Early Registration (5/1-6/3): $420

Reg. Registration (6/4-8/14): $440

Late Registration (8/15-9/30):$460

Fridays 11:30am-12:55pm

Class Description: 

This grammar course is for students who have been introduced to the Spanish language but are still at a beginning level. Typically, students should have completed Spanish 1 at La Causerie or have taken several years of high-school Spanish, a couple of semesters of college Spanish, or have had an equivalent life experience (lived abroad, etc.) that gives them some pronunciation skills and a basic foundation of vocabulary.

Course Objective: Completion of the following chapters and topics.

Preface: 

Pronunciation

Alphabet

Greetings and Salutations

Topics:

The Indirect Object

The Direct Object

Reflexive Verbs

The Preterit Tense

The Imperfect Tense

Ser and Estar and the Present Tense

Ser and Estar in the Preterit and Imperfect Tenses

The Present Progressive Tense

The Past Progressive Tenses

Instruction: The instructor will use English for grammatical explanations, will incorporate Spanish into drills and other exercises, and will assign homework. 

Prerequisite: Knowledge of the material covered in Spanish 1.

Book/Materials: 

For Friday class: 

Complete Spanish Step-By-Step, 2nd edition, by Barbara Bregstein, ISBN 9781260463132

Early Registration (5/1-6/3): $420

Reg. Registration (6/4-8/14): $440

Late Registration (8/15-9/30):$460

Fridays 11:30am-12:55

Class Description: 

This is an advanced level conversation course that is conducted entirely in Spanish, including any grammatical explanations. Students should be prepared to speak only in Spanish. The focus in this course shifts from being understood to communicating with precision: choosing the right words, expressing nuance, and engaging with complex ideas as they arise spontaneously in discussion.

Topics are open-ended and may include current events, ethical questions, and cultural and historical themes. This course will develop the student's ability to speak and write at length.Students may be assigned to prepare presentations for class or to peer-edit other students' writing.

Is this course right for you? Are you comfortable telling a story about something that happened to you? Can you maintain a spontaneous conversation that moves between past, present, and future? Can you follow a podcast in Spanish without subtitles? If so, then Spanish 6 will give you the challenge you're looking for.

Books/Materials: Punto y Aparte (2nd edition, ISBN 978-0072496420, or 3rd edition, ISBN 978-0073124483)

Early Registration (5/1-6/3): $285

Reg. Registration (6/4-8/14): $300

Late Registration (8/15-9/30):$315

Day time:Fridays 1:30pm-2:30pm on Zoom

Class Description: This intermediate Spanish conversation course is aimed at furthering the development of students’ oral and listening skills through the discussion of topics presented by a carefully selected series of simple YouTube videos in Spanish that inspire discussion and analysis of the topics. Topics will come from a variety of authors and countries. The instructor will also use the book Stories: Buenas Noches para Niñas Rebeldes for reading and discussion.

Prerequisite: Completion of Spanish 1-3 or equivalent knowledge.  This intermediate Spanish conversation course is designed and intended for students with good grammatical backgrounds but with limited listening and speaking abilities. We request that advanced students NOT take this course so that the instructor can adjust the vocabulary and speed of the language used in the class to levels appropriate for students who are striving to develop basic listening and speaking skills.

Instruction: The instructor will conduct the class in Spanish. Often, grammatical and usage points come up during discussions, and the instructor may from time to time incorporate brief grammatical explanations in English into the conversation, but this is not a grammar class, and the focus will be on refining verbal-communication skills in Spanish.

Book/Materials: Cuentos de buenas noches para niñas rebeldes 2, by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo, ISBN 978-8408183259