Spanish syllabus beginner

Beginner 1

• General
• Greetings
• Introduce oneself
• Farewell
• Ask and give personal information
• Identify a person in a group
• Ask and answer personal questions
• Ask and give telephone number
• Ask and tell the time

• Verb ser
• Personal subject pronouns
• Gender and number
• Definite article
• Verb llamarse 
• Present tense of regular verbs
• Verb tener
• Verb ser II
• Question words

Beginner 2

• Ask an address
• Locate people, objects, and places 
• Express existence and absence
• Express mood
• Express possession and relationships
• Talk about the neighbourhood and types of housing
• Make a phone ca

• Verb estar
• Prepositions and adverbs of place 
• Contractions al y del
• Hay / estar; Ser / estar
• Indefinite article
• Frequently used indefinite pronouns
• Present tense of irregular verbs I
• Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns
• Possessive adjectives

Beginner 3

• Express preferences or interests
• Ask for products and prices 
• Express quantities
• Describe habits
• Express the frequency of some actions
• Express agreement or disagreement

• Irregular verbs II
• Querer / Poder / Preferir / Desear + infinitivo 
• Direct object pronouns
• Pronominal verbs
• Reflexive pronouns
• Soler + infinitivo
• Tambien / Tampoco 
• Dormir / Dormirse

Beginner 4

• Express likes and interests
• Compare likes 
• Talk about hobbies and leisure activities
• Ask about health
• Express physical sensations
• Express pain
• Make a medical appointment
• Express obligation and need
• Make recommendations

• Verbs gustar, encantar, apetecer e interesar
• Structures A mi tambien / A mi tampoco; (Pues) a mi si / (Pues) a mi no
• Indirect object pronouns
• Prepositions por y para
• Verb llevar (clothes)
• Verb doler
• Periphrasis of obligation: Deber / Tener / Hay que + infinitivo
• Verbs that are confusing (Irregular verbs?): ir / venir; traer / llevar

Beginner 5

• Describe an action that is taking place 
• Talk about future actions
• Express plans and projects
• Talk about relationships and family
• Talk about climate
• Talk about actions completed in the recent past that have a connection to the present
• Ask and answer positively or negatively if an action has been finished
• Ask and answer if something has ever been done 
• Ask and give opinion
• Express agreement and disagreement

• Estar + gerundio
• Near future tense: ir a + infinitivo
• Adverbs of quantity: muy, mucho, poco, bastante, demasiado
• Hay / Hace
• Llover / Nevar
• Present perfect tense
• Adverbs of time: ya, todavia (no), aun (no)
• Contrast between present tense / present perfect