In this course, given mostly in Spanish, students will continue to develop skills in the four areas of listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Spanish. Students will also learn about Spanish culture around the world.
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to: • Handle successfully a limited number of interactive, task-oriented and social situations. • Ask and answer questions, initiate and respond to simple statements and maintain face-to-face conversation although in a highly restricted manner and with some linguistic inaccuracy. • Circumlocute in order to compensate for limited vocabulary. • Narrate in the present and past tense with limited hesitation. • Read consistently with increased understanding of simple connected texts dealing with a variety of basic and social needs. • Write short passages, letters. • Identify similarities and differences in cultural practice and socio-political perspectives of some Latino communities.