IES Abroad | Study Abroad
Published on IES Abroad | Study Abroad (http://www.iesabroad.org)

Home > Intermediate Intensive Spanish

Intermediate Intensive Spanish

Center: 
Quito
Program(s): 
Quito and Galápagos Islands Summer - Environmental Studies
Discipline(s): 
Spanish
Course code: 
SP 310
Terms offered: 
Summer
Credits: 
3
Language of instruction: 
Spanish
Instructor: 
USFQ Instructor
Description: 

This course is taught at Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ). Review of the fundamental principles of grammar. Reading and analysis of more complex texts, aural/oral exercises based on current events and everyday situations. Students will improve oral and written comprehension and communication.

Prerequisites: 

Placement exam

Method of presentation: 

Short grammar explanations, class discussion, group work, and activities. Students complete exercises and writing assignments outside of class.

Required work and form of assessment: 

Attendance and participation are mandatory. Final grades are determined by the following:

  • Participation (20%)
  • Homework (20%)
  • Short quizzes (20%)
  • Mid-term exam (20%)
  • Final exam (20%)
content: 
  • Review of verb tenses.
  • Express more complex opinions in broader texts.
  • Improve listening comprehension through listening exercises.
  • Past tense indicative – indefinite, imperfect, perfect, and pluscumperfect.
  • Future and conditional.
  • The imperative.
  • Verbs of obligation plus infinitive.
  • Present subjunctive.
  • Indirect style.
  • Giving advice – present subjunctive, present indicative, conditional.
  • Direct and indirect object pronouns.
  • Improve use of vocabulary and more complex idiomatic expressions through readings, listening exercises, and other activities.
  • Report situations in daily life.
  • Write compositions and essays utilizing new grammatical structures.
  • Learn vocabulary and expressions unique to Ecuadorian Spanish.
Required readings: 
  • Course packet: Curso de Español para Extranjeros, Español Intermedio.
  • Newspaper articles, audio exercises, and other materials as determined by the instructor.

Source URL: http://www.iesabroad.org/study-abroad/courses/quito/summer-2013/sp-310