Course Description:

Bienvenido! Welcome! Learning a second language can be challenging, but the rewards are endless. Understanding Spanish plays an important role in your growth as a global citizen and opens international doors or you. Imagine having the knowledge and confidence to travel speaking one of the most predominant languages in the world!

Instructional Methods:

Variety is the key! If it’s fun and it helps the learning we’ll be doing it. We will use CD’s, videos, and written information, and of course everyone’s favorite: games! Activities will start simple and gradually move to real-life tasks, as you get comfortable with the pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar. At the same time you’ll develop strategies to help the learning along, one of them being, getting used to hearing the teacher speak Spanish.

Learning Outcomes:

The content of the course will be presented in such a way as to help students develop a number of Spanish language skills. These include:

• Listening comprehension (e.g., audio conversations, videos, Spanish instructions).
• Oral production (small and large group conversation, repeated grammar and vocabulary exercises).
• Reading comprehension (decoding unfamiliar vocabulary, responding to Spanish text, reading aloud).
• Written production (formulation of simple phrases, presentation of basic linguistic elements).