Advanced Spanish I

Course Overview

This course is designed as a continuation of Intermediate Spanish II. During this course, the students will put into practice all the grammatical structures learned in previous Spanish classes and will apply them in a more communicative way. The students will acquire a greater proficiency in the Spanish language and an understanding of different Spanish-speaking cultures. They will analyze, compare and contrast cultural information and will read more complex and authentic texts. In each chapter there will be a specific emphasis on using certain grammar structures, but students will continue to use the grammar structures they know. They will gain confidence to engage in conversations about different topics such as immigration, stereotypes, and current events. The students will improve their writing techniques, express themselves in longer and more organized ideas, and will incorporate all the learned grammatical structures. They will critically analyze important topics during discussion and class debates. They will continue the cultural exchanges with students from a Spanish-speaking country and will discuss and compare national and cultural topics with them.