Levels 1–3 content
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Gramática
Cultura
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Subject pronouns
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The verb
ser
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Adjectives
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The verb
tener
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Expressing possession:
– Possessive adjectives
– The preposition
de
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The verb
estar
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Mapa cultural:
Mexico
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Mexico City: Tenochtitlan
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The south: the indigenous
population
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Lectura: Teotihuacán, ciudad
de los dioses
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Nouns
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Articles. Agreement with nouns
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Expressing existence.
The verb
haber
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Expressing location
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Regular -
ar
verbs, present
tense
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Regular -
er
and -
ir
verbs,
present tense
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Expressing obligation:
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Tener que
+ infinitive
–
Hay que
+ infinitive
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Adverbs of frequency
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Mapa cultural:
Puerto Rico
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Old San Juan
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Salsa, the essence of
Puerto Rico
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Lectura: El Morro: Blog
de viajes
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Stem-changing verbs
(e
>
ie)
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The verb
ir
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The verb
gustar
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Demonstratives
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Comparison. Comparative
adjectives
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Stem-changing verbs
(o
>
ue)
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Mapa cultural:
Guatemala
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The great Mayan city of Tikal
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The quetzal, national bird
of Guatemala
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Lectura: Desde
Chichicastenango
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Adverbs of quantity
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Expressing want, preference,
and rejection. The verbs
querer
and
preferir
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Irregular verbs in the
yo
form
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Direct object pronouns
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Indirect object pronouns
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Stem-changing verbs
(e
>
i)
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Mapa cultural:
Peru
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The Incas, kings of the
mountains
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The Nazca lines
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Lectura: Festividad inca
del Inti Raymi
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The verbs
ver
,
oír
,
oler
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and
decir
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Reflexive verbs
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The verb
doler
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The verb
sentirse
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Affirmative
tú
commands.
Regular verbs
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Mapa cultural
: Spain
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Madrid: a painter’s paradise
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The south: an arabic
heritage
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Lectura: El
Guernica
,
de Pablo Picasso
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Affirmative commands.
Irregular verbs
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Ir a
+ infinitive. Time
markers in the future
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The present progressive
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The present participle
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Stem-changing verbs
(u
>
ue)
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Mapa cultural
: United States
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Hispanic influence
in the United States
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States with Hispanic history
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Concentration of Hispanic
people in cities
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Lectura
:
Celebramos
la Herencia Hispana
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The preterite tense of regular
-
ar
verbs
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The preterite tense of regular
-
er
and -
ir
verbs
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Time markers in the past
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The preterite tense of the
verbs
ser
and
ir
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Negative commands
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Mapa cultural
: Argentina
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The tango
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Buenos Aires
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Lectura
:
La vuelta al mundo
de Cinthia Scoch
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Expressing cause:
porque
and
por
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Expressing quantity. Indefinites
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Irregular verbs in the
preterite.
Decir
and
hacer
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Irregular verbs in the
preterite.
Estar
and
tener
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Expressing permission and
prohibition
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Mapa cultural
: Chile
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Easter Island
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Pablo Neruda
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The chinchineros
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Lectura
:
Oda a la manzana
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