Beginner 1: July Tuesdays and Fridays

Beginner 1: July Tuesdays and Fridays

£179.00

Learn in 3 weeks what you would normally learn in 10 weeks!

3 Weeks Intensive Course in July 2025

Dates: Tuesday 15th July – Friday 1st of August
Days/Time: Tuesdays and Fridays 6.15-8.55 pm
Duration of each session: 2h 30min (+ 10 min break)
Location: ‘Rock Cottage’ (240-248 West Street, BS3 3NE)
Fee: £179 Early Bird (expires 1st of June) / £199 afterwards

Coursebook: Aula Internacional Plus 1 – Libro del alumno  2020 (not included in the course fee). Languages Direct will offer a 10 % discount to our students with this code SCBDIF1 (but may take a while to send it). Also available at Amazon and other retailers.

Course information
This Intensive Spanish Beginner 1 course is suitable for students with no previous knowledge of Spanish, just some very basic knowledge (i.e. some words or phrases) or previous basic knowledge but very rusty (i.e. took a Beginner or Elementary course years ago). In this course you will have the chance to…

  • Learn in 3 weeks what is usually learned in 10 weeks.
  • Have a taste of what learning Spanish is like and have a chance to learn your very first sentences
  • Acquire basic vocabulary, grammar and useful sentences to start communicating in Spanish
  • Start developing your listening, speaking, interacting, reading and writing skills
  • Start gaining some Beginner level knowledge which will lead you towards an A1 level of the CEFR*
  • Learn about the culture of the different Spanish speaking countries
  • Meet new people with a common interest and have fun learning together ☺

Students in this course will be able to continue their Spanish studies by joining our regular Beginner 2 course in September (same book, just different chapters), after which, they will have completed their full A1 level.

If you have any questions about this course, please email maria@spanishcoursesbristol.co.uk

* CEFR – Common European Framework of Reference for languages

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Approximate course content

Following book Aula Internacional Plus 1 – Libro del alumno, 2020

Unit 0: ¡Bienvenidos al curso! (Welcome to the course!)

  • Teacher’s introduction and student’s introductions
  • Why do you want to learn Spanish?
  • Brief introduction to the course and coursebook
  • Greetings & basic questions/answers
  • Numbers 1-10
  • Alphabet and spelling your name
  • Classroom vocabulary & questions about language
  • Basic vocabulary and other Spanish words you already know
  • Numbers 11-100
  • Jobs and nationalities
  • Providing personal information (age, nationality, job)
  • Verbs SER, TENER and LLAMARSE (only “Yo” form, Present Tense) and masc/fem.

Unit 1: Nosotros y nosotras (Us)

  • Asking/providing email address and phone number
  • Talking about another person (verbs in “Él/ella” form, Present Tense)
  • Verbs SER, TENER and LLAMARSE (all forms in Present Tense)

Unit 2: Quiero aprender español (I want to learn Spanish)

  • Aspects of Hispanic culture
  • Leisure activities & expressing ‘I want to + activity’
  • Masculine/feminine words and how to say “the”
  • Explaining why you want to learn Spanish
  • Introduction to verb conjugation of verbs HABLAR, COMPRENDER, VIVIR
  • Verb conjugation practice
  • Talking about learning Spanish using “yo” form of verbs
  • Conjugation of irregular verb QUERER (all forms)

Unit 3: ¿Dónde está Santiago? (Where is Santiago?)

  • Vocabulary to describe places
  • Talking about cities
  • Verb TO BE: SER vs ESTAR + THERE IS/ARE: HAY
  • How to say VERY and MANY: MUY, MUCHO/A, MUCHOS/AS
  • Question words WHAT, WHERE, WHICH, HOW, HOW MANY
  • The SUPERLATIVE
  • Talking about the seasons and the weather

Unit 4: ¿Cuál prefieres? (Which one do you prefer?)

  • Shops and going shopping
  • Describing clothes and masc/fem adjectives
  • Further practice of masculine vs feminine adjectives
  • Items to take with you when travelling & verb LLEVAR
  • Express obligation with TENER QUE – ‘have to + verb’
  • Introduction to all forms of verb IR – ‘to go’
  • Talking about what someone wears & verb LLEVAR
  • Expressing preferences with verb PREFERIR
  • Numbers +100
  • Dialogue in a shop and say how much things cost

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