SPANISH CERTIFICATE
Program Overview
Learn Spanish - at home, at your own pace, with the Continuing Education Center.
You can learn Spanish at home! The Continuing Education Center Spanish Certificate Program helps you learn to speak, read, and translate this popular language quickly and conveniently.
You will learn about:
- Vocabulary, grammar, and verb conjugations
- Creating mini-stories to use what you’ve learned
- Language for business, travel, and other real-life situations
And you’ll learn it all at home — no classroom needed! You’ll learn by doing — reading stories and listening to CD's — at your own pace!
Learn Spanish for business and pleasure.
Why enroll in the the Continuing Education Center Spanish Program? Here are just a few of the reasons:
- Learn valuable skills to use when you’re traveling in a Spanish-speaking country.
- Increase your chances for advancement at work.
- Impress your family and friends with your new
language skills.
This fast-paced, entertaining program will make mastering Spanish vocabulary and grammar a pleasure. Instead of dry language lessons, you'll read along with a thrilling adventure story. Explore a mysterious island in search of a legend, all the while learning a new language!
Contact the Continuing Education Center Today.
Find out more about the Continuing Education center's Spanish language learning that includes:
- All the books, lessons, equipment, and learning aids you need.
- CDs and special pictographs that help you understand the meaning of Spanish words.
- Unlimited instructional support
- Access to student services by website, phone, and mail
How long does it take?
Start Today and in as little as six months from enrollment, you can have a working knowledge of the Spanish language!
Program Outline
Instruction Sets
Your program consists of seven Instruction Sets designed to take you step-by-step through the techniques and skills you'll need when speaking the Spanish language.
Here's how it works
Your first Instruction Set will be sent immediately after your enrollment has been accepted. Other Instruction Sets will follow as you complete your exams, so that you will always have training materials to work with.
You will need access to a Microsoft® Windows®-based computer (running Windows Vista or later) and the Internet in order to complete your program with the Continuing Education Center.
Here is an overview of what you'll learn and the order in which you'll receive your lessons:
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Instruction Set 1
Developing a study plan; clues which indicate gender; word breaks in Spanish sentences; indicating possession; practicing the cardinal numbers; beginning to acquire an active vocabulary; asking questions in Spanish; developing fluency with vocabulary and grammar introduced thus far.
Learning Aid: CD #1
Supplement: Learner's Guide
Instruction Set 2
Increasing active vocabulary; generating sentences using active and new vocabulary; using ser and estar correctly; recognizing Spanish consonants; using object pronouns correctly; using hay correctly; the Spanish equivalent of any number from 1-9999.
Learning Aid: CD #2
Supplement: "Letters to Ben"
Instruction Set 3
Using era and eran correctly; creating "mini-story" plots using active vocabulary; using the present tense forms of regular verbs; increasing active vocabulary; recalling and reciting questions and answers using pictographs.
Learning Aids:
• CD #3
• Pictograph Flash Cards
Instruction Set 4
Placing object pronouns correctly in sentences; increasing active vocabulary; recognizing reflexive pronouns; comprehending the meaning of the present, preterit; imperfect, and present perfect tenses; using new vocabulary to create "mini-stories."
Learning Aids:
• CD #4
• Listening Comprehension CD
• Phrase Book
Instruction Set 5
Listening to and reading stories and dialogues to improve pronunciation and comprehension; using the preterit, imperfect, and present perfect tenses correctly; recognizing verb forms of seven simple verb tenses.
Learning Aid: CD #5
Instruction Set 6
Listening to and reading stories and dialogues to improve comprehension; forming the past participle of regular verbs; memorizing the past participles of at least eleven irregular verbs; increasing active vocabulary; recognizing compound tenses.
Learning Aids:
• CD #6
• Franklin® Electronic Translator
Instruction Set 7
Language for business, travel, and other real-life situations.
Learning Aids:
• CD #7
• CD #8
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Online Library and Librarian
Students in the Continuing Education Center have access to an online library for use during their studies. Students can use this library to do the required research in the courses they complete or can use it for general reference and links to valuable resources. The library contains helpful research assistance, articles, databases, books, and Web links. A librarian is available to answer questions on general research-related topics via email and to assist students in research activities during their studies with the Continuing Education Center.
We reserve the right to change program content and materials when it becomes necessary.
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