Ready for the big game? Building on the vocabulary and skills that you have already mastered, this third course of the specialization will introduce new vocabulary that will prepare you to discuss sports, pastimes and politics -- important cultural elements of the Spanish-speaking world. You’ll also add new vocabulary relating to travel and living arrangements. This course also introduces the progressive tense and past tense and you will add to your vocabulary of helping verbs.
Spanish Vocabulary: Sports, Travel, and the Home
Spanish Vocabulary: Sports, Travel, and the Home
This course is part of Learn Spanish: Basic Spanish Vocabulary Specialization
Instructor: Dr. Robert Blake
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There are 3 modules in this course
We will kick off this first module with a discussion of sports and favorite pastimes. You will build your Spanish vocabulary in these areas as well as practice talking about ongoing events. We will discuss how to use helping verbs with the present participle, and you will expand your understanding and use of the verb hacer to form new combinations and create new adverbs. We’ll also interact with a soccer (fútbol) player in the perspectivas portion of the module.
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13 videos4 readings6 assignments1 peer review1 discussion prompt
In this module we will add vocabulary that will help you talk about trips and travel. You will also begin to work with the past tense, and describe things that happened in the past. We will also explore the adverbs frequently associated with the past, and you’ll expand your command of the verb hacer to signal “ago”. Finally, in the perspectivas portion of the module, you’ll meet Fer and hear about her adventures in Southeast Asia.
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10 videos2 readings6 assignments1 peer review1 discussion prompt
In this last module we will discuss living arrangements such as life on the farm or in the city, or living with family or on your own. You will practice narrating stories that happened in the past and compare the imperfect tense to the preterite. We will introduce some irregular preterite verbs and in the perspectivas section, you will listen carefully to Rebeca who will talk about several of the living arrangements she has experienced.
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11 videos2 readings6 assignments1 peer review1 discussion prompt
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Reviewed on May 2, 2019
Realmente aprendi un monton. ma alla de mis expectativas. Pero tengo mucho que studiar. Como dijo el Dr. Blake tengo que revisar diez veces.
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Thank you so much to my instructor for instructing Ana Pelayo.Thank you, Ana Pelayo.
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Nice course. I like the three week format. Muchos gracias.
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