LFU:online

Prerequisites: none
Goal: A1

At this level the learner can understand everyday expressions and simple sentences aimed at the satisfaction of simple needs of a concrete type; he/she can introduce themselves and others and ask questions about personal details - e.g. where they live, whom they know and what things they own - and can answer questions of this kind; he/she can communicate in a simple way if the other person is sympathetic and speaks slowly and carefully.

Topics:
getting to know one another; work, education, hobbies; family; travelling

Linguistic Goals:
to greet someone and say goodbye; to introduce oneself and others; to ask and answer questions about name, background, job, habits; to describe somebody/ something; to express liking; to express plans/ wishes; to suggest something

Structural Goals:
the present tense indicative conjugation - to express actions in the immediate present; definite and indefinite articles; subject pronoun - to replace subjects; negative answers; question words; adjectives agreement and placement - to describe people and objects in some detail; use of “hay” and “estar”; possessive pronouns – to indicate possession; direct object pronouns - to replace objects; preterito perfecto – to describe actions completed in the past but are still influencing the present

written and oral
midterm test (testing of writing, listening and reading comprehension) and
final test (testing of writing, listening and reading comprehension and speaking/dialogues)

Universo.ele A1, Kurs- und Arbeitsbuch, units 1-5 (Hueber Verlag)