BEGINNER SPANISH COURSE LEVEL 1-2
Part 1: Beginner 1 – 2 Level
Place: Playa Jacó
Program weeks: 3
Program days: Monday – Friday
Program hours: from 8am to 12pm
Total: 20 hours
Description of the course:
Beginner’s course I & II has been designed to learn introductory Spanish. The primary objective of this course is to offer students the opportunity to acquire communication skills in what we call “survival Spanish”. Functions include: asking/giving directions, using appropriate greetings, introductions, and courtesy expressions as well as the ability to communicate in different situations such as visiting a bank, restaurant, or other public places.
-Specific Objectives:
During the course the student will be prepared to:
01.Ask basic personal questions.
02.Give basic personal information and use greetings.
03.Read commonly used words and phrases.
04.Enquire about meals and order food & drinks in a restaurant.
05.Express preferences related to meals.
06.Tell time.
07.Enquire about prices of products and services.
08.Ask for and give directions.
09.Describe a person’s physical appearance and emotional state.
10.Express likes and dislikes.
11.Place objects in space.
12.Comment about the weather.
13.Express general opinions.
14.Talk about the present, habits, and daily routine.
15.Express ability or possibility of doing something.
16.Talk about the future.
17.Talk about possibilities and formulate hypotheses.
18.Express wishes.
19.Talk about the purpose of an action.
20.Express obligations.
-Grammatical Contents:
01.Present tense of commonly used verbs such as ser, tener, vivir, llamarse, comer, tomar, desayunar, querer,, tener, estar.
02.Basic commands such as vaya, venga, lea, escriba.
03.Verbs gustar, caer bien / mal and preferir to express likes, dislikes and preferences.
04.Use of Hay to express existence.
05.Definite and indefinite articles.
06.Gender in nouns and adjectives.
07.Plural nouns and adjectives
08.Uses of ser and estar.
09.Verbs used in descriptions such as llevar, usar, tener, medir.
10.Agreement between nouns and adjectives.
11.Possessive adjectives
12.Comparative constructions.
13.Demonstrative adjectives.
14.The construction: es + adjetivo + infinitivo.
15.Differences between muy and mucho.
16.Impersonal verbs for the weather.
17.Regular verbs in present tense.
18.Some irregular verbs in present tense.
19.Collective nouns.
20.IR A + infinitive.
21.Conditional verbs with si + indicative.
22.The expression of purpose: para+ infinitive.
23.Uses of the preposition a.
24.Direct object pronouns - use of a.
25.Negation.
26.Interrogative sentences.
27.The expressions poder + infinitive and querer + infinitive.
28.Uses of por and para.
29.Verbs + infinitive.
30.Expressions of obligation: tener que + infinitive.
- Lexical Contents:
01.Greetings and farewells.
02.Days of the week.
03.Months of the year.
04.Alphabet and spelling.
05.Cardinal numbers.
06.Expressions for survival such as ¿puedo usar el teléfono?, tengo sueño, tengo hambre, ¿dónde está el baño?.
07.Food and kitchen utensils.
08.Places and locations.
09.Phrases used for placing objects and places in space.
10.Expressions for using a taxi or bus.
11.Numbers.
12.Descriptive adjectives
13.Professions and occupations.
14.Countries and nationalities.
15.Clothes.
16.Family relations.
17.Parts of the house.
18.Hobbies and activities.
19.Weather and the seasons.
20.Adverbs of frequency.
21.Interrogative words.
22.Differences between ir and irse.
23.Expressions with tener.
- Ponetic Contents:
01.Pronunciation of consonants in Spanish (in Latin America, particularly in Costa Rica).
02.Pronunciation of vowels.
03.Pronunciation of common diphthongs.
04.Questions for intonation.
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