Duration
10 weeksWeekly study
15 hours
Learn Spanish for Global Communication (Level 1)
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Syllabus
Week 1
¡Hola! ¿Qué tal?
¡Bienvenidos!
Course structure / learning objectives / making the most out of this course / meeting your class
Objetivos. Semana 1
Objectives of week 1
¿Cómo te llamas?
Introducing yourself / verbs SER and LLAMARSE
¿De dónde eres?
Asking one's nationality / gender agreement
¿Puedes repetir, por favor?
Spanish alphabet / pronunciation / spelling / asking for clarification
Resumen de la semana
What have we learnt this week? / Wrap-up key content
¿Hablamos?
Connect with your classmates in Teams and meet one another in Spanish.
Week 2
¿Qué haces?
Objetivos. Semana 2
Objectives of week 2
¿Estudias o trabajas?
Professions / verbs 'estudiar', 'trabajar', 'querer', 'hacer', 'vivir', 'tener' / vocabulary
¿Por qué estudias español?
Porque / para + infinitivo / por + nombre
¿Tienes Instagram?
Verbs tener / numbers / email address
Resumen de la semana
Recap on content covered this week
¿Hablamos?
Speaking practise with the rest of the class
Week 3
¿Cómo es tu ciudad?
Objetivos. Semana 3
Objectives of week 3
Mi país
Asking and giving information about countries / Sentence structure / talking about the weather
¿Ser o Estar?
Verbs SER, ESTAR, HAY and TENER / vocabulary about cities
Mi ciudad favorita
Vocabulary / listening comprehension / writing about cities
Una postal de Oaxaca
Conjugation of the present tense / reading skills / vocabulary
Resumen de la semana
Recap on content covered this week
¿Hablamos?
Speaking practise with the rest of the class
Week 4
Mi familia y mis aficiones
Objetivos. Semana 4
Objectives of week 4
Mi familia
Family members / possessives 'mi(s)', 'tu(s)' and 'su(s)'
¿Te gusta el cine?
Verbs 'gustar', 'encantar' / 'a mí también', 'a mí tampoco' / vocabulary related to hobbies.
¿Qué prefieres hacer el fin de semana?
Adjectives to describe the personality / consolidation of verb GUSTAR /
Resumen de la semana
Recap on content covered this week
¿Hablamos?
Speaking practise with the rest of the class
Week 5
Mi rutina diaria
Objetivos. Semana 5
Objectives of week 5
¿Qué día y a qué hora?
Days of the week / the time / daily routine verbs
Un día normal
Daily routine verbs / Present tense / reflexive verbs
Diferentes rutinas...
Listening comprehension / reading comprehension / verb gustar versus reflexive verbs.
Los hábitos de los españoles
Text connectors / reading comprehension /
Resumen de la semana
Recap on content covered this week
¿Hablamos?
Speaking practise with the rest of the class
Week 6
¡A comer!
Objetivos. Semana 6
Objectives of week 6
En el restaurante
Vocabulary / ordering in a restaurant / verb traer
¿Cómo lo prefieres?
Direct object pronouns / pronunciation
En Cuba se baila salsa
Impersonal form with 'SE'
Quiz challenge. (Semanas 1 - 5)
In this activity you will go through a set of quizzes that will help you revise and consolidate key language from weeks 1 to 5. Try to complete them without consulting your notes. This will make learning more efficient.
¿Hablamos?
Speaking practise with the rest of the class
Week 7
¿Cómo es tu barrio?
Objetivos. Semana 7
Objectives of week 7
Mi barrio
Quantifiers / services in the city / verb structures
Direcciones
Asking and giving directions / adverbs to locate in space
Una reserva de hotel
Booking a hotel room / buying a ticket / the formal register 'usted'
Resumen de la semana
Recap on content covered this week
¿Hablamos?
Speaking practise with the rest of the class
Week 8
¿Qué hiciste la semana pasada?
Objetivos. Semana 8
Objectives of week 8
Las vacaciones de Maria en Oaxaca
Introduction to Preterito Indefinido
La semana pasada
Time markers used with P.Indefinido
Eva habla sobre su viaje a Madrid
Listening comprehension / vocabulary / verb gustar in the past tense
Las últimas vacaciones de Pedro...
Talking about past holidays / vocabulary / pronunciation
Resumen
Recap on content covered this week
¿Hablamos?
Speaking practise with the rest of the class
Week 9
¿Dónde naciste?
Objetivos. Semana 9
Objectives of week 9
¿En qué año...?
Numbers and dates
¿Saber o Conocer?
Verbs Saber and Conocer
Gente interesante
Vocabulary and verbs to talk about biographies
Eva habla sobre la mejor experiencia de su vida
Listening comprehension / irregular verbs in the past tense
El curriculum
Prepositions to sequence actions in the past / talking about the CV
Resumen
Recap on content covered this week
¿Hablamos?
Speaking practise with the rest of the class
Week 10
¡Hasta pronto!
Objetivos. Semana 10
Objectives of week 10
Revisión I
Verb gustar / daily routine / saying the time / present tense
Revisión II
Impersonal form with 'SE'' / direct object pronouns (lo,los,la,las), vocabulary to talk about food / prepositions.
Revisión III
Asking and giving directions / adverbs to locate in space
Revisión IV
Pretérito Indefinido
Tarea final
Oral production
¡Enhorabuena!
Greetings from your tutors
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