Description: Preface.I. Communication: You will learn to greet people and exchange some polite questions and answers, exchange phone numbers, talk about days and dates, and describe colors.Structures: 1. Greetings and farewells. 2. Cardinal numbers 0-39. 3. The alphabet 4. Days of the week. 5. Months of the year. 6. Colors.II. Communication: You will learn about cognates and some simple vocabulary related to the classroom. Structures: 1. Gender and number. 2. The definite and indefinite articles3. Subject pronouns. 4. The present indicative of ser. 5. Uses of hay. 6. Cardinal numbers 40-299.1. Communication: you will learn vocabulary related to restaurants and cafeterias.Country highlighted: Espaa. Structures:1. The present indicative of regular -ar verbs 2. Interrogative and negative sentences. 3. Forms and position of adjectives 4. Telling time. 5. Cardinal numbers 300-1,000.2. Communication: You will learn additional vocabulary relate to restaurants.Country highlighted: Mxico. Structures: 1. Agreement of adjectives, nouns, and adjectives. 2. The present indicative of regular -er and -ir verbs. 3. Possession with de 4. Possessive adjectives. 5. The personal a.3. Communication: you will learn vocabulary related to the family. Country highlighted: Guatemala. Structures: 1. The irregular verbs ir, dar, and estar. 2. Ir a+ infinitive 3. Uses of the verbs ser and estar. 4. Contractions.4. Communication: You will learn vocabulary pertaining to hotels. Countries highlighted: Honduras and El Salvador. Structures: 1. The irregular verbs tener and venir. 2. Expressions with tener. 3. Comparative forms. 4. Irregular comparative forms.5. Communication: You will learn vocabulary about typical activities related to traveling in a foreign country. Country highlighted: Nicaragua. Structures: 1. Stem-changing verbs (e:ie).2. Some uses of the definite article. 3. The present progressive. 4. Ordinal numbers: Cuanto sabe usted ahora? Lecciones 1-5.6. Communication: You will learn more vocabulary related to situations encountered while traveling. Countries highlighted: Costa Rica and Panama. Structures: 1. Stem-changing verbs (o:ue). 2. Affirmative and negative expressions. 3. Pronouns as object of a preposition. 4. Direct object pronouns.7. Communication: You will learn vocabulary related to travel arrangements. Countries highlighted: Puerto Rico. Structures: 1. Stem-changing verbs (e:i). 2. Irregular first-person forms. 3. Saber contrasted with conocer. 4. Indirect object pronouns.8. Communication: You will learn vocabulary to sports and other outdoor activities.Countries highlighted: Cuba and Republica Dominicana. Structures: 1. Pedir contrasted with preguntar. 2. Special construction with gustar, doler, and hacer falta. 3. Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns. 4. Direct and indirect object pronouns used together.9. Communication: You will learn vocabulary related to daily routine and personal grooming.Country highlighted: Venezuela. Structures: 1. Possessive pronouns. 2. Reflexive constructions. 3. Command forms: Ud. and Uds. 4. Uses of object pronouns with command forms.10. Communication: you will learn vocabulary related to housework, shopping and weather.Country highlighted: Colombia. Structures: 1. The preterit of regular verbs. 2. The preterit of ser, ir and dar. 3. Uses of por and para. 4. Seasons of the year and weather expressions.Cunto sabe usted ahora? Lecciones 6-10.11. Communication: You will learn vocabulary related to everyday life. Country highlighted: Ecuador. Structures: 1. Time expressions with hacer. 2. Irregular preterits. 3. The preterit of stem-changing verbs (e:i and o:u). 4. Command forms: t.12. Un matrimonio peruano va de compras. Structures: 1. En and a as equivalents of at 2. The imperfect tense. 3. The past progressive. 4. The preterit contrasted with the imperfect. Communication: Shopping for clothes. Culture: Per. Different ways of shopping in the Hispanic world.13. En una tienda por departamen

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