Online Class: Spanish for Travelers — A Beginner's Guide

A self-paced online course in traveler's Spanish covering basics in grammar and vocabulary but always focusing on travel so that you can communicate on your journeys quickly.

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  • 13
    Lessons
  • 34
    Exams &
    Assignments
  • 13
    Hours
    average time
  • 1.3
    CEUs
 
 

Course Description

¡Buen viajeEnjoy your trip!  The Essential Spanish for Travelers: a Beginner’s Guide (with audio clips) is a fast, fun, and manageable way to learn the Spanish you need to travel around the Spanish-speaking world.  This course starts at the beginning assuming you know nothing about Spanish and takes you through, simple lesson by simple lesson, until you feel comfortable ordering food in Mexico, reserving a hotel room Costa Rica, asking for directions to the beach in southern Spain, and maybe even flirting in Argentina.

This course will teach you how to ask questions, understand the answers, talk about what you did yesterday and explain what you plan to do tomorrow. Along the way you will gain essential vocabulary and hear real conversations so you can travel con confianza (with confidence).  Throughout your journey to learning Essential Traveler’s Spanish, you will find explanations, examples and activities that provide the building blocks to construct a base for the Spanish language. Watch for the side text boxes that provide insiteful clues and hints to assist you in your learning process. Eventually you will be able to speak and understand one of the world’s most important languages.

This Essential Spanish for Travelers: A Beginning Guide (with audio clips) is designed to give you the basics in grammar and vocabulary but always focusing on travel so that you can communicate on your journeys as soon as possible. All activities, examples and vocabulary lists are geared towards traveler’s needs. But be forewarned: merely reading through the course as if it were a novel will not help you reach the levels that are possible if you truly take advantage of the tool you are reading right now.  In order to get the most out of this course, you must actively work with it, completing the exercises, working on the activities and having fun.

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  • Completely Online
  • Self-Paced
  • 6 Months to Complete
  • 24/7 Availability
  • Start Anytime
  • PC & Mac Compatible
  • Android & iOS Friendly
  • Accredited CEUs
Universal Class is an IACET Accredited Provider
 

Course Lessons

Introduction

This introduction describes the icons used and the guide that will explain the best way to utilize this course. 5 Total Points
  • Lesson discussions: Languages?; Reasons for Taking this Course
  • Complete Assignment: Introductions

Lesson 2: The Alphabet and Pronunciation Guide

The Spanish alphabet and audio to help with pronunciation. 14 Total Points
  • Complete: Activity A for Lesson 2
  • Assessment: Lesson 2 Exam

Lesson 3: Start Building Your Basic Travel Vocabulary

This lesson gives information on basic language skills such as greetings, counting, and telling time. 17 Total Points
  • Complete: Activity A for Lesson 3
  • Assessment: Lesson 3 Exam

Lesson 4: Describing Routine Activities: Introduction to the Present Tense

This lesson describes how to use verbs in the present tense, personal pronouns, and negating verbs. 24 Total Points
  • Complete: Activity A for Lesson 4
  • Complete: Activity B for Lesson 4
  • Complete: Activity C for Lesson 4
  • Assessment: Lesson 4 Exam

Lesson 5: Irregular and Otherwise Tricky Verbs in the Present Tense

This lesson discusses irregular verbs in the present tense. 28 Total Points
  • Complete: Activity A for Lesson 5
  • Complete: Activity B for Lesson 5
  • Complete: Activity C for Lesson 5
  • Complete: Activity D for Lesson 5
  • Assessment: Lesson 5 Exam

Lesson 6: Improving Your Travel Vocabulary Part 1

This lesson gives basic and common terms that you will use while traveling. 10 Total Points
  • Complete: Activity A for Lesson 6
  • Complete: Activity B for Lesson 6

Lesson 7: Improving Your Travel Vocabulary Part 2

Additional basic phrases and words used while traveling. 19 Total Points
  • Complete: Activity A for Lesson 7
  • Complete: Activity B for Lesson 7
  • Assessment: Lesson 7 Exam

Lesson 8: Describing People, Places and Things

This lesson describes the most common nouns and adjectives 20 Total Points
  • Complete: Activity A for Lesson 8
  • Complete: Activity B for Lesson 8
  • Assessment: Lesson 8 Exam

Lesson 9: Talking About Your Tastes and Interests and Expressing Opinions

This lesson explains how to express your likes and dislikes. 18 Total Points
  • Complete: Activity A for Lesson 9
  • Complete: Activity B for Lesson 9
  • Assessment: Lesson 9 Exam

Lesson 10: Asking Questions

This lesson describes how to ask and answer questions. 20 Total Points
  • Complete: Activity A for Lesson 10
  • Complete: Activity B for Lesson 10
  • Assessment: Lesson 10 Exam

Lesson 11: Talking About the Past

This lesson discusses regular and irregular verbs and their tenses. 25 Total Points
  • Complete: Activity A for Lesson 11
  • Complete: Activity B for Lesson 11
  • Complete: Activity C for Lesson 11
  • Assessment: Lesson 11 Exam

Lesson 12: Talking About The Future

This lesson discusses future tenses of verbs. 13 Total Points
  • Complete: Activity A for Lesson 12
  • Assessment: Lesson 12 Exam

Lesson 13: Cognates and False Friends For Travelers

Some words that sound the same in one language don't always mean the same in another. 0 Total Points
  • Lesson discussions: Additional Language Courses; Final Course Survey; Program Evaluation Follow-up Survey (End of Course); Course Comments
213
Total Course Points
 

Learning Outcomes

By successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  • Demonstrate reciting the Spanish alphabet and utilize pronunciation guide.
  • Build a traveling vocabulary.
  • Demonstrate describing routine activities.
  • Demonstrate usage of irregular and otherwise tricky verbs in the present tense.
  • Demonstrate describing people, places and things.
  • Demonstrate talking about your tastes and interests and expressing opinions.
  • Demonstrate asking questions.
  • Demonstrate talking about the past.
  • Demonstrate talking about the future.
  • Demonstrate mastery of lesson content at levels of 70% or higher.