Beginners Latin American Spanish Course Outline
If you are new to Spanish and want to focus your studies on the varieties of the language spoken throughout Latin America, while studying alongside people from all around the world, then enroll in the Latin American Spanish Open-Group Course for Beginners. Learn how to describe yourself, how to ask and answer questions, and how to get around with the most crucial verbs, nouns, and phrases. Study under the tutorship of a professional and native teacher, then put your new skills into practice with your international classmates. Best of all, tell your teacher the nations and regions of Latin America that interest you the most, and they will ensure you dedicate time to learning the vocabulary, expressions, and slang that will be of most use to you.
Lesson 1
You will learn greetings; how to introduce yourself; the alphabet; how to spell; how to conjugate the verbs ser (to be) and llamarse (to be called); to say where you are from; names of countries.
Lesson 2
You will learn professions and nationalities; numbers 1-100; operations with numbers, how to say your age; to conjugate the verb tener (to have); to ask people if they have different things.
Lesson 3
You will learn to ask “how are you?” and possible answers; more professions; to introduce other people in formal and informal contexts; to conjugate the verb trabajar (to work); to pronounce various Spanish words.
Lesson 4
You will learn objects used in daily life; the indefinite articles; to conjugate verbs ending in –ar, -er, -ir; the difference between tú and usted; to describe masculine and feminine nouns by using colors.
Lesson 5
You will learn to use the indefinite articles and definite articles; to give directions; to say/write addresses; to say where something is by using prepositions; more objects used at work.
Lesson 6
You will learn to describe your house; to use the verb estar (to be) to talk about locations, and the impersonal verb hay (there is, there are); to talk about living in the city vs. the countryside.
Lesson 7
You will learn to talk about family; to describe people by using adjectives; to use possessive adjectives: mi, tu, su, nuestro, etc.; to have conversations about your family.
Lesson 8
You will learn items of clothing; to ask how much is something; to talk about price/color/size; to use the possessive pronouns; to ask and answer questions about possession using de quién.
Lesson 9
You will learn transportation words and expressions; the verb ir (to go); to speak about your preferences and give reasons; the verbs utilizar (to use), querer (to want), necesitar (to need).
Lesson 10
You will learn places in town; to ask and give information regarding location; about the currency used in Latin American countries; to tell the time; to talk about your schedule.
* You do not need to buy a textbook to complete your course. Your teacher will share their materials (excerpts from textbooks, audio files, videos, etc.) with you during the classes using screenshare. Your teacher may also recommend other textbooks and grammar books to help supplement or continue your studies, but Language Trainers bears no responsibility for your decision to make such a purchase.
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