Spanish for Law Enforcement
Lesson 1
Course introduction
SCENARIO: Traffic Citation 1
Review of level I basic vocabulary and structure, Lessons 1-4, Book 1
Vehicles, Vehicle Parts
Structure: more irregular verbs
Reading selection
Culture: Spanglish Terms I
Lesson 2
Emergency Spanish
(Oral warm-up and new vocabulary practice, assignment of quizzes and written homework, Reading selection are repeated at the beginning of all classes.)
SCENARIO: Traffic Citation 2
Weapons
Structure: near future
Reading selection
Culture: Spanglish Terms II
Lesson 3
SCENARIO: Low-risk Vehicle Stop, Part 1
Buildings, Rooms of House
Structure: estar + estar adjectives
Reading selection
Culture: Spanish Sayings, Part I
Lesson 4
SCENARIO: Low-risk Vehicle Stop, Part 2
City Terms
Tener Expressions
Structure: estar vs. ser
Reading selection
Culture: Spanish Sayings, Part II
Lesson 5
SCENARIO: Custody Search/Medical
Possessive Adjectives, -a commands
Furniture
Structure: possessive adjectives
Reading selection
Culture: Spanish Sayings, Part III
Lesson 6
SCENARIO: Complete Low-risk Vehicle Stop
Misdemeanors
Structure: more irregular verbs
Reading selection
Culture: Slang and Survival Terms I
Lesson 7
High-risk Vehicle Stop, Part 1
Crimes and Criminals
Review e-commands, a-commands & special commands
Structure: stem-changing verbs
Reading selection
Culture: Slang and Survival Terms II
Lesson 8
High-risk Vehicle Stop, Part 2
Special commands, Prepositions, Food: breakfast and lunch
Structure: prepositions of location and time + special commands
Reading selection
Culture: Diminutives and Terms of Endearment I
Lesson 9
SCENARIO: Narcotics Raid
Prepositions
Food: dinner, dessert, drinks
Structure: recent past
Reading selection
Culture: Diminutives and Terms of Endearment II
Lesson 10
SCENARIO: Home Robbery Investigation
More Prepositions
More food, drink
Structure: stem-changing verb “to hurt”
Reading selection
Lesson 11
SCENARIO: Complete High-risk Stop
Review of major language and LE vocabulary
Review of key structural and verb patterns in present tense
Review Lessons 5 - 8, Book 1 and 2
Practice Exercises on vocabulary and grammatical content of Lessons 5 - 8, Book 1 and 2
Lesson 12
Learn how to discuss hypothetical
occurances in the past - in other
words, discuss events in the past
that did NOT happen! Study the
variety of situations where the
past perfect subjunctive is used.
Category: General Spanish