Spanish For Healthy Life
Spanish For Healthy Life
The Spanish For Healthy Life program is designed to create a healthy and supportive learning environment for senior adults to increase their cognitive and social skills.
This program supports a healthy brain through dynamic language workshops and works as a complementary activity in your organization. We go where you are!
- Goal: Create spaces and activities with seniors designed to improve and increase cognitive and social skills
- Available: Student Groups of 4 or more persons
- Duration: 8-week per level, 1-day week, 3-hour session
This program has three different levels: Spanish Bronze Club, Spanish Silver Club and Spanish Gold Club. Each level lasts a period of eight weeks, featuring one weekly session. Each session lasts three hours.
Program Content
Spanish Bronze Club
MEETING 1
You will learn similar words in English and Spanish, greetings, pronouns, and verbs tener, conocer, and despedir.
MEETING 2
You will learn, numbers, verbs hay, ser and estar.
MEETING 3
You will learn vocabulary related to the airport. 3 ways to ask questions, question words. Verbs llegar, perder, partir.
MEETING 4
You will learn the verbs ir y venir, and verbs of movement, and prepositions of place. Articles.
MEETING 5
You will learn vocabulary related to food and family. Expressing quantities.
MEETING 6
You will learn vocabulary related to meals, the kitchen, and restaurant. Verbs pagar, querer, pedir.
MEETING 7
You will learn vocabulary related to family members. Verbs criar, crecer, vivir. Adjetives and possessive pronouns.
MEETING 8
You will learn verb gustar, ways to say “no.” Useful prepositions and adverbs. Go to the Spanish-Speaking restaurant.
Spanish Silver Club
MEETING 1
You will learn vocabulary related to the house, housework. The weather. Differences between to do/make.
MEETING 2
You will learn the reflexive verbs and reciprocal verbs. Verbs acordarse, parecerse, and sentirse.
MEETING 3
You will learn vocabulary related to shopping. Verbs comprar, vender, vestir. Adjetives. Where do adjetives go?
MEETING 4
You will learn the colors, days of the week, months of the year. Demonstrative pronouns and adjetives.
MEETING 5
You will learn vocabulary related to the workplace. Verb saber, conocer, deber. The preterit. Verbs andar, tener, poner, etc.
MEETING 6
You will learn the compound past or present perfect. The negative and interrogative forms of the preterit/present perfect. The comparatives and superlatives.
MEETING 7
You will learn polite expressions. Types of communication. Verbs escuchar, and oír,
MEETING 8
The conditional and object pronouns. Go to the theater movie.
Spanish Gold Club
MEETING 1
You will learn vocabulary related to a healthy lifestyle. Verbs esperar, soñar, atender. The future tense.
MEETING 2
You will learn the near future. The commands. How do you feel? Planning outdoor activity around town.
MEETING 3
You will learn vocabulary related to health and resources. How to ask for help. What to say at the doctor’s office. Different parts of the body.
MEETING 4
You will learn vocabulary related to the Hispanic Culture. Relative Pronouns.
MEETING 5
You will learn the imperfect. Verbs amar, leer, ser, ir, ver, estar, etc. Idiomatic expressions 1 and 2.
MEETING 6
You will review the memory cards and learn words and expressions, plus helps with verbs, numbers, and more.
MEETING 7
You will review the memory cards and learn words and expressions, plus helps with verbs, grammar, and more.
MEETING 8
Learning Spanish in context: Outdoor learning project around town.