This course is designed to teach Spanish for communication; heighten students’ linguistic and cultural awareness of their local, state, and world community; encourage interdisciplinary and workplace readiness connections that may involve business and community members as mentors and models; and prepare students for using Spanish in whatever careers choices they make. I hope that you see the importance of learning a language and the opportunities of knowing Spanish in today’s world. The course itself will demand a considerable amount of your time both inside and outside of class. In addition, active student participation is an important part of the course and will be required on a daily basis.