This course is intended to develop skills in the areas of listening, reading, writing and speaking in the Spanish language. Mastery of grammatical structure is greatly emphasized through basic communication functions like description, comparison, narration, reactions and recommendations, expression of  preferences and opinions as well as planning for the future.

This course seeks to further develop students’ competency in the use of the English Language. Students will be further familiarized with the basics of English including transition use, shift in verb tense, pronoun agreement, complete and incomplete sentences, parallelism, wordiness, steps of the writing process, topic selection, thesis writing, thesis support, methods of development, and presentation skills. It aims to teach the student to clearly, accurately and concisely express ideas in written and oral forms.

Course Description:

This course continues to develop knowledge and communication skills that will allow students to participate effectively in a range of personal and professional contexts. It also continues to emphasize a command of the English language grammatically, orally and in written form, producing unified, coherent, well-developed essays. Students are expected to further improve their comprehension, writing and analytical skills as well as apply basic communication principles to choices and behaviors. This course also teaches an appreciation for the use of speech as mental and social processes by exposing students to various kinds of writing, allowing them to evaluate and examine the validity and credibility of writing sources. Students are expected to improve their comprehension, writing, and analytical skills. Students taking this course must obtain a grade C to proceed.