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Course outline
Course outline:
Below are the major themes, grammar, and vocabulary covered each week. You will work through chapters 0-4 in the textbook, Nota 10. There are teaching videos, audio, cultural notes and supplementary materials throughout the course.
Week 1
- Greetings and goodbyes
- Introduction to the alphabet
- Vowels and consonants
- Where are you from?
- Introducing others
Week 2
- Countries and nationalities
- Numbers 0-100
- The verbs ser and ter
- Grammatical gender
- How old are you?
- Contractions with the preposition de
Week 3
- How are you?
- What do you do?
- Introduction to making nouns and adjectives plural
- Conjugating regular present tense verbs
- Contractions with the preposition em
- Question words
Week 4
- More on making nouns and adjectives plural
- Regions in Brazil
- Listening tips
- Describing a city
- Quantifiers
- Pronouncing the letter a
Week 5
- Prepositions of place
- The verb estar
- Where is it?
- Reading tips
- The verb gostar
- Numbers greater than 100
Week 6
- Family
- Describing yourself and others
- Expressing preferences
- Cognates
- Pronouncing the letter e
Week 7
- Adjective/noun agreement
- Possessives
- Ser and estar contrasted
Week 8
- Days and months
- Telling time
- Describing your daily routine
- Parts of the body
- Pronouncing the letter i
Week 9
- Irregular present tense verbs
- Reflexive verbs
- Adverbs of frequency
- Prepositions of movement
Week 10
- Extensive review of the content from weeks 1-9
Earn Continuing Education Hours
By participating in this class you will earn:
| Instructional Hours | 45 |
| University of Wisconsin Continuing Education Units | 4.5 |