Beginning Conversational Spanish

Designed for beginners, we will have you speaking and reading Spanish in no time. You will practice the basic building blocks of the language and common idiomatic expressions. You will know enough vocabulary and grammar for simple conversations, and you will learn how to ask and answer questions. Whether you speak some Spanish and need a refresher, or no Spanish, you will complete the course with the skills to communicate in Spanish. Agenda Unit 1: The Alphabet: Vowels and Consonants -Ser and Estar -How to Ask Questions -Vocabulary Unit 2: Colors, Countries and Numbers -Colors -Countries and Nationalities -Numbers Unit 3: More Vocabulary -Telling Time -The Calendar -More Vocabulary Unit 4: Expressions -Tener: To have -Vocabulary and expressions with tener -Estar: To Be Unit 5: Conjugation -Conjugation of Regular Verbs -AR Verbs -ER Verbs -IR Verbs Unit 6: Irregular Verbs -Hay -Irregular Verbs Present Tense -Stem-Changing Verbs Unit 7: The Near Future -The Near Future -Vocabulary Unit 8: Present Progressive -More Ar Verbs -Vocabulary -Present Progressive