This course will provide you basic training in spoken and written Spanish, oral practice for various everyday situations and essential grammatical structures. It also gives more extended information about Spanish speaking countries, their society and culture. During this course you will open the gate to one of the largest cultures in the world: The Spanish speaking people.

CILO-1: Master the previously studied grammar points, expanded the basic intuitions on the Spanish morphology and syntax and reviewed and fixed already learnt basic grammar patterns. CILO-2: Master the Spanish sounds and confidently pronounce them in a way that other Spanish speakers will be able to understand. CILO-3: Have learned a core active vocabulary of Spanish of over 500 words. CILO-4: Have improved the skills to make accurate predictions on the meaning of words and sentences through the context or their cognates in other languages known thus expanding the passive vocabulary. CILO-5: Demonstrate how to interactively communicate in a wide number of social situations with the appropriate awareness of the pragmatic rules involved. CILO-6: Know how to write compositions in Spanish (description, informal letter form).