This document outlines the lessons for a 12-week beginner Spanish course held at International House Newcastle between September and November 2016. The course covers topics such as greetings, asking for and giving personal information, countries and nationalities, numbers, family members, describing people, directions, shops, food and drinks. Each lesson involves introducing new vocabulary and grammar structures as well as revising content from previous lessons, with the course culminating in a final evaluation and task in the last session.

1. Spanish Beginner Course (Winter Term)
International House Newcastle
Lesson 1 (12th of September 2016)
 Introduce yourself
 Asking for a giving personal information
 Greetings and farewells
 Alphabet
 How do you say XXX in Spanish? / Can you spell it?
Lesson 2 (19th of September 2016)
 Countries and nationalities
 Gender and agreement (nouns and adjectives)
 Numbers 1-29
 Introduce yourself (Revision)
 Asking for a giving personal information (Revision)
 Alphabet (Revision) / How do you say XXX in Spanish? Revision)
 Basic rules of pronunciation in Spanish
Lesson 3 (26th of September 2016)
 Gender and agreement (nouns and adjectives)
 Classroom communication (How do you say xxx in English; what does xxx
mean…)
 Family members (Family tree)
 Interrogativos (qué, dónde, porqué, cómo, quién…)
 Asking for a giving personal information (2nd person – Revision)
 Asking for a giving personal information (3rd person)
 Possessive Adjectives (mi, mis, tu, tus, su, sus)
 Basic rules of pronunciation in Spanish II
Lesson 4 (3rd of October 2016)

2.  Asking for a giving personal information (3rd person) – Revision -
 Possessive Adjectives (mi, mis, tu, tus, su, sus)
 Family members (Revision)
 Numbers + Professions (Revision)
 Interrogativos (qué, dónde, porqué, cómo, quién…) – Revisión –
 Evaluation of the first half of the programme
Lesson 5 (10th of October 2016)
 Describing people
 Gender and agreement (nouns and adjectives)
 Verbs SER, TENER y LLEVAR
 Adjectives to describe people's personality
Lesson 6 (17th of October 2016)
 Recap
 Evaluation
 Question and Answer session
Lesson 7 (24th of October 2016)
 Planning a wedding abroad
 Asking for a giving personal information (3rd person) – Revision -
 Family members (Family tree)
 Interrogativos (qué, dónde, porqué, cómo, quién…)
Lesson 8 (31st of October 2016)
 Differences between SER and ESTAR
Lesson 9 (7th of November 2016)
 Place adverbs (aquí, allí, cerca, lejos)
 Describing places and asking for directions
 Shops
 Verbs: HAY and ESTA
 Prepositions of location
Lesson 10 (14th of November 2016)
 Describing places and asking for directions (Revision)

3.  Shops (Revision)
 Verbs: HAY and ESTA (Revision)
 Describing your home
Lesson 11 (21st of November 2016)
 Reasons for learning Spanish: Why and because (Por que and porque)
 Ordering food and drinks in Spanish I
Lesson 12 (28th of November 2016)
 Ordering food and drinks in Spanish II
 Final evaluation
 Recap
 Final task
All the materials are online at
www.raulponcela.com