This course is designed to support and prepare students who want to advance into Middle School Spanish D or E or Upper School Spanish 4 or 5, or for students who want a thorough grammar review to start their next level of the Spanish curriculum comfortably. The instructor will also work with students who have an application approved by the Upper School Dean of Studies to do summer work and skip a level of the curriculum with the goal of taking the AP Spanish Language and Culture course (pending a final placement test).

In a conversation-based setting that includes daily homework, the course focuses on skills of the Intermediate High level of proficiency such as: using oral and written paragraphs with logical organization and some elaboration to provide narrations, detailed descriptions, and explanations; communicating on topics beyond personal interest, including news stories and cultural issues; expressing oneself with some confidence across all major time frames (present, past, future); and communicating about hypothetical situations. Especially important for this level is the desire and ability to make oneself understood in Spanish even in unfamiliar situations, by developing strategies to keep the communication going in Spanish.

This course is for enrichment and skill-building; completion of this course will not confer RE credit. 

For more information, visit the Summer Programs page: https://www.ransomeverglades.org/student-life/summer-programs