This document outlines the topics and lessons covered in an 8-week beginner Spanish course held at International House Newcastle. Lesson 1 introduces greetings, the alphabet, and pronunciation. Lesson 2 covers countries, numbers, and personal information questions. Lesson 3 includes gender, family members, and question words. Lesson 4 reviews personal information and family. Lesson 5 describes people using adjectives. Lesson 6 discusses places and directions. Lesson 7 compares verbs SER and ESTAR. The final lesson evaluates students and recaps the course materials, which are available online.

1. Spanish Beginner Course (A1)
International House Newcastle
Lesson 1 (4th of July 2016)
 Introduce yourself
 Asking for a giving personal information
 Greetings and farewells
 Alphabet
 Basic rules of pronunciation in Spanish
Lesson 2 (11th of July 2016)
 Countries and nationalities
 Gender and agreement (nouns and adjectives)
 Reasons for learning Spanish: Why and because (Por que and porque)
 Numbers 1-100
 Introduce yourself (Revision)
 Asking for a giving personal information (Revision)
 Alphabet (Revision)
 Basic rules of pronunciation in Spanish II
Lesson 3 (18th of July 2016)
 Gender and agreement (nouns and adjectives)
 Reasons for learning Spanish: Why and because (Por que and porque)
 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)
Lesson 4 (25th of July 2016)
 Asking for a giving personal information (3rd person) – Revision -
 Possessive Adjectives (mi, mis, tu, tus, su, sus)

2.  Family members (Revision)
 Numbers + Professions (Revision)
 Interrogativos (qué, dónde, porqué, cómo, quién…) – Revisión –
 Evaluation of the first half of the programme
Lesson 5 (1st of August)
 Describing people
 Gender and agreement (nouns and adjectives)
 Verbs SER, TENER y LLEVAR
 Adjectives to describe people's personality
Lesson 6 (8th of August)
 Place adverbs (aquí, allí, cerca, lejos)
 Describing places and asking for directions
 Shops
 Verbs: HAY and ESTA
 Prepositions of location
Lesson 7 (15th of August)
 Differences between SER and ESTAR
Lesson 8 (22nd of August)
 Final evaluation
 Recap
 Final task
END OF THE SHOW….ELVIS HAS LEFT THE BUILDING &
I SURVIVED A SPANISH COURSE WITH RAUL
All the materials are online at www.raulponcela.com