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SPA 01 — Beginning Spanish: Part I

Quarter: Summer
Instructor(s): Maria Cristina Urruela
Duration: 10 sessions
Location: Online
Date(s): Jun 23—Jul 23
Class Recording Available: Yes
Class Meeting Day: Tuesday/Thursday
 
Class Meeting Time: 5:30—7:20 pm (PT)
Please Note: Class schedule: 5 Tuesdays, June 23, June 30, July 7, July 14, July 21, 5:30 – 7:20 pm (PT); 5 Thursdays, June 25, July 2, July 9, July 16, July 23, 5:30 – 7:20 pm (PT)
Tuition: $575
   
Refund Deadline: Jun 24
 
Unit(s): 2
   
Enrollment Limit: 30
  
Status: Registration opens May 18, 8:30 am (PT)
 
Quarter: Summer
Day: Tuesday/Thursday
Duration: 10 sessions
Time: 5:30—7:20 pm (PT)
Date(s): Jun 23—Jul 23
Unit(s): 2
Location: Online
 
Tuition: $575
 
Refund Deadline: Jun 24
 
Instructor(s): Maria Cristina Urruela
 
Enrollment Limit: 30
 
Recording Available: Yes
 
Status: Registration opens May 18, 8:30 am (PT)
 
Please Note: Class schedule: 5 Tuesdays, June 23, June 30, July 7, July 14, July 21, 5:30 – 7:20 pm (PT); 5 Thursdays, June 25, July 2, July 9, July 16, July 23, 5:30 – 7:20 pm (PT)
 
¡Es hora de aprender español! Whether for business or pleasure, travel abroad, or a trip to the local market, millions of Americans have found Spanish so useful that it has become the nation’s most popularly studied second language. This course is designed to help build oral proficiency and comprehension and to foster an understanding of the Spanish-speaking world and its language and cultures, focusing on practical communication in a high-energy yet reassuring environment. By the end of the course, students will be able to converse on a basic level, talk about themselves and their likes and dislikes, and ask others about themselves.

This is the first course in a four-course sequence. Part II will be offered in Winter 2027, Part III will be offered in Summer 2027, and Part IV will be offered in Fall 2027. Students may enroll without intending to complete the full sequence.

MARIA CRISTINA URRUELA
Former Lecturer in Spanish, Stanford

María Cristina Urruela specializes in 19th-century Iberian Peninsula literature and taught Spanish at Stanford for many years. Her translations of short stories by Emilia Pardo Bazán and María del Pilar Sinués de Marco have been published by the Modern Language Association, and Cultural Legacies of Slavery in Modern Spain contains several essays translated by Urruela. She is a certified bilingual museum engagement guide for the Stanford Cantor Arts Center and the Anderson Collection. She received a PhD from the University of Texas.