Spanish Beginners Level 1: Course outline
According to group goals, the teacher may do more or less than this, and may not need to cover everything in the list below!
Topics & Vocabulary:
- Greetings and introductions
- The alphabet
- Personal information: name, address, telephone number, email address, age, marital status
- Countries and nationalities
- Professions.
- Numbers 0-100
- The family
- Describing people
- Colours
- Formal and informal ways of addressing people
Grammar:
- Number and gender
- Articles: definite and indefinite
- Demonstrative pronouns
- Personal pronouns
- Interrogative pronouns
- Noun-adjective agreement
- Present tense of basic verbs like ser, estar, trabajar, vivir, tener, llevar
- Quantifiers: muy, bastante
Cultural Content:
- The differences in the use of tú/usted and vosotros/ustedes between Spain and Latin American countries.
- Cultural differences when meeting people.
- Spanish language in the world.
Skills Work:
- Lots of speaking
- Lots of listening
- Lots of pronunciation
Spanish Proficiency:
- A wide range of topics based around students’ own interests, could include topics of general interest: global issues, popular science, environment, media and advertising; culture and entertainment; beliefs and religions, etc.
- Materials used to spark conversation will include articles, DVD, video, internet extracts.