This course combines the contents of Spanish 1 and Spanish 2 in a single course. It is designed to introduce Spanish to students with no previous knowledge of the language and to introduce some key cultural features of the Spanish speaking world. At the end of the course, students should be able to have mastered the basics of Spanish pronunciation so that they can be understood by Spanish speakers around the world. Also, students should be able to communicate in Spanish: they should be able to talk, read, write and understand messages about themselves, their friends and relatives, describe people and places express likes and dislikes.