Learn Spanish Lesson 1

• Vowel contrast in weak-stressed syllables
• The stress system in Spanish
• The intonation system in Spanish

Learn Spanish Lesson 2

• Drills on pronunciation
• Typical errors from English vowel influence in similar-sounding words
• Voiced stop consonants
• Vibrants /r/ and /rr/ in Spanish
• Vowel nuclei in Spanish
• Lateral /l/ in Spanish
• Voiceless stops
• Voiceless spirants
• Nasals and palatals

Learn Spanish Lesson 3

• White's arrival in Surlandia
• Gender of singular nouns and adjectives

Learn Spanish Lesson 4

• White meets Molina at the Embassy
• Number in nouns and adjectives
• The irregular verb /estar/

Learn Spanish Lesson 5

• White's first day at work
• The irregular verb /ser/

Learn Spanish Lesson 6

• White and Molina have lunch together
• Present tense forms of regular /-ar/ verbs
• Use of definite articles with titles

Learn Spanish Lesson 7

• White and Molina look for an apartment
• Present tense forms of regular /-er/ verbs
• The demonstratives /este, ese, aquél/
• Review drill - The distribution of /ser//estar/

Learn Spanish Lesson 8

• Molina tells White about his neighbors' apartment
• Present tense forms of regular /ir/ verbs
• The obligatory contractions
• Review drill - Noun-adjective agreement

Learn Spanish Lesson 9

• White goes to Molina's apartment
• The irregular verb /haber/ and regular /-do/ forms in the present perfect construction
• Possessives - full forms
• Review drill - Adjective position

Learn Spanish Lesson 10

• Molina explains where he sends his laundry
• Personal /a/
• Direct clitic pronouns
• /-do/ forms functioning as modifiers
• Review drill - Theme class in present tense forms

Learn Spanish Lesson 11

• White interviews a maid
• Possessives - shortened forms
• The negative particle with verbs
• Review drill - Unemphatic `some, any' from English

Learn Spanish Lesson 12

• No water in White's apartment
• Subject pronouns
• Pronouns after phrase relators
• Components of phrases
• Statement intonation patterns - Normal and contrastive statements
• Adjective agreement in remote position

Learn Spanish Lesson 13

• White and Molina go to a party
• /- ndo/ forms and the present progressive contraction
• Possessive constructions with /de/
• Nominalized possessive constructions
• Question intonation patterns - Information questions
• Review drill - Placement of negative particle

Learn Spanish Lesson 14

• Colonel Harris talks about his family's arrival
• Present tense forms of the irregular verbs /ir, dar, ver/
• The periphrastic future construction
• Question intonation patterns - Yes-no questions
• Review drill - Theme class in /-do/ forms of verbs

Learn Spanish Lesson 15

• Mrs. Harris goes through customs
• Indirect clitic pronouns - one object
• Indirect clitic pronouns - two objects
• Question intonation patterns - Yes questions
• Review drill - Possessive constructions

Learn Spanish Lesson 16

• Sightseeing
• Redundant constructions with indirect clitic pronouns
• Review drill - Masculine demonstrative forms

Learn Spanish Lesson 17

• Social life in Surlandia
• Past I tense forms of regular verbs
• Question intonation patterns - Affirmative confirmation questions
• Review drill - Possessive phrases with /quién/

Learn Spanish Lesson 18

• Discussing Carmen's Work
• Past II tense forms of regular verbs
• Past II tense forms of irregular verbs
• Question intonation patterns - Negative confirmation questions
• Review drill - Word order in information questions

Learn Spanish Lesson 19

• Visit to Air Mission
• Past I and past II in the same construction
• Question intonation patterns - Echo questions
• Review drill - Spanish simple tense for English verb construction in interrogations

Lean Spanish Lesson 20

• Visit to Air Mission (continued)
• Direct and indirect clitics in the same construction
• Exclamatory /Qué Cómo/
• Question intonation patterns - Choice questions..
• Review drill - Postposed full-form possessives

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