Academic Plan - Flamingo Spanish School 4 weeks program A1 to B2 Basic Spanish Level A1: Week 1 Objective Grammar Vocabulary Orthography Culture Introduce yourself ● ● Greetings Greetings ● ● Subjects Pronouns ● Farewells ● The alphabet Unit 1 Spelling names ● Countries in South America ● ● Verb “llamarse” ● Useful expressions ● The vowels The Class Ask and give personal ● Numbers information ● ● Subject Pronouns ● Introduce someone ● Verb “ser” simple present Unit 2 (identification, origen and ● Countries ● Ask and say the nationality nationality) Identify people Demonyms The accent Cognates ● Decir que idioma(s) habla ● Demonyms ● ● ● Languages ● Say what language you ● Verb “estar” (Place) ● speak ● Verb “hablar” ● Verb “ser” (occupation or profession) ● Ask and say the occupation or profession ● The questions ● Places where people work ● Ask and answer where a ● Indefinite article Unit 3 Parts of the day Intonation in questions The occupations better person work Number and gender of the ● ● ● ● paid in Latinoamerica Occupations ● Ask and answer where a noun ● Numbers person lives ● Regular verbs * occupation or profession ● Ask and answer the time ● Present of indicative ● Interrogative pronouns ● Identify kinship ● Article determined: gender Unit 4 relationships and number Identify the gender of Verb ser. Present of ● ● Relationships Sound /r/ Do not be confused The family objects indicative (possession, ● ● ● destination, purpose) ● Express destiny, purpose and possession ● Prepositions (de, para) Week 1 Objective Grammar Vocabulary Orthography Culture ● Adjectives: gender and number Unit 5 ● Make physical and ● Adverbs of quantity (muy, personality descriptions bastante, un poco, nothing) Description of ● Adjectives ● The letter “hache” ● The Latin American family ● Express possession ● Verb “tener”. Present of people indicative ● Possessive adjectives ● Determined article ● The impersonal form “hay” ● Hay / está ● Express existence ● Interrogative pronouns (cuánto / s, cuánta / s) ● Foods Unit 6 Interact in a restaurant ● Intonation ● ● Verb “estar”. Present of ● Measures of weight ● How to prepare a good cup ● enunciative of Colombian coffee The three meals ● ask price indicative (location) ● Numbers ● Order at home ● Adverbs of place acá, aquí, ahí, allá, allí. ● Demonstrative adjectives ● Vocal change e> ie. Present of indicative ● Identify places ● The impersonal form “hay” Unit 7 ● Describe places ● Prepositions of place Some meters closer (desde, en, por, sobre, detrás ● Places of the city ● The sounds /r/ y /f/ ● The store ● Express existence or non- de, hacia) to the stars existence of a specific site ● Suffix - -ería Basic Spanish Level A2: Week 2 Objective Grammar Vocabulary Orthography Culture ● Place expressions ● Vowel change e> i. Present of indicative ● Comparatives Superiority ● Describing a home más + adjetivo + que. Unit 8 ● Parts of a house ● Make comparisons Inferiority menos + adjetivo ● The sound /ks/ ● There's no like mom’s hotel I need an + que, equality tan + adjetivo ● Objects of the house apartment ● Express general opinions + as ● Verb “ser” + adjetivo + infinitivo ● Irregular verbs, Presente de indicativo: dar, hacer, poner, tener, traer, saber ● Uses of the verb “ser” ● Verbs “ser” + adjective and “estar” + adjective, Present ● Express moods and of indicative ● Body parts character Unit 9 ● Adjectives and adverbs ● The weather ● Express physical conditions mood ● Vowel u silent ● The character of Hispanics and ailments ● Seasons How are you? Verb “doler” Present of ● Months of the year ● Describe the weather indicative ● ● Vowel change or> ue. ● Adverbs of quantity (mucho-a-os-as / muy) ● Reflexives pronouns Verbs ending in cer / cir. ● Express daily routines ● Unit 10 Present of indicative ● Express habitual actions ● Ordinal numbers The sound /b/ God helps he who ● Verbs finished in guir. ● ● Opinions of a man Express possession Present of indicative Time expressions rises early ● ● ● Express actions in progress ● Possessive pronouns ● Estar + gerund Verb “gustar”. Present of Unit 11 Express likes and ● ● indicative There's no preferences ● Indirect object pronouns accounting for ● Express agreements and ● Hobbies and sports ● The sounds /s/ and /k/ ● The adapted sport disagreements ● Irregular verbs (decir, oir, taste Express wishes salir, ir, venir) Present of ● indicative Week 2 Objective Grammar Vocabulary Orthography Culture ● Interact in a call ● Direct object pronoun Unit 12 ● Make an invitation (things and people) ● Social situations ● The syllable ● Fashion does not bother Hello? ● Make an appointment ● Verbs ending in -uir. ● Clothes Present of indicative ● Describe the clothes ● Hay que + infinitive ● Express future plans (obligation or impersonal need) ● Express probability and uncertainty ● Tener que / deber + infinitive (obligation or need) Unit 13 ● Express concession personal ● The trips ● Accent in the future tense ● Omens and predictions My plans ● Express surprise and anger ● Ir a + infinitive ● Express obligation and ● Simple future Present of need indicative ● Posing hypotheses and ● Indefinite adjectives predictions about the future ● Indefinite pronouns ● Express past and finished actions ● Preterit indefinite Unit 14 ● List facts in the past indicative. Regular and irregular verbs ● Accent in the indefinite What happened? ● Express unique and ● Diverse ● Happy Birthday Verbs ending in car, gar, preterite (Past tense) unrepeatable actions in the ● past zar. Preterite indefinite indicative Intermediate Spanish Level B1: Week 3 Objective Grammar Vocabulary Orthography Culture ● Preterit (regular and irregular verbs) ● Tell about travel ● Present historical vs. ● Transport Unit 1 experiences preterite ● Airport ● Letters(i & y) ● The bondi, combi, guagua or autobús Transport ● Formulate complaints and ● Prepositions (a, en, de) claims ● hotel ● Vowel changes e> i, o> u, i> y ● Express the realization of a ● Saber y conocer single action in completed ● Preterite indefinite of development that occurred “estar” + gerund Unit 2 at a time finished in the past ● Indirect object pronoun ● Trips ● Differentiating accent in ● Traditional holidays On vacations and ● Express knowledge about monosyllabic words holidays someone or something ● Prepositions + personal ● Indicate time, place, pronoun destination and purpose ● Prepositions (a, entre, para) ● Past Perfect indicative ● Ask for and give information about personal ● Prepositions (sin, con) experiences Unit 3 ● Direct and indirect object Express feelings and Accent in “palabras Colors and their relation to ● pronouns Physical and mood states ● ● What have you moods ● agudas” moods ● Adverbs of time: ya, aún, done? ● Make offers and todavía, alguna vez, nunca suggestions ● Tener + dolor de cabeza / tristeza ● Describe the circumstances of a past event Preterit imperfect Unit 4 ● ● Animals Express habitual actions in indicative (regular and ● Accent in “palabras graves” Urban legends From the fables to the past irregular verbs) ● Characters of classic ● ● children's stories the urban legend ● Describe people, animals ● Prepositions (a, entre, para) and places ● Contrast between preterite / imperfect Unit 5 ● Narrate fact and stories indicative ● Consonant modifications ● Inventions ● Technology Remember the past ● Describe people, objects ● Prepositions (por, para) ● (c-qu, z-c, g-gu) and experiences ● Imperfect of “estar” + gerund Intermediate Spanish Level B2: Week 4 Objective Grammar Vocabulary Orthography Culture ● Give advice and make ● Health recommendations ● Affirmative imperative Unit 6 (regular and irregular verbs) ● Health professions ● Bunch of virtues ● Give orders and A healthy life instructions (affirmatively) ● Sí + present of indicative + ● Diseases ● Manojo de virtudes imperative ● Express possible conditions ● Foods ● Negative imperative (regular and irregular verbs) ● Give advice and ● Why? recommendations ● Health Unit 7 ● Because ● Give orders and ● Diseases ● Accent in “esdrújulas y ● Relationships between Take care instructions (in a negative ● Imperative + reflexive sobreesdrújulas”words parents and children way) pronoun ● Environment ● Express causes ● Imperative + OD / OI ● Imperative + OD ● Count past and concluded actions in the past in relation to another past action. ● Preterite pluperfect indicative ● Tell experiences that ● Preterite pluperfect of United 8 happen for the first time ● Media Jorge Drexler (Uruguay), being + gerund ● Use of the r ● Star dust ● Define objects and ● Astronomy Ernesto Cadenal (Nicaragua) professions ● Relative pronouns (que, quien) ● Express the circumstances in which the actions take ● Adverbs ended in -mente place ● Express uncertainty and ● Perfect indicative future hypothesis Unit 9 “Se” to express The legend of El Dorado ● Express involuntariness ● ● Diverse ● Use of the m and the n ● What happened? involuntariness (Colombia) ● Ask and deny permission ● Poder + infinitive and favors Express wishes Unit 10 ● ● Ask and give advice ● Simple conditional Homophones (with h and I would love to ● occupational ● ● The prophecies To make suggestions Conditional compound without h) work there ● ● ● Ask for favours Week 4 Objective Grammar Vocabulary Orthography Culture ● Interpret the words of Unit 11 another ● Movie theater Homophones (with z, s and Social media of What does it say? ● Transmit information ● Direct style / indirect style ● ● ● Correspondence formulas c) communication ● Write formal and informal letters ● Present subjunctive in relative clauses