LDD0011 - Situational Spanish for Students with Intellectual Disabilities
Course Description
This course will provide the student with the ability to express their needs and wants in the Spanish language, using basic inter-communicative skills (BICS). The lessons are tailored to provide the student with situational opportunities to use the Spanish language, including in the workplace. The structure utilizes phrases, vocabulary, and oral practice that are useful in everyday activities, with different situations outlined in the theme for each weekly meeting. Students will have an opportunity to develop their own dialogs working in pairs using the materials learned in the lessons and become familiar with basic usage of Spanish to express their wants, preferences, and needs in a fun and interactive manner.
Course Outline
Weeks 1 and 2. Greetings and introductions
• Useful phrases
• Greeting and saying goodbyes
• Vocabulary
• Oral practice
Weeks 3 and 4. How are you?
• Useful phases
• Expressing how you feel
• Vocabulary
• Oral practice
Weeks 5 and 6. What time is it?
• Useful phases
• Telling time
• Vocabulary
• Oral practice
Weeks 7 and 8. At a restaurant
• Useful phases
• Ordering what you want
• Vocabulary
• Oral practice
Weeks 9 and 10. Going shopping
• Useful phases
• Buying what you need and want
• Vocabulary
• Oral practice
Weeks 11 and 12. Traveling
• Useful phases
• Getting to your destination
• Vocabulary
• Oral practice
Weeks 13 and 14. At a hotel
• Useful phases
• Getting the room you want
• Vocabulary
• Oral practice
Weeks 15 and 16. Let's go sightseeing!
• Useful phases
• What's there to see and do?
• Vocabulary
• Oral practice
Learner Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to: Students should be able to express their needs, preferences, and wants in a basic manner through common phrases, vocabulary, and oral practices learned. The skill set gained is "BICS" basic inter-communicative skills, used through situational themes that elicit specific questions and responses.