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Students will examine the oddities of the present tense in Spanish. Students will review stem-changing verbs and "major" irregular verbs such as "ser," "estar," "ir + a + infinitive verb" and "tener + que + infinitive verb." Variations of the translations of the present tense will be discussed as well as the present progressive tense. This course is strongly recommended for high beginning to intermediate students who need to brush up on these beginning level "power" verbs and expressions.

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Students will study the differences between the two main past tenses. Students will compare and contrast the uses and conjugations of the preterite tense and the imperfect tense. The present subjunctive mood will also be highlighted. Advanced level students will benefit from this grammar course.

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In this practical conversation class, you'll learn new vocabulary for travel and everyday situations in real-life scenarios as you converse with partners, small groups, and the entire class. 

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Learn new vocabulary and put it to use for everyday scenarios. Share, tell, and get acquainted through interviews and discuss topics of interest. Different from the small group conversations offered in the SPA 156 course, this is a class of 20 to 25 students at the high beginning and low intermediate levels. This course is designed to assist students interested in expanding their Spanish conversational skills. Students will also acquire an appreciation for cultures of Spanish-speaking countries. Let's talk!

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Learn new vocabulary and put it to use for everyday scenarios. Share, tell, and get acquainted through interviews and discuss topics of interest. This course is designed to assist students interested in expanding their Spanish conversational skills. Students will also acquire an appreciation for cultures of Spanish-speaking countries. 

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This interactive course enhances the traditional approach to Spanish language fluency through humor, storytelling, and group participation. This course is for high-beginning through intermediate levels. Some previous exposure to Spanish grammar and conversation is required. 

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This small group conversation course introduces students to communication strategies used while building their oral proficiency skills. The course will include practice with structures and vocabulary presented in grammar courses. Students will develop the ability to understand and implement conversational Spanish through the use of vocabulary and idiomatic expressions.

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This small group conversation course introduces students to communication strategies used while building their oral proficiency skills. The course will include practice with structures and vocabulary presented in grammar courses. Students will develop the ability to understand and implement conversational Spanish through the use of vocabulary and idiomatic expressions.

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This course introduces students to communication strategies used while building their oral proficiency skills in a small group situation with a Spanish speaker. The course will include practice with structures and vocabulary presented in grammar courses. Students will develop the ability to understand and implement conversational Spanish through the use of vocabulary and idiomatic expressions. 

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This course is for the student who has knowledge of spoken Spanish and is ready to work on sounding more like a native speaker of Spanish. Transition words, traditional phrases, space fillers, clarification words and expressions will be introduced to help the student towards that end. The course is recommended for students who have had at least one year of college-level Spanish. 

This course is a continuation of SPA 183A: ISSI Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish. This course is for the student who has knowledge of spoken Spanish at the intermediate level and is continuing to work on language skills to sound more like a native speaker of Spanish. Transition words, traditional phrases, space fillers, clarification words and expressions will be reviewed and developed, and new vocabularyand structures will be introduced to help the student towards that end.The course is recommended for students who have had at least one year of college-level Spanish.

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This mini-course focuses on Spanish and English subjunctive usage and structures that replace the subjunctive in informal speech. Areas to be covered include: subjunctive versus indicative tenses, nominal clauses, temporal and conditional clauses, relative clauses and independent clauses.

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This course will focus on the Spanish and English subjunctive mood usage, misuse of the subjunctive, and structures that mandate the subjunctive mood in Spanish at the high advanced to superior levels. 

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This course will provide Spanish pronunciation skills that will help students be better understood and increase their ability to listen and understand the spoken language and increase fluency. It will assist the student in improving written Spanish skills. Topics will include mouth position, vowel sounds, consonant changes, the importance of syllables, stress placement, intonation, and transitioning of words. Practice will include rhythm of the language to more authentically sound like a native speaker. Some English will be used during the course.