Learn Spanish Intermediate Part 1

In part 1, you’ll learn new and more advanced forms of grammar, such as periphrasis, quantifiers and modifiers and be introduced to direct and indirect object pronouns.

You also deepen your understanding of Spanish society and customs, including fiesta celebrations in Spain and Latin America.

You’ll be challenged beyond simply ‘getting by’ in Spanish and learn to speak with more variance and fluency, which may include reciting anecdotes, expressing hypotheses or summarising the plot of a book or movie.

This is the first part of the Spanish intermediate syllabus, working towards CEFR B1 level.

Who is it for?

You should be able to communicate at CEFR A2 level to enrol. You may have completed our full Spanish lower intermediate syllabus (approximately 120 hours of formal learning) or have a good or recent GCSE. Check the eligibility section.

Timetable

This course takes place one evening a week at 18:30 for 10 weeks.

Benefits

• Get a taste of learning at intermediate level without the commitment to the full syllabus
• Cover concrete and abstract topics in Spanish, taught by experienced Spanish tutors
• Be part of a small group of learning, with ample time for personal feedback.

This course will help you use your Spanish skills in creative ways to work towards a greater degree of fluency.

By the end of this course you will be able to

• talk about habits, customs and circumstances in the past
• express the duration of an action
• express obligation and prohibition
• express hypothesis and probability
• recount anecdotes
• develop communication strategies
• summarise the plot of a book or movie.

Grammatical structures

• revision/contrast of all indicative past tenses
• periphrasis
• future tense
• clause if
• impersonal se
• quantifiers and modifiers
• verb soler
• linking words
• direct and indirect object pronouns.

You will be awarded an official City St George’s, University of London certificate on completion of the course. You must attend over 70 per cent of the classes to be eligible for the certificate.

There is no formal assessment, but you will be set homework outside of the class. Your tutor will assess and feedback on your progress throughout the course.

Teaching

All our Spanish courses are designed to develop your skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing the language. You will draw on newspapers and films to learn vocabulary related to current affairs, politics, economics and the environment and discuss these with your classmates.

The book used on this course is Aula Internacional 3 - Nueva Edicion.

It is the right level if one of the following applies:

• you can communicate at CEFR A2 level
• you have completed our full Spanish lower intermediate syllabus, or equivalent course elsewhere (at least 120 hours of formal learning)
• you have a recent or good GCSE.

You should already know:

• how to invite people to do things, accept and refuse
• how to describe people, places and things in the past
• how to give opinions about historical experiences and activities
• irregular verbs in the past tense
• the imperative form.

English requirements

You will need a good level of spoken and written English to enrol on this course.