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SFLI Catalog Program Descriptions Conversational Spanish Courses Using Sight First™
Methodology Landscape and Construction Courses
Using Sight First™ Methodology Conversational Spanish Courses Using Sight
First™ Methodology We utilize a new approach to language learning for
adults, which we call Sight First.™ After early adulthood, our
learning shifts from an auditory dimension to visual. We teach you the
four basic language skills in each lesson. We start with the skill of reading,
progress to writing, then listening and finally speaking.
Thus the same material is properly balanced in the four different skill areas
necessary to gain mastery of the language. The Skill of Reading A conversation-based vocabulary of individual words
and pre-cast phrases derived from practical everyday situations of work,
travel and common communication terminology is presented at the beginning of
each lesson. Various written exercises including graded readings
develop the skill of reading, which includes learning the words and idiomatic
expressions of converstional Spanish. The Skill of Writing The mechanics of sentence construction are
presented from the first lessons. A tongue-tied student results from
deficiency in the skill of sentence construction. Vocabulary and
language items are presented with exercises on sentence construction. The Skill of Listening The listening skill is practiced by viewing the
episodes of the acclaimed Destinos
Television Series. These are half-hour video episodes to which each Practical Spanish
lesson is matched. They are viewed either in class or outside class via
broadband at the Annenberg web site. The student compares the written
form of the language to how it sounds when spoken in conversation by native
speakers of Spanish. Various exercises then test the students'
comprehension of the videos. The Skill of Speaking For most adult students this is the most difficult
skill. Each lesson concludes with section called De improviso... . These
are role-playing situations between student and teacher based on the testing
scheme of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
(ACTFL). In these structured role plays drawn from
situations in the video, all the vocabulary and language material practiced
throughout the lesson comes together. Situations include talking on the
telephone, ordering meals, taking a cab, buying a ticket on the train,
getting a hotel room and various problems that arise in travel and life in
general. The texts used are Practical Spanish Book One by John St.
Clair for the beginning series of courses, (Spanish 1 - 7); Practical Spanish Book Two by John St. Clair for
the intermediate series (Spanish 21-26) and Temas y lemas by John St. Clair for the
advanced series (Spanish 31 - 36) Landscaping and Associated Trades Course Using
Sight First™ Methodology This course of two eight week sessions
of 16 hours each is for owners and supervisors of landscape, construction,
construction clean up, janitorial services and property management
concerns. The lessons cover the same ground as the regular
conversation classes described above except for the inclusion of vocabulary,
phrases and situations common to these professions. Workplace
vocabulary includes, and actual terminology used in these professions.
The situations are common workplace problems. VocabularyTopics include Spanish for employment, employer-employee relations,
assignment of work, work place rules, cleaning, excavation, layout, sprinkler
systems, maintenance, concrete, framing, electrical and plumbing. The text used is De
Veras: Spanish for Landscape and Construction by John St. Clair IN PERSON Classes are held at SFLI location in
the Scottsdale Airpark. REMOTE
Classes are held via FaceTime or Skype at your location
of choice. Spanish 1. Spanish pronunciation, basic vocabulary and grammar
necessary to converse, read and understand Spanish. Numbers,sentence and
question construction. Present tense of regular verbs. Vocabulary and
Phrasic Modules. Verbs: ser, estar, tener and many others
needed for basic communication. Destinos episodes 1-4 are
used. Text: Practical Spanish Book One. Spanish 2. Continued study of nouns, adjectives and irregular
present tense verbs. Destinos episodes 5-8. Spanish 3. Completes the study of the present tense
verbs. Destinos episodes 9-11. Spanish 4. Introduction to the preterite tense and direct and
indirect object pronouns. Destinos episodes 12-15 Spanish 5. Completes study of the preterite tense in irregular
verbs and the use of direct and indirect object pronouns in the same
sentence. Introduction to the imperfect tense. Destinos episodes
16-19. Spanish 6. Continued study of the imperfect tense in
Spanish. Destinos episodes 20-23 Spanish 7. Concludes study of use of imperfect and preterite
tenses together. Complete review. Destinos episodes 24-26. Spanish 8. Study of future tense, imperatives and introduction
to the subjunctive. Partial review. Destinos episodes
27-30. Text: Practical Spanish Book Two. Spanish 9. Continued study of the subjunctive, command forms,
relative pronouns and review of present perfect tense. Destinos
episodes 31-34. Spanish 10. Continued study of the subjunctive mood, irregular
verbs and past subjunctive. Destinos videos 35-38. Spanish 11-13 Advanced topics in
Spanish Completes the initial study of the Spanish
language. Destinos videos 39-52 Spanish 14-20 Intermediate Spanish
Review For students having finished the equivalent of one
year of college Spanish or having completed at least through Spanish 4 at
SFLI. Provides a review of initial grammatical forms and structure and
develops oral fluency in structures learned to that point prior to more
advanced study of the language. Spanish 21-30 Advanced Spanish Review For students having completed two years of college
Spanish or having completed Spanish 13 at SFLI. Develops advanced
fluency in speaking Spanish together with a complete review of the language. Please
call the Office at 480 202-5445 for current openings.
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