Spanish Vocabulary: Sports, Travel & Home Essentials
This course is part of Learn Spanish: Basic Spanish Vocabulary.
This comprehensive Spanish language course builds on foundational skills to introduce vocabulary for sports, travel, and home living. Students learn to discuss ongoing events using the progressive tense, employ helping verbs with present participles, and master both preterite and imperfect past tenses. The course is structured around three themed modules that integrate cultural elements of the Spanish-speaking world while developing practical conversation skills. Through focused vocabulary building and grammar practice, learners gain confidence in discussing sports events, planning trips, and describing living arrangements.
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What you'll learn
Master vocabulary for sports and pastimes in Spanish
Use travel-related vocabulary effectively
Describe home living arrangements confidently
Apply progressive tense for ongoing activities
Use helping verbs with present participles correctly
Express past actions using preterite tense
Skills you'll gain
This course includes:
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Module Description
This third course in the Spanish language series focuses on practical vocabulary and grammar skills for discussing sports, travel, and home life. Students learn to use the progressive tense for describing ongoing events, master helping verbs with present participles, and understand the distinction between preterite and imperfect past tenses. The course integrates cultural elements while building essential vocabulary for real-world conversations about pastimes, travel experiences, and living arrangements.
Fee Structure
Individual course purchase is not available - to enroll in this course with a certificate, you need to purchase the complete Professional Certificate Course. For enrollment and detailed fee structure, visit the following: Learn Spanish: Basic Spanish Vocabulary
Instructor
Expert in Spanish Linguistics and Advocate for Language Learning Technologies
Robert J. Blake is a distinguished professor of Spanish linguistics at UC Davis and the director of the Davis Language Center. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and has published extensively on topics including Old Spanish, Spanish syntax, applied linguistics, and computer-assisted language learning (CALL). His notable works include the second edition of Brave New Digital Classroom with Georgetown University Press and El español y la lingüística aplicada published in 2016. Blake served as the director of the University of California Language Consortium from 2000 to 2012 and developed an online first- and second-year Spanish course now part of UC's online offerings. In 2004, he became a member of the North American Academy of the Spanish Language, making him a corresponding member of the Royal Spanish Academy.
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