SPA 101 - Spanish 1
Course Description
With little or no experience in Spanish, you are welcome in our interactive classes that focus on speaking the language. Saying basic phrases, pronouncing words correctly, asking questions and telling time are covered. There will be an introduction to articles, adjectives, pronouns and verbs in the present tense.Course Details
By completion of this course, successful students will be able to:
- Introduce yourself and use greetings and farewells
- Talk about dates and days of the week
- Use classroom expressions
- Ask useful questions and give answers
- Use polite expressions
- Describe people and activities
- Conjugate verbs in the present tense and present progressive tense
- Use the expression Ir + a to express future actions
I am a native speaker of Spanish. I was born in Granada, Spain. I worked for 10 years as an English and Spanish teacher in multiple areas such as Adult Education and Tutoring for a Spanish private academy “Academia Newton” and Elementary and JH schools for the Ministry of Education of Spain. I moved to Calgary Canada in 2008 with a double degree in Spanish and English as a Second Language, participating in “The Visiting Teachers in Canada Program”, an international cooperation program supported by the Ministry of Education/Embassy of Spain, Alberta Education, and school districts across Canada. Since 2008 I have been teaching Spanish and Music in the ISAs, International Spanish Academies, and I have been a DELE examiner for Instituto Cervantes at all levels since 2012. In 2018 I received my Master’s degree in Teaching Linguistics for Spanish as a Second Language from Universidad Europea del Atlántico and FUNIBER and nowadays I am as well a PhD student. My goal as a teacher is to work tirelessly to create a challenging, nurturing environment for my students. I have my own love of learning to inspire students with passion for education and for the course material. I enjoy studying but I love spending time with my family and friends, going to the beach, singing, dancing, exercising, and watching comedies or adventure movies.