Entre tu y yo, the textbook for the course, contains articles, essays, exercises, and classroom activities relating to diverse topics of the Spanish-speaking world, ranging from university life to entertainment and politics. Whether you take Elementary Conversation to complement another first-year Spanish course or to sharpen your conversational skills for your next trip to Oaxaca or Barcelona, this class will help you improve your conversational skills. The focus here is on topics beyond everyday needs, such as politics, current events, and the arts, as well as more complex sociolinguistic functions such as telling a story or presenting an opinion. The main objectives of Spanish 15 are to stimulate spontaneous conversation among participants, increase vocabulary, incorporate colloquial expressions, and broaden students' knowledge of the culture of Spanish-speaking countries. For this purpose, a variety of materials are used, including both literary and non-literary texts.
Activities focus on contemporary topics and films.
Spanish 100 aims to help students gain increased confidence and fluency in both formal and informal Spanish. You will expand your vocabulary as you discuss contemporary issues related to the Spanish-speaking world, read news articles, view documentary and feature films, and participate in lively discusssions, oral presentations and class debates. Class participants, along with their instructor, choose the course content. This course is ideal for students preparing to travel in Spanish-speaking countries as well as those who have returned from abroad and wish to maintain their level of fluency. Intermediate Spanish for Home Background Learners.