Spanish 5: lengua y cultura

Ideal si has completado Spanish 4 o Spanish 5 o has estudiado español unos seis años y quieres consolidar tu conocimiento de la lengua y cultura del mundo hispanohablante.

This is a non-accredited course. If you would like to take a further challenge and work towards a recognised qualification, you can enrol on our Spanish preparation for DELE B2 course which leads to a final exam.

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  • Start Date: 21 Sep 2026
    End Date: 30 Nov 2026
    Mon (Evening): 19:35 - 21:05
    Online
    Location: Online
    Duration: 11 sessions (over 11 weeks)
    Course Code: LS519
    Tutors:  Diego Iudicissa
    Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £162.00
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Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £162.00

What is the course about?

This course aims to enable you to speak more fluently, improve your accuracy, knowledge of Spanish and Latin American societies and current affairs and take part in debates and discussions related to the Spanish-speaking world confidently.

What will we cover?

Discussion of current affairs and cultural topics through various media.

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

Specific learning outcomes and topics will be agreed with the students at the beginning of the course, but by the end, you should be able to:

- be more confident in speaking Spanish
- express opinions and ideas by using a wider range of vocabulary and complex grammatical structures
- extract specific information when listening to authentic audios and video material
- extract detailed information from newspaper articles

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

Students should have studied Spanish for at least 6 years.

For further details of the specific foreign language skills required for this level, please consult our languages self-assessment chart.

This is a non-accredited course. If you would like to take a further challenge and work towards a recognised qualification, you can enrol on our Spanish preparation for DELE B2 course which leads to a final exam.

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

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.

This course uses Google Classroom, a digital learning platform where all the teaching and learning resources can be found. Here are some common answers to questions about Google Classroom.

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?

Any Spanish 5 courses. If in doubt, please email languages@citylit.ac.uk.

You may also wish to consider our language and culture courses, conversation courses or pronunciation and accents courses to expand and consolidate your learning.

Diego Iudicissa

Diego is a Spanish teacher from Argentina with a passion for languages, arts and travelling. He has lived and taught in many cities including Buenos Aires, Madrid, Moscow and London. He has experience teaching all levels at a variety of institutions including universities, adult education colleges and government organisations. Diego has a degree in Social Communication and a postgraduate degree in Politics. He has also completed studies in drama and is a drama practitioner currently delivering workshops in community theatre. As well as drama, he enjoys reading and travelling.

Please note: We reserve the right to change our tutors from those advertised. This happens rarely, but if it does, we are unable to refund fees due to this. Our tutors may have different teaching styles; however we guarantee a consistent quality of teaching in all our courses.