The document provides an overview of progress made on developing content for the Spanish and English virtual language assistants in June. For Spanish, grammar charts and scenarios were updated for levels A1 and A2. Scenarios for level B1 were started. For English, pop-ups, grammars, vocabulary, and potential new scenarios were developed for level A1. Textbook comparisons were also conducted to identify concepts not yet included.

1. VL3: The Progress on Level A1 and A2
Spanish and English (June)
L iv ia M a n s e r a n d L a u r e n
Tu r n e r

2. S p a n is h V L 3 – J u n e
• Grammar charts for developers (A1 and A2 with the exception of A1
C6)
-the original chart only contained the following columns:
competence, goal, rule user, user input, errors
-for a more complete and detailed chart, the other columns were
added
-later, added “y tú” as possible user input
A1: Context 3: ¿Te
gusta? A mí, me
encanta.
COMPETENCE GOAL RULE ASSISTANT ASSISTANT INPUT RULE USER USER INPUT POSSIBLE ERRORS COMMENTS
intj noun Hola, name intj noun hola, name ola
bien, muy bien, más o
menos, regular,
¿qué tal? excelente estoy bueno, bueno
bien, muy bien, más o
menos, regular, Do we have a grammar for
excelente, bien the greetings?
They should ask how the
Greeting HOWRU conj pron ¿y tú? avatar is doing.
¿qué tal?/ ¿cómo
Courtesy COURT int adv/ int verb estás? adj intj bien, gracias gracia
son la tres de la tarde, es
las tres de la tarde, es la
tres de la tarde, son la una,
adj /adv verb noun/ int Mal. No tengo reloj. verb art num prep art están las tres, tres en la Any time could be said as a
noun verb ¿qué hora es? noun son las tres de la tarde tarde response.
tengo clase a ocho de la
noche, tengo a las ocho de Any time could be said
la noche clase, tengo a la as a response. Students
ocho clase de la noche,
are also able to ask "y
tengo clase es la una,
tengo clase son las dos, tú" with a possible
tengo clase la una, tengo response being "tengo
¿a qué hora tienes verb noun prep art num tengo clase a las ocho clase las dos, tengo clase a clases a las nueve de la
Say what time it is WHATTIME prep int noun verb noun clase? prep art noun de la noche nueve treinta mañana"

3. S p a n is h V L 3 – J u n e
• Revised scenarios for A1
-corrected spelling mistakes, added vocabulary to match scenario,
revised scenario to match the vocabulary/grammar, revised “pop ups”
• All documents for A1(with exception of C6) are ready to be printed
and put into binder
• A1 (with exception of C6) have been uploaded onto the administration
system
• Non-copyrighted images have replaced the copyrighted ones for
Glearning activities
• Scenarios for B1 have been started
• Compared different textbooks (using the textbook analysis) to see
what concepts we had not included yet. # OF
TITLE AUTHOR YEAR/Ed. CHAPTERS Chapter TITLE VOCABULARY CONTEXTS EXAMPLES GRAMMAR EXAMPLES
tomar apuntes, hacer preguntas,
Hacer descripciones: sustantivo
Visión y Voz Calloway & Labarca 2003 (Third Ed.) 15 1 ¡Hola! ¿Qué tal? Actividades de la universidad sacar buenas notas, usar el genero, artículo, número
y adjetivos
diccionario, leer muchos libros
Visión y Voz Calloway & Labarca 2003 (Third Ed.) 15 1 ¡Hola! ¿Qué tal? Días de la semana, hora y horarios ¿Qué día es hoy? ¿Qué hora es? Verbo estar ¿Dónde está la biblioteca?
¿Dónde estas? ¿Qué tienes que hacer? ¿Dónde estás los lunes? Estoy en la Hay muchos alumnos en la clase,
Visión y Voz Calloway & Labarca 2003 (Third Ed.) 15 1 ¡Hola! ¿Qué tal? Verbo hay
¿Qué quieres hacer? oficina. pero hay sólo un profesor.

4. E n g lis h V L 3 – J u n e
• Pop-ups
• Grammars
• Goals
• Added vocabulary using English Next and other sources
• Spanish translations of pop-ups
• Italian translations of pop-ups
• New ideas for scenarios including:
 In a clothing store; health and body; giving and receiving directions, grocery shopping; etc.
• Review of Canadian Concepts 1, 2 & 3 (1992-3)
• Desk copies to be added to comparison on order from Cambridge University Press and Oxford University
Press:
 Interchange
 Touchstone
 Passages
 Voyager
 Ventures
 Let’s Go!
 New English File
• Currently working on: English Textbook Comparison

5. E n g lis h V L 3 – J u n e : S a m p le
G ra mma r
Level A1; Context 2: What do you have to
do today?
Grammatical Category Rule Example
S Adv verb noun Today is Wendesday. Tomorrow is Thursday.
S Art noun verb adv verb inf prep art adj noun The boys don’t want to go to the basketball game.
S Art noun verb adv verb inf prep art noun The boys don’t want to go to the park.
S Art noun verb inf adv prep posspron noun The boys want to hang out with their friends.
S Art noun verb inf noun prep posspron noun
The boys want to play sports with their friends. The girls want to cook
dinner for their families.
S Art noun verb inf prep art noun prep noun The girls want to go to a restaurant for dinner.
S Conj pron verb inf adj noun pron verb inf adv If you want to get good grades, you have to study hard.
CP Int noun verb adv What day is today? What day is tomorrow?
CP Int noun verb pron adv What day is it today? What day is it tomorrow?
CP Int verb posspron noun verb inf
What does your friend have to do? What does your friend want to do?
What do your friends want to do?
CP Int verb pron gerund dempron noun What are you doing this weekend?
CP Int verb pron gerund prep art noun What are you doing on the weekend?
CP Int verb pron verb inf Where do they want to go?
CP Int verb pron verb inf adv
What do you have to do tomorrow? What do you want to do today? Where
do you want to go today?
CP Int verb pron verb inf dempron noun What do you have to do this weekend?
CP Int verb pron verb inf prep art noun What do you have to do on the weekend?