| A communicative course
designed to serve those students who seek to develop basic conversational
skills in Spanish. It presents everyday situations that students
may encounter when traveling or living in Spanish-speaking countries
and when dealing with Spanish-speaking people.
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The Spanish language school introduces essential vocabulary and provide
students with opportunities to apply it, in a wide variety of
practical contexts.
All Basic to Intermediate
Points of Spanish Grammar
This program presents points of Spanish grammar
to students or professionals seeking a working knowledge of Spanish.
Grammatical structures and high-frequency vocabulary that are
indispensable for communication are presented clearly and concisely
and reinforced through a variety of practice exercises.
Communicative Based Grammar
Review for Intermediate Through Advanced Students
In this course the Spanish language school aims to provide a systematic
presentation of grammar points together with sufficient back-up
practice to ensure that the points are adequately reinforced.
Comprehensive Grammar
Review
This course has been designed to provide intermediate
through advanced learners of Spanish with a powerful tool for
review and progress in Spanish. The Spanish language school introduces clear, concise,
and well-organized grammar explanations with examples that reflect
everyday usage, most often in the format of conversational exchanges.
These presentations of structure are easy to understand and the
examples encourage readers to see the study of grammar as a stepping
stone to communication.
Writing
This course has been designed primarily for advanced
composition or composition/conversation learners, it offers an
innovative process-based approach to develop students' writing
skills in Spanish. The goal is that of fostering students' critical
reflection and self-correction, thus increasing their independence
in the craft of writing. Students will increase their proficiency
through constant guided practice at progressively more complex
tasks.
Conversation
This conversation course offers an array of lively,
communicative pair and small-group activities specifically designed
to develop speaking and listening skills and to facilitate student
interaction. The program easily motivates students to use language
creatively through engaging student-centered role-plays, conversation
starters, problem-solving tasks, and content-based activities.
Throughout, students practice key language functions such as persuading,
obtaining information, responding to requests, expressing preferences,
and giving commands. Numerous authentic documents, photographs,
illustrations, and readings throughout the text provide points
of departure for discussion, debate, and cross-cultural comparison.
Introduction to the Appreciation
of Authentic Literary Pieces
This course is designed to help intermediate
students make the transition from highly controlled materials
used at the elementary levels of language instruction to the appreciation
of authentic literary works. It contains 22 short stories, written
primarily in the twentieth century. The authors of these stories
represent Spain and Latin America, as well as the Hispanic presence
in the United States.
Historia de Hispanoamérica
In this course the Spanish language school examines the Spanish-speaking
countries of Latin America from their early history to the present.
Historical events are presented in chronological order, and as
each period unfolds, detailed coverage is also given to achievements
in literature and the arts. Chapters covering contemporary history
take into account all the major events that have shaken the continent
in its struggle for development, including the Mexican and Cuban
revolutions and the Central American conflict of recent years.
Literatura Hispanoamericana
This course introduces a rich collection of original
literary works from the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America
to students of Spanish. This anthology is meant to be representational
and not exhaustive. Many distinguished authors deserving inclusion
were omitted due to limitations imposed upon courses of this nature.
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