Unit 2
Lecciones 31, 32, 33 y 34

Learning Objectives

Communicative Goals

By the end of these four lessons you should be able to

• comprehend much more of what you read.
• feel more confident when listening to Spanish.
• name professions, occupations and trades.
• understand vocabulary related to business.
• discuss social relationships.

Grammar

You will study the following structures:

• the subjunctive to express future events,
• the present subjunctive of stem-changing verbs,
• Ud. and tú forms of "you" to give and receive commands or requests,
• conjunctions,
• the present perfect tense,
• relative pronouns.

Culture

You will be introduced to

• Mexican-American communities and their cultural, economical, and political influence.
• the Mayan civilization.
• the Aztec civilization.
• relationships and social life in the Hispanic world.