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Spanish course: A1 beginner (syllabus)

Learning module 1: Presentarse

A1:1 Saludos y despedidas (Greetings and Farewells)

A1.1: Greetings and Farewells

Learning goals

  • Basic greetings and farewells.
  • Starting and ending a conversation.
  • Useful phrases to use during class (asking for clarification, repetition, etc.).
  • Personal pronouns

A1:2 Decir tu nombre (Telling your name)

A1.2: Telling your name

Learning goals

  • Tell your name and ask for the name of somebody
  • Titles and ways of addressing people. (Mister, miss,...)
  • Introduce yourself
  • The alphabet
  • pronunciation

A1:3 ¿De dónde eres? (Where are you from?)

A1.3: Where are you from?

Learning goals

  • Ask somebody where they are from
  • Say your nationality
  • The articles in Spanish
  • The gender of nouns

A1:4 Números y contar (Numbers and counting)

A1.4: Numbers and counting

Learning goals

  • Learn to count
  • Numbers from 1-100
  • Cardinal numbers: basics
  • Cardinal numbers: hundreds, thousands, millions
  • Cardinal numbers: tens

A1:5 Familia (Family)

A1.5: Family

Learning goals

  • Introduce and tell about your family.
  • Ask someone about their family. (size, structure,...)
  • possessive adjectives

A1:6 Decir tu edad (Saying your age)

A1.6: Saying your age

Learning goals

  • Asking somebody's age
  • Say how old you are and when your birthday is
  • Interrogative words: "Cuánto" and "Cuándo"

A1:7 Profesiones y estudios (Professions and studies)

A1.7: Professions and studies

Learning goals

  • Describe your profession
  • Ask somebody's profession
  • Talk about studies
  • Interrogative words: "Dónde?", "Cuál?", "Qué?", "Por qué?"

A1:8 Dirección y datos de contacto (Address and contact details)

A1.8: Address and contact details

Learning goals

  • Asking for and giving contact details.
  • Tell and ask for addresses.
  • Present indicative: regular verbs
  • the zero conditional
Learning module 2: De horas a estaciones

A1:9 Días de la semana y partes del día. (Days of the week and parts of the day)

A1.9: Days of the week and parts of the day

Learning goals

  • Learn the parts of the day.
  • Learn the names of the 7 days of the week
  • Describe your weekly activities.
  • Prepositions: indicating times of the day

A1:10 El clima y el tiempo (The weather)

A1.10: The weather

Learning goals

  • Talk about the weather
  • Basic weather vocabulary
  • Adjectives derived from a noun: "-ado/a, -oso/a, ..."

A1:11 Números ordinales (Ordinal numbers)

A1.11: Ordinal numbers

Learning goals

  • Learn the ordinal numbers.
  • Ordinal numbers

A1:12 Estaciones, meses y partes del año. (Seasons, months and parts of the year)

A1.12: Seasons, months and parts of the year

Learning goals

  • Learn the seasons and months.
  • Describe the weather in each season and month.
  • Advanced: tell what you do in what month of the year.
  • "Ir + a" + infinitivo

A1:13 Decir la hora y leer el reloj. (Telling the time and reading the clock)

A1.13: Telling the time and reading the clock

Learning goals

  • Ask and tell the time
  • Read the clock
  • How to tell the time?

A1:14 Fechas del calendario y días festivos. (Calendar dates and holidays)

A1.14: Calendar dates and holidays

Learning goals

  • The basic dates and holidays
  • How are dates formed?
Learning module 3: Día a día

A1:15 Alimentación diaria (Daily food)

A1.15: Daily food

Learning goals

  • Name the food that we consume daily.
  • Tell what you eat and drink.
  • The conjunctions: "Y, e, o, ..."

A1:16 Rutinas diarias (Daily routines)

A1.16: Daily routines

Learning goals

  • Talk about your daily routine.
  • Talk about habits.
  • Reflexive verbs and pronouns

A1:17 Cocinar y hornear (Cooking and baking)

A1.17: Cooking and baking

Learning goals

  • Basic ingredients for cooking
  • Expressing obligations
  • Obligations - "Hay que, tener que, deber"

A1:18 Preguntar cosas (Asking things)

A1.18: Asking things

Learning goals

  • Ask and answer questions.
  • Learn the question words.
  • Interrogative words: "¿Qué?, ¿Quién?, ¿Cuál?, ..."

A1:19 Precios y dinero (Prices and money)

A1.19: Prices and money

Learning goals

  • Talk about money, currencies and payment methods.
  • Ask for and say the price in a shop.
  • Adverbs of quantity: "Mucho, poco, bastante,..."

A1:20 Hacer la compra (Grocery shopping)

A1.20: Grocery shopping

Learning goals

  • Write a grocery list for daily food and drinks.
  • Ask a shop assistant about a product in the supermarket.
  • Verbs with stem changes: "e → i, e → ie, ..."

A1:21 En la tienda de ropa (At the clothing shop)

A1.21: At the clothing shop

Learning goals

  • Describe everyday clothing.
  • Ask for availability in a clothing shop.
  • Ask for your size.
  • The modal verbs: "Deber, poder, querer,..."

A1:22 Partes del cuerpo (Body parts)

A1.22: Body parts

Learning goals

  • Get to know the basic body parts.
  • Basic phrases to describe your health.
  • The plural of nouns
Learning module 4: Describir objetos y personas.

A1:23 Apariencia física (Physical appearance)

A1.23: Physical appearance

Learning goals

  • Describe people's physical appearance
  • Use adjectives to describe people.
  • The agreement of adjectives

A1:24 Colores (Colours)

A1.24: Colours

Learning goals

  • Describe the colours of common objects.
  • Basic, compound and hair colours.
  • Expressing likes and dislikes: (no) me gusta

A1:25 Emociones y sentimientos (Emotions and feelings)

A1.25: Emotions and feelings

Learning goals

  • Express your basic emotions.
  • Describe the emotions of others.
  • Difference between Ser vs Estar

A1:26 Sentidos y percepción (Senses and perceiving)

A1.26: Senses and perceiving

Learning goals

  • Describe taste, smell, sight, sound and touch
  • Compare things
  • Comparative adjectives: "Más + adjetivo + que," ...

A1:27 Todo tipo de formas (Shapes and forms)

A1.27: Shapes and forms

Learning goals

  • Describe forms and shapes.
  • Describe basic objects.
  • Express preferences.
  • The demonstrative adjectives: "Este, ese, aquel"

A1:28 Carácter y personalidad (Character and personality)

A1.28: Character and personality

Learning goals

  • Learn to describe the character of people.
  • Talk about personalities.
  • Relative superlatives: "El más, la más, los menos, ..."

A1:29 Estado físico y sensaciones. (Physical states and sensations)

A1.29: Physical states and sensations

Learning goals

  • Express what you need.
  • Tell how your body feels.
  • The past participle as an adjective: "-ado, -oso, ..."

A1:30 Enfermedad y dolor (Sickness and pain)

A1.30: Sickness and pain

Learning goals

  • Express sickness and pain.
  • Express your medical condition at the doctor's office.
  • Adverbs of manner
Learning module 5: En casa

A1:31 Nuestra casa (Our house)

A1.31: Our house

Learning goals

  • Describe all the rooms and floors of a house.
  • Understand a house rental or sales ad.

A1:32 Muebles (Furniture)

A1.32: Furniture

Learning goals

  • Describe the furniture in your house.
  • Use the prepositions of place to indicate the location of furniture.
  • "Haber" vs "Estar": indefinite article vs definite article

A1:33 Vajilla (Tableware)

A1.33: Tableware

Learning goals

  • Describe what tableware you need.
  • Setting up the table to receive guests.
  • Prepositions of place: "En, sobre, entre,..."

A1:34 Electrodomésticos (Household appliances)

A1.34: Household appliances

Learning goals

  • Learn the names of common household and electrical appliances.
  • Daily situations with common household devices.
  • Irregular verbs: "Yo hago, yo pongo, yo doy, ..."

A1:35 Vivienda y alojamiento (Housing and accommodation)

A1.35: Housing and accommodation

Learning goals

  • Learn the different types of accommodations.
  • Contact a landlord or agency to rent a house.
  • Connectors: "Entonces, porque, también, tampoco"

A1:36 Plantas de interior y de jardín (Houseplants and garden plants)

A1.36: Houseplants and garden plants

Learning goals

  • Learn the names of common plants and flowers in the house and in the garden.
  • Daily plant care routine and gardening.
  • Estar + gerundio

A1:37 Tus mascotas (Your pets)

A1.37: Your pets

Learning goals

  • Learn the basic animals (pets).
  • Describe the routines, daily care and food of your pet.
  • Uno and Este vs. Otro
Learning module 6: La ciudad y el pueblo

A1:38 Servicios cotidianos (Everyday services)

A1.38: Everyday services

Learning goals

  • Describe the location of services on a map.
  • Ask for the opening hours of a certain service.
  • "Estar" + participle

A1:39 Pedir comida y salir a cenar (Ordering food and dining out)

A1.39: Ordering food and dining out

Learning goals

  • Ask food from the menu.
  • Reserve a table in a restaurant.
  • "Haber" + participio (el pretérito perfecto)

A1:40 Deportes y ejercicio (Sports and exercise)

A1.40: Sports and exercise

Learning goals

  • Learn the sports
  • Talk about the sports you practice
  • Adverbs of frequency: "Siempre, cada, todos, nunca, etc"...

A1:41 Describir pasatiempos (Describing hobbies)

A1.41: Describing hobbies

Learning goals

  • Talk about your hobbies
  • Describe activities that you enjoy
  • Adverbs of time: "Ahora, antes, después, luego, etc..."

A1:42 Transporte (Transportation)

A1.42: Transportation

Learning goals

  • Describe the different types of transportation.
  • Buy a transport ticket.
  • Describe transportation between places.
  • Prepositions of place: "Ir + en, ir + a, por, hacia, etc..."

A1:43 Pedir y dar direcciones. (Asking for and giving directions)

A1.43: Asking for and giving directions

Learning goals

  • Ask for directions in a city
  • Giving directions to a stranger
  • Ask for the existence of a building or service.
  • Expressions of place: "A la izquierda", "A la derecha", "Todo recto", "En el centro"

A1:44 Viernes por la noche (Friday night out)

A1.44: Friday night out

Learning goals

  • Make plans with your friends for the Friday evening.
  • Invite somebody for an event.
  • Describe preferences: "Preferir, Encantar, Gustar"

A1:45 Música y arte (Music and art)

A1.45: Music and art

Learning goals

  • Talk about culture events in the city.
  • Go to the museum, an exposition, musical,...
  • Passive voice with ser + participio
  • Indirect speech: "Decir que"