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

Intermediate

This course is designed for students who have completed or tested out of a minimum of two semesters (or three 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.

Daily classwork will consist of the following exercises that measure specific skills:

READING

This exercise will measure the capacity for:

Pronunciation
Intonation
Fluidity and speed of oral expression

COMPREHENSION OF TEXTS

This exercise will involve:

Substitution: saying it using different words or a different verb tense
Synonyms and antonyms
Explanation of semantic fields, of unknown/key words, etc.
Correct grammatical construction: explaining the significance of the paragraph

DISCUSSION

Establishment of an individual and collective debate about the content of the text. Suggestions for parallel and related ideas dealing with the text. This debate about the content could include questions related to:

Style
Ideology
Opinion
Personal judgements concerning morals, aesthetics, etc.