are stronger than your reading and writing skills. Our intensive, interactive, online September Heritage courses fill these gaps by focusing on foundational literacy skills and helping students build upon the language abilities they already possess.
These courses satisfy the College Language Competency Requirement. We strongly encourage students to continue studying the language to advance their language proficiency. After additional study, students may be eligible to take Foreign Language Proficiency Certification assessments.
Course offerings in September 2023
CHIN 11400 - Heritage Chinese: Developing Foundational Skills
This intensive, online course is designed to build on heritage learners’ literacy skills to prepare them for success in courses offered during the academic year. Skill areas include in-depth practice in reading and writing, along with review and expansion of targeted grammar structures, development of precision in vocabulary as well as practice writing and typing Chinese characters. Students can expect to do 25-30 hours of asynchronous work each week, in addition to weekly synchronous meetings.
Designed for heritage speakers who placed into CHIN 10300 or did not place into the Chinese heritage sequence (CHIN 11100).
After this course: Students who complete CHIN 11400 are eligible to take CHIN 22100 (second-year Chinese heritage) in the Autumn quarter. CHIN 11400 satisfies the College Language Competency Requirement.
SPAN 10402- Heritage Spanish: Developing Foundational Skills
This intensive, online course is designed to build on heritage learners’ literacy skills to prepare them for success in courses offered during the academic year. Skill areas include in-depth practice in reading and writing, along with review and expansion of targeted grammar structures, and development of precision in vocabulary. Students can expect to do 25-30 hours of asynchronous work each week, in addition to weekly synchronous meetings.
Designed for heritage speakers who placed into SPAN 10200 or 10300, did not place into the Spanish heritage sequence (SPAN 20102 or higher), or have not studied Spanish formally.
After this course: Students who complete SPAN 10402 may be eligible to take SPAN 20102 or SPAN 20302, depending on their performance. SPAN 10402 satisfies the College Language Competency Requirement.
Registration
This page is intended to help promote the pedagogical benefits of these courses, but questions about course details should be sent to summersession@uchicago.edu (after viewing the information on their website).