Syllabus Spanish Upper-Intermediate (15 hours of frontal Lessons)
| Week | Content |
| 1 |
LESSON: REVIEW. PAST TENSE + INDIRECT AND DIRECT PRONOUNS – Tense Review: Conjugation and Uses. Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous, and Simple Past. |
| 2 | CONTRAST PRESENT PERFECT VS SIMPLE PAST I – Review Activity: Distinguishing between Indirect and Direct Pronouns for people. Conversation. – Content: Distinguishing between Present Perfect and Simple Pats. Uses, key words, and tips. – Activities: reading examples and completing table; video: choosing the right tense; matching information and writing sentences; role game: describing and guessing characters. |
| 3 | PRESENT PERFECT VS SIMPLE PAST II. IMPERFECT PAST I: INTRODUCTION – Review Activity: Prepositions `A ́ VS `En ́. – Content: Imperfect Past Uses. Regular and Irregular Verbs Conjugation. – Activities: role game: character guessing; conjugation; describing actions, question translations, conversation. |
| 4 | IMPERFECT PAST II – Review Activity: Contrast Present Perfect VS Simple Past. Conversation. – Content: Imperfect Past. Descriptive Use: describing habits and events in the past. – Activities: conjugation, formulating questions and conversation; video: listening and filling gaps; completing question and conversation. |
| 5 | IMPERFECT PAST III – Review Activity: Distinguishing Verbs Meanings (ask VS ask for; bring VS carry; come VS leave Vs depart) – Content: Imperfect Past. Descriptive and Plan Use: describing people and talking about past plans. – Activities: completing questions and conversations; conjugation, reading and answering questions; translation, conversation, and comprehension. |
| 6 | IMPERFECT PAST IV. PRESENT VS PAST I – Review Activity: Indirect + Direct Pronouns. Dialogue. – Content: Imperfect Past. Comparative Use: comparing past vs present contexts and habits. – Activities: completing a dialogue; conjugation; video: listening and comprehension; examples and conversation. |
| 7 | IMPERFECT PAST V. PRESENT VS PAST II – Review Activity: Present Perfect VS Simple Past. Conversation. – Content: Imperfect Past. Comparative Use: comparing past vs present people and habits. – Activities: formulating questions and conversation; conjugation, game: guessing characters; reading example and talking about your past and present life differences. |
| 8 | SIMPLE OR INDEFINITE PAST VS IMPERFECT PAST I – Review Activity: Para VS Por. Text. – Content: Differences between Simple and Imperfect Past Uses. Key words. – Activities: reviewing uses; conjugation, storytelling: guessing tenses, answering questions, narrating a story. |
| 9 | SIMPLE OR INDEFINITE PAST VS IMPERFECT PAST II – Review Activity: Indirect + Direct Pronouns. Situations. – Content: Consolidating differences between Simple and Imperfect Past Uses. – Activities: answering situational questions; describing story; video: questions introduction, filling gaps, comprehensions; talking about own experiences. |
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Refreshing all content through activities
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At the beginning of each lesson we review, practice and consolidate previous knowledge.
This syllabus includes the minimum content. Depending on the group’s dynamic this content could be extended.
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