SPANISH BEGINNER 1. The FIRST segment of the comprehensive Beginner level five-course series designed for Spanish beginners.

An all-adults class.

Materials are not included in tuition.

Beginner 1 level description:

This course is ideal for individuals who have never studied Spanish before or those who wish to start from scratch. Throughout this level, you will acquire fundamental language skills and knowledge.

Here's an overview of the topics covered in Beginner 1:

COMMUNICATION: Saying hello and goodbye, in the classroom, numbers from 1 to 10, the alphabet, resources to develop your learning abilities in Spanish class, ask for and give personal information, saying hello and goodbye.

GRAMMAR: Gender in nationalities and professions, the verbs ser, tener and llamarse, personal pronouns.

VOCABULARY: Numbers, nationalities, professions.

PHONETICS: Intonation of partial questions and answers.

Next level: Spanish Beginner 2.

SPANISH BEGINNER 4. The FOURTH segment of the comprehensive Beginner level five-course series designed for Spanish beginners.

An all-adults class.

Materials are not included in tuition.

Beginner 4 level description:

This is the perfect course for individuals who have either completed our Spanish Beginner 3 course or similar. We'll help you build upon your existing knowledge and skills to further develop your Spanish proficiency.

Here's an overview of the topics covered in Beginner 4:

COMMUNICATION: Talking about habits, expressing frequency, asking for and giving the time, learning how to get by in bars and restaurants, asking for and giving information about food, talking about eating habits.

GRAMMAR: the presente de indicativo of irregular verbs, pronominal verbs, yo también / yo tampoco/ yo si/ yo no, primero/después/luego, the verbs poner and traer, direct object pronouns (lo, la, los, las), uses of de and con.

VOCABULARY: Days of the week, times of day, daily activities, food, ways of cooking, utensils and recipients, typical dishes in Spain and Latin America.

PHONETICS: intonation: narration and enumeration, the che and the jota.

Next level: Spanish Beginner 5.

SPANISH ADVANCED 5. The FITH segment of the comprehensive Advanced level five-course series designed for adult learners.

An all-adults class.

Materials are not included in tuition.

Spanish Advanced 5 level description:

Spanish Advanced 5 is an ideal course for those who have completed Spanish Advanced 4 or possess a similar level of proficiency.

Here's an overview of the topics covered in Advanced 5:

COMMUNICATION: Talk about a job: qualities, functions, problems and feelings, describe a company, some characteristices of formal witten texts, evaluate past events, talk about unrealized events in teh past and their consequences, make reproaches, convey what others said in the past, talk about skills.

GRAMMAR: The concessive subordinate clauses: aunque, a pesar de, por mucho que..., rephrase: es decir, esto es, o sea..., exemplify: un ejemplo, por ejemplo, a modo de ejemplo, combinations of pronouns: se lo, the past perfect subjunctive, the conditional perfect, some connectors of cause and consequence.

VOCABULARY: Vocabulary fromt eh workplace, lexical cohesion resources, vocabulary from the field of education, vocabulary of biographies and live journies.

Next level: Spanish Fluent 1

SPANISH BEGINNER 5. The FIFTH segment of the comprehensive Beginner level five-course series designed for Spanish beginners.

An all-adults class.

Materials are not included in tuition.

Beginner 5 level description:

This is the perfect course for individuals who have either completed our Spanish Beginner 4 course or similar. We'll help you build upon your existing knowledge and skills to further develop your Spanish proficiency.

Here's an overview of the topics covered in Beginner 5:

COMMUNICATION: Discover villages, neighbourhoods and cities, talk about what you like the most about a place, ask for and give directions, express tastes and highlight aspects, talking about past experiences, talking about skills and abilities, talking about people’s strengths and weaknesses.

GRAMMAR: quantifiers (algún, ningún, mucho…), prepositions and adverbs of place (a, en, al lado de lejos, cerca…), the pretérito perfecto, saber + infinitive, poder + infinitive.

VOCABULARY: services and places in cities, adjectives to discover neighbourhoods and cities, professions, personality adjectives, skills and abilities, quantifiers.

PHONETICS: dipthongs, pronunciation of /p/, /t/, /k/

Next level: Spanish High Beginner 1.