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Learn Spanish 3: Time and Direct Object Pronouns

Improve your understanding of the Spanish language as you learn how to talk about the time and use direct object pronouns.

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Learn Spanish 3: Time and Direct Object Pronouns

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  • 4 weeks

  • 5 hours per week

  • Digital certificate when eligible

  • Introductory level

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Hone your Spanish language skills

This four-week course will help you master advanced Spanish language topics as you learn how to talk about present and future time actions and direct object pronouns.

Through a diverse range of engaging materials, you’ll develop your language skills such as listening, reading, grammar, and vocabulary as well as learning from the culturally diverse Spanish-speaking world.

By the end, you’ll know how to ask for and give the time, how to ask for information about someone’s study or work, and how to talk about the weather.

Develop your knowledge of Spanish grammar

You’ll learn how to use different grammar aspects of the Spanish language including simple present tense, comparatives, superlatives, and questions.

With this knowledge, you’ll also develop your vocabulary to understand how to talk about the time and make comparisons. This understanding will help you discuss present time and future actions.

Understand how to use Spanish direct object pronouns

You’ll delve into direct object pronouns to help ensure you don’t unnecessarily repeat a noun in your sentence.

This understanding will help hone your Spanish grammar knowledge, taking your skills to an advanced level.

Learn from the experts at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana

Throughout the course, you’ll be guided by the language specialists at the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. With their expertise, you’ll develop your Spanish language skills and build your confidence in speaking and writing in Spanish.

Syllabus

  • Week 1

    Talking about the time and making comparison

    • ¿Qué hora es?

      You will be presented with various resources to recognize how to ask for and give the time and make comparisons of people, places and objects.

  • Week 2

    Describing present time actions

    • ¿A qué hora comienzas a trabajar?

      You will be presented with various resources to talk about present time actions.

  • Week 3

    Using direct object pronouns

    • ¿Quién prepara la comida?

      You will be presented with various resources to learn to use direct object pronouns.

  • Week 4

    Describing future time actions

    • Futuro simple

      You will be presented with various resources to talk about future time actions.

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What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

  • Apply how to ask for and give the time.
  • Apply how to ask for information on someone’s study or work.
  • Apply how to talk about the weather.
  • Apply how to use the following grammar aspects: simple present tense (irregular verbs), comparatives and superlatives; information questions with expressions like: ¿Para qué?, ¿A qué hora?, ¿Cada cuánto?, ¿Con quién?, ¿Qué tanto?, ¿Hacia dónde?, ¿De qué?
  • Apply how to use the following vocabulary aspects: the hour, the days of the week, the months, the date, the season of the year; useful expressions with the verb Tener; future time expressions; the weather.
  • Describe how to use the following vocabulary aspects: the hour, the days of the week, the months, the date, the season of the year; useful expressions with the verb Tener; future time expressions; the weather.
  • Compare people, places and objects.

Who is the course for?

This course is designed for anyone interested in developing their Spanish skills.

It will be most beneficial if you have a basic understanding of the Spanish language as this course will cover more advanced topics.

Who will you learn with?

Hola. Soy Gustavo Jaramillo Cardona, profesor de español en el Centro de Lenguas de la Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana de Medellín. ¡Mucho gusto!

Soy Jorge Estupiñán, profesor de español del Centro de Lenguas de la Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana.

Who developed the course?

Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana

Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (UPB), located in Medellín, Colombia, is a highly recognized institution not only in the city, but also in the country due to its high-quality accreditation awarded by the Colombian Ministry of Education.

UPB promotes integral development of human being as an ethical, social, rational, religious, artistic person, who gives a humanist sense of the environment through a process of continuous improvement.

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