Note: A placement exam will be required when you arrive on site.

Beginning

There is no language prerequisite for courses at this language level. However, students must take a placement exam to determine the course level into which they will be able to enroll.

OBJECTIVE
The objective of this course is to instruct the student about the necessary linguistic tools needed to partake and interact in daily situations in the Spanish language.

PROGRAM
TOPIC 1--The alphabet. The verb ser. Articles. Grammatical gender and number: agreement. Interrogatives (qué, cuál, dónde, cuándo,cómo, cuántos)

TOPIC 2--Regular present. Tú and Usted. Possessive adjectives. Reflexive pronouns.

TOPIC 3--Irregular present. Adjectives and demonstrative pronouns. Expressions of frequency.

TOPIC 4--Contrast ser and estar. Prepositions and adverbs of place. Difference between está/hay. Estar + gerund. Comparatives and superlatives. Quantifiers: muy, bastante… Possessive pronouns.

TOPIC 5--The past: preterit perfect. Verbs gustar, encantar, doler: form and syntax.

TOPIC 6--The past: indefinite preterit. Regular and irregular verbs. Adjectives and indefinite pronouns.

TOPIC 7--IR a + infinitive. Periphrasis of obligation. The future imperfect.

TOPIC 8--The past: preterit imperfect. Pronouns of direct object and indirect object. Prepositions.

TOPIC 9--Pluperfect preterit. Contrast of tenses in the indicative past.

TOPIC 10--Present subjunctive.

EVALUATION
30% partial exam
40% final exam
30% assignments, class participation, and attitude

ATTENDANCE
Attendance is mandatory.

LEVEL CHANGES
Changes of level may only be made during the first week of the course.