Beginner Spanish
Courses are focused on the Spanish sound system, basic grammar, vocabulary and cultural elements. Although emphasis is on listening and speaking, basic reading and writing skills will be developed.
Grammar
Verbs - Los Verbos
- Present tense conjugations
- Preterit Tense (El Preterito)
- Present Progressive (El Presente Progresivo)
- Reflexive construction (Los Verbos Reflexivos)
- Regular AR verbs
- Regular ER verbs
- Regular IR verbs
- The verb "gustar"
- The verb "to go"
- The verb "to be" - Ser vs Estar
- Stem-changing verbs - AR and ER
- Stem-changing verbs- e to ie
Conversational
- Spanish Pronunciation Tutorial
- Free Online Vocabulary Tutorial
- Travel Helper
- Weather (El Tiempo)
- Asking Information (Interrogativas)
- Meals (La Comida)
- Telling the Time (La Hora)
- Spanish Greetings (Saludos)
Culture
- Spanish Countries and Flags
- Hispanics in America: The Market
- Chile: A Crazy Geography
- Spanish Family Tree doc / html
Multimedia
- Subject Pronouns and -ar/er/ir ending
- Present tense conjugations –AR verbs
- Class I Stem Changing Verbs ending –AR/ER
- Verb Conjugations Drill ending -AR
- Verb Conjugations Drill ending – AR/ER/IR
- Stem-changing Verbs: drill E to IE
- Spanish Alphabet
- The Weather
- Regular Verbs ending –AR
- Regular Verbs ending –ER
- Regular Verbs ending –IR
- The Verb GUSTAR
- Hispanics in America: The Market
- Asking Information Questions
- The Verb “to go”
- The meals Fruits and Vegetables
- Telling Time
- Regular Verbs Conjugations ending –AR
- The Numbers
- Spanish Countries and Flags
- Spanish NYS Standards - Modern Languages
- Preposition “for”: por versus para
- The Preterit Tense
- The Present Progressive
- The Reflexive Construction
- Spanish Greetings
- The Verb “to be” Ser versus Estar (Ossa)
- The Verb “to be” Ser versus Estar
- Spanish and Latin Rhythms
- Summary of Spanish Grammar
- Spanish Nouns