Intensive Spanish Program for Beginners to Intermediate BIM3 (Ages 18 & older)

Description: Beginners to Intermediate course is a continuation of Spanish for Introductory and Basic level. The student will be able to continue the beginner's level and develop basic to intermediate communicative competence allowing them to interact in simple everyday life situations and express their interests and needs. The course content provides language functions with a communicative purpose in mind, guiding the student towards proficiency in accomplishing specific daily tasks. This course offers learners the possibility to learn Spanish as a tool to receive and transmit information, emotions, experiences and opinions. The course will present clear, concise and well-organized grammar explanations with examples that reflect everyday usage, most often in the form of conversational exchanges and plenty of practice. It will allow the instructor to lead the learner into, communicative grammar and vocabulary, as well as linguistic and cultural strategies to improve communication. The student will be able to develop communicative competence allowing them to interact in simple everyday life situations and express their interests and needs.

Required textbook: Instructor will inform the students about the materials he will provide.

Placement Exam: Please contact p3lang@utep.edu to schedule your placement exam prior to the start of class. For this course, your point of contact is Program Manager, Maria Placencia at (915) 747-8474 and mgplacencia@utep.edu. If you experience any issues related to your class (such as access, instructor delays, or technical problems), please contact your Program Manager directly.