Summary
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We have made this practical high-beginner's course (A1.2) better with a new curriculum. Explore the cultural richness of the Spanish-speaking world while taking your skills to the next level. Improve your ability to converse about a wider range of common topics in the present tense, take your first steps in conversing with past tenses, and grow your comprehension, reading and writing skills, all in the context of real-life situations. See Outline for more details.
Prerequisite: Spanish 1.
Find out if this is the right level for you with these placement tests: Spanish 1 self-placement test, Spanish 2 self-placement test.
Course format:
For the first five weeks of the class, you will practice speaking in weekly 30-minute online sessions led by an experienced instructor, with a maximum of 3-6 other participants. To get to know all of your classmates, your conversation time will vary between the first or second 30-minute time slot of the hour you registered for. You should be available for either.
For the second half of the course, weeks six through ten, you will meet with the entire group for the full hour. Your instructor will use breakout rooms to facilitate small group work.
The live online sessions begin one week after the scheduled course start date to allow time to work through the first unit of learning material in preparation for the live conversation practice.
Online course materials introduce new grammar and vocabulary and teach pronunciation, listening, and reading skills through videos, audio and interactive exercises. Budget 3-4 hours a week to work through the online asynchronous content.
Course materials become available online on the scheduled course start date and remain accessible for one month after the course ends.
Want to know more about learning a language online? Read Dr. Julie Dahl's blog post about our online course format.
A printable workbook (PDF) is included in the price. All other materials are available through the course platform.
Sections anticipated for summer 2024 (See Upcoming Dates for open sections and more detail):
Tuesdays, April 2–June 18, 5:30–6:30 p.m. CT (No virtual conversation on May 28)
Tuesdays, April 2–June 18, 6:45–7:45 p.m. CT (No virtual conversation on May 28)
Wednesdays, April 24–July 10, 5–6 p.m. CT (No virtual conversation on July 3)
Wednesdays, June 5–Aug. 21, 8:30–9:30 a.m. CT (No virtual conversation on July 3)
Tuesdays, June 18–Aug. 27, 5–6 p.m. CT
Course Outline
Course outline
Below are the themes and language outcomes for each unit. Each unit also contains 10-15 listening activities, an extended reading activity, review dialogues and cultural information related to the unit theme.
Unidad 1: ¿Quién soy?
- Review common greetings
- Contrast saber y conocer
- Learn Z-verbs
- Review gender of nouns
- Reading: La diversidad del mundo hispanohablante
- Pronunciation: vowels
Unidad 2: El tiempo libre
- Vocabulary: sports, hobbies and pastimes
- Irregular stem-changing verbs: e-ie, e-i, o-ue
- Gustar and similar verbs
- Agreeing and disagreeing
- Reading: El fútbol: el deporte rey
- Pronunciation: regional differences
Unidad 3: ¿Cómo estoy?
- Vocabulary: feelings, emotions and states of being
- G-verbs
- Expressions with hacer
- Expressions with tener
- Adjectives used with ser and estar
- Reading: Mis secretos para el éxito profesional y personal
- Pronunciation: A
Unidad 4: Mi rutina diaria
- Vocabulary: basic parts of the body and daily routines
- Reflexive verbs
- Review telling time
- Discussing order of events
- Expressions of frequency
- Reading: Un día típico en el Camino de Santiago
- Pronunciation: E
Unidad 5: ¿Qué recuerdas?
- Vocabulary: talking about extended family
- Review: dates and spelling
- Ordinal numbers
- Contrast muy, mucho and muchos/as
- Talking about obligations with tener que
- Review of Unidades 1-4
Unidad 6: De compras
- Vocabulary: shopping for food items
- Numbers 100-1,000
- Present progressive tense
- Describing people and actions in photos
- Review written accent marks
- Reading: Los tianguis en México
- Pronunciation: I
Unidad 7: ¿Cómo soy?
- Vocabulary: describing what people are like
- Personal traits
- Physical appearance
- Clothes and colors
- Demonstratives: this/these and that/those
- Reading: El mejor trabajo del mundo
- Pronunciation: O
Unidad 8: ¿Qué hacemos?
- Vocabulary: weather
- Making plans
- Going-to future
- Making comparisons
- More on written accent marks
- Reading: Latitud Cero en Ecuador
- Pronunciation: U
Unidad 9: ¿Cómo fue?
- Vocabulary: public transportation
- Simple past tense: el pretérito
- Ser and ir in the past
- Describing houses and apartments
- Reading: La fiesta de los patios en Córdoba, España
Unidad 10: ¿Qué aprendimos?
- Vocabulary: numbers in the thousands
- Talking about years with the past tense
- Complex sentences
- Review Unidades 6-9
Earn Continuing Education Hours
By participating in this class you will earn:
Instructional Hours | 35 |
University of Wisconsin Continuing Education Units | 3.5 |
Upcoming dates (5)
Spanish 2
Location: Online
Course #: 6901-C2-LAAS-4726-25-LSA
Fee: $279 For registration assistance: 608-262-2451
continuingstudies.wisc.edu/6901-C2-LAAS
Fee
$279
Schedule
The course runs June 5–Aug. 21, with 10 live conversation sessions on Wednesdays, starting June 12. Live conversation small groups are scheduled between 8:30–9:30 a.m. See summary for details. (No virtual conversation session on July 3).
Register through: June 04, 2024
All times shown in central time.
Instructor
Subject Area:
Cancellation Policy
- Cancel before the class start date (the day materials are made available): and receive a full refund minus a $25 administrative fee.
- Cancel after the class start date (the day materials are made available) but before the second virtual conversation session: receive an 80% refund minus a $25 administrative fee.
- Cancel after the second virtual conversation session: no refund.
Spanish 2
Location: Online
Course #: 6901-C2-LAAS-4724-25-LSA
Fee: $279 For registration assistance: 608-262-2451
continuingstudies.wisc.edu/6901-C2-LAAS
Fee
$279
Schedule
The course runs April 24–July 10, with 10 live conversation sessions on Wednesdays, starting May 1. Live conversation small groups are scheduled between 5–6 p.m. See summary for details. (No virtual conversation session on July 3).
Register through: April 23, 2024
All times shown in central time.
Instructor
Subject Area:
Cancellation Policy
- Cancel before the class start date (the day materials are made available): and receive a full refund minus a $25 administrative fee.
- Cancel after the class start date (the day materials are made available) but before the second virtual conversation session: receive an 80% refund minus a $25 administrative fee.
- Cancel after the second virtual conversation session: no refund.
Spanish 2
Location: Online
Course #: 6901-C2-LAAS-4879-24-LSA
Fee: $279 For registration assistance: 608-262-2451
continuingstudies.wisc.edu/6901-C2-LAAS
Fee
$279
Schedule
The course runs April 2–June 18, with 10 live conversation sessions on Tuesdays, starting April 9. Live conversation small groups are scheduled between 5:30–6:30 p.m. See summary for details. (No virtual conversation session on May 28).
Register through: April 01, 2024
All times shown in central time.
Instructor
Subject Area:
Cancellation Policy
- Cancel before the class start date (the day materials are made available): and receive a full refund minus a $25 administrative fee.
- Cancel after the class start date (the day materials are made available) but before the second virtual conversation session: receive an 80% refund minus a $25 administrative fee.
- Cancel after the second virtual conversation session: no refund.
Spanish 2
Location: Online
Course #: 6901-C2-LAAS-4880-24-LSA
Fee: $279 For registration assistance: 608-262-2451
continuingstudies.wisc.edu/6901-C2-LAAS
Fee
$279
Schedule
The course runs April 2–June 18, with 10 live conversation sessions on Tuesdays, starting April 9. Live conversation small groups are scheduled between 6:45–7:45 p.m. See summary for details. (No virtual conversation session on May 28).
Register through: April 01, 2024
All times shown in central time.
Instructor
Subject Area:
Cancellation Policy
- Cancel before the class start date (the day materials are made available): and receive a full refund minus a $25 administrative fee.
- Cancel after the class start date (the day materials are made available) but before the second virtual conversation session: receive an 80% refund minus a $25 administrative fee.
- Cancel after the second virtual conversation session: no refund.
Spanish 2
Location: Online
Course #: 6901-C2-LAAS-4728-25-LSA
Fee: $279 For registration assistance: 608-262-2451
continuingstudies.wisc.edu/6901-C2-LAAS
Fee
$279
Schedule
The course runs June 18–August 27, with 10 live conversation sessions on Tuesdays, starting June 25. Live conversation small groups are scheduled between 5–6 p.m. See summary for details.
Register through: June 17, 2024
All times shown in central time.
Instructor
Subject Area:
Cancellation Policy
- Cancel before the class start date (the day materials are made available): and receive a full refund minus a $25 administrative fee.
- Cancel after the class start date (the day materials are made available) but before the second virtual conversation session: receive an 80% refund minus a $25 administrative fee.
- Cancel after the second virtual conversation session: no refund.