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 * //Salon de clase//**  **//Bienvenidos a la pagina del//**   **//Español 1//**   **//Numero de buzon electronico de la clase: 978-561-9217//**

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Spanish Statistics
 * Spanish is the world's third most spoken language, after Mandarin Chinese and English, and ranks second in terms of native speakers.
 * At the end of the 19th century, 60 million people spoke Spanish. Today, almost 500 million people worldwide speak Spanish!
 * Spanish is the mother tongue of approximately 388 million people in 21 countries (Mexico: 102 million, USA: 45 million, Spain: 44 million, Colombia: 44 million, Argentina: 39 million, Venezuela: 28 million, Peru: 28 million…) It is also widely spoken in many more where it is not an official language.
 * Hispanic consumers are the fastest-growing market segment in North America. Their population in the USA has grown by 60% in just one decade and their buying power is expected to exceed $926 million by 2007.
 * Spanish is the second most used language in international communication, and an official language of the UN and its organizations.

Class Units

**__ Preview – Para empezar __** ** En la escuela ** ** En la clase ** ** El tiempo ** __** Tema 1 – Mis amigos y yo **__ ** ¿Qué te gusta hacer? ** ** Y tú, ¿Cómo eres? ** __** Tema 2 – La escuela **__ ** Tu día en la escuela ** ** Tu sala de clases ** __** Tema 3 – La comida **__ ** ¿Desayuno o almuerzo? ** ** Para mantener la salud ** __** Tema 4 – Los pasatiempos **__ ** ¿Adónde vas? ** ** ¿Quieres ir conmigo? ** __** Tema 5 – Fiesta en familia **__ ** Una fiesta de cumpleaños ** ** ¡Vamos a un resturante! ** __** Tema 6 – La casa **__ ** En mi dormitorio ** ** ¿Cómo es tu casa? ** __** Tema 7 – De compras **__ ** ¿Cuánto cuesta? ** ** ¡Qué regalo! ** __** Tema 8 – Experiencias **__ ** De vacaciones ** ** Ayudando en la comunidad ** __** Tema 9 – Medios de comunicación **__ ** El cine y la television ** ** La tecnología **
 * Greet people at different times of day
 * Cognates
 * Introduce yourself to others
 * Respond to classroom directions
 * Begin using numbers
 * Tell time
 * Identify parts of the body
 * Talk about things in the classroom
 * Ask questions about new words and phrases
 * Use the Spanish alphabet to spell words
 * Talk about things related to the calendar
 * Learn about the Aztec calendar
 * Describe weather conditions
 * Identify the seasons
 * Talk about activities you like and don’t like to do
 * Ask other what they like to do
 * Understand cultural perspectives on favorite activities
 * Talk about personality traits
 * Ask and tell what people are like
 * Use adjectives to describe people
 * Understand cultural perspectives on friendship
 * Talk about school schedules and subjects
 * Discuss what students do during the day
 * Ask and tell who is doing an action
 * Compare your school with that of a student in a Spanish-speaking country
 * Describe a [[file:theclassroom.jpg|classroom]]
 * Indicate where things are located
 * Talk about more than one object or person
 * Understand cultural perspectives on school
 * Talk about foods and beverages for breakfast and lunch
 * Talk about likes and dislikes
 * Express how often something is done
 * Understand cultural perspectives on [|meals]
 * Talk about foods and beverages for dinner
 * Describe what people or things are like
 * Discuss food, health, and exercise choices
 * Understand cultural perspective on diet and health
 * Talk about locations in your community
 * Discuss leisure activities
 * Talk about where you go and with whom
 * Learn how to ask questions
 * Understand cultural perspectives on leisure activities
 * Talk about activities outside of school
 * Extend, accept, and decline invitations
 * Tell when an event happens
 * Understand cultural perspectives on after-school activities
 * Describe families
 * Talk about celebrations and parties
 * Ask and tell ages
 * Express possession
 * Understand cultural perspectives on family and celebrations
 * Talk about family celebrations
 * Describe family members and friends
 * Ask politely to have something brought to you
 * Order a meal in a restaurant
 * Understand cultural perspectives on family celebrations
 * Talk about your bedroom
 * Describe bedroom items and electronic equipment
 * Make comparisons
 * Understand cultural perspectives on homes
 * Identify rooms in a house
 * Name household chores
 * Tell where you live
 * Understand cultural perspectives on different types of housing
 * Talk about clothes, shopping, and prices
 * Describe your plans
 * Talk about what you want and what you prefer
 * Point out specific items
 * Understand cultural perspectives on shopping
 * Talk about buying gifts
 * Tell what happened in the past
 * Use direct object pronouns
 * Understand cultural perspectives on gift-giving
 * Talk about things to do on vacation
 * Describe places to visit while on vacation
 * Talk about events in the past
 * Understand cultural perspectives on travel and vacations
 * Discuss volunteer work and ways to protect the environment
 * Talk about what people say
 * Talk about what people did for others
 * Understand cultural perspectives on volunteer work
 * Describe movies and television programs
 * Express opinions about media entertainment
 * Talk about things you have done recently
 * Understand cultural perspective on common gestures
 * Talk about computers and the internet
 * Learn to ask for something and to tell what something is used for
 * Talk about knowing people or knowing how to do things
 * Understand cultural perspectives on using technology