Spanish Book Club: High Intermediate – Noncredit

UNIVERSITY of WISCONSIN-MADISON

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Spanish Book Club High Intermediate

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Summary

Course description:

Boost your confidence with this short high-intermediate (B1.2) book club while deepening your understanding of the Spanish past tenses. Practice narrating in the past, learn new expressions and expand your vocabulary as you discuss a novel with your instructor and other participants.

In this five-week course, participants will read, analyze and discuss the mystery novel El dia del juicio by Paco Ardit. Each week participants will discuss questions about the story, examine how the story is told and learn about Latin American cultures.

Course format:

Discussions will happen in weekly one-and-a-half-hour live online sessions led by an experienced instructor and include a mix of small group discussions and conversations with the entire class. 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.

Participants will read an average of 25 pages of the novel weekly and work through a provided reading guide. Additional online course materials will increase cultural knowledge and build vocabulary and grammar skills.

Course materials become available online on the scheduled course start date and remain accessible for one month after the course ends.

Book purchase required. Reading guide and additional online materials included in the price.
Prerequisite: Spanish 5 or equivalent. Take the Spanish 5 placement test.

You are invited to preview the first three chapters of the novel.

Purchase the book

Purchase of the audio version is encouraged as an additional learning tool, but is not required.

Sections anticipated for spring 2025 (See Upcoming Dates for open sections and more detail):

Tuesdays, April 29–June 3, 6–7:30 p.m. CT

Earn Continuing Education Hours

By participating in this class you will earn:

Instructional Hours 20
University of Wisconsin Continuing Education Units 2

Explanation of Continuing Education Hours

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Meet your instructor

Julie M. Dahl

Julie M. Dahl (PhD, UW-Madison) has over 30 years of experience teaching languages and intercultural skills. She has lived and worked in Spain and Portugal and travelled extensively in Latin America. She has directed the Language program for the Division of Continuing Studies since 2013 and is the author of the Logros Spanish curriculum (used for Spanish 1-4). She designed the Online Business Spanish Certificate and frequently teaches workshops on Intercultural Communication.