Spanish 2 lower: revision

What is the course about?

This course aims to enable you to communicate accurately in a Spanish-speaking country in everyday situations and to enjoy the language and culture of Spain and Latin-America.

This is a live online course. You will need:
- Internet connection. The classes work best with Chrome.
- A computer with microphone and camera is best (e.g. a PC/laptop/iMac/MacBook), or a tablet/iPad/smart phone/iPhone if you don't have a computer.
- Earphones/headphones/speakers.
We will contact you with joining instructions before your course starts.

What will we cover?

Topics: holidays, personal experiences, free time, invitations, advice and instructions, past habits, plans and intentions

Grammar: simple past, present perfect and imperfect tense, present continuous tense, comparatives, object pronouns, the imperative, the future.

What will I achieve?
By the end of this course you should be able to...

- talk about your plans and invite people
- make comparisons
- speak about your experiences
- say what you have and haven’t done
- describe events in the past
- say where you went on holiday last year, what you did and when
- say what you used to do and what people were like in the past
- give instructions.

What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?

Suitable if you have completed 'Spanish 2 lower' or have an equivalent knowledge of the language (two years of study). This is a revision course so students will revise and consolidate the main points of elementary Spanish.

You will also need to be able to respond to simple instructions and explanations, as well as read course documents, in English. You will need to be at ease with the use of numbers for daily activities (e.g. using money, telling the time, using the 24 hour clock, reading timetables). It would also be helpful if you had some knowledge of basic grammar terminology such as: a verb, a noun and conjugation.
For further details of the specific foreign language skills required for this level, please see the languages self-assessment chart at the start of the languages section of our course guide or at http://www.citylit.ac.uk/self-assess-your-level.

How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?

ONE INDEPENDENT STUDY UNIT (to be completed by the Thursday of the week starting on the 22nd of July):
The independent study unit requires you to complete online activities at your own pace and allows you to receive feedback and guidance from the tutor. The tutor will review your work and provide some feedback before the following (online) lessons and will use your work to plan the following lessons more efficiently.

The independent study unit is therefore as important as the online classes.

THREE ONLINE LESSONS (on Monday 29th of July, Wednesday 31st of July and Thursday 1st of August):
These lessons will allow you to revise material/areas of difficulty that the tutor will have identified based on the work you completed in the independent study unit. You will have opportunities to ask questions, clarify doubts and request advice about further study.

Our courses are characterised by spoken interaction and communication. Typical activities include pair work, group work, role plays and games. A range of resources will be used to support your learning including presentations, hand-outs, and audio-visual material.
Homework is highly recommended to consolidate learning.

Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?

The course is based on the tutor’s own resources.

When I've finished, what course can I do next?

Spanish 2 upper: module 1 and Spanish 2: conversation in September.