H I S T O R Y L A N G U A G E S Beginning Italian L earn how to speak Italian and follow simple Italian conversations in this introductory course. Grammar will be introduced with a communicative, culture-based approach for beginning students using a grammar book in English. In this course, students will learn how to understand and carry out simple conversations on everyday subjects such as work, personal interests, family, and friends. By the end of the course, students will know how to conduct simple transactions such as renting a car, making reservations for hotels and restaurants, and ordering food. giova n n i t e m pe sta Lecturer in Italian, Stanford Giovanni Tempesta has been at Stanford since 1983 and has taught at all levels of language instruction. He is the author of the Italian grammar book Questa bellissima lingua italiana, impariamola insieme! He has also published an Italian translation of Robert Service’s The Cremation of Sam McGee and Other Verses, a collection of his own poetry in Italian, Acque, lutulente e chiare (Waters, Muddy and Clear), and a collection of short stories in Italian and English, A Cena con Fluffy (Dinner with Fluffy). ITA 01 Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7:00 – 9:05 pm (PT) 9 sessions, June 27 – July 27 No class on July 4 2 units, $530 Limit: 30 Refund Deadline: June 28 Course Format: Live Online Beginning Spanish ¡E s hora de aprender español! Whether for business or pleasure, travel abroad, or a trip to the local market, millions of Americans have found Spanish so useful that it has become the nation’s most popularly studied second language. This course is designed to help build oral proficiency and comprehension and to foster an understanding of the Spanish-speaking world and its language and cultures, focusing on practical communi- cation in a high-energy yet reassuring environment. By the end of the course, students will be able to converse on a basic level, talk about themselves and their likes and dislikes, and ask others about themselves. m a r í a c r i st i na u r ru e l a Lecturer in Spanish, Stanford María Cristina Urruela specializes in 19th-century Iberian Peninsula literature and has taught at Harvard, Middlebury, Texas A&M International, and Stanford since receiving a PhD from the University of Texas. Her translations of short stories by Emilia Pardo Bazán and María del Pilar Sinués de Marco have been published by the Modern Language Association. SPA 01 Mondays and Wednesdays, 5:30 – 7:20 pm (PT) 10 sessions, June 26 – July 31 No class on July 3 2 units, $530 Limit: 30 Refund Deadline: June 27 Course Format: Live Online 29 R EGIS T R AT IO N F O R AL L C O UR S ES B EGINS ON MONDAY, MAY 22, AT 8:30 A M (P T ) R EGIS T ER O NL INE AT C O NT INUINGSTU DIES.STA NFORD.EDU