Spanish Language Courses
Learn the fundamentals of the Spanish language in this beginner-level course. Learn basic vocabulary, phrases, and grammatical structures to start your Spanish learning journey.
Continue improving your Spanish language skills in this intermediate-level course. Learn intermediate vocabulary, grammar, reading, writing, and conversational skills. To take this course, students should have prior experience with the language and should be comfortable conjugating the present tense of regular and irregular verbs. (T)
This noncredit course is coenrolled with credit SPAN 101. Foundational Spanish I covers the fundamentals of how to form and respond to basic sentences in the present tense, including word order, noun-adjective agreement, direct object pronouns, verbs in the present tense (regular, irregular, and reflexive), possession, and question and answer formation. It covers the topics of greetings, daily and university life, activities, family, travel, weather, locations, daily routines, and expressing preferences and opinions. You will learn to tell the time, day, and date; describe people and places; make basic future plans; and discuss activities, travel, and weather. All coenrolled language classes include regular homework, assessments, pass/fail grades, and a lab component. (T)
This noncredit course is coenrolled with credit SPAN 101. Foundational Spanish I covers the fundamentals of how to form and respond to basic sentences in the present tense, including word order, noun-adjective agreement, direct object pronouns, verbs in the present tense (regular, irregular, and reflexive), possession, and question and answer formation. It covers the topics of greetings, daily and university life, activities, family, travel, weather, locations, daily routines, and expressing preferences and opinions. You will learn to tell the time, day, and date; describe people and places; make basic future plans; and discuss activities, travel, and weather. All coenrolled language classes include regular homework, assessments, pass/fail grades, and a lab component. (T)
This noncredit course is coenrolled with credit SPAN 102. Foundational Spanish II expands on the fundamentals of sentence formation, expands into the past tense, and includes grammatical topics such as reflexive verbs and pronouns (review from 101), indirect object pronouns, prepositions, the use of the double negative, the use of the verbs saber and conocer, comparisons, superlative, and the two aspects of the past tense: the preterite and imperfect. It covers the topics of clothing and shopping, food, celebrations, and health You will learn to discuss morning and evening routines, express where things are in relation to each other, describe who and what you know, describe places and events in a community, discuss and describe events in the past, and say what is done for whom. All coenrolled language classes include regular homework, assessments, pass/fail grades, and a lab component. (T)
This noncredit course is coenrolled with credit SPAN 102. Foundational Spanish II expands on the fundamentals of sentence formation, expands into the past tense, and includes grammatical topics such as reflexive verbs and pronouns (review from 101), indirect object pronouns, prepositions, the use of the double negative, the use of the verbs saber and conocer, comparisons, superlative, and the two aspects of the past tense: the preterite and imperfect. It covers the topics of clothing and shopping, food, celebrations, and health You will learn to discuss morning and evening routines, express where things are in relation to each other, describe who and what you know, describe places and events in a community, discuss and describe events in the past, and say what is done for whom. All coenrolled language classes include regular homework, assessments, pass/fail grades, and a lab component. (T)
This noncredit course is coenrolled with credit SPAN 201. Intermediate Spanish I expands beyond the fundamentals into an intermediate level. It reviews the past tense and broadens the ability to narrate about events in the past and present in more length and detail. It adds in how to express what you have done over a period of time and what had happened further in the past. It also shows how to show influence on others through the use of commands and the subjunctive. It covers the present and past perfect; commands (imperative); introduces the subjunctive mood in the present and present perfect tenses; and includes a review of the uses of the preterite and imperfect (two aspects of the past tense). Topics include the household and chores, the use of technology, the environment and conservation, and health and well-being. All coenrolled language classes include regular homework, assessments, pass/fail grades, and a lab component. (T)
This noncredit course is coenrolled with credit SPAN 202. Intermediate Spanish II continues to expand beyond the fundamentals into more intricate topics at the intermediate level. It also uses some authentic short stories, poems, or other short readings and some short films appropriate to the intermediate level. It focuses on showing influence, hopes, wishes, doubt, existence, and opinions in a variety of time periods. This course focuses on the subjunctive and its many uses and meanings in the present, past, and future, as well as the future and conditional. All coenrolled language classes include regular homework, assessments, pass/fail grades, and a lab component. (T)
This noncredit course is coenrolled with credit SPAN 202. Intermediate Spanish II continues to expand beyond the fundamentals into more intricate topics at the intermediate level. It also uses some authentic short stories, poems, or other short readings and some short films appropriate to the intermediate level. It focuses on showing influence, hopes, wishes, doubt, existence, and opinions in a variety of time periods. This course focuses on the subjunctive and its many uses and meanings in the present, past, and future, as well as the future and conditional. All coenrolled language classes include regular homework, assessments, pass/fail grades, and a lab component. (T)
In order to refine their ability to communicate at the advanced intermediate level, learners apply four language skills - listening, speaking, writing, and reading - by exchanging, interpreting, and presenting information in multiple tenses and contexts. Learners deepen the comparisons of Spanish-speaking cultures, practices, perspectives, and artifacts to students’ own cultures; connect the Spanish language to other relevant disciplines; and expand their use of the Spanish language outside of the classroom in a variety of contexts. Content and supporting language structures and vocabulary will be theme-based, with outcomes measured in a variety of ways, including task-based activities that support effective communication around a theme. There is a required textbook for this course, which you can purchase at HowardCC.SlingshotEdu.com.