Spanish 2
Welcome to class!
Semester 1 Course Goals
By the end of this course, you will be able to do the following:
• Use subject pronouns correctly in speech and writing.
• Use regular present tense verb endings of -ar, -er, -ir verbs and go/yo verbs: hacer, poner, tener, decir, salir, and venir.
• Use correct masculine and feminine definite and indefinite articles.
• Use correct gender and number with nouns and adjectives.
• Use interrogative words and question formation, including tag questions, negation, and inversion.
• Use time order words and phrases: la semana pasada (last week), el Verano pasado (last summer), la noche antes de ayer (yesterday evening), and anteayer (the day before yesterday).
• Make comparisons of equality and inequality.
• Correctly place object pronouns in commands.
• Use verbs and phrases for ordering food (pedir, servir, freír, repetir, reservar, and me gustaria).
• Use spell changers in the present tense (zco in the yo verbs, -ger verbs that spell change to j in the yo form).
• Use cooking terms in the imperative (medir, hervir, añadir, cocinar, cortar, preparar, and hornear).
• Use frequency words (una vez, muchas veces, con frecuencia, a menudo, and nunca).
• Use correct verbs to form idioms/idiomatic expressions.
Semester 2 Course Goals
By the end of this course, you will be able to do the following:
• Use different verbs to talk about sightseeing.
• Use direction words appropriately e.g., north (norte), south (sur), east (este), west (oeste), to the right (a la derecha), to the left (a la izquierda), distance (distancia), legend on map (signos).
• Correctly use the two past tenses to narrate a visit to the doctor, including when it was (preterite) and why the person went (imperfect—wasn't feeling well, felt sick, etc.).
• Use augmentative suffixes (-on, -ona, etc.) and diminutive endings (-ito, -cito, etc.).
• Use present subjunctive with stem-changing verbs such as cerrar (to close), pedir (to ask for), perder (to lose), encontrar (to find), recordar (to remember), divertirse (to have fun), and dormir (to sleep).
• Use commands related to giving directions, including irregular affirmative tú commands—put (pon), have (ten), leave (sal), come (ven), say (di), do (haz), be (sé), go (ve).
• Introduce gerunds (present participles) to form the present progressive tense: swimming (nadando), playing (jungando), eating (comiendo), and growing (creciendo).
• Use prepositions of place to describe relative locations of geographic features, including next to (al lado de), on top of (encima de), behind (detrás de), in front of (delante de).