Note: A placement exam will be required when you arrive on site.

Low Intermediate

This course is designed for students who have completed or tested out of a minimum of one semester (or two quarters) of college-level Spanish. However, students must take a placement exam to determine the course level into which they will be able to enroll.

Course Description:

Present the basic principles of Spanish phonetics and to help the students to improve their pronunciation of Spanish words. In each class, there will be a theoretical study of the sounds in the Spanish language with a comparision of those in English. The course will conclude with an oral test concentrated on the correct articulation of specific sounds.

Referencias Bibliográficas:

Barrutia, Richard; Schwegler, Richard. Fonética y Fonología Españolas: Teoría y Práctica. John Wiley& Sons, Inc.1982

Teschner, Richard. Camino Oral: Fonética, Fonología y Práctica de los Sonidos del Español. Mc Graw- Hill Companies, 1996