Course Offerings for the 2024 University Spanish Program in Buenos Aires, Argentina
BEGINNER SPANISH CLASS I
Objetives Students will acquire basic knowledge of the Spanish language enabling them to: Provide personal data and information in real life situations (labor interview, medical interview, admissions to courses, etc.) Manage in everyday situations (finding spaces and locating people, buying and selling, expressing likes and dislikes) Understand and actively participate in conversations about simple topics (food, the city, the time, the weather, the house, clothes, family relations) Express relatively simple situations, both orally and in writing. Content Functions Introducing himself and others Interchanging personal information Speaking of and describing his or her family Giving simple instructions Identifying objects Describing places Interchanging place information Asking and telling the name Making future plans Grammar Phonetics Personal pronouns, possessive adjectives Regular and Irregular verbs in the Present Mood “Estar” + adjectives “Estar” + gerunds Direct and indirect object pronouns Infinitive and Gerund expressions Going to Future Number and Gender Articles The introduction of the imperative Hace” + the weather The verb “haber”: hay -there is- Prepositions for verbs of movement and place The introduction of reflexive verbs “Tener” + que Ej.: tener frío to be as in –to be cold-
US Credits: 3-4 US Credits
ECTS Credits: 6-8 ECTS CREDITS
Class Hours: 70
Category: INTENSIVE SPANISH COURSES
BEGINNER SPANISH CLASS II
Objetives Students will acquire basic knowledge of the Spanish language enabling them to: Provide personal data and information in real life situations (labor interview, medical interview, admissions to courses, etc.) Manage in everyday situations (finding spaces and locating people, buying and selling, expressing likes and dislikes) Understand and actively participate in conversations about simple topics (food, the city, the time, the weather, the house, clothes, family relations) Express relatively simple situations, both orally and in writing. Content Functions Describing people Speaking in detail about habitual actions Showing interest in the actions of others Criticizing and making compliments Retelling specific facts in the past Grammar Qualifying adjectives, superlatives, direct object, qué y cuál –what and which Verbs in the present tense Regular Perfect Preterit Irregular verbs in the Perfect Preterit “estar, ir, dar, poder, venir, decir” Imperfect Preterit Time adverbs: yesterday, today, tomorrow
US Credits: 3-4 US Credits
ECTS Credits: 6-8 ECTS CREDITS
Class Hours: 70
Category: INTENSIVE SPANISH COURSES
INTERMEDIATE SPANISH CLASS I
Objetives At this stage, students acquire broader knowledge of the Spanish language, allowing them to: Properly face any situation of everyday life Express suggestions, possibilities, wishes, advises, orders and instructions Understand and independently elaborate an original text of intermediate difficulty Express themselves more properly –orally and in writing– about more complex topics (describing the present, narrating situations in the past and reporting other speaker’s speech) Content Functions Job Interviewing and application skills Describing tasks Retelling experiences Inviting, accepting or rejecting invitations Giving Advice and recommending Grammar The use of the impersonal se Uses of estar + gerund Possessives The simple past, irregular forms The Past Perfect Use of possessive pronouns: double substitution. Indirect Speech Imperative Mood Prepositions: values of por -by- de-of-, en-in. Recommending and giving instructions with impersonal forms The use of possessives with Imperative Mood verbs
US Credits: 3-4 US Credits
ECTS Credits: 6-8 ECTS CREDITS
Class Hours: 70
Category: INTENSIVE SPANISH COURSES
INTERMEDIATE SPANISH CLASS II
Objetives At this stage, students acquire broader knowledge of the Spanish language, allowing them to: Properly face any situation of everyday life Express suggestions, possibilities, wishes, advises, orders and instructions Express themselves more properly –orally and in writing– about more complex topics (describing the present, narrating situations in the past and reporting other speaker’s speech) Understand and independently elaborate an original text of intermediate difficulty Content Functions Expressing wishes, emotions, likes and preferences. Stating agreement and disagreement. Expressing doubt Expressing wishes. Controlling discussions Making a point Grammar The Subjunctive Querer, desear, esperar -wish, desire, hope (+ que + Subjuntivo): “Quiero que sepas... Sentir-feel- , lamentar –to regret-, agradecer, alegrase (de) – to be happy with-, tener miedo (de) –to e afraid of Requests The diminutive form The use of the verb “gustar” The use of the Subjunctive Mood Infinitive y Past Imperfect Verb Tenses to state agreement and disagreement. “Creo que...I believe that…. “Estoy en total desacuerdo – I completely disagree..., etc.
US Credits: 3-4 US Credits
ECTS Credits: 6-8 ECTS CREDITS
Class Hours: 70
Category: INTENSIVE SPANISH COURSES
ADVANCED SPANISH CLASS I
Objetives At this stage students widen and deepen the acquired knowledge of the Spanish language. This knowledge will allow them to: Manage in situations that require a more advanced use of language (discussing specific topics, expressing opinions, abstract assessing, oral exposition); Discuss, debate and expose ideas in a clear and grammatically correct manner: Express themselves fluently both orally and in writing, applying stylistic nuances; Independently understand, elaborate and linguistically assess complex original texts, related to a variety of topics. Content Functions Describing people Describing personality Retelling stories: chronology, historical accounts, anecdotes, dreams, short stories. Giving advice and stating opinions Defining and giving instructions Expressing agreement and disagreement Expressing the unreal past and probability Grammar The use of ser y estar –to be- Word Formation Circumlocutions or Periphrastic verbal structures Correcting untrue information. Time relationships among actions Telling time and dates The Subjunctive. The Conditional The uses of the subjunctive in relative, time and final clauses. Giving orders Uses of verbal tenses in hypothesis
US Credits: 3-4 US Credits
ECTS Credits: 6-8 ECTS CREDITS
Class Hours: 70
Category: INTENSIVE SPANISH COURSES
ADVANCED SPANISH CLASS II
Objetives At this stage students widen and deepen the acquired knowledge of the Spanish language. This knowledge will allow them to: Manage in situations that require a more advanced use of language (discussing specific topics, expressing opinions, abstract assessing, oral exposition); Discuss, debate and expose ideas in a clear and grammatically correct manner: Express themselves fluently both orally and in writing, applying stylistic nuances; Independently understand, elaborate and linguistically assess complex original texts, related to a variety of topics. Content Functions Repeating, retelling and summarizing what is said Giving advice and expressing wishes, likes and feelings Analyzing and writing news Describing and speculating in abstract Expressing conditions and making a point Retelling Grammar Transformations in verb tenses as to communicative situation changes. Transformation of other elements Resources when giving advice. The subjunctive in noun phrases Cause and opposition discourse connectors The passive voice. The gerund and the participle. Word Formation Resources to giving opinions. Conditionals and concessive sentences Time relationship and logical relationship
US Credits: 3-4 US Credits
ECTS Credits: 6-8 ECTS CREDITS
Class Hours: 70
Category: INTENSIVE SPANISH COURSES
SPECIAL PROJECTS IN SPANISH
Objetives In the specialization levels, students widen and deepen the already acquired knowledge of the Spanish language, enabling them to: Improve their oral and written production, developing more accuracy, fluency and a register of their own; Use vocabulary and grammatical structures wit increased accuracy; Develop strategic skills; Efficiently identify and produce different types of texts; Analyze literary and non-literary texts; Become acquainted with examples of Argentine and Latin American literature. Content Level 7 Functions Discuss and comment on the process of learning Languages Describe and compare advantages and disadvantages of different ways of living. Focus and discuss on common writing mistakes Giving opinions and discussing about habits, routines, beliefs and popular devotions Description of extraordinary facts, events, and make hypothesis of them. Express agreement and disagreement stating different points of view. Description and advertising goods. Promoting, sales, etc. Talk about the future Grammar Pronominal verbs combines with nouns, infinitives, and subjunctive. “Aunque” Even though, Although, Though. Expressing necessity. Comparisons, comparative connectors and expressions related to them. Verbs of thinking combined with Indicative and Subjunctive. Impersonal formal forms. Passive forms, impersonal “se” Verbs and expressions of feeling. Use of connectors. Temporal correlations. Forms for making hypothesis Sentences using subjunctive, indicative, simple and compound futures. Expressions of certainty. Phrases to help retelling anecdotes, episodes, stories. Temporal phrases in the past Expressing objectives using “para”. Speech connectors combined with indicative and subjunctive. Punctuation. Other expressions to help talk about the future. Level 8 Functions Expressing reproach and regret about the past. Talk about what happened, but should not have and vice versa. Feeling sorry for what has or has not happened Talking about the past and its relation with the present time. Commenting on different aspects of the labor world: changes, problems, finding solutions. Justifying opinions to support or reject Commenting on the scientific breakthroughs highlighting their advantages or disadvantages. Expressing and contrasting with your own and others´ points of view. Developing abilities for reading comprehension, taking notes and making graphics. Writing skills and self correction of mistakes. Grammar Conditional Statements. Connectors for conditionals. Coativos verbs. Direct Speech All uses of “se” All uses of “lo”.. Directo Object. “Lo” + adjective. Predicative Complement. Uses of gerunds Level 9 Functions Commenting on unreal and strange imaginative situations. Talking about dreams. Contrasting ideas. Refuting arguments. Presenting an argumentative text in formal registry. Making questions Giving clear and precise opinions Criticizing through arguments and justifications using speech elements. Exchanging information on Internet security, expressing advantages and disadvantages Grammar Auxiliary verbs. Characteristics of verbal phrases with auxiliaries. Combination of auxiliaries. Uses of pronouns. Uses of modal verbs to express obligation and probability. Uses of prepositions ruled by verbs. Questions beginning with prepositions. Word order Use of interrogative pronouns. Expressions to deny or to reassure. Introductory and explanatory world building sentences Uses of articles. Other verbs needing prepositions Gender Structure of a monograph, its steps to writing one. Level 10 Functions To define and to redefine Understanding argumentative texts under high degree of subjectivity Understanding documentaries and discuss them. Reading, discussing and stating your opinions of a story. Talking about others´opinions and confronting them with yours. Stating your own judgments. Elaborating argumentative texts Writing definitions in an objective registry from a subjective perspective. Expressing feelings throughout lyrics. Talking about hypothetical situations in the past, present and future. Arguing about a controversial topic Writing an essay Making up interviews to look for specific information or asking for opinions. Organizing a bibliographical research Setting out a written and oral research. Grammar Correct use of all Spanish Tenses Correct use of temporal expressions. Correct use of prepositions in temporal expressions. Expressing cause and consequence. Use of connectors To organize the correct information within a phrase. Correction of common mistakes. Review of hypothetical expressions (conditionals and conjectural future) Word order. The position of the subject. The position of adjectives
US Credits: 3-4 per level
ECTS Credits: 6-8 per level
Class Hours: 70
Category: INTENSIVE SPANISH COURSES