- Online
- $600
This interactive online course consolidates your basic understanding of Spanish. Expand your vocabulary and knowledge of Hispanic culture by reading a variety of authentic documents. Grammar topics may include the preterite and the imperfect, object pronouns and uses of ser and estar. Elevate your writing by learning to express your opinion and using more complex structures. Personalized feedback on weekly written assignments assist you in improving your writing skills.
Course outline
At this level you are able to understand the main points of familiar matters, to produce simple texts of personal interest, to describe experiences, to make plans and briefly give reasons for opinions. At this level you will add a more rigorous approach to vocabulary and grammatical structures and expand on the everyday social and cultural situations you have mastered at the Beginner 2 level. You will begin to learn about more about the past as well nuances of the target language such as pronouns, impersonal construction, and correct levels of language to use in various situations.
Learner outcomes
- develop fundamental writing and reading skills that help to improve your Spanish language proficiency
- reflect on cultural issues and apply your Spanish language skills to real-life situations
- communicate across linguistic and cultural boundaries
Course structure
Each course consists of nine units; each unit is to be completed in one week. The units focus on real intercultural topics and review of grammar points. All courses contain a variety of readings from authentic sources, grammar explanations with practice, glossaries, idiomatic expressions, and interactive activities in forums, wikis, and others.
Topics to be covered in this course (Temas):
- El Enigma de Nazca
- La música Latinoamericana
- Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi
- Galápagos: Paraíso de Ecuador
- Las presidentas latinas
- La visión del mundo Maya
- Allende y Benedetti: Literatura Latinoamericana
- El presidente que se parece a su pueblo
- El nacedor
Grammar topics to be covered in this course (Gramatica):
- Los comparativos
- Los pronombres personales y objeto directo e indirecto
- Preposiciones y cuantificadores
- El imperativo
- Participios: usos
- Pretérito indefinido
- Pretérito imperfecto
- Las construcciones impersonales
- Revisión
How am I assessed?
This course is marked complete/incomplete, and is based on your participation. Your instructor provides personalized feedback on the assignments you hand in.
Record of completion
A record of completion will be emailed to students who participate and satisfy the course requirements within two weeks of the course end date. Course completion means 80% attendance and/or 80% completion of mandatory assignments.
Expected effort
Expect to spend three to four hours per week on your course.
Requisites
Spanish Beginner 2 (0055) or equivalent is required for this course.
Technology requirements
You’ll need access to a laptop or desktop computer or tablet, an email account, and internet access and an up-to-date web browser. For real-time classes, you’ll also need access to a video camera and microphone.
One day before the start of your course, we’ll email you instructions for accessing your course in Canvas.
Course format
This course is 100% online and instructor supported. Coursework is done independently and at your own pace within deadlines set by your instructor. Log in anytime to your course to access the lessons as they become available.
Materials will be available in Canvas for three weeks after the course ends, after which time you will no longer be able to access the course.