SpanishPod101 Newbie S4 Curriculum
In this 25-lesson season, Dylan and Carlos will expand upon grammar and vocabulary taught in previous Newbie series with a focus on Latin America. This series will cover polite conversations, making exclamations, talking about obligations, and more. You will hear Spanish spoken in a variety of situations, so you will hear both informal and formal Spanish.
| Title | Topic | Function | Grammar Point | Useful Vocabulary and Phrases | Vocabulary List | Cultural Insight | |
| #1 | Have You Met Your Spanish Match?! | Romance/Dating | Talking about actions in the past | Preterit Verb Formation (regulars) | Latin Lovers | ||
| #2 | The Fastest Way to Possessing the Latin Lover of Your Dreams! | Romance/Dating | Showing ownership | Possessive Adjectives | Latino Stereotypes | ||
| #3 | Do You Know Where to Find the Most Beautiful Latin American Woman?! | Romance/Dating | Asking questions | Interrogative Pronominal Phrase “de que” | Latin American Pride | ||
| #4 | The Spanish Terms You Wish You’d Never Heard, But Cannot Live Without! | Romance/Dating | Expressing negativity | Negative Words and Phrases | Latin American Pet Names | ||
| #5 | Putting the Squeeze on Your Spanish! | Romance/Dating | Shortening phrases | Contractions | Ladies’ Men in Latin America | ||
| #6 | What Can Your Spanish Tell You About Your Latin Lover? | Romance/Dating | Describing things using adjectives | Adjectives | Latin American Women | ||
| #7 | You Can Do It in Spanish! | Romance/Dating | Expressing being able to do something | The verb poder (”to be able to”) | The Male Bravado in Spanish Speaking Countries | ||
| #8 | Where You Will Find the Beautiful People in Spain! | Romance/Dating | Describing temporary conditions, characteristics, and personality traits | The verb estar (”to be”) (singular conjugations) | Coffee in Latin America | ||
| #9 | Use Your Spanish to Make the Next Move! | Romance/Dating | Describing temporary conditions, characteristics, and personality traits | The verb estar (”to be”) (plural conjugations) | The Importance of Politeness in Latin American Society | ||
| #10 | If I’m Really Polite in Spanish, Will You Like Me More? | Romance/Dating | Learning commonly used set phrases | Set Phrases - “Please…thank you” | Love at First Sight | ||
| #11 | How to Let It All Hang out in Spanish! | Calling for information | Making exclamations in Spanish | Exclamations in Spanish | Latin American Salsa | ||
| #12 | Put Your Spanish Dancing Shoes on! | Dance class | Expressing movement | The preposition “a” | A Popular Latin American Dance | ||
| #13 | Here, There, and Everywhere in Spanish! | Finding one’s way | Using the adverbs “here” and “there” | The adverbs acá (here) and allá (there) | Getting Directions in Latin America | ||
| #14 | Do You Have Two Left Feet When It Comes to Spanish Dancing? | Dance class | Making comparisons | Comparative Expressions | New York Style Salsa | ||
| #15 | You Must Learn to Do a Spanish Dance! | Dance class | Expressing obligation | Expressing personal and impersonal obligation | L.A. Style Dance | ||
| #16 | These People Are Full of…Spanish! | Soccer game | Expressing that something/someone is full | The adjective lleno, -a (”full”) | What is the CONCACAF? | ||
| #17 | Are You Ready to Start Singing in Spanish? | Soccer game | Expressing simultaneous or continuous actions | Forming the gerund (-ing) | Soccer | ||
| #18 | Bring Me Another Spanish Drink! | Drinking | Telling someone to do something | The imperative mood | Drinking in Latin America | ||
| #19 | Should Your Friend Buy You Another Spanish Beer? | Drinking | Using Indirect Object Pronouns | Indirect Object Pronouns - me, te, le, nos, os, les | Latin American Sports Venues | ||
| #20 | Have You Had Your Fill of Spanish Drinks Yet? | Drinking | Talking about actions that happened in the past | Preterit Tense of Irregular Spanish Verbs estar (to be), andar (to walk), tener (to have) | Tequila and rum | ||
| #21 | Let’s Find Some Spanish Thing to Do! | Tourist | Using indefinite articles before nouns | Indefinite Articles (un, una, unos, unas) | Tourism in Latin American | ||
| #22 | Where’s the Spanish Party AT? | Getting directions | Expressing movement | The preposition “a” | Riding the Bus in Latin America | ||
| #23 | I’m Going to Put You in Your Place in Spanish! | Riding the bus | Talking about going places | The verb ir (”to Go”) | Learning from Your Spanish Mistakes | ||
| #24 | Tell Me What to Do in Spanish! | Riding the bus | Talking about doing/making things | The verb hacer (”to make” or “to do”) | Bus Travel in Latin America | ||
| #25 | I Was Going to Buy Dinner, but I Got Sidetracked by Spanish! | Riding the bus | Talking about future actions | Periphrasis: Future Actions | Tourism |