Learning Spanish II: How to Understand and Speak a New Language

Exploring key principles of effective language learning; building comprehension, focusing on linguistic cognates, context and the use of conjecture; reviewing definite and indefinite articles, singular and plural nouns and subject pronouns.

To build conversational skill, practicing the present tense with verbs ending in ar, er, and ir; learning vital irregular verbs and how to use them; continuing with prepositional pronouns; some new prepositions; finishing with an overview.

Starting with a thorough look at indirect object pronouns and verbs that use them; working with a highly useful verb, gustar, which expresses what someone likes or does not like; exploring the geography of the Spanish-speaking world.

Developing pronunciation in Spanish; practicing Spanish consonant sounds that do not exist in English; probing reflexive verbs and how to use them in conversational speech; studying reciprocal verbs; observing how they work within a romantic story.

Learning vocabulary relating to the kitchen and cooking; studying grammatical constructions that use the present tense to talk about the past; delving into the preterite tense; sharpening command of the preterite with key verbs such as tener and ver.

Exploring important vocabulary regarding time; using it conversationally. working with the imperfect tense, which expresses ongoing actions in the past and conditions or characteristics in the past; how the imperfect is used in Spanish.