CULP

SPANISH
Basic
Lesson
1: Introducing ourselves
NOS CONOCEMOS

2. Talking about family

and home
HABLAMOS DE LA
FAMILIA Y DEL HOGAR

Language
Functions
- Greetings
- Introductions:
formal / informal
- Nationality,
language
- Marital status
- Pronunciation:
basic rules

- Talking about the

family
- Age
- Specifying origin
and residence
- Occupation

Grammar structures

Work after class

SAYF Essentials
- Interrogative pronouns
- Reflexive verb: me
First Contact:
llamo
- Greetings + Activities 1 and 2
- Verb SER
- Subject personal
- b Addressing people
pronouns
introducing someone + Activities 1 and 2
- t and usted (formal and
About me:
informal registers)
- Name + Activity
- Demonstrative adjectives: - Nationality (without doing activities)
este/esta
- Professions (without doing activities)
- Marital status (without doing activities)

- Verb TENER
- Cardinal numbers
- The alphabet
- Verbs SER and ESTAR in
contrast
- Articles: determined /
undetermined
- Nouns: gender and
number

First contact:
Writing: e-mail (no activities)
SAYF Essentials
About me:
- Family + Activity
- Marital status + Activities 1 and 2
- Nationality + Activity
- Residence + Activity
SAYF Basic: BAR
Chatting:
Learn it first: Vivo en and Soy argentino,
de Corrientes
+ 4 activities: Dnde vives?, En la regin de
los Andes, orgenes and Ponte a prueba!
SAYF Essentials
Numbers:
- 0-30 and 30-100 + Activity
Alphabet and Pronunciation + 6 Activities

Learning objectives
for the next lesson
To be able to introduce
oneself /a friend and
detail where one is from
and ask questions to
get same information.

To be able to describe
one's family and where
one lives

3. Talking about daily

routine
HABLAMOS DE
NUESTRA RUTINA

- Talking about
studies/work
- Telling the time
- Describing
activities and
timetables

- Present Indicative of
AR (trabajar)
ER (comer) and IR (vivir)
verbs
- Stem-changing verbs
(empiezo, me acuesto)
- Reflexive verbs (me
levanto, me bao).

4. Talking about free

time
HABLAMOS DEL
TIEMPO LIBRE

- Talking about free

time
- Describing likes
- Specifying spare
time activities

- GUSTAR, ENCANTAR
and similar verbs
- Verbs HACER and
JUGAR + a

5. Having a drink and a

snack
VAMOS AL BAR

- Ordering a snack.
- Ordering a drink
- Asking for the bill
- Booking a table in
a restaurant
- Choosing food
items from a menu

- Impersonal HABER
(hay)
- Verb QUERER
- Indirect object pronouns:
me, nos e.g. Nos trae la
cuenta por favor?

Having a meal at a
restaurant
VAMOS AL
RESTAURANTE

6. GRAMMAR REVISION
AND PRACTICE

All of the above

All of the above

Pronunciation practice

SAYF Essentials
About me:
- Professions + Activities 1 and 2
Dates: - Days and months + Activity
- The date + Activities 1 and 2
- Expressions of time + Activity
Time: - Telling the time + Activity
- Digital time + Activity
- Parts of the day + Activity
CULP Basic:
Unit 8: Los horarios y el trabajo
Los horarios de trabajo + 2 activities
SAYF Basic:
BAR
Talking about leisure:
Learn it first + 7 activities
Talk about an outing + 5 activities
CAMPSITE
Enquiring about activities on the beach
Learn it first: + 5 activities
SAYF Basic: BAR
Ordering a drink and a snack
Learn it first + 9 activities
RESTAURANT
Ordering a snack
Learn it first + 5 activities
Asking for the bill and querying it
Learn it first + 4 activities
Ordering a meal
Learn it first + 10 activities
Expressing satisfaction
Learn it first + 5 activities
BAR
Talking about next weekend
Learn it first + 5 activities
Grammar activities for homework, plus a
writing activity, to be provided by teacher.

To be able to describe
one's study/job and its
timetable and how they
fit into a daily routine.

To be able to talk about

one's interests and
likes, hobbies and
pastimes, and where
one can practise them

To be able to order a
drink and a snack in
several Hispanic
countries (using local
vocabulary), ask for the
bill and query it.
To be able to book a
table at a restaurant,
order a full meal,
enquire about local
delicacies and detail
plans for the coming
weekend or holidays.
To differentiate the
main grammatical
points covered so far

7. Making travel
arrangements
VAMOS DE VIAJE

- Comparing means
of transport
- Buying tickets
(coach, train, etc)
-Talking about
travelling
experiences
- Enquiring about
tourist attractions

- Comparison
(ms/menos... que...,
tan(to)... como...)
- Interrogative adjectives
(dnde, cundo, cmo)
- Demonstrative adjectives
(ese sitio..., esa playa...)
- The future: the future
tense
- The future: ir a + infinitive
- Present perfect (he
estado en / he viajado a...)

SAYF Basic
RAILWAY STATION
Buying a train ticket
Learn it first + 6 activities
Asking for some tourist information
Learn it first + 7 activities
Reporting an incident
Learn it first + 5 activities
Extra:
PETROL STATION
Buying petrol and checking tyres
Learn it first + 5 activities
Reporting a breakdown
Learn it first + 5 activities

To be able to compare
and choose a means of
transport to get to a
specific destination, and
to ask for places of
interest.

8. Telling anecdotes
HABLAMOS DE LAS
VACACIONES PASADAS

- Talking about past

activities
- Describing a
holiday
- Telling an
anecdote
- Writing an e-mail /
postcard

- The preterite tense:

regular and irregular verbs
- Adverbs of time: ayer, la
semana pasada, el ao
pasado

SAYF Basic
BAR
Talking about your last weekend
Learn it first + 6 activities
Have a go!
SAYF Essentials
Writing letters and e-mails: All sections + All
activities

To be able to describe
where you went on a
holiday and what you
did.

9. Staying at a hotel
NOS QUEDAMOS EN UN
HOTEL

- Enquiring about
accommodation
- Asking about
facilities
- Making a
complaint
- Describing what
things were like

- The imperfect tense

(estaba lejos)
- Contrast between
preterite and imperfect
tenses
- Verbs SER, ESTAR and
impersonal HABER
- Ordinal numbers

SAYF Basic
HOTEL
Booking a room
Learn it first + 9 activities
Checking in
Learn it first + 9 activities
Reporting problems in the room
Learn it first + 5 activities
Paying the bill
Learn it first + 5 activities

To be able to book and

enquire about the
services in a particular
lodging, and to report a
complaint about
something that was not
right.

Grammar quiz 1

10. Talking about our

health
NOS CUIDAMOS

- Expressing what
hurts
- Describing what
happened
- Giving and getting
advice

- Verb DOLER
and other similar verbs
- The present perfect (he
tenido mareos, me he
cado)
- The imperative to give
advice (haga ejercicio)

SAYF Basic
MARKET SQUARE
Asking for advice and purchasing
medicine at the chemists
Learn it first + 6 activities
Have a go!
SAYF Essentials
Numbers:
- 100 and upwards + Activity
- thousands, millions and more + Activity

To be able to explain
what's wrong with us to
a doctor/chemist,
describe what has
happened and give and
receive advice on what
needs to be done to be
in good health or keep
fit.

11. Shopping
NOS VAMOS DE
COMPRAS

- Describing what
we want to buy
- Enquiring about
prices, weights,
measures, sizes
- Expressing likes
- Finding typical
products
- Describing
people: clothes and
physical
appearance

- Expressing politeness:
the imperfect tense (quera)
the conditional
(me podra poner)
The imperfect subjunctive
(quisiera)
- qu and cul(es)
- Descriptive adjectives
(grande, mediano,
pequeo/chico)

SAYF Basic
MARKET SQUARE
Shopping for cold meat and cheeses
Learn it first + 6 activities
Shopping for bread and cakes
Learn it first + 5 activities
Shopping for fruit and vegetables
Learn it first + 7 activities
Traditional Recipe sites
DEPARTMENT STORE
Buying clothes
Learn it first + 7 Activities
Buying shoes
Learn it first + 5 Activities

To be able to find
traditional shops and
buy food and clothes,
expressing satisfaction
and likes.

12. GRAMMAR
REVISION

All of the above

All of the above

Pronunciation practice

13. Asking the way

PEDIMOS
INDICACIONES
Grammar quiz 2

- Asking about
places of interest
- Finding your way
around (on foot, by
car)
- Describing a
place, e.g. a town

- ESTAR for location

- Ordinal numbers
- Formal and informal
imperative forms
- The future tense (ver,
encontrars)
- Descriptive adjectives
(moderno, antiguo)

Grammar activities for homework, plus a

writing activity, to be provided by teacher.
SAYF Basic
CAMPSITE
Asking for directions + 7 activities
PETROL STATION
Asking for and understanding directions
by car
Learn it first + 5 activities
SAYF Essentials
Numbers: ordinals

Grammar revision
To be able to ask for,
give and follow
directions to a place of
interest, on foot and/or
by car.

14. Revision
NOS LANZAMOS
Oral presentation
15. NOS LANZAMOS
Listening test
Reading and writing test

NB: Students to complete the CHALLENGE exercise online BEFORE THE LAST CLASS so that they are helped
with the areas they have problems with.

ASSESSMENT
Grammar quiz 1, week 7: 10% of the final mark
Grammar quiz 2, week 13: 10% of the final mark
Oral presentation: 30% of the final mark
Listening test: 20% of the final mark
Reading and writing test: 30% of the final mark. For Michaelmas / Lent, the test will take place on a Saturday. For Easter and Long Vacation
courses, this test will be during class time. The writing task is a composition of 120 words in Spanish.