Lección 12 Read & Respond

Lección 12:
Los cursos

I can tell what courses I am taking.
I can describe and tell my opinions about my classes. ​

​Vocabulario

The major subjects (las materias) tend to be plural in Spanish.

las ciencias (Science)
las matemáticas (Math)
los idiomas, las lenguas (Languages)
las sciencias sociales (Social Studies). 

Remember to treat them as plural, even though not all of them are plural in English.

Match

Match the following

• las ciencias

• las matemáticas

• las lenguas, los idiomas

• las ciencias sociales

• la materia

Science

Math

languages

Social Studies

subject

• Science

• Math

• languages

• Social Studies

• subject

Multiple Choice

Las ciencias son _____.

• interesante

• interesantes

Vocabulario

Las ciencias  (Sciences) include 
la biología (Biology)
la química (Chemistry)
la física (Physics)
la anatomía (Anatomy). 
Notice, they all end in -a and they are all feminine.

Did you notice, we are not going to capitalize the names of subjects/courses in Spanish?

Match

Match the following

• la química

• la biología

• la física

• la anatomía

Chemistry

Biology

Physics

Anatomy

• Chemistry

• Biology

• Physics

• Anatomy

​Vocabulario

Los idiomas, las lenguas (Languages) are...
el español (Spanish)
el francés (French)
el inglés (English). 

These words are also nationalities (adjectives), but if you want to use them as a language, they are nouns.  They are all masculine.

Multiple Choice

¿Qué curso no es un idioma?

• el cálculo

• el francés

• el español

• el inglés

​Vocabulario

Las ciencias sociales (Social Studies) include...
la geografía (Geography)
la historía (History)
el gobierno (Government)
la economía (Economics). 

Almost all of these end in -a and are feminine.  El gobierno is the exception--it's masculine.

Match

Match the following

• las ciencias sociales

• el gobierno

• la historia

• la economía

• la geografía

Social Studies

Government

History

Economics

Geography

• Social Studies

• Government

• History

• Economics

• Geography

​Vocabulario

Las matemáticas (Math) include...
el álgebra (Algebra)
la geometría (Geometry)
el cálculo (Calculus). 

Notice you have a mixture of genders.  Pay particular attention to "álgebra"; it ends in an -a, but is masculine.

Match

Match the following

• las matemáticas

• el álgebra

• la geometría

• el cálculo

Math

Algebra

Geometry

Calculus

• Math

• Algebra

• Geometry

• Calculus

​Vocabulario

Otros cursos (Other courses) include:  

el arte (Art)
la educación física (PE)
la informática (Computer Science)
el coro (Chorus)
la banda (Band)

Notice there are both genders, but most are predictable. Pay attention to "el arte".  The spelling doesn't help you figure out its gender.

Match

Match the following

• el arte

• la banda

• el coro

• la informática

• la educación física

Art

Band

Chorus, Choir

Computer Science

P.E.

• Art

• Band

• Chorus, Choir

• Computer Science

• P.E.

Categorize

Options (10)

idiomas

ciencias

matemáticas

español

arte

gobierno

álgebra

química

educación física

geografía

Which is the correct word for "the" for each course / subject.

el

la

los

las

​Vocabulario

Here are some common adjectives used to describe courses/classes:  fácil (easy) difícil (hard, difficult)
interesante (interesting) aburrido (boring)
estricto (strict) favorito (favorite)
bueno (good) malo (bad)
obligatorio (required) electivo / opcional (elective). 

Match

Match the following

• fácil

• difícil

• favorito

• bueno

• aburrido

easy

difficult

favorite

good

boring

• easy

• difficult

• favorite

• good

• boring

Fill in the Blanks

Rewrite the following sentence, changing the subject (and anything needing to match as indicated).

El gobierno no es aburrido, es interesante.

La historia

Gramática

To put words together to make phrases, you need to remember 2 simple rules:

1.  to connect 2 nouns together, use "de"

      Example:  un curso de química = a Chemistry course

2.  to connect a noun and descriptive adjective, the noun comes first

      Example:  mi clase favorita = my favorite class

Fill in the Blanks

Write the following sentences in Spanish.

My favorite course is Spanish.  The Spanish teacher is strict.

Poll

So how do you feel about this lesson?

• It seems easy!

• Pretty good.

  I just need some practice.

• Not bad. There are a few rough spots.

• BAD. I need some help.

Open Ended

Tell me what you think we need to go over again.