Workbook Lectures

Workbook Self-Study – Chapters 1 through 4

Welcome to our self-study program for lessons 1 through 4 of our Workbook.

You will find this self-paced course to be quite straightforward. The sequence of activities is as follows:

    • Listen to the recorded YouTube Lesson 1 video.
    • Complete the homework assignments.

Here is a link to the Spanish Beg Workbook Mod 1 (1-4) that you will be studying in the following lessons.

Lesson 1 Alphabet; pronunciation; cognates; diphthongs; punctuation; & Introductions
    • 1.0 Overview (el resumen)
    • 1.1 The Spanish alphabet (el alfabeto)
    • 1.2 Pronunciation (la pronunciación) and accent marks (los acentos)
    • 1.3 Cognates (los cognados)
    • 1.4 Diphthongs (los diptongos)
    • 1.5 Punctuation marks (los signos de puntuación)
    • 1.6 Vocabulary (el vocabulario): Introductions and greetings
    • 1.7 Conversational Spanish: Introducing yourself (las introducciónes)
    • 1.8 Activities and exercises (las actividades y los ejercicios)

​Lesson 1 Recording – Workbook Chapter 1

Lesson 2 Numbers, dates, weekdays, months, seasons, colors, & parts of speech
    • 2.1 Numbers (los números)
    • 2.2 Days (los días de la semana) & months (los meses)
    • 2.3 Dates (las fechas) and seasons (las estaciones)
    • 2.4 Colors (los colores)
    • 2.5 Introduction to Spanish grammar: Parts of speech
    • 2.6 Vocabulary: Everyday Words
    • 2.7 Conversational Spanish: Asking for help
    • 2.8 Activities and exercises (las actividades y los ejercicios)

Lesson 2 Recording – Workbook Chapter 2

Lesson 3 Nouns; articles; gender & number; subject & interrogative pronouns; & introduction to Spanish verbs
    • 3.1 Nouns (los sustantivos), gender, & number (singular/plural)
    • 3.2 Definite & indefinite articles
    • 3.3 Subject pronouns
    • 3.4 Introduction to Spanish verbs
    • 3.5 Asking questions: Interrogative pronouns
    • 3.6 Vocabulary (el vocabulario): Las partes del cuerpo
    • 3.7 Conversational Spanish: Using interrogative pronouns
    • 3.8 Activities and exercises (las actividades y los ejercicios)

Lesson 3 Recording – Workbook Chapter 3

Lesson 4 Conjugación de los verbos en el presente que terminan en -ar, -er, -ir
    • 4.1 Los fundamentos de los verbos
    • 4.2 Conjugar verbos regulares en el presente que terminan en -ar, -er, -ir
    • 4.3 Estrategias de aprendizaje sustantivos y verbos
    • 4.4 ¿Son necesarios los pronombres de sujeto? (Are subject pronouns necessary?)
    • 4.5 Los pronombres de sujeto “vosotros” y “tú”
    • 4.6 La construcción de dos verbos
    • 4.7 Usar verbos como sustantivos (Using verbs as nouns)
    • 4.8 El vocabulario: Las preposiciones y otras palabras útiles
    • 4.9 El español conversacional: Registrando en un hotel
    • 4.10 Las actividades y los ejercicios (activities and exercises)

Lesson 4 Recording – Workbook Chapter 4

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