Marilyn Rivera Ayala
Associate Professor of Spanish
Modern Languages
EMAIL: mriveraayala@bmcc.cuny.edu
Office: S-601C
Office Hours: Wed. (11:00AM- 1:00PM) & Thur. (11-12PM)
Phone: +1 (212) 220-8361
Expertise
Women’s Studies, Gender
Degrees
Courses Taught
- This course is for students who have had no previous background in Spanish. Grammar is taught inductively and simple texts are read. Speaking, reading, and writing are emphasized students who have taken SPN 103 will not receive credit for this course.
Prerequisite: Departmental Placement - In this continuation of Spanish I, grammar, composition and oral comprehension are developed and supplemented by readings or Spanish texts. Students who have taken SPN 107 will not receive credit for this course.
Prerequisite: SPN 105 or Departmental Placement - This is an elementary Spanish course for students who can speak Spanish but have no formal training in the language. Students who have taken SPN 101 and/or SPN 102 will not receive credit for this course.
Prerequisite: Knowledge of spoken Spanish and Departmental Placement - Study in this course includes a review of grammar and reading plus discussion of selected works by modern authors. Self-expression through oral and written reports is emphasized.
Prerequisite: SPN 106 or SPN 121 or departmental approval - This intensive writing course emphasizes comprehension, writing, and analysis of contemporary and classical texts.
Prerequisite: SPN 200 or departmental approval - This course is an in-depth study of the poetry of representative Spanish poets with emphasis on the generation of 1927. Poets studied include Góngora, Bécquer, Machado, Alberti, Lorca, León Felipe, and José A. Goytisolo.
Prerequisite: SPN 300 or any SPN 400 level course (except SPN 476) or departmental approval
