General Spanish Online Course
This is the syllabus we follow in our General Spanish Course. Refer here for levels and progress.
Chapter
Content
1A. The good old days!
- Describing in the past tense
- Talking about habitual actions in the past
- Describing actions that have been interrupted by other actions
1B. An interesting biography
- Telling stories in the past tense
- Writing stories
- Talking about unfinished actions
- Talking about past actions using the indefinite and imperfect preterit
2A. Today you’ll have a great day
- Asking about time differences in other countries
3A. Get some rest!
- Giving orders
- Giving instructions
- Talking about superstitions
3B. Make up your mind! Do it!
- Giving permission
- Giving orders and advice
- Encouraging and persuading
- Talking about the environment
3C. That one, that one, the one over there!
- Giving descriptions using relative pronouns (what/which – “que”)
- Giving descriptions using relative pronouns (who – “quien”, “quienes”)
- Referring to people using relative pronouns (the one(s) which – “la que”, “el que”, “las que” “los que”)
- Referring to places and objects using relative pronouns
- Relating two or more ideas using relative pronouns
4A. Everything’s happened to me
- Talking about actions that have happened recently
- Talking and asking about personal experiences
4B. I’ve been working a lot lately
- Talking about events that have happened recently
- Talking about current actions and those that could happen
- Talking about actions that start in the past and continue into the present
4C. The world of work
- Expressing opinions
- Describing cause and effect
- Expressing limitations
- Composing texts
5A. What would you do?
- Expressing probabilites or conjectures
- Asking favors and expressing oneself politely
- Giving advice and recommendations
5B. He said he’d go
- Reporting what another person has said
- Expressing feelings and desires
- Talking about physical changes
5C. I go red!
- Talking about different moods
- Expressing emotions
- Talking about health
6A. Time goes by
- Talking about past actions that happened before other past actions
- Telling stories
6B. Comparing past tenses
- Differentiating between the uses of the preterit tense
- Comparing the use of the preterit indefinite and imperfect tenses
- Describing situations
- Writing a story
- Talking about habitual actions in the past
6C. I’ve just arrived
- Drawing attention to the fact that an action has finished
- Drawing attention to the repetition of an action
- Referring to the duration of an action
- Referring to an action that is in progress
7A. My ideal partner
- Expressing desires
- Describing situations using the subjunctive
7B. Have a good time!
- Expressing desires using “if only”
- Expressing desires using “that”
7C. I like him to be romantic
- Expressing emotions and feelings
- Reacting to different situations
- Talking about important celebrations
8A. What do you advise me to do?
- Giving and asking for advice
- Talking about friendship
8B. Do you want me to help you?
- Expressing desire, will and necessity
- Offering and asking for help
- Describing different situations
8C. I order you to…
- Giving orders
- Permitting and prohibiting
9A. Big cities
- Expressing negative opinions and doubt
- Talking about life in the city
9B. It’s necessary that I find an apartment
- Expressing impersonal opinions
- Expressing negative opinions
- Differentiating the use of the indicative and the subjunctive
- Giving advice and recommendations
10A. Review
- Review 1
- Review 2
- Review 3
- Review 4
- Review 5
- Review 6