SPA 01 — Beginning Spanish
Quarter: Fall
Day(s): Thursdays
Course Format: Live Online (About Formats)
Duration: 9 weeks
Date(s): Oct 5—Dec 7
Time: 5:30—7:35 pm (PT)
Refund Deadline: Oct 7
Units: 2
Tuition: $590
Instructor(s): Maria Cristina Urruela
Limit: 31
Class Recording Available: Yes
Status: Closed
Fall
Date(s)
Oct 5—Dec 7
9 weeks
Refund Date
Oct 7
2 Units
Fees
$590
Instructor(s):
Maria Cristina Urruela
Limit
31
Recording
Yes
Closed
¡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)