Our lessons are completly virtual, adjusted to your schedule, individualized and designed for your age. One teacher - One student in order to obtain Spañish proficiency in the shortest time possible.
Preliminary Module I
Communication: You will learn to greet people and exchange some polite questions and answers, exchange telephone numbers, talk about days and dates, and describe colors.
Duration: Two weeks - Ten classes - 60 minutes per class.
Topics:
1. Greetings and farewells / Saludos y despedidas
2. Cardinal numbers 0–39 / Números cardinales 0–39
3. The alphabet / El alfabeto
4. Days of the week / Días de la semana
5. Months of the year / Meses de la año
6. Colors / Colores
Preliminary Module II
Communication: You will learn about cognates and some simple vocabulary related to the classroom.
Duration: Two weeks - Ten classes - 60 minutes per class.
Topics:
1. Gender and number / Género y número
2. The definite and indefinite articles / Los artículos definidos e indefinidos
3. Subject pronouns / Pronombres sujetos
4. The present indicative of ser / El presente indicativo de ser
5. Uses of hay / Usos del hay
6. Cardinal numbers 40–299 / Números cardinales 40–299
Module 1
Communication: You will learn vocabulary related to restaurants and cafeterias.
Duration: Two weeks - Ten classes - 60 minutes per class.
Topics:
1. The present indicative of regular -ar verbs / El presente indicativo de los verbos regulares - ar
2. Interrogative and negative sentences / Oraciones interrogativas y negativas
3. Forms and position of adjectives / Formas y posición de los adjetivos
4. Telling time / Decir la hora
5. Cardinal numbers 300–1,000 / Números cardinales 300–1,000
Module 2
Communication: You will learn additional vocabulary pertaining to restaurants.
Duration: Two weeks - Ten classes - 60 minutes per class.
Topics:
1. Agreement of articles, nouns, and adjectives / Acuerdo de artículos , sustantivos y adjetivos
2. The present indicative of regular -er and -ir verbs / El presente indicativo de los verbos regulares - er y -ir
3. Possession with de / Posesión con de
4. Possessive adjectives / Adjetivos posesivos
5. The personal a / El personal a
Module 3
Communication: You will learn vocabulary related to the family.
Duration: Two weeks - Ten classes - 60 minutes per class.
Topics:
1. The irregular verbs ir, dar, and estar / Los verbos irregulares ir, dar y estar
2. Ir a 1 infinitive / Ir a 1 infinitivo
3. Uses of the verbs ser and estar / Usos de los verbos ser y estar
4. Contractions / Contracciones
Module 4
Communication: You will learn vocabulary pertaining to hotels.
Duration: Two weeks - Ten classes - 60 minutes per class.
Topics:
1. The irregular verbs tener and venir / Los verbos irregulares tener y venir
2. Expressions with tener / Expresiones con tener
3. Comparative forms / Formas comparativas
4. Irregular comparative forms / Formas comparativas irregulares
Module 5
Communication: You will learn vocabulary about typical activities related to traveling in a foreign country.
Duration: Two weeks - Ten classes - 60 minutes per class.
Topics:
1. Stem-changing verbs (e:ie) / Verbos que cambian los tallos ( e : ie )
2. Some uses of the definite article / Algunos usos de la definitiva artículo
3. The present progressive / El presente progresivo
4. Ordinal numbers / Números ordinales
Module 6
Communication: You will learn more vocabulary related to situations encountered while traveling.
Duration: Two weeks - Ten classes - 60 minutes per class.
Topics:
1. Stem-changing verbs (o:ue) / Verbos que cambian troncos ( o : ue )
2. Affirmative and negative expressions / Expresiones afirmativas y negativas
3. Pronouns as objects of a preposition / Pronombres como objetos de una preposición
4. Direct object pronouns / Pronombres de objeto directo
Module 7
Communication: You will learn vocabulary related to travel arrangements.
Duration: Two weeks - Ten classes - 60 minutes per class.
Topics:
1. Stem-changing verbs (e:i) / Verbos que cambian los tallos ( e : i )
2. Irregular first person forms / Formas irregulares de primera persona
3. Saber contrasted with conocer / Saber contrasta con conocer
4. Indirect object pronouns / Pronombres indirectos de objetos
Module 8
Communication: You will learn vocabulary related to sports and other outdoor activities.
Duration: Two weeks - Ten classes - 60 minutes per class.
Topics:
1. Pedir contrasted with preguntar / Pedir contrastado con preguntar
2. Special construction with gustar, doler, and hacer falta / Construcción especial con gustar, doler y hacer falta
3. Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns / Adjetivos y pronombres demostrativos
4. Direct and indirect object pronouns used together / Pronombres de objetos directos e indirectos usados juntos
Module 9
Communication: You will learn vocabulary related to daily routine and personal grooming.
Duration: Two weeks - Ten classes - 60 minutes per class.
Topics:
1. Possessive pronouns / Pronombres posesivos
2. Reflexive constructions / Construcciones reflexivas
3. Command forms: Ud. and Uds / Formas de comando : Ud. y Uds
4. Uses of object pronouns with command forms / Usos de pronombres de objeto con formas de comando
Module 10
Communication: You will learn vocabulary pertaining to housework, shopping, and the weather.
Duration: Two weeks - Ten classes - 60 minutes per class.
Topics:
1. The preterit of regular verbs / El pretérito de los verbos regulares
2. The preterit of ser, ir, and dar / El pretérito de ser, ir y dar
3. Uses of por and para / Usos de por y para
4. Seasons of the year and weather expressions / Estaciones de los años y el tiempo expresiones
Module 11
Communication: You will continue to learn vocabulary related to everyday life.
Topics:
Duration: Two weeks - Ten classes - 60 minutes per class.
1. Time expressions with hacer / Expresiones de tiempo con hacer
2. Irregular preterits / Pretéritos irregulares
3. The preterit of stem changing verbs (e:i and o:u) / El preterito de verbos que cambian la raíz (e: i y o: u)
4. Command forms: tú / Formas de comando : tú
Module 12
Communication: You will learn vocabulary related to things found at a shopping mall.
Duration: Two weeks - Ten classes - 60 minutes per class.
Topics:
1. En and a as equivalents of at / En y a como equivalentes de at
2. The imperfect tense / El tiempo imperfecto
3. The past progressive / El pasado progresivo
4. The preterit contrasted with the imperfect / El pretérito contrasta con el imperfecto
Module 13
Communication: You will learn vocabulary related to shopping.
Duration: Two weeks - Ten classes - 60 minutes per class.
Topics:
1. Changes in meaning with the imperfect and preterit of conocer, saber, and querer / Cambios de significado con el imperfecto y el pretérito de conocer, sable y querer
2. Hace meaning ago / Hace significando tiempo atras
3. Uses of se / Usos de se
4. ¿Qué? and ¿cuál? used with ser / ¿Qué? y ¿cuál? usado con ser
Module 14
Communication: You will learn vocabulary related to automobiles.
Duration: Two weeks - Ten classes - 60 minutes per class.
Topics:
1. The past participle / El participio pasado
2. The present perfect tense / El presente perfecto tensa
3. The past perfect (pluperfect) tense / El pasado perfecto (tiempo pluscuamperfecto )
Module 15
Communication: You will learn more vocabulary related to transportation.
Duration: Two weeks - Ten classes - 60 minutes per class.
Topics:
1. The future tense / El tiempo futuro
2. The conditional tense / El tiempo condicional
3. Some uses of the prepositions a, de, and en / Algunos usos de las preposiciones a, de y en
Module 16
Communication: You will learn vocabulary related to traveling by train.
Duration: Two weeks - Ten classes - 60 minutes per class.
Topics:
1. The present subjunctive / El presente subjuntivo
2. The subjunctive with verbs of volition / El subjuntivo con verbos de volición
3. The absolute superlative / El superlativo absoluto
Module 17
Communication: You will learn vocabulary related to hospital care in emergencies.
Duration: Two weeks - Ten classes - 60 minutes per class.
Topics:
1. The subjunctive to express emotion / El subjuntivo para expresar emoción
2. The subjunctive with some impersonal expressions / El subjuntivo con algunas expresiones impersonales
3. Formation of adverbs / Formación de adverbios
Module 18
Communication: You will learn vocabulary related to college life.
Duration: Two weeks - Ten classes - 60 minutes per class.
Topics:
1. The subjunctive to express doubt, disbelief, and denial / El subjuntivo para expresar dudas , incredulidad y negación
2. The subjunctive to express indefiniteness and nonexistence / El subjuntivo para expresar indefinición e inexistencia
3. Diminutive suffixes / Sufijos diminutos
Module 19
Communication: You will learn vocabulary related to health problems and visits to the doctor’s office.
Duration: Two weeks - Ten classes - 60 minutes per class.
Topics:
1. The subjunctive after certain conjunctions / El subjuntivo después de ciertas conjunciones
2. The present perfect subjunctive / El presente perfecto subjuntivo
3. Uses of the present perfect subjunctive / Usos del presente perfecto del subjuntivo
Module 20
Communication: You will learn vocabulary related to running errands.
Duration: Two weeks - Ten classes - 60 minutes per class.
Topics:
1. The imperfect subjunctive / El subjuntivo imperfecto
2. Uses of the imperfect subjunctive / Usos de la imperfectos de subjuntivo
3. If clauses / Si cláusulas