Beginner 2: April 2025 Wednesdays 8 pm

£189.00

Starting Wednesday 30th April 2025 

Format: face-to-face on site

Location: ‘Rock Cottage’ (240-248 West Street, BS3 3NE)

Duration: 10 weeks of tuition with a break for half-term

Day/Time: Wednesdays 8-9.30 pm

Duration of each session: 1h 30min

CEFR Level: A1.2

Fee: £169 Early Bird (book before 15th March) / £189 afterwards

Course book:  Aula Internacional Plus 1 – Libro del alumno, 2020

Not included in the course fee. Languages Direct will offer a 10 % discount to our students (code SCBDIF1). Can also be purchased on Amazon (first or second hand) and other retailers.

Course information
This course is suitable for students with some previous knowledge of Spanish equivalent to our Beginner 1 level (15 hours of tuition). In order to attend this course, students should have previously covered most of the content in our Beginner 1 course programme.

In this course you will have the chance to…

  • Progress from a Beginner 1 level (A1.2) to a Beginner 2 level (A1.2) of the CEFR*
  • Acquire new vocabulary, basic grammar and useful sentences to communicate in Spanish
  • Develop your listening, speaking, interacting, reading and writing skills
  • Learn about the culture of the different Spanish speaking countries
  • Meet new people with a common interest and have fun learning together ☺

After finishing this course, students will be able to continue their Spanish studies by joining our Elementary 1 course.

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 programme

Based on book Aula Internacional Plus 1 – Libro del alumno (Difusión, 2020)

 

Week 1 – Unit 5: Tus amigos son mis amigos (Your friends are my friends)

  • Teacher’s welcome and very brief introduction to the course and coursebook 
  • Students’ introductions 
  • Short activity to briefly remember and practice some Beginner 1 language
  • Intro to describing people and talking about hobbies
  • Intro to verb GUSTAR (to like)
  • Talking about likes and dislikes

Week 2 – Unit 5: Tus amigos son mis amigos (Your friends are my friends)

  • Revision and extra practice Week 1
  • Intro to family vocabulary and grammar
  • Practice: tell your classmate about your family
  • Intro to physical description
  • Further practice

Week 3 – Unit 6: Día a día (Day by day)

  • Talking about habits and frequency + days of the week
  • Expressing what people say about others
  • Telling the time and saying at what time
  • Talking about our daily routine + Present Tense (1st person singular)
  • Talking about our daily routine + Present Tense (1st person singular)

Week 4 – Unit 6: Día a día (Day by day)

  • Talking about daily routine + Present Tense (3rd person singular)
  • Talking about daily routine + Present Tense (3rd person singular)
  • Talking about timetables and frequency
  • Talking about daily routine + Present Tense (2nd and 3rd person plural)

Week 5 – Unit 7: ¡A comer! (Let´s eat)

  • Introduction to topic (food & restaurants)
  • Ordering food in a restaurant & talking about allergies
  • Ordering food & verbs PONER/TRAER

Week 6 – Unit 7: ¡A comer! (Let´s eat)

  • Talking about drinks & Direct Object pronoun
  • Latin American street food
  • Ways of cooking food
  • Role play restaurant

Week 7 – Unit 8: El barrio ideal (The ideal neighborhood)

  • Vocabulary to describe neighbourhoods
  • Reading descriptions of Montevideo and Seville
  • Talking about your neighborhood + cuantificadores

Week 8 – Unit 8: El barrio ideal (The ideal neighborhood)

  • Asking for, providing and understanding directions
  • Talking about cities to live in and cities to visit

Week 9 – Unit 9: ¿Sabes conducir? (Can you / Do you know how to drive?)

  • Describing qualities of housemates
  • Describing positive/negative qualities of professionals
  • Verbs SABER and PODER

Week 10 – Revision

  • Activities to revise Units 1-9

Course Information

This course is suitable for students who have previously attended a Beginner 1 course (around 15h of tuition) or have previously learned the language covered in our Beginner 1 course programme while travelling or visiting family. Students should have previously had some opportunities for basic speaking practice. This course may be challenging for students who have learned some vocabulary/phrases on Duolingo but have had no classroom or speaking experience (they should attend the Beginner 1 level first). In this course you will have the chance to…

  • Expanding your Spanish vocabulary and learn how to form sentences in the Present Tense.
  • Putting in to practice your basic knowledge of Spanish by chatting with your peers in Spanish
  • Continue developing your listening, speaking, interacting, reading and writing skills
  • Consolidate your Beginner level knowledge and gain 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 ☺

After completing this course, students will be able to continue with their Spanish studies by joining the Elementary 1 course (A2.1). Please find below a course programme, details about the course book and T&Cs. If you have any questions about this course, please email maria@spanishcoursesbristol.co.uk * CEFR – Common European Framework of Reference for languages See course programme, course book and T&Cs below.

Terms & Conditions

  • There will be a maximum of 15 students in the class.
  • The course materials included in the price are any materials used in class (i.e. handouts, games, PDFs, Power Points, audio files and links to online activities), which will be sent by email as well.
  • Students will have to purchase a course book which costs around £25 new (but second hand copies of the book are accepted). The book covers levels Beginner 1, Beginner 2, Elementary 1 and Elementary 2.
  • The course fee paid for this course is not transferrable to any future courses.
  • Missed classes policy: if a student misses one or more classes, the teacher will send them an email with the learning materials used in class during those sessions so they can catch up at home. It is the student’s responsibility to catch up and continue attending their course. Missed lessons will not be refunded. Students who have missed a considerable number of lessons cannot automatically retake this lessons in the next term as the fee paid is for the current course only. However, the school may offer them the opportunity to retake the lessons if, after the enrolment period has finished, some of the places have not been filled.
  • Cancellation policy: if a student wishes to withdraw from the course, they must notify SCB by email. With 2 weeks notice or more, full refund. With 1 week notice, 50 % refund. With less than 1 week notice, no refund.
  • For the course to go ahead, a minimum of 6 students is required. If the week before the course starts a group has less than 6 students registered, that group may have to be cancelled and registered students will receive a full refund. Alternatively, the course can still go ahead, but the fee will have to be increased.
  • This course does not lead to an official certificate; students can register for official DELE or GCSE exams independently. SCB can advise on where to take the exams and offer additional exam preparation classes.

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