Course Description: This course is ideal to learn your first steps in Spanish. It is recommended for those who have very little or no previous experience at all with the language. From the first session you will be introduced in a comfortable and engaging way to the basic foundations of Spanish pronunciation and elementary vocabulary without getting too complicated, but with just enough detail to make you able to communicate in no time.
The class is conducted in Spanish as much as possible, but English is used where necessary for practical purposes. This course combines a variety of activities, exercises and discussions that will help you get a flawless start with all basic language skills: aural comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing.
Prerequisite: None
Duration:
Normal modality - 10 weeks (1 class/week) 20 hours total.
Intensive modality - 10 weeks (2 classes/week) 40 hours total.
Syllabus:
1) Basic pronunciation rules in Spanish
2) Introductions and Greetings.
3) Numbers 0 to 100
4) Date and Time
5) Subject Pronouns and Present tense of regular verbs
6) Nouns, adjectives and articles: gender and number
7) Negation
8) Interrogative words
9) Present tense of some common irregular verbs
Bibliography:
1. Valette, J.P., Valette, R.M.; Spanish for Mastery 1 - ¿Que tal?; D C Heath & Co.1994.
2. Silverstein, R. Pomerantz, A. et al.; Spanish Now! Level 1; Barron's 7th ed. 2005