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Overview

This course is the first intermediate-level course in Spanish, with a focus on grammar review, additional vocabulary, writing of essays in Spanish and enhancement of cultural awareness. Group activities and projects, and conversation are emphasized. There are detailed simulation activities, readings about literature and art from Latin America and Spain, activities with music videos and interviews, and viewings of recent films such as El espinazo del diablo, Juana la loca, and María llena eres de gracia. Students also participate in the MITUPV Exchange project, a multimedia-centered Web site that deals with university life at MIT, the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia in Spain, and other universities.

Skills you'll practise

HumanitiesLanguage

Advantages and disadvantages

Advantages

  • The real MIT course: lecture notes, problem sets and exams, often with solutions.
  • Free, with no sign-up or deadlines.
  • Taught by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, one of the strongest names in its field.
  • Completely free.
  • Self-paced: start any time.

Disadvantages

  • No certificate, no grading and no forum: you need to be self-driven.
  • Many courses are recordings of past semesters and some have notes only, no videos.
  • No certificate.

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Free to learn

  • Free: All the materials are free to use, with no sign-up. MIT OpenCourseWare gives no certificate.

Taught by

  • Douglas Morgenstern
  • José A. Ramos

Massachusetts Institute of Technology is in Tier 1: world-leading universities and India's top institutes of our institution ranking (98/100). OpenCourseWare is the gold standard for free university material.

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