Level

Beginner I and II

(80 hours)

General Objetives: Learn symbols and sounds that allow for basic communication characterized by simple, practical, and descriptive dialogues in Latin American, specifically Argentine, Spanish. Basic Spanish (grammar, pronunciation, and conversation) skills are developed.

Specific Objetives: 

• Introduce oneself

• Describe people, objects, and situations

• Ask questions, communicate, and use proper tenses

• Ask and give information about the city, meals, family, transportation facilities,etc.

• Express wishes, preferences, and sensations

• Give invitations

• Ask permission and favours

• Give orders and instructions

• Ask prices and measurements

• Learn basic vocabulary

• Formulate sentences, phrases and questions in correct order (syntax).

• Understand basic questions, explanations, and simple dialogues

Grammatical Contents

• Verbs Regulars- Irregulars
• Present Tense Indicative
• Imperative. Using vos, usted, ustedes, tú
• Future Tense. Expressing Future with Verb ir + Infinitive
• Present Progressive Tense
• Verbs ser, estar, hacer, haber (hay), querer, poder, volver, salir, poner, ir, tener, gustar, encantar,interesar,parecer, caer (bien/mal)
• Reflexives Verbs: llamarse, vestirse, peinarse,etc.
• Expressing possibility and asking permission, favours: Verb poder + infinitive
• Expressing wishes, making offering, invitations: Verb querer + Infinitive or Noun
• Expressing preference, necessity, desires and obligation: Verbs querer vs tener que
• Using Verb tener for: possesion, age, etc.
• Idiomatic Expressions.
• Pronouns
• Personals (singular/plural)
• Reflexives
• Interrogatives: qué, quién, dónde, cómo
• Using pronouns of direct object and indirect object for avoiding repetitions. Location of Pronouns.
• Demonstratives: este, ese, aquel
• Prepositions
• Use of  de for indicating possesion and origin place
• Use of en for indicating location
• Use of prepositions combined with articles: de la, de las, de los. Use of contraction del
• Use of prepositions with Verbs: ir a, ir en, ser de, vivir en, etc.
• Use of prepositions of time
• References time-space
• Use of aquí, allí, acá, frente a, cerca de, lejos de, a la derecha, etc.
• Use of para:  ¿para qué? ¿para quién?
• Use of por
• Use of muy and mucho
• Conjunctions (connections)
• Use of  y and pero
• Expressions with mucho, poco, nada
• Espressions of agreement and disagreement:a mí sí, a mí no, a mí también, a mí tampoco
• Expressions of frequency
• Indefinite Articles un, una con hay
• Definite Articles el, la, los, las, combining with the Verb estar
• Adjetives
• Concordance gender and number
• Affirmation-Negation
• Using nunca, siempre
• Ordinal and Cardinal numbers

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