HU 413S - Spanish IV

• Understand the practical and fundamental skills of Spanish presented in this course in reading, writing, listening, and speaking, with emphasis on communication
• Use practically and creatively the target language both in and out of class
• Have insights into the cultures of Spanish-speaking people and hopefully, a greater understanding of the world and our place in it

• None 

• Vocabulary: mail and telephoning
• Answering the phone
• Conversation: Violeta goes to the post office
• The subjunctive after conjunctions of finality and condition
• The future tense
• Vocabulary: In the future
• The subjunctive after conjunctions of time
• Formats for courtesy in letters
• Writing business and personal letters
• Reading: The countries of the southern cone: Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay
• Vocabulary: today’s world
• Conversation: The environment
• The conditional tense
• The imperfect subjunctive tense
• Cultural notes: student protests
• Hypothetical situations: “If” clauses and “ojala”
• Emphasis with “-isimo”
• Reading: Our world