COURSE PROGRAMME and COURSE BOOK
Gente Hoy 1 – Libro del alumno, 2013 (Not included in the course fee)
Week 1 ¡Bienvenidos al curso!
Greetings, introductions and asking for basic personal information.
Asking for help with the language and Spanish pronunciation.
(Additional material)
Week 2 Unit 1: Gente que estudia español (1)
The alphabet, sounds and spelling (pp.18-19, ex. 1 & 2 and p.23, 8)
Spanish topics to talk about (p.20, ex. 3)
Numbers 0-10 (pp.20-22, ex. 3 & 4 and p.23, ex. 7)
Asking about name, phone number and email address (p.24, ex. 9)
Week 3 Unit 1: Gente que estudia español (2)
Spanish-speaking countries and capital cities (p.22, ex. 5 and p.24, ex. 10)
Nationalities and masculine / feminine endings (additional material)
Asking about nationality. Verb SER (to be) + nationality (I am / You are)
Nouns in Spanish: masculine and feminine endings (p.22, ex. 6) + practice
Week 4 Unit 1: Gente que estudia español (3)
Group presentation about a Spanish-speaking country (p.25, ex. 11)
El mundo del español (pp. 26-27, ex. 12, 13 & 14).
Week 5 Unit 2: Gente con gente (1)
Asking and talking about someone else (p.28-29, ex. 1 A).
Expressing opinion (I think that…) (p.29, ex. 1 B)
Verb SER (he/she is) and introduction of other verbs (p.28-29, ex. 1)
Describing personality + adjective (p. 29, ex. 2 & 3)
Gente de la Calle Picasso (pp. 30-31, ex. 4)
Week 6 Unit 2: Gente con gente (2)
Different types of families (additional material)
Questions and answers about our family (p.32, ex. 6)
Asking and answering about age + numbers 20-100 (p.32-33)
Marital status with verb ESTAR (to be + marital status)
Asking and answering about jobs (p.32-33)
Describing physical characteristics (additional material)
Week 7 Unit 2: Gente con gente (3)
Hobbies and leisure activities (additional material)
Talking about ourselves using verbs in the “yo” form (p.33, 8 B)
Asking questions about hobbies (p.33, 8 C).
Spanish weddings and identifying people (pp.34-35, ex. 9)
España y sus contrastes (pp.36-37, ex. 11, 12 & 13)
Week 8 Unit 3: Gente de vacaciones (1)
Describing places with SER, ESTAR, TENER & HAY (p.41, ex. 2 & p.43, ex. 6)
Describing a place that we like (p.43, ex. 8)
Expressing interests, likes and dislikes (p.41-42, ex. 3 and 4).
Verbs GUSTAR and INTERESAR (additional material).
Week 9 Unit 3: Gente de vacaciones (2)
Understanding someone talking about holidays (p.42, ex. 5)
Facilities in your accommodation (p.43, ex. 7)
Planning a trip together and expressing preferences (pp.44-45, ex. 9 & 10)
Where do Spanish people go on holidays? (pp.46-47, ex. 10 & 11)
Week 10 Revision, games, quizzes and end of course drinks.
