Online Class: Spanish for Travelers — A Beginner's Guide
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13Lessons
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34Exams &
Assignments -
13Hours
average time -
1.3CEUs
Course Description
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.
- Completely Online
- Self-Paced
- 6 Months to Complete
- 24/7 Availability
- Start Anytime
- PC & Mac Compatible
- Android & iOS Friendly
- Accredited CEUs
Course Lessons
Introduction
- Lesson discussions: Languages?; Reasons for Taking this Course
- Complete Assignment: Introductions
Lesson 2: The Alphabet and Pronunciation Guide
- Complete: Activity A for Lesson 2
- Assessment: Lesson 2 Exam
Lesson 3: Start Building Your Basic Travel Vocabulary
- Complete: Activity A for Lesson 3
- Assessment: Lesson 3 Exam
Lesson 4: Describing Routine Activities: Introduction to the Present Tense
- 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
- 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
- Complete: Activity A for Lesson 6
- Complete: Activity B for Lesson 6
Lesson 7: Improving Your Travel Vocabulary Part 2
- Complete: Activity A for Lesson 7
- Complete: Activity B for Lesson 7
- Assessment: Lesson 7 Exam
Lesson 8: Describing People, Places and Things
- 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
- Complete: Activity A for Lesson 9
- Complete: Activity B for Lesson 9
- Assessment: Lesson 9 Exam
Lesson 10: Asking Questions
- Complete: Activity A for Lesson 10
- Complete: Activity B for Lesson 10
- Assessment: Lesson 10 Exam
Lesson 11: Talking About the Past
- 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
- Complete: Activity A for Lesson 12
- Assessment: Lesson 12 Exam
Lesson 13: Cognates and False Friends For Travelers
- Lesson discussions: Additional Language Courses; Final Course Survey; Program Evaluation Follow-up Survey (End of Course); Course Comments
Learning Outcomes
- 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.
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