Spanish Acquisition Beginners

Unit 2: ¿Cuáles son tus gustos? (What Do You Usually Like to Do?)

In this unit, students learn to describe themselves and express how others look like, their physical and personal characteristics. They learn about different types of Hispanic music and have been able to express their likes and dislikes about a variety of music genres. They will be able to describe their daily routines and how it changes on the weekends or when they are on holidays. They have recently completed a group video project of a famous Hispanic Carnival celebrated in different Hispanic countries in the month of February. Students take part in small group projects while practising their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.

Students have the opportunity to practise their language skills (reading, listening, writing and speaking), reviewing the conjugation of regular present tense verbs while also introducing the conjugation of irregular verbs in present tense and the reflexive verbs to talk about their routine and about time. Furthermore, students learn how to talk about what they like, using verbs such as “Gustar”, which have different meanings in Spanish and a complex type of conjugation.

As part of the outcome for this unit, students take part in different speaking and writing projects where they need to describe the personality and appearance of famous personalities. They also need to reflect on what kind of Hispanic music they like and why. They produce an assignment in which they need to guess the character of one of their classmates just by listening to three of their favourite songs. Students also complete a video blog about their daily routine during three days, what they like about it and what they would change.

Unit 3: ¿Cómo elegir a dónde vas? (How To Choose Where To Go?)

Students will learn about fantastic new places using authentic resources and role-play scenarios. They will be able to list what they need to take on their trip, talk about the weather, learn how to book a hotel and buy a train ticket in Spanish. The outcome of this unit is for the students to take part in different speaking and writing projects where the main one will be participating in a tourist fair (FITUR) where they will be representing a Hispanic country and they will need to promote it.

A course highlight:

Writing: For this project students create a poster describing the appearance and the personal characteristics of popular personalities.

Speaking: In this group video project about Festivals, Customs and Traditions, students need to write a script and create a video describing what happens during this celebration in Canary Islands in Spain and Barranquilla in Colombia.

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