Courses

ESSENTIAL

Basic Spanish course for those who are starting out

En la escuela

  • Greetings and Introductions
  • Classroom directions
  • Time
  • Body Parts

En la clase

  • Questions
  • Spanish alphabet
  • Calendar

El tiempo

  • Weather and Seasons

     Countries and Capitals of the Spanish-Speaking World

  • Weather and Seasons

     Countries and Capitals of the                 Spanish-Speaking World

Capítulo 1A | ¿Qué te gusta hacer? Vocabulario:

  • Activities
  • Expressing likes and dislikes

     Include all forms of GUSTAR

Gramática

  • Infinitives
  • Negatives
  • Expressing agreement and disagreement

Capítulo 1B |Y tú, ¿cómo eres? Vocabulario:

  • Personality traits
  • Descriptive Adjectives (Please refer to list provided for additional vocab)
  • Expressing likes and dislikes

Gramática

  • Adjectives
  • Gender or Nouns (include día, mano, mapa, agua, )
  • Definite and indefinite articles

     Word order: placement of adjectives

  • Adjectives
  • Gender or Nouns (include día, mano, mapa, agua, )
  • Definite and indefinite articles

     Word order: placement of                       adjectives

Capítulo 2A | Tu día en la escuela Vocabulario:

  • School supplies
  • Class descriptions

Gramática

  • Subject Pronouns (students should know what vosotros is and recognize its conjugations)
  • Present tense of –ar verbs (Please refer to the list provided)

Capítulo 2B |Tu sala de clases Vocabulario:

  • Classroom ítems and furniture
  • Computers
  • Words to describe location (Please refer to the list provided)

Gramática

  • The verb estar

Capítulo 3A | ¿Desayuno o almuerzo? Vocabulario:

  • Foods and beverages for breakfast and lunch
  • Expressions of frequency

Gramática

  • Present tense of –er and –ir verbs (Please refer to the list provided)
  • Me gustan, me encantan

INTERMEDIATE

Intermediate Spanish course for those who master the basic concept of the language

Capítulo 3B | Para mantener la salud Vocabulario:

  • Food groups, ways to describe food
  • Healthy Activities

Gramática

  • Plurals of adjectives
  • The verb ser

     Cover all forms of HACER

Capítulo 4A | ¿Adónde vas? Vocabulario:

  • Leisure activities
  • Places in the community

Gramática

  • o The verb ir

     Asking questions

Capítulo 4B |¿Quieres ir conmigo? Vocabulario:

  • Sports and activities outside of school
  • Telling time
  • Extending, accepting, and declining invitations

Gramática

  • Ir + a + infinitive
  • Stem Changing verbs (please refer to the list provided)

     “Double-verbs” (How two verbs work next to each other.)

  • Ir + a + infinitive
  • Stem Changing verbs (please refer to the list provided)

     “Double-verbs” (How two verbs            work next to each other.)

Capítulo 5A | Una fiesta de cumpleaños Vocabulario:

  • Family members and pets
  • Telling ages
  • Party decorations and celebration activities

Gramática

  • The verb tener
  • Tener idioms (Please refer to the list provided)
  • Possessive adjectives

Capítulo 5B | ¡Vamos a un restaurante! Vocabulario:

  • Describing people and things
  • Food and table settings
  • Eating out
  • Expressing needs

Gramática

  • The verb venir

     The verbs ser and estar (including regular present progressive)

  • The verb venir

     The verbs ser and estar (including       regular present progressive)

ADVANCED

Course for advanced user, for those who want to perfect their Spanish

Para empezar, pp 1 – 15

Guided workbook: pp 1 – 14 /Core workbook: pp 1 – 6

Para empezar 1 - Tu vida diaria

Repaso: daily routines; school life; leisure activities; present tense verbs; reflective verbs

Para empezar 2 - Días especiales

Repaso: weekend activities; celebrations; special events; verbs like gustar: possessive adjectives

Capítulo 1A:

Vocabulary: hiking objects, activities, and perils; weather

Grammar: (Repaso) preterite verbs with the spelling change i–y; (Repaso) preterite of irregular verbs; (Repaso) preterite of verbs with the spelling change e–i and o–u 

Capítulo 1B:

Vocabulary: getting ready for an athletic or academic competition; emotional responses to competition; awards and ceremonies

Grammar: (Repaso) the imperfect; uses of the imperfect

Capítulo 2A:

Vocabulary: describing art and sculpture; tools for painting; describing what influences art

Grammar: (Repaso) the preterite vs. the imperfect; estar + participle

Capítulo 2B:

Vocabulary: musical instruments; describing dance; describing drama

Grammar: (Repaso) ser and estar; verbs with special meanings in the preterite vs. the imperfect

Vocabulary: nutrition; illnesses and pains; medicine; habits for good health

Grammar: (Repaso) affirmative commands; (Repaso) affirmative and negative commands with Ud. And Uds.        

Capítulo 3B:

Vocabulary: exercises; getting and staying in shape; health advice

Grammar: (Repaso) the subjunctive: regular verbs; (Repaso) the subjunctive: irregular verbs; (Repaso) the subjunctive with stem changing -ar and -er verbs

Capítulo 4A:

Vocabulary: personality traits; interpersonal behavior; friendship

Grammar: (Repaso) the subjunctive with verbs of emotion; (Repaso) the uses of por and para

Capítulo 4B:

Vocabulary: expressing and resolving interpersonal problems; interpersonal relationships

Grammar: commands with nosotros; possessive pronouns.

Capítulo 5A:

Vocabulary: after-school work; describing a job

Grammar: (Repaso) the present perfect; (Repaso) the past perfect

Capítulo 5B:

Vocabulary: volunteer activities; benefits / importance of volunteer work 

Grammar: the present perfect subjunctive; demonstrative adjectives and pronouns

Capítulo 6A:

Vocabulary: jobs and professions; qualities of a good employee

Grammar: (Repaso) the future; (Repaso) the future of probability

Capítulo 6B

Vocabulary: technology; inventions; jobs in the future

Grammar: the future perfect; (Repaso) the use of direct and indirect object pronouns

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