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Prerequisite: The student must be able to speak and read English. Not open to students with native ability in Spanish or those who have studied in a Spanish speaking country. (See SPAN 220). For additional oral practice, concurrent enrollment in SPAN 113 is recommended. The beginning Spanish course is based on a contrastive analysis between Spanish and English and is designed to develop in the English-speaking student rudimentary abilities in the four basic language skills: hearing, speaking, reading, and writing. The main emphasis is on the present tense of both regular and irregular verbs. The student will be familiarized with those features of Hispanic culture which reflect the different frame of reference from which the native speaker of Spanish views the world. The class is conducted in Spanish. (CSU, UC)

An intensive course in oral Spanish for students who have learned Spanish as a native language. It is intended for students who may read well and have good grammar but need more practice in oral structures. This course will include a brief grammar review and discussion of relevant everyday topics of social concern. Concurrent enrollment in SPAN 221 is recommended, but not required. (CSU, UC)