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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.