Spanish Intermediate 1 - F2F (B1) - WEA Sydney

Spanish Intermediate 1 - F2F (B1)

This course is a continuation from Spanish Elementary Revision and is for any student wishing to learn the language for business, travel or everyday use with approximately 200 hours of Spanish required. Students will develop skills to use in conversation, reading, listening and writing. This course aims to build higher level comprehension and communication skills in intermediate Spanish and a review of cultural practices, with a focus on clear explanation of higher level language principles.

DELIVERY MODE

  • Face-to-Face

TEXTBOOK

  • Aula Internacional 3 B1 3rd Edition Textbook (Difusion: 2014), ISBN: 9788415640110

Supplier: Abbey's Language Book Centre
Please note that textbook cost is not included in the course fee. In the event of a course being cancelled, WEA Sydney cannot be held responsible for the purchase of any textbooks. Language courses will be confirmed or cancelled at least 7 days prior to their starting date.

COURSE OUTLINE

  • Talking about habits in the present
  • Narrating experiences from the past (pretérito perfecto e indefinido)
  • Talking about the beginning and the length of an action: empezar a, acabar de, terminar de, volver a...
  • Placing an action in the time: desde/desde que/desde hace
  • Vocabulary related to work and life facts
  • Talking about future actions and situations (futuro imperfecto)
  • Expressing conditions: si, depende de, depende de si
  • Formulating hypothesis about the future: seguramente/seguro que/supongo que
  • Vocabulary about world problems and predictions about our personal future
  • Expressing prohibition, compulsory/impersonal nature: está prohibido, está permitido, se permite...
  • Talking about habits: lo normal/lo habitual/lo raro, soler...
  • Vocabulary about social habits, work and school

LEARNING OUTCOMES

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

  1. Communicate in fluent Spanish in social situations.
  2. Exhibit the skills, vocabulary and study attitude required for continued study of Spanish.
  3. Demonstrate the skills, language and attitudes required for further study of Spanish

LANGUAGE CLASS TRANSFER POLICY

If you are a new WEA Student and enrol into a language class and subsequently find that you are at the wrong level (whether too high or too low), you are permitted to transfer into another more suitable class at no additional cost, provided that the request is made within the first two classes and is in writing from your tutor directly to the Education Manager. After that point, an administration fee of $30 will apply.

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