HU 410S - Spanish I

• Understand the practical and fundamental skills of Spanish presented in this course in reading, writing, listening and speaking with emphasis on communication
• Use practically and creatively the target language both in and out of class
• Have insights into the cultures of Spanish-speaking people and hopefully, a greater understanding of the world and our place in it

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• Pronunciation: cognates, vowels, diphthongs, problem consonants, the alphabet, accents and stress
• Greetings and common expressions
• Vocabulary: In the Spanish classroom
• Articles and nouns
• Adjectives
• Punctuation and word order
• Days of the week
• Numbers 0-29
• Telling Time
• Reading: The Spanish Language and the Hispanic World
• Vocabulary-The family
• Subject pronouns
• The irregular verb ser in the present tense
• The irregular verb estar in the present tense
• Ser vs. estar
• The irregular verb ir in the present tense
• Contractions
• Reading: The Hispanic Family
• Vocabulary: At the market
• The present tense of regular -ar verbs
• The present tense of regular -er, ir verbs
• Vocabulary: Food
• Interrogative
• Gustar-to be pleasing (to like)
• Reading: Hispanic Food
• Vocabulary: The body and activities
• The personal a
• Verbs with irregular yo form in the present tense
• Stem-changing verbs in the present tense
• Stem-changing verbs with irregular yo form in the present tense
• Numbers (30-100)
• Reading: Hispanic life