Orient to Five Plain Vowels
Spanish a, e, i, o and u normally keep fairly stable vowel qualities.
About 15 minutes, plus any extended practice
Open lesson 1Spanish Sound and Print Foundations
Written Spanish gives useful clues to sounds and word boundaries. These text tasks introduce a few spelling and stress patterns; they do not evaluate anyone’s accent or listening ability.
Before you begin
- Read short English directions; recognize a vowel and a syllable.
Choose by skill rather than age alone. Read with an adult when useful, revisit a lesson, or explore another grade.
Follow the lesson sequence
Read Selected Letter Groups
A written letter is not always a separate sound.
About 20 minutes, plus any extended practice
Open lesson 2Locate a Written Stress Mark
A written accent often tells the reader which supplied syllable carries stress.
About 15 minutes, plus any extended practice
Open lesson 3Use Paired Spanish Punctuation
Written Spanish places an opening question or exclamation mark at the beginning of the relevant span and the matching closing mark at its end.
About 15 minutes, plus any extended practice
Open lesson 4Review and transfer
After the lessons, try 4 new review cases and a practical task. Each answer has an explanation and a link back to the related lesson.
Open the unit reviewGuest answers are temporary. Keep your own paper or document; this unit does not certify completion or record a school grade.
Topic references
- Instituto Cervantes Plan Curricular, broad topic reference: topic reference — Spanish Sound and Print Foundations
These references informed the topic selection. They do not certify complete standards alignment.