The refresher courses are ALTEC’s signature offerings. The refreshers are non-credit online language courses (Spanish and French) that run for three week sessions every summer.
These teacher-led courses review the curriculum of the first two years while preparing students to take third year courses. Every week deals with a new cultural topic and provides students with opportunities to engage in a variety of speaking, writing, reading and listening activities.
While fully online, these courses are teacher-led and are NOT self-paced. There are assignments due every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Students will need daily access to a computer with a high-speed internet connection and a pair of headphones with a microphone.
ALTEC (Anderson Language & Technology Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder) is planning on offering two sessions for the summer of 2013 (June 3-21 and July 8-26).
Classes are capped at 12 students and tuition is $75 for CU students and $95 for non-CU students.
The course material is always open to allow the public to take advantage of the educational resources provided.
Week I Immigration
Grammar: Relative Pronouns
Vocabulary: Immigration and Human Rights
Multimedia: Manu Chao, Univisión, CÑN en español
Multimedia: Manu Chao, Univisión, CÑN en español

Week II The Film Industry
Grammar: The Perfect Tenses
Vocabulary: Film, Movie Stars, Gossip
Multimedia: Telemundo, ¡Hola!, Biutiful, VoiceThread
Vocabulary: Film, Movie Stars, Gossip
Multimedia: Telemundo, ¡Hola!, Biutiful, VoiceThread
Week III Our Impact
Grammar: Verbs Like Gustar, Subjunctive
Vocabulary: Social Responsibility, Global Affairs
Multimedia: Una presentación suya
Vocabulary: Social Responsibility, Global Affairs
Multimedia: Una presentación suya