Spanish

This course offers an introduction to the literature of the "Silver Age" of Spanish culture and the literary production within the European socio-historical and artistic framework. It explores the general processes of creation, reception, and dissemination of literary production during the Silver Age. This course also discusses the main literary genres of this period including authors and their works. 

Pre-requisites: It is recommended that exchange students taking the course who are not native or bilingual speakers have at least a C1 level of Spanish. 

This course is for students with an intermediate and advanced Spanish level. It is built upon the communicative method. It seeks that the student improves their linguistic competence, broaden their vocabulary, use different speech styles (from informal to formal) for the communication, and improve their oral and written production. At the same time, it provides the skills for writing different texts formats correctly. 

This course is for absolute beginners or for students who have no substantial prior knowledge of Spanish. It focuses on the basic vocabulary and grammar necessary to introduce and talk about yourself and other people, and communicate successfully in simple everyday situations, both by speaking and in writing. It also introduces elements of the history, society and culture of the Spanish-speaking countries.

This course provides a study of the concepts and methods of analysis of pragmatic theories applied to the Spanish language. It examines the relationship between the use of language and human interactions. Topics include: the place of pragmatics within linguistic disciplines; linguistic meaning and pragmatic interpretation; implication, presupposition, and implicatures; speech, conversational maxims, and the principle of relevance; speech and sentence modalities; speech and intersentential relations; sentence adverbials; reference mechanisms in Spanish; theories of linguistic politeness; pragmatic approaches to metaphor and irony. 

The course is designed to strengthen communication skills in Spanish through grammar, vocabulary, and cultural topics. Students learn to describe people and places, narrate past events, make comparisons, express opinions, and talk about future plans and possibilities.

This course is designed to develop basic language skills for effective communication in everyday situations. Students learn to introduce themselves, talk about daily routines, and describe their immediate surroundings. Emphasis is placed on real-life communication, including expressing opinions and preferences, discussing current actions, and talking about future plans and projects. Through speaking and writing exercises, students gain confidence in using the language in practical, everyday contexts.

A survey of major 20th-century Latin American literary movements and authors, from the avant-garde to magical realism. Topics include: poetic innovation, social commitment, identity, and the evolution of narrative through writers like Huidobro, Vallejo, Neruda, Borges, and Carpentier.

This course is designed to strengthen and refine all four core language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students expand their ability to communicate effectively in a variety of contexts, including discussing present and past events, expressing desires and wishes for the future, and reacting to others. The course also emphasizes the development of argumentative and persuasive language, enabling students to express opinions, agree or disagree, and structure discourse logically. Additional focus areas include describing people and objects, giving instructions and advice, expressing emotions, and preferences.

This course develops Spanish communication skills through integrated practice in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Students refine grammatical accuracy and expand vocabulary to express opinions, compare ideas, describe experiences, and discuss abstract and cultural topics.

This course strengthens the four language skills to effectively use Spanish as a means of communication. Students interact in complex communicative situations, distinguishing between different linguistic registers, and deepen their understanding of the cultural and linguistic diversity of each Spanish-speaking country. This course is at the C1 level.