Prerequisite: Spanish Conversation Level 3

Overall Goals:

1. Provide students with a better understanding of Spanish basics and how to deal effectively with familiar everyday situations, with the vocabulary, grammatical structures and language functions necessary for communicating accurately and fluently in various contexts.
2. Develop students’ listening, speaking, reading and writing skills through various communicative activities focusing on travel, culture and customs, and socializing.

Intended Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Record past, present and future events as well as express opinions and preferences in a positive or negative way and in an argumentative manner.
• Feel at ease making an appointment, complaint, offer and receive advice and present excuses in Spanish.

Methodology:

• Vocabulary activities
• Modelling and practising short conversations
• Pair and group activities
• Pronunciation activities
• Listening activities (listening for gist and for specific information)
• Reading activities (skimming and scanning tasks)
• Grammar activities and games

Required Material:

• Book:

E-Book

Title: Encuentros ¡El español para tí! Libro de aprendizaje 2 (2.a edición) — (For Levels 3 & 4) ISBN : 216 990 (Web 2 years)

Author : Norma Emma López Alvarado

Price : Approximately $ 19.51

Available at : Les Éditions CEC

OR
Hardcover Book

Title : Encuentros Cahier d’apprentissage 2, 2e Éd., version papier + Accès étudiants ISBN : 978-2761790918 Web 2 ans

Author : Norma Emma López Alvarado

Price : Approximately $ 27.95

Available at : Dawson’s Bookstore

***Students may choose to purchase either an e-book or a hardcover book, not both.

***Purchase should only be made after the first class.