This advanced course stresses oral skills, composition, grammar, listening, and reading comprehension. Emphasizing the use of Spanish for active communication, the course has the following objectives: to develop the ability to comprehend formal and informal spoken Spanish, to increase vocabulary and understanding of the structures of Spanish to allow the easy, accurate reading of newspapers, magazine articles, and modern Hispanic literature, to facilitate the organization and writing of brief expository passages, and to develop the ability to express ideas orally with accuracy and fluency.

Prerequisite: Honors Spanish 3 and/or departmental approval.