Lower Intermediate Spanish Speaking & Writing Skills

Students will learn to understand the main idea and some essential details of conversations among native Spanish speakers about subjects familiar to the student. The course will review public announcements and media news briefs. Students will learn to express themselves in simple tenses and to convey general opinions about familiar topics. Students will practice speaking in the past tense (referring to a specific moment in time, referring to an amount of time, relating two occurrences in the past, talking about habits and their frequency in relation to the present, and describing events). Students will also learn to express opinions, speak about the future and recount statements.