SPANISH

Spanish Language and Culture 10, 20, 30 Spanish is the official language of 21 different countries and one of the top four most spoken languages worldwide, with over 400 million native speakers, including many tropical and affordable tourist destinations. Spanish is one of the most popular and useful languages to learn! Spanish Language and Culture 10 is a five credit course designed for students with little or no previous experience in Spanish. Students will develop basic communicative skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening through a variety of relevant and meaningful activities, including dialogues, video clips, written exercises and authentic texts. Students will communicate both by written and oral means about their personal interests, family and friends, school, sports and hobbies. Students will be able to express themselves, in the past, present and future tense and learn about a variety of Spanish customs and traditions, such as Day of the Dead, Christmas, Easter and Cinco de Mayo. Spanish Language and Culture 20 and 30 are each five credit courses that continue with the Spanish cultural and linguistic experience through in-depth grammar concepts and vocabulary topics including shopping, food, travel, music, the environment, the human body, the world of work and myths and legends.