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Description

Open the door to all the possibilities of your Spanish language passport! Sip your virtual cafecito as you delve into topics like school, daily escapades, food preferences, nationalities, family, sports, music, clothing, transportation, and weather. On this journey you’ll unearth a trove of cultural gems, discovering the richness of different Spanish-speaking countries through breath-taking locations, unique celebrations, and cherished traditions. Your goal is to master the basics—the key to unlocking Spanish conversations. Are you prepared for this exciting new adventure?

Module One: ¡Mi vida!

-Greetings and introductions

-Nationalities

-Numbers 0–20

-Telling age with tener

-Adjectives and subject pronouns

-Major cities and sites of importance in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Colombia, and Peru


Module Two: ¡Mi escuela!

-School and class vocabulary

-Unique traits of school systems in various Spanish-speaking countries

-Telling what you have with tener

-Telling what you need with necesitar

-Indefinite articles un and una

-Days of the week, telling time and numbers 30–60

-Clothing and color adjectives

-Major cities and sites of importance in Honduras, Costa Rica, Spain, and Argentina


Module Three: ¡Me gusta!

-Food and drinks vocabular

-Er verbs

-Plural subject pronouns

-Talk about likes and dislikes with gustar

-Idiomatic expressions with tener

-Restaurants and ettiquette

-Formal usted

-Ir verbs

-Major cities and sites of importance in Guatemala, Panama, Venezuela, and the Dominican Republic

Module Four: ¡Mi familia!

-Family member vocabulary

-Possessive adjectives and the preposition de

-The verb ser

-Question words in forming questions

interpret information about celebrations, use

-Numbers 70–100, and use

-Months of the year and dates

-Major cities and sites of importance in Uruguay, Paraguay, and Cuba


Module Five: ¡Mi casa!

-House vocabulary

-The verb estar

-Intonation to identify questions and statements

-Prepositions of location, and use

-Contractions with de and el

-Use gustar with action verbs

-The verb hacer

-Stem-changing verbs, and use

-The expression tener que

-Major cities and sites of importance in Guinea Ecuatorial, El Salvador, and Ecuador


Module Six: ¡Mi ciudad!

-Places around town vocabulary and use

-The verb ir

-Transportation vocabulary

-Irregular -ir verbs, and use

-Prepositions to give directions

-Seasons and weather

-Ir a + Infinitive to express near future

-Acabar de + infinitive to express recent past

-Major cities and sites of importance in Nicaragua, Chile, and Bolivia