SPA 420 - Spanish Conversation 2

Course Description

Improve your speaking and listening skills in this low-intermediate Spanish conversation class. You will continue to build conversational strategies, improve listening comprehension, reinforce grammar skills, and build vocabulary and common expressions through activities which may include discussions, oral presentations, interviews, and role-playing.

Course Details

By completion of this course, successful students will be able to increase their Spanish communication skills by:

• Reinforcing and practicing the vocabulary and grammar already covered in previous Spanish courses, especially levels 5 and 6

• Expanding your vocabulary with the use of new common phrases, idioms and expressions through readings, class work, and assignments

• Improving fluency and comprehension through speaking drills and readings

• Using different topics related to everyday life to gain a better grasp of the Spanish language

• Developing a solid understanding of grammatical structures through contextual reading or “learning through reading” 

Proficiencies

Students should have good knowledge of the present tenses (present indicative and present progressive), past tenses (preterit and imperfect), the present subjunctive, the past and present perfect, the future and the conditional (chapters 1-15 in Como se Dice).

Applies Towards the Following Program(s)

• Spanish Language and Culture Certificate - Level 2 : Core Courses