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Continue developing your beginner Spanish fluency and confidence with our Beginner Spanish: A2.4 Course, suitable for learners who have completed our Beginner Spanish: A2.3 Course or have approximately 140 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 describe past experiences, evaluate them, express intentions and desires, talk about aches, pains, and symptoms, and give advice. Grammar and vocabulary are taught in context, including the present perfect tense, the preterite, expressions with ya and todavía no, ir a + infinitive, querer/pensar + infinitive, exclamations, the verb doler, and key uses of ser, estar, and the affirmative imperative. Phonetics is integrated throughout, with practice in intonation for exclamations and stressed syllables 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 2 A2 Edicion Hibrida Libro del Alumno (Difusion: 2022), ISBN: 9788419236067

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

• Past experiences and evaluate them
• Intentions and express a desire to do something
• Describe aches, pains and symptoms
• Talk about moods, give advice

 Grammar

• The present perfect tense
• Uses of present perfect and the pretenite
• ya / todavía no
• ir a + infinitive
• querer / pensar + infinitive
• Exclamations
• Verb: doler
• Uses of ser and estar
• Form and some uses of the affirmative imperative

 Phonetics

• The intonation of exclamations
• The stressed syllable

 Vocabulary

• Leisure activities and places
• Places of interest and cultural activites
• parecer
• Body parts, health and sport
• Illnesses, aches and symptoms; moods

LEARNING OUTCOMES

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

1. Discuss past experiences, intentions, and desires, including describing moods, giving advice, and talking about health, aches, and symptoms.
2. Use essential grammar and vocabulary accurately in context, including the present perfect tense, the preterite, expressions with ya and todavía no, ir a + infinitive, querer/pensar + infinitive, exclamations, doler, and key uses of ser, estar, and the affirmative imperative.
3. Communicate more clearly in spoken Spanish, practicing intonation for exclamations and identifying stressed syllables to enhance natural, confident speech.