Spanish 20


Here we go on another adventure! In Spanish 20, you will be part of a team that will participate in an international competition which takes you throughout the Hispanic world, completing challenges, asking for help when you need it and learning and exploring the Hispanic language and culture.

In this course, you will have many opportunities to use the Spanish you already know as well as opportunities to expand your vocabulary, your knowledge of grammar and your experiences with Spanish speaking countries.

The purpose of this course is to provide you with many experiences where you can use your Spanish. Completely immersed in Spanish, you will speak, listen, read, write, and collaborate with others in this course. You will also gain knowledge and perspectives about Spanish speaking countries and from Spanish speaking people.

Major Topics and Concepts

Grammatical Concepts

  • Review of present tense regular verbs, including gustar and verbs like gustar
  • Review definite and indefinite articles (el/la/los/las/un/una/unos/unas)
  • Irregular verbs (ir, tener -- ir a + infinitivo, tener que + infinitivo)
  • Irregular verbs (querer, traer, dar)
  • Introduction to impersonal se
  • Gender and number of nouns/adj
  • Possessive Adjectives
  • Reflexive verbs
  • Ser v. estar v. tener
  • Review of telling time
  • Intro “stem-changing” verbs,
  • Irregular verbs (saber v. conocer; poner, preferir, poder, jugar, hacer, venir, salir)
  • Review of interrogative words
  • Present progressive using estar and seguir Simple future
  • Hay que v. tener que
  • Acabar de + infinitivo (and other two-verb combos using querer, poder, ir, tener)
  • Using estar to talk about directions
  • Imperative
  • Direct object pronouns
  • Imperative using direct object pronouns
  • Adverbs of frequency
  • The preterite verb tense
  • Adverbial time markers to indicate use of preterite
  • Negative expressions
  • Por/para
  • Adverbs ending in -mente
  • Pronouns after prepositions
  • Hace (tiempo) que… present / preterite
  • Use present progressive and direct object pronouns
  • The imperfect tense
  • Demonstrative adjectives (este/a; estos/as; aquellos/as)
  • Comparatives and superlatives
  • Personal “a”
  • Perfect tenses

Topics

  • La comida
  • La Familia (review)
  • Personal hygiene and daily routine
  • Traveling
  • Health and Safety, Exercise and Sports
  • Social Media and All About Me
  • Project 
  • History and the News 
  • Shopping, Fashion, Fads 
  • Music

Travel Destinations

  • México
  • Guatemala and El Salvador
  • Colombia
  • Perú
  • Panamá
  • Chile
  • Spain
  • Puerto Rico