Spanish Program
(42-Hours Intensive)
The Language Center
Community Education at Wolfson
Spanish-Curriculum Revision Committee:
Luis Manuel Rodríguez
Language Center Coordinator
Elena Montes de Oca
Language Center Assistant – Spanish Program
Marina Baltar
Language Center Lab Assistant
Sara Piloto-Rodriguez
Spanish Instructor
Ruben Lavernia
Spanish Instructor
March 5, 2010
/ School of Community Education
300 N.E. 2nd Avenue, Room 1158
Miami, Florida 33132
Office: (305) 237-3120
www.mdc.CommunityEducationatWolfson.com
Spanish program Competencies – 42 hours
Intensive Spanish 1
Spanish 1In this introductory course you will be introduced to basic Spanish language skills (listening, speaking and reading). Student-instructor exchanges help you acquire the vocabulary and learn structures used in common interactions. Frequent student-to-student dialogues provide practice and build your confidence. All explanations include plenty of practical examples for using natural, everyday Spanish.
You will learn:
· Spanish pronunciation,
· to introduce yourself and others,
· to greet others and say good-by,
· the days of the week, months, and seasons,
· ordinal and cardinal numbers,
· to request and give correct time,
· to exchange phone numbers and addresses,
· to talk about days, dates and activities that you have to do,
· to exchange some polite questions and answers, and
· learn cultural aspects of different Hispanic countries.
Prerequisite: None
Required Text: Spanish for Getting Along, by Ana C. Jarvis & Raquel Lebredo (2005). H. Mifflin.
Note: The Spanish program is in transition for a customized version of the 5th edition for MDC-Wolfson (available Summer 2010). At this time, the previous edition will be sufficient for this course along some handouts offered by instructor.
TENTATIVE COURSE OUTLINE
Week
/ 1 / Introduction, Orientation and Assessment
Lección Preliminar I
Communication
You will learn to greet people and exchange some polite questions and answers, exchange phone numbers, talk about days and dates, and describe colors. Greetings and farewells – Polite expressions.
Structures
1. Greetings and farewells.
2. Cardinal numbers 0-39.
3. The alphabet.
4. Days of the week.
5. Months of the year.
6.Colors.
Culture: How to address and greet people – Names and surnames.
Week / 2 / Lección Preliminar II.
Communication:
You will learn about cognates and some simple vocabulary related to the classroom
Answering the phone – Inquiring about origin – Discussing quantities.
“En el club”: Structures.
1. Gender and number.
2. The definite and indefinite articles.
3. Subject pronouns.
4. The present indicative of ser.
5. Uses of hay.
6. Cardinal numbers 40-299.
Culture: Different ways to answer the phone according to countries – How to address adults with respect.
Week / 3 / Lección 1
Communication:
You will learn vocabulary related to restaurants and cafeterias. : How to order a meal – Asking for the check and discussing method of payment.
“En el restaurante Don Pepe, en Madrid”. Structures:
1. The present indicative of regular -ar verbs.
2. Interrogative and negative sentences.
3. Forms and position of adjectives.
4. Telling time.
5. Cardinal numbers 300 -1,000.
Culture: España. Eating habits in Spanish-speaking countries.
Week / 4 / Lección 2
Communication:
You will learn additional vocabulary relate to restaurants: More restaurants and eating out.
“¡Feliz aniversario!” Structures:
1. Agreement of articles, nouns, and adjectives.
2. The present indicative of regular -er and -ir verbs.
3. Possession with de.
4. Possessive adjectives.
5. The personal a.
Culture: México. – Mealtime customs – Godparents.
Week / 5 / Lección 3.
Communication:
How to describe people and circumstances – Exchanges at a party – How to discuss plans.
“Navidad en Guatemala”. Structures:
1. The irregular verbs ir, dar, and estar.
2. Ir a+ infinitive.
3. Uses of the verbs ser and estar. 4. Contractions.
Culture: Guatemala. Family ties – Celebrations – Salsa.
Week / 6 / Lección 4.
Communication: You will learn vocabulary pertaining to hotels: Discussing accommodations and prices at a hotel – Getting additional information.
“En el hotel”. Structures: 1. The irregular verbs tener and venir.
2. Expressions with tener.
3. Comparative forms.
4. Irregular comparative forms.
Culture: Honduras y El Salvador. Types of hotels in Latin America – The naming.
Week / 7 / Review
Assessment
Certificates
Intensive Spanish 2
Continue improving your language skills by using the basic irregular verbs in present and future situations. Recognize common idiomatic expressions for everyday life events. Students will engage in asking questions and giving answers.You will learn:
· to express basic feelings, needs, and wants,
· to communicate likes and dislikes,
· to extend, accept and decline invitations,
· to get information about traveling and make travel arrangements,
· to incorporate building on previously learned vocabulary,
· to compare using different grades with adjectives,
· to describe actions and events in present and future events, and
· to talk about local cultural places and the currency of the different Hispanic countries.
Prerequisite: Level 1 or Assessment.
Required Text: Spanish for Getting Along, by Ana C. Jarvis & Raquel Lebredo (2005). H. Mifflin.
Note: The Spanish program is in transition for a customized version of the 5th edition for MDC-Wolfson (available Summer 2010). At this time, the previous edition will be sufficient for this course along some handouts offered by instructor.
TENTATIVE COURSE OUTLINE
Weeks / 1 / Orientation and diagnostics.
Review Lesson 1- 4
Weeks / 2 / Lección 5.
Communication: You will learn vocabulary about typical activities related to traveling in a foreign country. How to discuss prices and accommodations at a boarding house – Errands and excursions while travelling. .
“De vacaciones en Managua”. Structures:
1. Stem-changing verbs (e:ie).
2. Some uses of the definite article.
3. The present progressive.
4. Ordinal numbers.
Culture: Nicaragua. Meals – Boarding houses in the Hispanic world.
Week / 3 / Lección 6.
Communication: You will learn more vocabulary related to situations encountered while traveling. : Commenting on accommodations at a boarding house – Making plans.
“En una pensión en San José”. Structures:
1. Stem-changing verbs (o: ue).
2. Affirmative and negative expressions.
3. Pronouns as object of a preposition.
4. Direct object pronouns.
Culture: Costa Rica. Living arrangements for students – Pharmacies in the Hispanic world.
Week / 4 / Lección 7.
Communication: You will learn vocabulary related to travel arrangements. How to make travel arrangements and get information about travelling.
“¡Buen viaje!” Structures:
1. Stem-changing verbs (e:i).
2. Irregular first-person forms.
3. Saber contrasted with conocer.
4. Indirect object pronouns.
Culture: Puerto Rico. Travelling to Cuba.
Week / 5 / Lección 8
Communication: You will learn vocabulary to sports and other outdoor activities. Planning outdoor activities and talking about sports.
“Los deportes y las actividades al aire libre”. Structures:
1. Pedir contrasted with preguntar.
2. Special construction with gustar, doler, and hacer falta.
3. Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns.
4. Direct and indirect object pronouns used together.
Culture: República Dominicana. Soccer and baseball in the Hispanic world.
Week / 6 / Lección 9.
Communication: You will learn vocabulary related to daily routine and personal grooming. How to talk about daily routine – At the hairdresser – Getting ready to go out.
Country highlighted: Venezuela.
“Un día con Adela y Mario”. Structures:
1. Possessive pronouns.
2. Reflexive constructions.
3. Command forms: Ud. and Ustedes.
4. Uses of object pronouns with command forms.
Culture: Venezuela. Women in Hispanic countries – American products in Spain and Latin America – Popular forms of entertainment.
Week / 7 / Review
Assessment
Certificates
Intensive Spanish 3
Course Description: Enhance the use of more advanced idiomatic expressions and basic grammatical structures focusing on past experiences by using the simple past. All explanations are followed by numerous examples in everyday Spanish language.
You will learn:
· to handle informal formal social situations by applying the appropriate verb form,
· to express points of view,
· to understand the importance and uses of the past tense in two ways: perfect and imperfect,
· to continue developing reading and writing skills using previous learned vocabulary,
· to continue developing listening and comprehension skills by exposing students to real life situations with proper language,
· to use the familiar affirmative command in singular using “tu”, and
· to review and apply all verb tenses in conversational and writing activities.
Prerequisite: Level 3 or assessment.
Required Text: Spanish for Getting Along, by Ana C. Jarvis & Raquel Lebredo (2005). H. Mifflin.
Note: The Spanish program is in transition for a customized version of the 5th edition for MDC-Wolfson (available Summer 2010). At this time, the previous edition will be sufficient for this course along some handouts offered by instructor.
TENTATIVE COURSE OUTLINE
Weeks / 1&2 / Orientation and Diagnostics
Review. Lección 7-9
Lección 10.
Communication: you will learn vocabulary related to housework, shopping and weather. How to talk about what took place – How to talk about household chores.
Country highlighted: Colombia.
“Los quehaceres de casa”. Structures:
1. The preterit of regular verbs.
2. The preterit of ser, ir and dar.
3. Uses of por and para.
4. Seasons of the year and weather expressions.
Culture: Colombia. Coffee in social situations – Markets and supermarkets in the Hispanic world.
Weeks / 3&4 / Lección 11.
Communication: You will learn vocabulary related to everyday life. How to talk about the preparation of meals – More about household chores.
“Hoy tenemos mucho que hacer” Structures:
1. Time expressions with hacer.
2. Irregular preterits.
3. The preterit of stem-changing verbs (e:i and o:u).
4. Command forms: tú.
Culture: Ecuador. Women's and men's roles – Nicknames.
Week / 5 / Lección 12.
Communication: Shopping for clothes.
“Un matrimonio peruano va de compras”.
Structures:
1. En and a as equivalents of at
2. The imperfect tense.
3. The past progressive.
4. The preterit contrasted with the imperfect.
Culture: Perú. Different ways of shopping in the Hispanic world.
Week / 6 / Lección 13.
Communication: More about shopping: clothes ¿Qué? and ¿Cuál? Used with ser. More about shopping: clothes, shoes, jewelry.
“En una tienda por departamentos en La Paz”.
Structures:
1. Changes in meaning with the imperfect and preterit of conocer, saber, and querer.
2. Hace meaning ago.
3. Uses of se.
Culture: Bolivia. Stores in Hispanic cities.
Week / 7 / Review
Assessment
certificate
Intensive Spanish 4
Course Description: Enhance the use of more advanced idiomatic expressions and basic grammatical structures focusing on past experienced using compound past tenses. All explanations are followed by numerous examples in everyday practical situations.
Your will learn
· to express ideas in the past using compound forms of past tense,
· to understand the use of simple and compound future and conditional verb tenses,
· to continue developing reading and writing skills using previous learned vocabulary,
· to continue developing listening and comprehension skills by exposing students to real life situations with proper language,
· to review all verb tenses by applying them in conversational and writing activities, and
· to continue enhancing the cultural knowledge of the Hispanic heritage.
Prerequisite: Level 4 or assessment
Required Text: Spanish for Getting Along, by Ana C. Jarvis & Raquel Lebredo (2005) Houghton Mifflin
Note: The Spanish program is in transition for a customized version of the 5th edition for MDC-Wolfson (available Summer 2010). At this time, the previous edition will be sufficient for this course along some handouts offered by instructor
TENTATIVE COURSE OUTLINEWeek / 1 / Orientation and Diagnostics.
Review Lecciones 10-13.
Weeks / 23 / Lección 14.
Communication: You will learn vocabulary related to automobiles. How to deal with situations related to automobiles.
“Problemas con el coche”. Structures:
1. The past participle.
2. The present perfect tense.
3. The past perfect (pluperfect) tense.
Culture: Paraguay. The use of the automobile in the Hispanic
Weeks / 45 / Lección 15.
Communication: You will learn vocabulary related to transportation. How to discuss car rental.
“Alquilando un coche”. Structures:
1. The future tense: simple and compound.
2. The conditional tense: simple and compound.
3. Some uses of the prepositions a, de, and en:
Culture: Chile. The metric system – Driving in Spain and Latin America.
Week / 6 / Review of simple and compound past tenses.
Week / 7 / Review of all tenses of the indicative mode.
Assessment
Certificates
Intensive Spanish 5
Course Description: Enhance the use of more advanced idiomatic expressions and basic grammatical structures focusing on expressions of belief, doubt and other emotions as well as impersonal expressions, denial, indefiniteness and non-existence. All explanations are followed by numerous examples of their practical use in the natural Spanish language.You will learn:
· to justify and persuade by giving reasons for an action or decision,
· to handle formal social situations using polite forms of request by applying the appropriate verb form,
· to express points of view,
· to understand the importance and uses of the subjunctive mode,
· to continue developing reading and writing skills using previous learned vocabulary,
· to continue developing listening and comprehension skills by exposing students to real life situations with proper language,
· to use the formal commands, and
· to review all verb tenses by applying them in conversational and writing activities
Prerequisite: Level 5 or assessment.
Required Text: Spanish for Getting Along, by Ana C. Jarvis & Raquel Lebredo (2005). H. Mifflin.
Note: The Spanish program is in transition for a customized version of the 5th edition for MDC-Wolfson (available Summer 2010). At this time, the previous edition will be sufficient for this course along some handouts offered by instructor.
TENTATIVE COURSE OUTLINE
Week / 1 / Orientation and Diagnostics.
Review Lecciones 14-15
Lección 16.
Communication: You will learn vocabulary related to. Travelling by train and by bus.
“De viaje”. Structures:
1. The present subjunctive.
2. The subjunctive with verbs of volition.
3. The absolute superlative.
Culture: Argentina. Seasons and climates.
Weeks / 2&3 / Lección 17.
Communication: You will learn vocabulary related to hospital care in emergencies. How to talk about medical emergencies and doctor's recommendations.
“En la sala de emergencias”. Structures:
1. The subjunctive to express emotion.
2. The subjunctive with some impersonal expressions.
3. Formation of adverbs.
Culture: Uruguay. Hospitals and medical care in the Hispanic world.
Week / 4 / Lección 18.
Communication: You will learn vocabulary related to collage life. How to talk about college life.
“En la Universidad”. Structures:
1. The subjunctive to express doubt, disbelief, and denial.
2. The subjunctive to express indefiniteness and nonexistence.
3. Diminutive suffixes
Culture: Los puertorriqueños. The educational system in Spain and Latin America.
Week / 5 / Lección 19.
Communication: You will learn vocabulary related to health problems and visits to the doctor's office. How to discuss health problems with the doctor
“La señora Duarte está enferma”. Structures:
1. The subjunctive after certain conjunctions.
2. The present perfect subjunctive.
3. Uses of the present perfect subjunctive.
Culture: Los mexicano-americanos. More about health care in the Hispanic world.
Weeks / 6&7 / Lección 20.
Communication: You will learn vocabulary to running errands. At the post office and at the bank:
“Haciendo diligencias”. Structures:
1. The imperfect subjunctive.
2. Uses of the imperfect subjunctive.
3. If clauses.
Culture: Los cubanoamericanos. National currencies of different Spanish-speaking countries.
Review
Assessment
Certificates.
Intensive Spanish 6