Course Ratings
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What a comprehensive guide to help anyone looking to learn the basics. | Instructional Content Provided | | 9 | | Organization, Mechanics, Formatting | | 9 | | Originality, Tool Use, Media, Activities | | 10 | | Instructor Expertise | | 10 | | Instructor Participation | | 9 | |
"Solid Material" | Course Difficulty: You can do it!
Estimated Length: 3 to 4 weeks
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Course Description Would you like to be able to speak one of the world’s most important languages? Would you be surprised to hear you already know a lot about Spanish? Would you believe learning Spanish can be fast, fun, and manageable? If so, then "How to Speak Spanish" is perfect for you! In thirteen interactive lessons (plus a bonus unit), this class: - Teaches you the Spanish alphabet and guides you in proper pronunciation
- Helps you start building and constantly improve your vocabulary
- Gradually introduces the present, past, and future tenses, including irregular and otherwise tricky verbs
- Gets you describing people, places, and things
- Has you talking about your tastes and interests and expressing opinions
- Guides you through asking questions
- Helps you properly use prepositions and pronouns
- As a bonus discusses "cognates" and "false friends"
By the time you complete the course, you will have the confidence to being speaking one of the most widely-spoken languages in the world. No previous experience is required. Each lesson will contain audio clips that illustrate specific dialogues and word pronunciations. The ability to listen to these audio clips is not a requirement. Because enrollment is open 24/7, there’s no reason to put off starting. Register today. Editorial Review Why might you want to study Spanish? - It is one of the world's most widespread and important languages
- It is widely spoken in many parts of the United States
This course makes learning Spanish fast, fun, and manageable. It assumes that you know nothing about Spanish--but quickly shows how much you really do know--and then walks you, simple lesson by simple lesson, until you can speak about your daily routines, what you did yesterday, last year, or in 1999, and what you are going to do tomorrow or in the year 2020. Along the way, you find explanations, examples, and activities that construct a firm foundation for speaking one of the world’s most important languages.
The course consists of thirteen interactive lessons (plus a bonus unit): Introduction Unit 2- The Alphabet and Pronunciation Guide Unit 3- Start Building Your Vocabulary Unit 4- Introduction to the Present Tense Unit 5- Irregular and Otherwise Tricky Verbs in the Present Tense Unit 6 - Improving Your Vocabulary Unit 7- Describing People, Places and Things Unit 8- Talking About Your Tastes and Interests and Expressing Opinions Unit 9- Prepositions Unit 10- Introduction to the Past Tense Unit 11- Asking Questions Unit 12- Pronouns Unit 13- Introduction to the Future Tense Bonus Unit - Cognates and False Friends Each lesson is accompanied with practice activities and a brief 10-point lesson quiz to reinforce what you have learned. If you encounter questions or areas that leave you confused, you can contact your instructor directly at any time by using the Class Email Forum under the Communications tab in the main classroom area. Within three or four days, his response will show up in your own email in-box.
By the end of the course, you will be: -
Spouting fun tongue-twisters that help you remember proper Spanish pronunciation, stress, and accents -
Saying hello, goodbye, and introducing people -
Working with the days of the week, months of the year, counting, and telling time -
Conjugating verbs in the present, preterit, imperfect, and future tenses – and knowing what vocabulary triggers different tenses -
Handling stem-changing and reflexive verbs, different ways of saying " to be," gustar (to like) and similar verbs that work like gustar Using personal pronouns, reflexive pronouns, direct and indirect objects, and negating verbs -
Talking about parts of the body, the family, the extended family, home life, and common phrases such as dialogue in a restaurant -
Coordinating nouns and adjectives, in the singular and plural, placing adjectives properly, and learning lists of handy adjectives that describe people, places, things, and colors. -
Differentiating the prepositions por and para, prepositions the describe location, and the other most commonly-used prepositions -
Asking questions -
As a bonus, you will understand how "Cognates and False Friends" help in learning vocabulary Best of all, this class gives you the freedom to work at your own pace. There are no set days or times for lectures or language labs and there are many ways to get in touch with the instructor and your fellow classmates. Enrollment is open 24/7, so register today.
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