SPANISH- ELEMENTARY

This course develops Spanish language skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. The course is organized around interactive and communicative activities that allows students to build all skills in the most effective way. Class proceedings focus on submerging students in real-world Spanish language. Grammatical structures and vocabulary are also integrated into the learning process in meaningful contexts. Furthermore an important aspect of the course is the cultural knowledge about Spain and Latin America, with a strong emphasis on intercultural communication. This course develops competency in spoken and written Spanish to a standard that enables the student to communicate effectively and confidently with Spanish native speakers and sustain, to some extent, a work or study placement in a Spanish-speaking country. In terms of the CEFR of the Council of Europe, the student can: understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. can deal with most situations likely to arise while traveling in an area where the language is spoken; can produce simple connected text on topics that are familiar or of personal interest; can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans. Prerequisites for this course are Beginners Spanish and/or level A2 CFER equivalency.