Spanish

At the end of the course, the student has an active and passive basic knowledge of the Spanish language. In particular, the student is able to: read, take notes, follow a discussion in Spanish; deal with specialist economic and political language in Spanish-speaking cultures. The linguistic content information is selected according to the CEFR levels for Spanish. The four skills are developed (reading comprehension, writing, speaking, and listening). In this first part of the course, the focus is on the linguistic aspect, which gives the possibility to deepen the required cultural, historical and social issues in the second part. At the end of this course, students reach B1 level.

This course offers a review of A2 level topics and continues on to study the four basic language skills (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) at the B1 level according to the CEFR.

This course improves on all four skills acquired in the previous courses up to Spanish III. It is composed of three parts: 1) oral interactions & grammar; 2) written compositions, and 3) readings.

Required course prerequisite: Low intermediate (A1-A2 on the CEFR) level of Spanish or equivalent.

This course offers a study of the four basic language skills (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) at the A1 to A2 level according to the CEFR.

This extended beginner-level Spanish course develops communicative proficiency at the A1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Students develop listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills while expanding their vocabulary and grammatical foundations. Through practical language activities, students learn to communicate about everyday and academic topics, including personal information, routines, interests, past experiences, future plans, opinions, travel, shopping, food, and daily life.  The course will enable advancement of one level.

This intermediate Spanish course develops communicative proficiency at the B1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Students strengthen listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills while expanding their vocabulary and developing more complex grammatical structures. Through practical language activities, students learn to communicate about familiar academic, professional, social, and cultural topics, express opinions and experiences, and navigate everyday situations in Spanish-speaking contexts. The course also develops cultural awareness through the exploration of Spanish customs, society, media, politics, and contemporary issues.  The course will enable advancement of one level.

This course focuses on language production-- both written and spoken-- at the B2 level according to the CEFR.

This course is designed to provide students who have low intermediate knowledge of the Spanish language with basic reading, listening, speaking and writing skills.  

This course prepares and improves students writing and analytical skills in Spanish in preparation for producing long research papers.It reviews and practices different writing strategies, argumentative transitions, and common stylistic forms in Spanish. Close readings of works from the social sciences and humanities on different topics will also be part of the course. The class will produce original written compositions every day and a longer piece of research writing for their final grade.

This beginner-level Spanish course develops foundational communicative proficiency at the A1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Students develop listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills while building essential vocabulary and basic grammatical structures. Through practical activities, students learn to communicate in simple everyday and academic situations, including introducing themselves, describing people and places, discussing routines and interests, and expressing basic preferences and needs.  The course does not advance a full level but contributes to skill improvement.