Advanced Spanish Language



This course will study some of more important topics on Spanish grammar such as: a) some uses of ser and estar; b) uses of indicative tenses, paying special attention to past forms; c) uses of the subjunctive; d) study of subordinate clauses, focusing on the uses of subordinate conjunctions and values of indicative and subjunctive in these sentences. The course will have not only a theoretical dimension but also a practical orientation, with exercises designed to improve the comprehension of all these subjects. (1 unit)



Required texts: García Santos & Juan Felipe: Sintaxis del Español: Nivel de perfeccionamiento (Madrid: Santillana, 1993 (ISBN 84-294-3495-X); García Santos & Juan Felipe: Sintaxis del Español. Clave: Nivel de perfeccionamiento (Madrid: Santillana, 2000) will be provided in electronic form at Middlebury.