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Learn Spanish for Global Communication (Level 1)

Learn the basics of Spanish - speaking, reading, writing and listening - to develop your professional life and career.

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  • Duration

    10 weeks
  • Weekly study

    15 hours
  • Accreditation

    AvailableMore info

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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

Who is this accredited by?

Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)
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Learning on this course

On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.

Who is the course for?

The microcredential is aimed at graduate professionals with no prior knowledge of Spanish.

Who developed the course?

King's College London

King’s College London, established in 1829 and a founding college of the University of London, is one of the world’s leading research and teaching universities, based in the very heart of London.

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