SPA 01 — Beginning Spanish
Quarter: Summer
Day(s): Mon/Wed
Course Format: Live Online (About Formats)
Duration: 10 sessions
Date(s): Jun 26—Jul 31
Time: 5:30—7:20 pm (PT)
Refund Deadline: Jun 27
Units: 2
Tuition: $530
Instructor(s): Maria Cristina Urruela
Limit: 30
Class Recording Available: No
Status: Open
Please Note: Class schedule: 5 Mondays, June 26, No class on July 3, July 10, July 17, July 24, and July 31, 5:30 – 7:20 pm (PT); 5 Wednesdays, June 28, July 5, July 12, July 19, and July 26, 5:30 – 7:20 pm (PT)
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Summer
Date(s)
Jun 26—Jul 31
10 sessions
Refund Date
Jun 27
2 Units
Fees
$530
Instructor(s):
Maria Cristina Urruela
Limit
30
Recording
No
Open
Please Note: Class schedule: 5 Mondays, June 26, No class on July 3, July 10, July 17, July 24, and July 31, 5:30 – 7:20 pm (PT); 5 Wednesdays, June 28, July 5, July 12, July 19, and July 26, 5:30 – 7:20 pm (PT)
DOWNLOAD THE SYLLABUS »
(subject to change)
¡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.
MARIA CRISTINA URRUELA
Lecturer in Spanish, Stanford
María Cristina Urruela specializes in 19th-century Iberian Peninsula literature and has taught at Harvard, Middlebury, Texas A&M International, and Stanford since receiving a PhD from the University of Texas. Her translations of short stories by Emilia Pardo Bazán and María del Pilar Sinués de Marco have been published by the Modern Language Association. Textbooks for this course:
(Required) José A. Blano, Adelante 1, 3rd edition (ISBN 978-1543309041)