SYLLABUS FOR THE SPANISH BEGINNERS COURSE – 10 WEEKS – (20 HOURS)

This syllabus is an example

1 WEEK	Presentations: saying and asking names. Ordering at a bar: names of drinks and food, ordering drinks, asking for price, undetermined articles: un, una (a), There is, there are. Alphabet, useful questions like: “How do you say in Spanish….?, “What does ……. mean?”, “How do you spell?” Numbers from 0 to 20.
2 WEEK	Giving and asking directions. Places of the city: Library, station, cinema, swimming pool, restaurant, bar, shops, etc. Prepositions like: behind, opposite, in front of, on, in, at, under, etc. Saying the location: “Where is …?. Verb: estar. Articles: el, la, los, las (the). Numbers from 20 to 100.
3 WEEK	Descriptions of cities and countries. Adjectives to describe cities. North, south, east and west. Far, near. The weather.
4 WEEK	Saying and asking nationality (masculine and feminine), profession, places of work, address. 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd person present of regular verbs and present of verb “ ser ” (to be) . Saying and asking telephone numbers and e-mails. Present of the verb “tener” (to have)
5 WEEK	Uses de “tú” (informal you) and “usted” (formal you). 2^nd hour: Revision of previous lessons.
6 WEEK	How to book accommodation in a hotel. Days of the week, months of the year.
7 WEEK	Buying food in a supermarket. Weights and measures. Quantifiers: “How many”, “How much”. Numbers up to 1000
8 WEEK	The family. Members of the family, marital status, age. Plural of the Present of regular verbs.
9 WEEK	Buying tickets at the train station.
10 WEEK	Descriptions of people (physical and personality) 2^nd hour: Revision of previous lessons.