It is recommended that  student complete Grade 8. Use of a CD player is required for this course. Recordings of student presentations are required for this course.

Recommended Time: 100 hours

Section 1: Pronunciation; Spanish alphabet; Greetings; Grammatical terms
Section 2: Money, shopping; Pronunciation; Time; Days; Weather, temperature, seasons
Section 3: Cognates; Subject-verb agreement, -ar verbs; Or/and; Pronunciation
Section 4: “En el Suroeste”; Present tense; Questions; Pronunciation
Section 5: “En Los Angeles”; Familiar and formal you; Infinitive; Interrogative; Pronunciation; Querer;
Section 6: “En Miami”; We and you (plural); Gustar; Pronouns with prepositions; Review of -ar present tense verbs and vocabulary; Pronunciation
Module 1 Test covers the work of Module 1.

Section 7: “En un Cafe”; Noun and definite article; Gender; ser and estar
Section 8: Origins of the Spanish language; “Los Amigos Ideales”; Solo/sólo; Adjective position; Primeras Lecturas: “una Palabra Util”; Pronunciation
Section 9: “En la fiesta”; Tener; Plural of nouns, Adjectives; Pronunciation; Primeras Lecturas: “El Nombre de un Hotel”
Section 10: “Un Club Internacional”; Expressions with tener; Venir; Countries, nationalities; Relative pronoun que; Pronunciation; “Los Secretos de la Cara”; Primeras Lecturas: “En el aeropuerto Norte-americano”
Section 11: “El Mundo de los Estudios”; “Y Ahora...¡México!”; The personal “a”; Al and del; Pronunciation; Primeras Lecturas: “El Eco”
Section 12: “Un Fin de Semana”; Estar; “La Ciudad y el Campo”; Expressions; Pronunciation; Ir
Module 2 Test covers the work of Module 2.

Section 13: “Correspondencia”; Ser/estar; Present participle; Adjectives; Primeras Lecturas: “De Texas a la América del Sur” pronunciation
Section 14: Direct object pronouns; “Turismo”; “Transportes”; Pronouns with the infinitive; Accents; Primeras Lecturas: “La Niña de Segovia”
Section 15: er and -ir verbs; “Olivia Ortiz”; Present progressive tense; “La Lectura”; Ver; Possession; Pronunciation; Primeras Lecturas: “Un Crímen
Perfecto”
Section 16: “Las Fotos de Amalia”; Possessive adjectives, Mi and tu; “La familia”; Noun+de+noun; Hacer; “Los Animales Domesticos”; Pronunciation; Review
Section 17: “El Edificio de Apartamentos”; Decir; Possessives, su, nuestro; “La Casa”; Review; Pronunciation
Section 18: “¿Eres Servicial?”; Indirect object pronouns, le, les; Pronunciation; Review
Module 3 Test covers the WHOLE COURSE.