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Do you want to improve your beginning Spanish skills to speak with patients? Take the Advanced-Beginner Spanish elective this fall!

Spanish for Healthcare Professionals:  Advanced Beginner Level
NELC 450/NELC 631 
Fall 2023: Mondays, 9 - 11:50 a.m.
Online, Synchronous via Zoom
Offered fall semesters only 

This is a very fun and interactive Spanish conversational skills class!

Prerequisite:

One Spanish course within the past 10 years (college or high school) and/or permission of the instructor

Permission to register is required:

To register, please email Dr. Laura Koo at lkoo@umaryland.edu with:   

  • Your full student name 
  • Your student ID @00xxxxxx
  • Elective course request: NELC 450 or NELC 631
  • Your course eligibility: college or high school, language level and year taken; and/or qualifying Spanish language experience

Course requirements include:

Listening comprehension quizzes, oral demonstration exams, weekly on-task participation, and a final project patient education oral presentation

See SURFS for course descriptions.

Registration opens April 10.

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