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16-HOUR COURSE OUTLINES
1)
SPANISH FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT, P.O.S.T.
LEVEL 1, 16-HOUR
OFFICER/DEPUTY COURSE
2)
SPANISH FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT, P.O.S.T.
LEVEL 2, 16-HOUR
OFFICER/DEPUTY COURSE
3)
SPANISH FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT, P.O.S.T.
LEVEL 3, 16-HOUR
OFFICER/DEPUTY COURSE
4)
SPANISH FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT, P.O.S.T.
LEVEL 4, 16-HOUR
OFFICER/DEPUTY COURSE
OLDER
POLICE 33-HOUR COURSE
OUTLINES
5)
SPANISH FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT, P.O.S.T.
LEVEL1, 33-HOUR
OFFICER/DEPUTY COURSE
6)
SPANISH FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT, P.O.S.T.
LEVEL 2 33-HOUR
OFFICER/DEPUTY COURSE
7)
SPANISH FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT, P.O.S.T.
LEVEL 3 33-HOUR
OFFICER/DEPUTY COURSE
FIRE/PARAMEDIC & MEDICAL
COURSE OUTLINES
8)
SPANISH FOR EMERGENCY
RESPONDERS, LEVEL 1
33-HOUR FIREFIGHTER /
PARAMEDIC COURSE
9)
SPANISH FOR
HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, LEVEL 1
16-HOUR NURSE / DOCTOR /
EMT COURSE
10)
SPANISH FOR
HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, LEVEL
2 16-HOUR NURSE / DOCTOR
/ EMT COURSE |
1)
SPANISH FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT, P.O.S.T.
LEVEL 1, 16-HOUR
OFFICER/DEPUTY COURSE
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Staffing
Specialized
Spanish-language training has
been recognized by VCSD Sheriff
Bob Brooks as important skill
training for the Department. The
daytime or evening classes will
be administered by Dees
Multilingual Services and
credentialed and certified POST
instructor, David B. Dees, will
offer this 16-hour (classes 2
hours each), for two-month
pass/fail graded class at
different locations around the
county, primarily at HQO,
Camarillo PD or Easy Valley
Stations. Students must have
permission from their
supervisors to attend the class
while on duty. Overtime pay is
also available.
Objectives
This beginning
class focuses on developing
communication skills for
in-house sworn and non-sworn law
enforcement personnel; Ventura
Co. Sheriff's Department,
responding to very basic
Spanish-language contacts and
calls in the field. Successful
students will be trained to ask
questions, give answers and to
execute commands. This includes
filling out department forms and
reports, basic law enforcement
commands and routine or
emergency communication,
including a field interview.
Officer safety is a key benefit
of this training.
Strategies and Materials
Classroom
activities include language
lessons, direct dialog, group
learning by pairing off oral
drills and role playing
scenarios. Essential language
vocabulary and structure
reinforce everyday and technical
content. Latino culture and
survival tips are included.
Materials include lessons 1-3 in
the textbook-workbook
Breezing Through Emergency
Spanish; reference and class
booklet McGraw-Hill Quick
Spanish for Law Enforcement
and corresponding audio
CD—all developed by the
instructor—plus handouts, visual
aids, F.I. card, video taping of
practicals, etc.
First Two-Hour
Class
Course
introduction, course overview,
learning suggestions, shortcuts
and survival techniques
Alphabet and
pronunciation errors to avoid
Emergency
professions, days, numbers 1>20,
greetings and farewells
LE survival terms
FI card basics
Booklet and
reference manual: Quick
Spanish
for Law Enforcement
Communication
shortcuts
Second Two-Hour
Class
Lesson 1, Book 1
Nationalities
Structure: el,
la, los, las + Ser
Numbers 20 > 100
Essential
language/LE vocabulary
Third Two-Hour
Class
Lesson 1, Book 1
SCENARIO: FI
CARD, PART I
Personal
Questions
More LE survival
terms
Months, Date,
Colors
Structure: un,
una,
Basic Ice
breakers
Fourth Two-Hour
Class
Bad Guys
People and Family
Members
Structure: Intro
–ar verbs & tener
Basic
Conversation
Fifth Two-Hour
Class
SCENARIO: FI
CARD, PART II
Numbers 40 > 100,
Body parts, Family Tree
Structure: More –ar
verbs in questions and negative
sentences
Basic
Alcohol/drug/street terms
Culture: Spanish
word influence on English I
Useful words and
expressions
Sixth Two-Hour
Class
Structure: More –ar
verbs
SCENARIO: FI
CARD, PART III
Structure:
question words
Clothing,
Seasons, Weather
Preguntas
personales
Seventh Two-Hour
Class
SCENARIO: FI
CARD, PART IV
Numbers 100 –
Infinity, Time
Professions
Time & time
expressions
Culture: Spanish
word influence on English II
Quickie Commands
Preguntas
personales
Culture:
Spanglish & Street slang
Eighth Two-Hour
Class
Translate SD FI
card in class
SCENARIO: ACT OUT
EXPANDED FI CARD
Review Lessons
1-3 in textbook; plan to study
16 more hours with class B.
Review of major
language and LE vocabulary
Review of key
structural and –ar verb patterns
Testing and Skill
Evaluation Procedures:
Materials:
Textbook: Breezing Through
Emergency Spanish, Books 1 &
2, 3rd edition, Dees
Multilingual Services, 1999.
Booklet and reference manual &
CD: Quick Spanish for Law
Enforcement , 4th
Ed., McGraw-Hill, 2005.
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SPANISH FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT, P.O.S.T.
LEVEL 2, 16-HOUR
OFFICER/DEPUTY COURSE
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(Class
introduction was skipped to save
space.)
First Two-Hour
Class
Course
introduction, course overview,
learning suggestions, shortcuts
and survival techniques
Review of Class A
content
Introduce –er & -ir
verbs & personal a
LE survival terms
review
Review FI Card,
part 1
Booklet and
reference manual: Quick
Spanish
for Law Enforcement
Second Two-Hour
Class
Lesson 4, Book 1
Review of Class A
content
Review personal a
+ er/ir verbs
Introduce
descriptors/descriptive
adjectives
Review FI Card,
part 2
Third Two-Hour
Class
Lesson 4-5, Book
1
Review of Class A
content
Review numbers 1
to infinity
Personal
Questions
Introduce ir and
places to go to/more question
words
Introduce lost
child scenario
More Ice breaker
scenarios
Fourth Two-Hour
Class
Review Bad Guys,
people & family
Introduce more
irregular verbs
Review to go to
and introduce to leave from
Introduce
Pedestrian Stop scenario
Fifth Two-Hour
Class
Review all
regular verbs
Introduce E and
EN commands
Structure:
Introduce the near future
Introduce
vehicles and vehicle parts
Weapons
More useful words
and expressions
Sixth Two-Hour
Class
SCENARIO:
Low-risk vehicle stop
Introduce estar
and estar descriptors
Traffic citation
part 1
Buildings city
and rooms of house terms
Review clothing,
seasons, weather
Advanced
Drug/Gang terms
Seventh Two-Hour
Class
SCENARIO:
High-risk vehicle stop
Traffic citation
part 2
Introduce tener
expressions, ser vs. estar +
estar descriptive words
Preguntas
personales
Culture: More
street Spanish, Spanglish
Eighth Two-Hour
Class
SCENARIOS: ACT
OUT PEDESTRIAN STOP, LOW &
HIGH-RISK SCENARIOS
Review Lessons
4-6 in textbook. Plan to study
following class C for 16 more
hours.
Review of major
language and LE vocabulary
Review of key
structural and regular/irregular
verb patterns
Testing and Skill
Evaluation Procedures:
Materials:
Textbook: Breezing Through
Emergency Spanish, Books 1 &
2 3rd edition, Dees
Multilingual Services, 1999.
Booklet and reference manual &
CD: Quick Spanish for Law
Enforcement , 4th
Ed., McGraw-Hill, 2005.
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SPANISH FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT, P.O.S.T.
LEVEL 3, 16-HOUR
OFFICER/DEPUTY COURSE
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(Class
introduction was skipped to save
space.)
First Two-Hour
Class
Lesson 7, book 2
Possessive adjectives & A
commands
Review lessons 4-5-6, Breezing Through Emergency
Spanish, Books 1 and 2
Review vocabulary: places,
vehicles, vehicle parts,
buildings in city, house and
rooms,
Review structure: personal a,
regular -er and -ir verbs, ser
adjectives, verb ir, more
irregular verbs, E commands,
near future tense, verb estar,
verbs estar vs. ser, tener
expressions,
Review scenarios: Jose, a lost child, traffic
citation (1), traffic citation
(2), pedestrian, low and
high-risk vehicle stops from
class level B. Culture:
Spanglish and street Spanish,
Spanish sayings (1)
Second Two-Hour
Class
Lesson 7, book 2
Furniture
More irregular verbs: decir,
venir, querer, poder
Misdemeanors, Crimes and criminals
High-risk Vehicle Stop, Part 1
QSLE scenario 1: Narcotics Bust
Third Two-Hour
Class
Lesson 7-8, book 2
Reading selection (Mi cárcel es su cárcel)
Culture: Spanish sayings (2)
Prepositions
Fourth Two-Hour
Class
Lesson 8, book2
Recent past verbs
Special commands, review e commands
Foods and drinks
QSLE scenario 2: Preliminary DUI Interview
Fifth Two-Hour Class
Lessons 8-9, Book 2
Verb gustar with indirect object pronouns
Verb doler (ue) with indirect object pronouns
Scenario: High Risk stop (2)
Reading (En el gringo loco)
Stem-changing verbs
Sixth Two-Hour
Class
Lessons 9 – 10, Book 2
Affirmative and negative words:
algo, nada, alguien, nadie,
siempre, nunca
Weapons
Verbs with infinitives
Place settings, animals
Reading: (La aventura del
Sargento Pregunta)
QSLE scenario 3: Sobriety Test/Divided Attention
Exercises
Seventh Two-Hour
Class
Lesson 10, Book 2
Regular preterite (past) verbs
Saber vs. Conocer
Airport and travel vocabulary
Injuries and accidents vocabulary
Reading
(Un viaje a España)
QSLE scenario 4: Domestic Violence
Review for final exam
Eighth and Last
Two-Hour Class
Oral final exam, lessons 7, 8, 9 and parts of
lesson 10 plus 4 scenarios,
Quick Spanish for Law
Enforcement
Class evaluation
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3)
SPANISH FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT, P.O.S.T.
LEVEL 4, 16-HOUR
OFFICER/DEPUTY COURSE
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First Two-Hour
Class
Lesson 10-11, books 2 & 3
Review lessons 7, 8, 9 & part of
10, Breezing Through Emergency
Spanish, Book 2
Review vocabulary: furniture,
misdemeanors, crimes and
criminals, food and drinks,
weapons, place settings,
animals, travel & airport terms,
injuries and accidents
Review structure: possessive
adjectives, A commands, more
irregular verbs, prepositions,
the recent past, special
commands, verbs to like and to
hurt, stem-changing (shoe)
verbs, affirmative and negative
words, verbs with infinitives,
regular preterite (past) verbs,
verbs saber vs. conocer
Review scenarios: high-risk stop
1 and 2, domestic violence,
pedestrian, low-risk and
high-risk stop, narcotics bust,
preliminary DUI interview,
sobriety test and domestic
violence scenarios from classes
levels 2 and 3
Second Two-Hour Class
Lesson 11, book 3
Spelling changes in the preterite
More verbs with infinitives
QSLE scenario 1, Initial (Detective) Phone
contact
QSLE scenario 2, Welfare Fraud Investigation
Third Two-Hour
Class
Lesson 11, book 3
Preterite Stem-changing verbs
Illnesse, accidents & drugs
vocabulary
Reading (De vuelta a los Estados
Unidos)
A police officer arrests a drug addict
Culture: Latinos in the
USA
Fourth Two-Hour
Class
Lesson 11-12, book 3
Irregular preterite verbs
Indirect and direct object pronouns
More descriptive words
Reading (Una aventura en México)
Fifth Two-Hour
Class
Lesson 12-13, book 3
Culture: Interesting places in
Mexico
Regular and irregular imperfect (past) tense
verbs
Sports, hobbies and outdoors vocabulary
QSLE scenario 3, Jewelry Store Robbery
Investigation
Sixth Two-Hour
Class
Lesson 13-14, book 3
Regular and irregular future tense verbs
Demonstrative pronouns and demonstrative
adjectives
Reading,
(Un encuentro en Puerto Rico)
Differences between the preterite (past) and
imperfect (past) verbs
The emergency operator
QSLE scenario 4, Home invasion robbery
investigation
Seventh Two-Hour
Class
Lessons 14, book 3
Culture: countries and nationalities
Idiomatic expressions
Special preterite and imperfect meanings
QSLE scenario 5, Rape investigation
Review for final exam
Eighth and Last
Two-Hour Class
Oral final exam, lessons 10, 11, 12, 13 and parts
of lesson 14 plus 5 scenarios,
Quick Spanish for Law
Enforcement
Class evaluation
Updated 08/07
5) SPANISH FOR LE, POST LEVEL I,
33-HOUR OFFICER/DEPUTY COURSE
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P.O.S.T. Beginning Spanish for
Law Enforcement Deputy/Officer
Course Outline
CA POST Certified--CA Commission
on Peace Officer Standards and
Training Spanish for Law
Enforcement course
Staffing
Ventura County Sheriff Bob
Brooks has instituted this
specialized training course as
necessary training for the
department. The program will be
administered by the Sheriff's
Training Academy and
credentialed and certified
instructor, David B. Dees, will
offer this non-graded class at
the Ventura County Criminal
Justice Training Center,
Camarillo, CA.
Objectives
This beginning-level class
focuses on developing
communication skills for sworn
and non-sworn law enforcement
personnel, Ventura Co. Sheriff's
Department, responding to
Spanish-language contacts and
calls in the field. Students
from other agencies, i.e. PDs,
DA deputies, probation/parole
officers and corrections
officers, etc., are invited to
attend for POST training credit.
Successful students will be
trained to ask questions, give
answers and to execute commands.
This includes filling out
department forms and reports,
performing pedestrian field
interviews and high and low-risk
vehicle stops. Officer safety is
a key benefit of this training.
In addition, the class will
assist personnel in preparing
for the bilingual examination
and continuing their studies
with levels II and III with the
Sheriff's Department.
Strategies and Materials
Classroom activities include
language lessons, direct dialog,
group learning by pairing off
oral drills and role playing
scenarios. Essential language
vocabulary and structure
reinforce everyday and technical
content. Latino culture and
survival tips are included.
Materials include lessons 1-4 in
class textbook-workbook Breezing
Through Emergency Spanish;
reference booklet Spanish for
Emergency Personnel and
corresponding audio
CD/cassette-all developed by the
instructors-plus handouts,
visual aids, F.I. card, video
taping of practicals, etc.
First Class
Course introduction
Course overview. learning
suggestions, shortcuts and
survival techniques
Lesson 1, Book 1, "Breezing
Through Emergency Spanish, 3rd
Ed."
Alphabet and pronunciation
errors to avoid
Numbers 1>20, Greetings and
Farewells, Basic Conversation
and Emergency Professions
Structure: el, la, los, las +
basic question words
Reading selection
Culture: Spanish-speaking
countries in North, Central
America and Caribbean Islands
Second Class
Lesson 1, Book 1
(Oral warm-up, new vocabulary
practice, assignment of quizzes
and written homework, Reading
selection are repeated at the
beginning of all classes.)
SCENARIO: FI Card, Part 1
Days of Week, Months
People and Family Members,
Numbers 21 > 30
Structure: un, una + subject
pronouns + verb ser
Third Class
Lesson 2, Book 1
SCENARIO: FI Card, Part 2
Numbers 40 > 100, Body parts,
Family Tree
Structure: -ar verb list + -ar
verbs
Culture: South American
Countries
Fourth Class
Lesson 2, Book 1
SCENARIO: FI Card, Part 3
Colors & Date
Structure: hay + tener
Useful Words & Expressions
Reading Practice and answering
questions
Fifth Class
Lesson 3, Book 1
SCENARIO: FI Card, Part 4
Clothing, Seasons, Weather
Structure: question words I
Reading Practice
Culture: Spanish word influence
on English I
Sixth Class
Lesson 3, Book 1
Scenario: Complete FI Card
Professions, Numbers 100 -
Infinity, Time Expressions
Structure: question words II
Reading selection
Culture: Spanish word influence
on English II
Seventh Class
Lesson 3, Book 1
SCENARIO: Pedestrian Stop 1
Bad Guys
Special commands
Structure: telling time
Reading selection
Culture: Words commonly confused
Eighth Class
Lesson 4, Book 1
SCENARIO: Pedestrian Stop 2
Public Terms and More
Professions
Structure: use of ser adjectives
+ ir + More question words
Reading selection
Ninth Class
Lesson 4, Book 1
SCENARIO: Pedestrian Stop 3
Ser adjectives, Places
Structure: personal a
Commands ending in -E
Reading selection
Culture: Spanglish & Identifying
Street Terms I
Tenth Class
Lesson 4, Book 1
SCENARIO: Finding A Lost Child
-er and -ir verb list
Structure: -er and -ir verbs
Reading selection
Culture: Spanish & Identifying
Street Terms II
Eleventh and Last Class
Lesson 4, Book 1
SCENARIO: Complete Pedestrian
Stop
Review of major language and LE
vocabulary
Review of key structural and
verb patterns
Review Lessons 1-4 in textbook
Practice Exercises on vocabulary
and grammatical content of first
four lessons.
Translate to Spanish Sheriff's
Dept. Field Interview Card
Suggestions on keeping up
skills:
Spanish club or mentor
activities at work site
POST Course and instructor
evaluation + documentation of
students' success using spoken
Spanish in field.
Materials
* Student Textbook: Breezing
Through Emergency Spanish,
Levels 1 & 2, 3rd Ed., Dees
Multilingual Services, 1999.
* Instructor Manual: Breezing
Through Emergency Spanish, Law
Enforcement Edition, Level 1,
1st Ed., Dees Multilingual
Services, 2002. (Adapted from
33-hour course presentation.)
* Student booklet and reference
manual: Spanish for Emergency
Personnel, 4th Ed., Dees
Multilingual Services, 1999.
* Student CD/audio cassette:
Spanish for Emergency Personnel,
4th Ed., Dees Multilingual
Services, 2001.
