Tentative Schedule for Spanish 1010
Week 1
Capítulo 1. Introductions. Greetings. Deciding how to address people: Using tú or usted. Describing yourself and others: Introduction to ser and estar.
Week 2
Capítulo 1. Vocabulary en la clase. Saying what there is; Gender and number of nouns, the indefinite article, and hay. Numbers from 0 to 100. Vocabulario: En el campus universitario.
Week 3
Capítulo 1. ¿Cómo es la universidad? Specifying people and things and describing them: The definite article and adjectives.
Saying who it is: subject pronouns and the verb ser.
Los cursos universitarios y frases útiles. Resumen de gramática.
Week 4
Capítulo 2. Describing your schedule. Time and the days of the week.
Saying where you are. The verb estar.
Week 5
Capítulo 2. Las actividades diarias. Talking about your activities: Regular –ar verbs.
Asking questions: Question Formation
Week 6
Capítulo 2. Lugares cerca de la Universidad. Indicating Location: Prepositions of place and the contraction with de.
Saying what you are going to do: Ir, the contraction with a, ir a + infinitive. Los pasatiempos.
Week 7
Capítulo 3. Los familiares. Saying whose it is: The possessive adjectives.
Describing relationships: The verbs tener.and venir.
Week 8
Capítulo 3. Un día típico. Describing your daily activities: Regular –er and –ir verbs. Describing people: Idiomatic expressions with tener.
Más pasatiempos. Talking about your activities: The verbs hacer, salir, poner, traer, ver, and oír; and the personal a. Talking about what you do with your friends and family: Pronouns used after prepositions.
Week 9
Capítulo 4. La casa y los muebles. Giving your address and other information: Numbers above 100.
Negating: Indefinite and negative words.
Los muebles y los colores. Describing: using ser and estar.
Week 10.
Capítulo 4. Making comparisons: Comparatives.
Más actividades diarias. Talking about your daily activities: Stem-changing verbs.
Describing how you do things: Adverbs.
Week 11
Capítulo 4. El barrio y los vecinos. Resumen de gramática.
Week 12
Capítulo 5. La rutina diaria. Describing your routine: Reflexive verbs.
Saying what you do for each other: Reciprocal verbs.
Week 13
Capítulo 5. La ropa. Pointing out people and things: Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns.
Saying what you intend to do: Using reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the infinitive.
Una fiesta. Describing what people are doing at the moment: The present progressive.
Making plans and setting the date: Months and dates.
El tiempo y las estaciones.