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Course Outline
Course outline
Below are the themes and language outcomes for each unit. Each unit also contains 10-15 listening activities, an extended reading activity, review dialogues and cultural information related to the unit theme.
Unidad 1: Greetings
- Common greetings and goodbyes
- Asking and answering common questions: name, place of origin, telephone number
- Formal vs. informal address
- Numbers 0-10
- Pronunciation: Y and LL
Unidad 2: We are speaking!
- Getting to know each other
- Personal pronouns
- Conjugating regular –ar verbs in the present tense
- The verb ser
- Interrogative words and forming questions
- Numbers 11-20
- Names of languages
- Pronunciation: C, S and Z
Unidad 3: My activities
- Talking about common activities
- Strategies for forming and answering questions
- Days of the week
- Gender of nouns and making nouns plural
- The definite articles el/las/los/las
- Conjugating -er and -ir verbs in the present tense.
- Pronunciation: Ñ
Unidad 4: My work
- Talking about professions
- The indefinite articles un/una/unos/unas
- The verbs estar, ir and dar
- Talking about frequency of activities
- Pronunciation: R
Unidad 5: My world
- Talking about countries and organizations
- Alphabet and spelling
- Expressing agreement and disagreement in conversations
- Numbers 20-100
- Personal A
- Countries, industries and products
- Review of Unidades 1-4
- Pronunciation: H
Unidad 6: My family
- Talking about family
- Possessive adjectives
- Irregular verbs: e-ie
- The verb tener
- Talking about age
- Pronunciation: common last names
Unidad 7: My likes
- Talking about likes and dislikes
- Months and seasons
- Written accent marks
- Using the verbs gustar and encantar
- Using infinitives in a sentence
- Pronunciation: RR
Unidad 8: My diet
- Talking about food and diet
- Ordering in a restaurant
- Irregular verbs: o-ue
- More on gustar
- Pronunciation: J
Unidad 9: My favorite city
- Talking about cities
- Asking for information in a tourist office
- Telling time
- Talking about when activities are performed
- The special verb hay
- Pronunciation: Review
Unidad 10: My life
- Talking about dates and birthdays
- Contrasting ser and estar
- Extensive review of Unidades 1-9
- Extended speaking preparation
Earn Continuing Education Hours
By participating in this class you will earn:
Instructional Hours | 35 |
University of Wisconsin Continuing Education Units | 3.5 |