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Introductory Spanish I. Communicative and Grammatical Content.
UNIDAD 0
- Vocabulario y comunicación: en español: Using cognates and visual cues.
- Gramática: el abecedario español.
UNIDAD 1
- Vocabulario y comunicación
Saludos y presentaciones: Greeting people, making introductions, and saying good-bye
Nacionalidades y profesiones: Asking and giving information about yourself and others.
Los números del 0 al 31, los meses y la fecha: Sharing other personal information.
- Gramática
Definite and indefinite articles.
Subject pronouns and the verb ser
Tú y usted
Present tense of verbs Llamarse and tener.
Beginning II level
UNIDAD 2
- Vocabulario y comunicación
La casa y los colores:
Talking about preferences11
Los muebles y los números del 32 al 101:
Expressing opinions
- Gramática
Gender, number, and agreement of nouns and adjectives
Present tense of regular –ar verbs
Verb estar
UNIDAD 3
- Vocabulario y comunicación
La familia: describing personality traits and physical conditions
La ropa: Describing physical characteristics
- Gramática
Present tense of –er and –ir verbs
Possessive adjectives
Demonstrative adjectives
Beginning III level
UNIDAD 4
- Vocabulario y comunicación
Los días de la semana:
Asking and giving the time
Las profesiones: Talking about everyday activities
- Gramática
Stem-changing verbs e-ie, o-ue and e-i
Verbs hacer and salir
Reflexive verbs
UNIDAD 5
- Vocabulario y comunicación
Actividades de ocio y tiempo libre:
Talking about free time and describing moods and feelings
Los alimentos: Ordering in a restaurant
- Gramática
Gustar and similar verbs
Using también and tampoco to agree and disagree
Verb doler and parts of the body
Beginning IV level
UNIDAD 6
- Vocabulario y comunicación
Los medios de transporte:
Stopping someone to ask for information
Establecimientos de la ciudad: Describing where things are located
- Gramática
Irregular verbs ir, seguir, jugar, and conocer
Prepositions en, a, de
Direct object pronouns
Adverbs of quantity
UNIDAD 7
- Vocabulario y comunicación
Describing and talking about the weather
Las estaciones del año:
Making comparisons
- Gramática
Ir + a + infinitve
Hay que, tener
Que, deber + infinitve
Beginning V level
UNIDAD 8
- Vocabulario y comunicación
Antes de viajar: Expressing needs and preferences
Los viajes: Describing an event in the past
- Gramática
Preterit of regular verbs
Expressions used with the preterit
UNIDAD 9
- Vocabulario y comunicación
Las noticias de prensa: Talking about actions in the past
Los medios de comunicacion: Talking about doing something again
- Gramática
Preterit of irregular verbs: ser, ir and dar
Verbs with irregular preterit stems
Long form possessives
Intermediate I level
UNIDAD 10
- Vocabulario y comunicación
Las tiendas y los numeros (100-999): Asking how much something costs
El lenguaje telefonico: Making emphatic statements
- Gramática
Verbs ser and estar
Adjectives with ser and estar
Present progressive tense
Informal commands
UNIDAD 11
- Vocabulario y comunicación
Las caracteristicas: Asking and giving opinions and asking why
Las personalidades: Exparessing agreement and disagreement
- Gramática
Imperfect tense of regular verbs
Time expressions with the imperfect
Imperfect tense of irregular verbs
Intermediate II level
UNIDAD 12
- Vocabulario y comunicación
Otras actividades de ocio: Talking about recent activities and making comparisons
En el hotel: Talking about activities in the past and what they were like
- Gramática
Present perfect
Indefinite pronouns and adjectives.
Direct and indirect object pronouns.
UNIDAD 13
- Vocabulario y comunicacion
Los tipos de textos: Describing and reacting to what happened
Excusas: Making apologies and excuses, accepting apologies
- Gramatica
Contrast of the imperfect and the preterit
Using the preterit, imperfect, and present perfect
Solar+ infinitive
Intermediate III level
UNIDAD 14
- Vocabularioy comunicación
El medioambiente: Making predictions, guesses and assumptions about future actions and conditions
La politica: making promises
- Gramática
Future tense
Si + present + future
UNIDAD 15
- Vocabulario y comunicación
Las tareas domesticas:
Asking , giving and denying permission
Los deportes: Asking and giving instructions, advice and recommendations
- Gramática
Affirmative and negative commands
Commands and pronouns
Intermediate IV level
UNIDAD 16
- Vocabulario y comunicación
La comida: Asking for and giving advice
¡A cocinar!: Asking for permission and favors
- Gramática
Conditional tense: regular and irregular verbs
Expressing probability in the past
UNIDAD 17
- Vocabulario y comunicación
Las ONG: Expressing purpose, wishes and social conventions
El voluntariado: Talking about feelings, emotions and making value judgements
- Gramática
Present subjunctive: regular and irregular verbs
Advanced I level
UNIDAD 18
- Vocabulario y comunicación
Cartas formales y telefonos celulares: Relaying what another person said or asked
Los correos electronicos: Expressing probability in the present and the past
- Gramática
Hypothetical expressions with the indicative and subjunctive
Imperfect subjunctive