FLS 151 - Elementary Spanish I

1. Conjugate and correctly use the present tense to communicate activities currently going on in the present as well as habitual actions in present time.
   1. Use the concept of conjugation and apply it to all regular verbs
   2. Conjugate some of the high use irregular verbs such as ser, estar and tener.
   3. Conjugate stem-changing verbs
2. Ask and answer questions to acquire or give information using the interrogatives: what, when, where, shy, how much, who, etc
   1. Begin to differentiate between using qué and cual.
   2. Differentiate between responses to cuando and ¿A que hora?
   3. Learn language to function in a classroom situation: i.e., ¿Cómo se escribe? Tengo una pregunta
3. Describe characteristics of objects and people.
   1. Apply the concept of gender and number in agreement between adjectives and nouns.
   2. Use the verb ser when describing physical and personality characteristics.
   3. Place descriptive adjectives after the nouns they modify.
   4. Place adjectives of quantity and demonstrative adjectives before the noun
4. Issue and accept/decline social invitations
   1. Use vocabulary to issue invitations Te/le gustaría, quieres/quiere or Puedes/puede + infinitive phrase
   2. Decline an invitation politely
   3. Give reasons why they cannot accept an invitation because of conflicts or other obligations.
   4. Make suggestions for resolving conflicts of time or place and come to an agreement for a social engagement.
5. Tell about oneself and one’s family and compare the concept of family in their own culture to that of the target culture
   1. Describe their family.
   2. Tell about their relatives and describe them in terms of their age, personality and physical characteristics
6. Express ownership or possession
   1. Use the word “de” to show possession.
   2. Use the possessive adjectives to show possession.
7. Use numbers 0 - 100.
   1. Ask and give telephone numbers
   2. Ask and tell about the price of items
   3. Ask and tell time
   4. Ask and tell the age of themselves or someone else.
   5. Tell at what time an event takes place.
8. Use language to talk about everyday activities such as leisure activities, obligations, daily routines etc
   1. Use gustar to tell whether they like or do not like to do something.
   2. Use tener que or necesitar to express obligations.
   3. Use tener ganas de to express what one feels like doing.
   4. Use linking words such as entonces etc. and frequency words and expressions such as todos los días, con frecuencia, etc. to make conversation more authentic.
9. Talk about their academic experience
   1. Learn vocabulary about courses they are taking.
   2. converse about their daily schedules including work.
   3. Tell which classes they like/dislike and give reasons.
10. Talk about what they will do using the simple future construction.
    1. Use ir + a + infinitive phrases to talk about future events.
    2. Use vocabulary expressing future time appropriately such as próximo, el/la _____que viene.
11. Express likes, dislikes and preferences in relationship to activities and objects.
    1. Use gustar with objects.
    2. Tell which they prefer: me gusta más, prefiero.
12. Begin to use the past tense constructions in conversation to relate what they have done or engage in conversation about past events.
    1. Conjugate the preterit of regular verbs and a few of the high frequency irregular verbs to tell what they did.
    2. Use some of the expressions to talk about the past, i.e., el ____ pasado, ayer, anoche etc
13. Distinguish and use appropriately the formal and informal speech.
14. Listen to and comprehend short passages on thematic topics
15. Recognize and appreciate cultural differences in daily activities and social intercourse.
    1. Appropriate distance to maintain in social discourse.
    2. The importance of exchange of greeting before business or social interaction begins
    3. The importance of being “on time” as applied to social or business appointments.