ELEMENTARY SPANISH I: Telecourse
"Destinos"(chapters 1-13)
Summer 2002
at Camden County College
Prof. Howard
Syllabus and Test schedule
May 20: Chapter 1:
La carta
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video lesson 1
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vocabulary: los cognados
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grammar: the verb SER
May 27: Chapter 2:El secreto
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video lesson 2
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cultural notes
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vocabulary: la familia
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los saludos
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grammar: articles and nouns
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gender and number
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expressing possession
June 3: Chapter 3:El comienzo
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video lesson 3
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cultural notes
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vocabulary: los números del 0 al 21
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más saludos
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grammar: the verb ESTAR
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using HAY
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present tense regular verbs Third person
June 6- 14:
TEST I ( chapters 1, 2, 3)
June 10: Chapter 4:
Perdido
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video lesson 4
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cultural notes
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vocabulary: las materias
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Los animales domésticos
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grammar: present tense regular verbs First and
Second persons
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Using adjectives
June 17: Chapter
5: La despedida
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video lesson 5
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vocabulary: los días de la semana
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Qué hora es?
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los animales domésticos
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grammar: use of present tense regular verbs in
the plural forms
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using "a" with people
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the verb IR
June 24: Chapter 6:Maestra
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video lesson 6
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cultural notes
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vocabulary: review
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grammar: review of the present tense forms of
regular verbs
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interrogative words
June 27 - July 10:
TEST II (chapters 4, 5, 6)
July 1: Chapter 7:
La cartera
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video lesson 7
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cultural notes
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vocabulary: los números del 21 al 99
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la ropa
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grammar: verb SABER and CONOCER
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irregular present tense verbs
July 8: Chapter 8: El
encuentro
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video lesson 8
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cultural notes
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vocabulary: las palabras interrogativas
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grammar: third person forms of stem-changing verbs
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third person reflexive pronouns
July 15: Chapter 9: Estaciones
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video lesson 9
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cultural notes
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vocabulary: los meses y las estaciones
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los colores
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grammar: first and second person forms of stem-changing
verbs
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first and second person singular reflexive pronouns
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expressing possession
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demonstrative adjectives
July 17-25:
TEST III (chapters 7, 8, 9)
July 22: Chapter 10: Cuadros
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video lesson 10
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cultural notes
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vocabulary: descriptive adjectives
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grammar: expressing SER and more on ESTAR
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first and second person plural forms of stem-changing verbs
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And reflexive pronouns
July 29: Chapter 11: la
demora
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video lesson 11
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vocabulary: review chapters 7-10
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grammar: review chapters 7-10
August 5: Chapter 12:
Revelaciones
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video lesson 12
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cultural notes
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vocabulary: los números de 100 a 1000
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grammar: preterite tense; third person forms of
regular verbs
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third person direct object pronouns
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using adjectives
August 12: Chapter 13:
La búsqueda
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video lesson 13
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cultural notes
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vocabulary: los mariscos; el pescado; otros comestibles
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grammar: preterite tense; first & second person
forms of regular verbs
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first & second person direct object pronouns
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Reflexive and non-reflexive verbs
August 13-19 (last day,
no exceptions!): TEST IV (Chapters 10, 11, 12,13)
YOUR FINAL
GRADE WILL BE THE AVERAGE OF THE 4 TESTS TAKEN