Continue developing your beginner Spanish fluency and confidence with our Beginner Spanish: A1 Conclusion, suitable for learners who have completed our Beginner Spanish: A1.3 Course or have approximately 60 hours of prior study. This course helps you strengthen your communication skills for everyday situations while deepening your understanding of Spanish grammar and vocabulary, making it ideal for learners wanting to learn the Spanish language for travel, work, or personal enrichment in a supportive, interactive learning environment.

You will learn to talk about villages, neighborhoods, and cities, express what you like most about a place, ask for and give directions, and discuss personal experiences, skills, and abilities. Grammar and vocabulary are taught in context, including quantifiers, prepositions and adverbs of place, the pretérito perfecto, and the use of poder and saber with infinitives. Phonetics is integrated throughout, with practice in diphthongs and pronunciation of key consonants (/p/, /t/, /k/) to develop clear and confident speech in Spanish.

DELIVERY MODE

Delivery mode for individual classes will vary from term to term, but will be listed as the following:

• Face-to-Face: WEA Sydney
• Online: Microsoft Teams

TEXTBOOK

• Aula Internacional Plus 1 A1 Edicion Hibrida Libro del Alumno (Difusion: 2022), ISBN: 9788419236043

Supplier: Abbey's Language Book Centre
Please note that textbook cost is not included in the course fee. Language courses will be confirmed or cancelled at least 7 days prior to their starting date, so students are recommended to wait until the course is confirmed before buying the textbook.

COURSE OUTLINE

Communication

• Villages, neighbourhoods and cities
• Talking about what you like the most about a place
• Asking for and giving directions
• Expressing tastes and highlighting aspects
• Talking about: Past experiences, skills and abilities, strengths and weaknesses

Grammar

• Quantifiers (algún, ningún, mucho…)
• Prepositions and adverbs of place (a, en, al lado de, lejos, cerca…)
• The pretéro perfecto
• poder / saber + infinitive

Phonetics

• Dipthongs
• Pronunciation: /p/, /t/, /k/

Vocabulary

• Services and places in cities, professions, skills and abilities
• Adjectives to discover neighbourhoods and cities, personality
• Quantifiers

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. Talk confidently about places, experiences, and personal abilities, including describing villages, neighborhoods, and cities, expressing preferences, giving directions, and discussing past experiences, skills, and strengths.
2. Use essential grammar and vocabulary accurately in context, including quantifiers, prepositions and adverbs of place, the pretérito perfecto, and modal verbs like poder and saber with infinitives.
3. Communicate clearly in spoken Spanish, practicing pronunciation of diphthongs and consonants (/p/, /t/, /k/) for more confident and understandable speech.