Course Description: The only requirement for this course is a desire and motivation to learn. No previous experience in Spanish is required. Through an accelerated learning approach and following a unique “building-block” strategy with the Intensive Beginner Spanish Series at TEC, students will be able to speak some Spanish the first day of class. By the end of the second week, they will be able to form their own questions, sentences and answers. Classes encompass a good balance of essential grammar and conversation with emphasis in correct pronunciation.
By means of clear and concise explanations and examples, guided conversation, and smart homework assignments, in this course you will effectively learn how to make and answer questions, describe people, places and activities, talk about your interests and write down simple ideas.
Duration:
10 weeks (2 classes/week) 40 hours total covered in two 5 week sessions.
Schedule Summer 2010:
Tuesdays and Thursdays 9am-11am
First session: June 22-July 22
Second session: August 3-September 2
Course Outline:
*Session 1:
1) Introduction to Spanish
2) Elements of a Sentence
3) Ser and Estar
4) Expressing existence & Question formation
5) Numbers and Time
6) Regular Verbs in the Present Tense
*Session 2:
7) Irregular Verbs in the Present Tense
8) Some fundamental Spanish verbs and expressions
9) Adjectives and Adverbs
10) Constructing relations: Prepositions
Bibliography:
1. Bregstein, Barbara; Easy Spanish Step by Step; McGraw Hill ed. 2006