Learning Spanish - Course Workbook

Sep 28, 2026

A course workbook focused on learning Spanish, including guidance for understanding and speaking a new language. The material presents structured lesson coverage and practice-oriented components, beginning with foundational topics such as introductions to the Spanish language and definite articles. Subsequent lessons develop core grammar and vocabulary for everyday communication, including subject pronouns, verb ser, and essential article and number usage. It further advances through present-tense regular verbs and the verbs estar, ir, and related forms, supported by the course’s organized families and lesson guides.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages245

Reading Time10 h 17 min

AccessFree to download

Professor Biography

Scope

Workbook Introduction

Workbook Families

Lesson Guides

Lesson 1 - Introduction to the Spanish Language

Lesson 2 - Definite Articles and Nouns

Lesson 3 - Subject Pronouns and the Verb Ser

Lesson 4 - Regular-ar Verbs in the Present

Lesson 5 - Indefinite Articles and Numbers to 100

Lesson 6 - The Verb Estar and Numbers over 100

Lesson 7 - Regular-er and-ir Verbs in the Present

Lesson 8 - The Verb Ir in the Present

Topic Literature & Language Subtopic Language Learning Learning Spanish How to Understand and Speak a New Language Course Workbook Professor Bill Worden The University of Alabama PUBLISHED BY: THE GREAT COURSES Corporate Headquarters 4840 Westfields Boulevard, Suite 500 Chantilly, Virginia 20151-2299 Phone: 1-800-832-2412 Fax: 703-378-3819 [www.thegreatcourses.com](www.thegreatcourses.com) Copyright © The Teaching Company, 2015 Printed in the United States of America This book is in copyright. All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior written permission of The Teaching Company. Bill Worden, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Spanish Director of Spanish Programs The University of Alabama Dr. Bill Worden is an Associate Professor of Spanish and the Director of Spanish Programs in the Department of Modern Languages and Classics at The University of Alabama. Dr. Worden received his A. B. in Mathematics from Dartmouth College in 1985 and subsequently taught high school Spanish for five years in Illinois and Massachusetts. After studying in both Vermont and Madrid, he received his M.A. in Spanish from Middlebury College in 1996. As a doctoral student at Brown University, Dr. Worden was awarded the David and Ruth Kossoff Prize for Leadership in Language Teaching by the Department of Hispanic Studies and the Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching by the Graduate School. He also was chosen by fellow graduate students to give the address at the Graduate School commencement ceremony. In 2002, Dr. Worden received [his Ph.D. in](his Ph.D. in) Hispanic Studies from Brown. Since 2002, Dr. Worden has taught a wide variety of courses at The University of Alabama, ranging from Introductory Spanish and Advanced Grammar and Composition to undergraduate and graduate courses in 16th-and 17th-century Spanish literature. He has directed doctoral dissertations on colonial Latin American literature, early modern Spanish literature, and 20th-century Latin American literature. Dr. Worden’s main area of research is the work of Miguel de Cervantes, especially his novel Don Quixote. Dr. Worden has published in the fields of early modern Spanish literature, colonial Cuban theater, and 19th-century Spanish literature. He also has published on pedagogical topics, including how to teach Spanish at the middle school and highschool levels and how to help undergraduate students make connections to Don Quixote. In addition, Dr. Worden is an award-winning speaker who has lectured on such subjects as the prose of Cervantes, early modern Spanish poetry, and approaches for helping beginning language students become comfortable speaking Spanish. For a number of years, Dr. Worden served The University of Alabama’s Department of Modern Languages and Classics as the Director of the Spanish Language Program and was responsible for supervising all graduate teaching assistants and instructors of introductory-and intermediate-level Spanish courses. In 2013, the Alabama Association of Foreign Language Teachers selected Dr. Worden as the winner of the annual Outstanding Foreign Language Teacher Award for Postsecondary. ■ Dr. Laura Rojas-Arce, author of the workbook and coauthor of the speaking activities, grew up in Costa Rica, where she studied psychology as an undergraduate student at the Universidad Hispanoamericana in Heredia. She completed her doctoral studies with a focus on contemporary Central American literature and received her Ph. D. from The University of Alabama in 2013. Dr. Rojas-Arce is an Instructor of Spanish at The University of Alabama, where she teaches courses ranging from Introductory Spanish and Advanced Grammar and Composition to courses on

FAQs

What is the main purpose of this Spanish workbook?

It provides structured lesson guides and practice-focused activities to help learners understand and speak Spanish as a new language.

Which grammar topics appear early in the lessons?

The early lessons cover introductions to the Spanish language, definite articles and nouns, and subject pronouns with the verb ser.

Does the workbook include lessons on verbs and numbers?

Yes. It includes lessons on regular present-tense verb forms, the verbs estar and ir, and number learning up to 100 and beyond.

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