Grammatical precision is secondary to communication.
To develop students' ability to impart meaningful information via written Spanish at a basic level. Grammatical precision will receive greater emphasis than in oral language, although it will still be considered less crucial than the communication of information. To develop students' ability to understand and report on basic readings in Spanish. To increase the students' proficiency in skills relating to the nine University Studies objectives, particularly those relevant to oral and written expression, seeking and using information, making informed aesthetic judgments, cultural awareness, and, of course, critical thinking. Dos mundos , Terrell, et al.