Focuses on the acquisition of fundamental skills for learning a language. Continuation of first-year courses. Students continue to improve all four skills with a review of grammar through reading and writing exercises. The aim is to increase linguistic proficiency and humanistic understanding of Spanish-speaking people. Strives to improve the student's command of spoken Spanish.
Emphasis is given to comprehension and speaking.
Class size is small enough to permit considerable individual attention. Strives to improve the student's command of written Spanish. Study of grammatical structures and vocabulary is combined with practice in writing compositions. This course examines the work of Twentieth Century Latin American writers and focuses on discussing their aesthetic and sociopolitical concerns. The objective is to develop the students' critical reading and understanding of Latin American culture through its literature.