Spanish Level 1 plus

Prerequisite for entry

Basic knowledge of Spanish (successful completion of Spanish syllabus 1 at UCL CLIE or GCSE a long time ago.)

Term duration

10 x 2-hour classes.

Progression

After 20 hours students may progress to level 2

Aims and Objectives

The aim of the course is to enable students to function at a basic everyday survival level (basic vocabulary and grammar). Students should be able to communicate in and understand Spanish on a number of practical everyday matters. Language learning skills, including autonomous learning and how to approach authentic material will be enhanced.  Some transferable skills will also be covered.

Functions

• Expressing and comparing likes, dislikes and interests.
• Agreeing and disagreeing about likes and dislikes.
• Speaking about personal relationships.
• Talking about daily routines.
• Talking about leisure and free time activities.
• Asking and telling the time.
• Ordering and giving information about food and drinks in a restaurant.
• Describing neighbourhoods, towns and cities.
• Asking for and providing information on how to get to different locations.

Course Content

Main topics/themes to be covered:

• Personal likes, dislikes and interests.
• Daily routine activities.
• Domestic tasks.
• Leisure and free time activities. Sports.
• Chronological time. Days of the week.
• Food and drinks. At the restaurant.
• The neighbourhood, city or town.
• Services and locations in cities.

Phonetics

Basic rules of the pronunciation of spoken Spanish

Grammar and linguistic structures

• Verbs gustar and encantar.
• Prepositional pronouns.
• The Present tense: regular, irregular, stem-changing and reflexive verbs.
• Reflexive pronouns: me, te, se, nos, os, se.
• Expressions of frequency: a veces, normalmente, todos los días…
• Adverbs of time, degree and frequency.
• Prepositions and adverbs of place: a, en, al lado de, lejos, cerca...
• Quantifiers: algún, ningún, muchos…

Learning Resources

• Aula Internacional 1 (student’s book, English version. Difusión.  ISBN-13: 9788415846772) Chapters:  5 - 6 - 7 - 8.
• Online platform campus.difusion.com (materials to be used in class, as homework and for self-study; details will be provided in class). For this online platform, students will need to open their own account and then, for full access, purchase a premium account for a year access.
• We recommend you to acquire your book (Aula Internacional 1), or the platform, or both through the European Bookshop.
• In addition, there is a range of language learning materials for self-study in the Self-Access Centre (SAC).