Spanish syllabus A2
Syllabus for the Elementary modules (20h each)
Elementary 1
Outline
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Introduce yourself
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Ask and give personal information
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Greetings
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Farewell
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Talk about everyday life
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Describe people, objects, and places
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Define personality
Grammar
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Present tense with regular and irregular verbs
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Articles
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Contrast between ser / estar / hay
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Question words
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Demonstrative adjectives
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Contrast between saber / conocer
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Adverbs of place
Elementary 2
Outline
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Express likes and preferences
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Express possession and relationships
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Express obligation
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Talk about clothes and types of housing
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Express past experience
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Express planned actions fulfilled or not
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Make a medical appointment
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Express pain and symptoms of illness
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Express agreement or disagreement
Grammar
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Verbs of affection: gustar, encantar and molestar
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Possessive adjectives
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Verbal periphrasis: ir a , empezar a, acabar de, volver a, hay que, deber, tener que + infinitivo, estar + gerundio
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Present perfect tense
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Contrast between present perfect / present tense
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Time markers I
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Indefinite pronouns
Elementary 3
Outline
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Relate past events I & II
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Make an appointment
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Make an invitation and suggestions
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Express disagreement (expansion)
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Make comparisons
Grammar
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Simple past tense I & II
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Time markers II
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Expressions of time
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Comparatives
Elementary 4
Outline
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Talk about change in life
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Behave well in society
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Talk about the past
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Give advice
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Comment on travels
Grammar
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Imperfect tense
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Contrast between imperfect and present tense / contrast between imperfect and simple past
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Direct and indirect object pronouns
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Time markers III
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Contrast between present perfect and simple past, and time markers
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Affirmative imperative
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Imperative with direct and indirect object pronouns
Elementary 5
Outline
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Express the future tense
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Make future plans and predictions
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Talk about travels and climate
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Express past, present, and future actions
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Speed up your conversational skills
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Ask for evaluation
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Ask and give an opinion
Grammar
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Regular and irregular future tense
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Time markers IV
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Other structures to express future
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Ir a + infinitivo
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Contrast between present tense / past perfect tense / simple past tense / imperfect tense / future tense
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Revision of time markers