How to Understand and Speak a New Language

Overview

Course No. 2810
This comprehensive 30-lesson course covers the equivalent of a first-semester college Spanish curriculum, using proven techniques that make learning engaging and effective. You’ll:

• Master core grammar concepts and verb conjugations
• Build practical vocabulary for everyday situations
• Develop proper pronunciation through audio exercises
• Learn cultural insights and language learning strategies
• Gain confidence in reading, writing, and conversation

Professor Bill Worden’s innovative approach combines grammar fundamentals with real-world applications, helping you quickly achieve conversational fluency.

Video Lessons

1. Introduction to Spanish (45 min)
   Start with cognates, vowel sounds, and basic greetings.
2. Definite Articles & Nouns (48 min)
   Learn noun genders, plural forms, and Spanish consonants.
3. Subject Pronouns & Ser (43 min)
   Conjugate “to be” and practice adjective agreement.
4. Regular -ar Verbs (49 min)
   Master present tense conjugation and adjective placement.
5. Indefinite Articles & Numbers (42 min)
   Count to 100 and practice key consonant pronunciations.
6. Estar & Large Numbers (46 min)
   Contrast “ser” vs. “estar” and count to 1000.
7. Regular -er/-ir Verbs (45 min)
   Conjugate new verb types and learn family vocabulary.
8. Ir (to go) (40 min)
   Study this irregular verb and Spanish interrogatives.
9. Telling Time (45 min)
   Express hours, days, dates, months, and seasons.
10. Tener Expressions (38 min)
    Learn phrases for age, conditions, and emotions.
11. Hacer & Similar Verbs (42 min)
    Explore hacer, poner, salir, traer and punctuation terms.
12. Saber vs. Conocer (45 min)
    Master “to know” verbs and spatial prepositions.
13. Stem-Changing Verbs (42 min)
    Conjugate irregular stems and learn stress rules.
14. Ver, Dar & Irregulars (42 min)
    Study key irregular verbs and Spanish place names.
15. Present Progressive (42 min)
    Form “-ing” constructions and dining vocabulary.
16. Direct Object Pronouns (41 min)
    Replace nouns efficiently and add adverbs.
17. Affirmatives/Negatives (40 min)
    Create positive/negative statements and dinner terms.
18. More Negatives (39 min)
    Learn color/clothing words and vowel combinations.
19. Indirect Object Pronouns (41 min)
    Replace indirect objects and expand clothing terms.
20. Double Object Pronouns (38 min)
    Combine pronouns and learn house/furniture vocabulary.
21. Reflexive Verbs (45 min)
    Practice “self” actions and review ser/estar.
22. Past Time: Acabar/Hace (42 min)
    Describe recent events and travel/motion terms.
23. Past Time: Desde Cuando (43 min)
    Ask duration questions and leisure activity words.
24. Formal Commands (43 min)
    Give polite orders and make unequal comparisons.
25. Informal Commands (45 min)
    Learn casual commands and body vocabulary.
26. Superlatives (44 min)
    Make comparisons and discuss sports terms.
27. Preterite -ar Verbs (44 min)
    Conjugate past tense for -ar verbs.
28. Preterite -er/-ir Verbs (41 min)
    Extend past tense to other verb types.
29. Irregular Preterites (47 min)
    Master tricky past tense verbs and work terms.
30. Next Steps (49 min)
    Review professions vocabulary and immersion strategies.