Unit 1 Careers: Professions, Education and training, Tools of the trade. Connecting topics: Arts and Entertainment; Media and Technology; Politics; Travel; City and Country. Culture: Systems of education; Benefits of multilingualism.

Masculine and Feminine - grammar you must use correctly

In Spanish, most profession nouns change according to the gender of the person they are referring to. The genders of the occupational names in a careers list are usually masculine.

In most cases, we use similar words to refer to a woman or a man. For example, a male doctor is el doctor and a female doctor is la doctora.

However, exceptions to this rule include

el/la piloto
el/la modelo
el/la artista
el/la cantante
el/la dentista
el/la gerente

In these cases, the only part of the word that changes is the article.

In new Spanish, not yet "official" or "correct Spanish" according to the Royal Spanish Academy, you can do the following to use non-binary terms.

el = masculine, la = feminine, ele or elle = non-binary

So you might see or hear "elle artiste" to mean "the (non-binary) artist".

Remember, this is new and therefore is still regional and there is no "right" way to do it according to the "authorities" on Academic Spanish.

Recursos:

Occupations in Spanish PDF

Talking about jobs and professions in Spanish: https://letsspeakspanish.com/blog/jobs-and-occupations-in-spanish/

Vocabulario: 99 profesiones https://www.livelingua.com/vocabulary/occupations

Vocabulario: A-Z profesiones https://www.spanish.academy/blog/a-complete-careers-list-in-spanish/

Quizlet de UNIDAD 1 https://quizlet.com/826393930/unidad-1-las-profesiones-espanol-3-flash-cards/?i=3o0elm&x=1qqt

Complete Spanish Grammar - Chapter 1> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qcyVOOoaxARGEKhIPH5Fy-PilBHUdrO3/view?usp=sharing

HW: Do exercises 1-10, 1-11, 1-12 in your notebook and use the Quizlet to study our vocabulary.