General Spanish Online Course
This is the syllabus we follow in our General Spanish Course. Refer here for levels and progress.
Chapter
Content
1A. I knew or I found out?
- Talking about past events using the indefinite preterit and imperfect
- Writing endings to stories
- Conducting an interview
1B. Let me tell you
- Narrating stories and tales
- Writing stories
2A. I’ll give him your message
- Reporting what another person has said (using the same tense)
- Giving messages
- Expressing happiness
2B. Don’t tell me!
- Reporting what another person has said (using a different tense)
- Reporting and analyzing quotes
- Reporting a message or original text
3A. What will have happened by 2050?
- Talking about the future
- Making predictions about the future
- Talking about events that are happening now using irregular gerunds (-o-u/e-i)
3B. Where can he have gone?
- Expressing conjectures and probability
- Formulating hypotheses about past situations
4A. Stop doing that!
- Giving orders
- Persuading
- Talking about publicity
- Writing advertisements
4B. Don’t say that!
- Justifying prohibitions
- Giving advice for and against
- Reacting to different situations
5A. For sale!
- Giving impersonal descriptions
- Defining terms
5B. He was left with nothing!
- Talking about change as the result of a previous action (using the verb “quedarse”)
- Talking about significant changes (using the verb “convertirse en”)
- Telling stories
- Talking about voluntary and gradual changes (using the verb “hacerse”)
6A. He got furious!
- Talking about impermanent change (using the verb “ponerse”)
- Talking about permanent change (using the verb “volverse”)
- Placing emphasis on the result of a change
6B. I forgot!
- Expressing involuntary action or reaction to events
- Talking about habitual or past actions
- Talking about future or possible actions that haven’t been carried out
7A. I’ll go as soon as I finish
- Referring to temporary relations
- Expressing purpose
- Expressing doubt or possibility
- Talking about indefinite situations
7B. I don’t think you’ll get married!
- Expressing opinions using the subjunctive and indicative
- Differentiating between the use of the subjunctive and the indicative
- Giving and asking for opinions
- Complaining or regretting
8A. What I like best is studying Spanish
- Referring to situations using relative pronouns (“lo que”/”lo cual”)
- Expressing relations of possession (“cuyo/cuya”)
8B. I’m happy that you’ve come
- Expressing desires, doubt, and emotions in relation to a recent and past action
- Giving opinions about recent and past actions
9A. What did you want when you were a child?
- Expressing desires and feelings about the past
- Giving opinions using impersonal phrases in the past
- Differentiating the use of the present and imperfect subjunctive
9B. If I could, I’d change many things
- Expressing improbable conditions and their consequences
- Expressing reciprocity between two or more people
10A. Review
- Review 1
- Review 2
- Review 3
- Review 4
- Review 5
- Review 6