This course continues the systematic study of Spanish grammar and vocabulary focusing on four basic skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. It prepares students to hold conversations on contemporary topics and to deal with the necessities of daily life.
Structures to be introduced and practiced include the past tenses of the indicative, the present subjunctive, the conditional, the imperative, impersonal forms, indirect speech, and idioms that are used in everyday situations. In the context of language acquisition, the rich culture of the Hispanic world (Spanish and Latin American) is studied using music, media articles, and YouTube videos on topics related to contemporary life. This is the first part of the intermediate Spanish level, which continues with SPANISH 201. This course is equivalent to B1 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.