Available subjects. Each Level is comprised of 10 lessons
Level I Beginner
Greetings, The Alphabet, Nouns: Gender & Number, Parts of the Body, What is this? Where is …?, What do you need?, Medically related vocabulary, Chief Complaints, Numbers Vital signs, Question words, Relative Pronouns, Prepositions, Internal Organs.
Level II Beginner
Cognates, Giving instructions, Verbs relevant to a medical setting, Conjugation of -ar Present tense verbs, “Necesitar”, “Estar”, Symptoms/Chief Complaints, Qualifying & Quantifying pain, Household items, Conjugation of –er and -ir verbs Present tense, ”Ser”, Telling Time.
Level Intermediate - Taught using as much Spanish as possible
Adjectives, “Hay”, Future tense, “Ser” vs. “Estar”, The Family, Present Perfect Tense (Have you had/Have you ever had…?), Medical History – Illnesses, Types of food & Diet, Indirect object pronouns (him, to him, you, to you…etc.), Irregular verbs in the Present tense, Days of week & Months of the year, Authority figures and home remedies.
Intermediate/Advanced - Taught mainly in Spanish
The Command form, Key Power verbs, Prescription & diet instructions, Beware of direct translations, Giving directions, Present Progressive tense (Are you taking…?), Possessive adjectives (My, your, his, her, etc.), “Se” impersonal, Demonstrative adjectives (This, that, these, those..), Preterit tense (Simple Past Tense), Reflexive verbs, Direct object pronouns, Past perfect tense (Had you taken/used..?), Past Progressive tense (Were you taking..?), “Preguntar” v. “Pedir”, and “Conocer” vs. “Saber”,
Advanced - Taught exclusively in Spanish
The conditional tense, the Imperfect tense, Direct and indirect object pronouns used together, and the Command form (tú form), as well as the Subjunctive Mood (which consists of the Present subjunctive, the Imperfect Subjunctive, and the Imperfect Subjunctive used together with the conditional tense., Present Perfect Subjunctive, Pluperfect Subjunctive, Conditional & Pluperfect subjunctive used together
Cultural Competency and Cultural Sensitivity - English and Spanish Sessions
Culture Bound Syndromes, “Curanderos”, “Santeros” and other beliefs