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SPANISH
Basic Course

TEXTBOOK 2
Lessons 11-20

December 1997

DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE
FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER
ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

‘The Spenish Basic Course, Lessons 1-35, was developed by’

Ms. G. Adams
MMe. C. Barbudo
Dr. R Cuealin,
Mr. A. Pérez (starting with Lesson 24)

under the direction of Ms.D. Tovur, Academic Coordinator, Schoo! o! Europe and
Latin American Languages, assisted by Ms. B. Darrah.

(Gur thanks to those members of the Spanish Department, both efviltan and vailitary. wlio
contributed activities and participsied in the review process.

‘We gratefully acknowledge the guidanes and support of DCT-C.

‘Permission to use fest sad graph
the following copyright holders:

in the Spanish Basic Course has been received from

Diario de las Américas (Mii, Flovids)

i Comercio Lima, Pera)

I Diewia de Foy (San Salvader, E] Salvador)

FL Universo (Guayaguil, Beusdor)

Excelsior (Mexico Ciry, Mexien)

‘Ea Nacién (Sen ose, Costa Risa)

La Vanguardia (Basselow, Spain)

Miltary Review: For. Lanvenworth, Kansas)

“Mr, Bob Thaves (crestor &f the cartoon strip Prank & Eonesty

Permission to use copyrighted material was granted on the condition tha it bo used
exclusively for nonprofit educational purposes within the United States Gavemmaent.

Further repreduction is unauthorized,
INTRODUCTION

‘Weloame to the Defense Language Instiute Foreign Language Center's Spunish Basic
Course. This course is desimed with you, the adult leame>, in mind, Tt contains material
that we hope you will ind chalfenging, investing, und morivating,

‘You are about to begin an exciting journey into the world of Spanish language and
cltare. ‘There are 20 Spanish speaking counties, not including the United States which
‘has a Hispanic population of approximately 25 million peopte. Ttis our hope, a8 you
teavel through the lessons contained in the textbook, thar you wll not on:y find the
‘ctivites to be interesting and helpfal to you as you acquire the Spanish -anguage, but
‘that you will gain some insight inta the richness and beauty ofthe Spanish speaking
alee,

‘The course is written for adult military and/or civilian learners who arc in an intensive
fearing environment, Tris based on current theoretical and practical thinking regarding
second language acquisition, The epproach teken in the eourse is onc that combines
communicative, thematic, and task-based activities, reflecting also the variety of leoming
styles and strategies that the leamer brings 10 ‘he language Teaming experience.

Uf you are a resident stuient of Spanish at the DEIFLC, you will have 25 weeks to each,
your goal, t achieve s 2-2-2 on the Defense Language Proficiency Test and to
suecessfully mect the requiremenrs of the FLO (Final Learning Objectives} subskilly txt,
‘The materials contarned in his course are designed with this goa! in mind. Some of the
‘materials included inthe program are takun directly from Spanish-speaiing newspapers,
magazines, news broadcasts, tc. You will lisen 10 as well as read, talk, and wate about
4 Variety of articles and stories and be asked to do multiple tasks such as get the mri idea
‘Took for specific information and then waite orrespand orally, Throughout the course,
‘you will also be asked to work with FLO subskilis tasks such as transcription,
‘Summarizing, reading handvriten texts, snd tansisting and interpreting from and into
Spanish. You will be exposed to many differen! authentic texts which deal with a varioy
of topics, all of which are based om eal-Hife experiences.
ROLE OF THE LEARNER

‘The leamer:s an active participant in ths language learning process. You must teke
charge of your leaming and sork opportunities (o use the language in and outside the
classroom. You will benefit from lnowing your learning style preference, ©,
‘Visual/Auditory, Global/Analvtio et, and should steteh yourself to became
‘comfortable with other learning approaches. You also will benefit from conducting
perindic selF-evalustions of your progress in the program and experimenting with a
variety of leaming strategies, You vill be asked mn participate in pair or small group
‘work throughout the course. By expressing your thoughts freely and sharing your ideas
‘with others, you wll eam to exchange ideas and icfinmalion and lear from fatlow
classmates,

ROLE OF THE TEACHER

‘The teacher serves as a guide or fcititator, helping the leavuers reucignize thelr syles and
suggesting simtegies for acquiring the language. The teacher is a counsefor who provides
earners with recommendations for overcoming Ieaming obstacles and tailors insuction
according to the needs of the Iewmers. The teacher provides feedback tothe learners and
assists and encourages them ir doing ongoing assessments of their progress. The teacher
is motivator who exposes the student to a variety of techniques aud guides the student
‘through the leaming activities in x manner that keeps the sindent interested and excited
bout leaming, The teacher isa professional who knows about second language
acquisition, uses materials end techniques effectively and stays curent inthe field of
‘oreign language education by atending threign language conferences and reading
prafessional Boodt and journals,
LEARNING STYLES AND STRATEGIES

‘The course writers have included activities which address a variety of loaming styles,
‘visual, auditory, global, analytic, ete. While you may have a preference to leaing
‘isvally, eg. via reading, you will also need fo be comfortable leanring via listening, etc
‘Upon entering the program, you will be given information on lesaning styles and will
‘ethaps be asked to fill out a questionnaire that will help you idently your preferred
syle. Use the information that your teachers provide you with regarding your particular
style and request information about Jeaming strategies wo facilitate your [earning

In onder to increase your chances of becoming a suscesstil lrnguage leemcr, you will
have t employ and experiment with « variety of learning strategies. Take an active role
in Jeaming ond be aware of what you are doing while you sre learning, You as a leaner
‘will maximize yonr lenming experience by using a number of swatepies for the vatious
learning tasks which you will encounter. You will become famiVar with these end many
other strategies ws you go through the Spanish Basic Course,

‘The following steategies will help you be

me a suceessful language learner

‘+ Planning and organizing your fearning activities, wheter you are in class or at home.

This includes knowing how t study and deciding when il is best to study slone or

‘with a partner ora group, Ttalso includes time nlanayement, Inowing how much

time you bave to study, and what, when, and how you should prioritize your tasks.

‘Knowing wht and when to review is also apart of effective planuing for tests

Focusing on the important information and ignoring that which is not relevard,

Understanding how, where, and when you team best.

Self-correeting or monitoring your work.

Paying attention. Stay focused. Anticipate what will come next,

‘Being self-confident. Expect to succeed. Motivate yourself,

‘Taking risks. Speak out, Guess when you don’t know and use your skills,

Using brekground knowledge. Use what you know abaut the world, the vullare, the

people, procedures, ete

+” Kaowing how to deal with the unkown. Don’tbe overwhelmed with new and
suthentic material. Focus on whet you ean get Siam a tex}, not on what you can’t get
ftom it,

> Experimenting with strategies. Observe or ask other learners what works for them
and uy using alternate strategies

Remember to be oa ACTIVE PARTICIPANT i the fearing process. And most
‘importantly, enjoy your experience with the lmguage end culture.
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Unit Three

Food and Services

Lesson 11: Food
Lesson 12: Shopping
Lesson 13: Transportation and Travel

Lesson 14: Lodging

Lesson 15: Review of Unit Three
Bridge “Field trip to Mexico”