La Causerie Française

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