What can I learn in each course?

We offer :
- Beginners (A1)
- Elementary (A2)
For higher levels please fill in this form:

​Beginners courses: there are three beginners levels and conversation.  ​ Each level is 10 lessons.

Beginners 1
Subjects:

• Giving and requesting personal information, age, name, where do you live etc. 
• Introduce yourself
• Spelling 
• Talk about important dates and when it takes place
• Introduce others, countries, nationalities, languages etc. 
• Talk about likes and dislikes
• Talk about habits

Grammar:

• Phonetic alphabet, letters, vowels, consonants and intonation. 
• Nouns and adjectives gender
• Three conjugations -ar, -er and -ir in present
• Verbs ser, llamarse, tener, estar
• Personal pronouns
• Verb gustar 
• Indefinite and definite articles
• Reflexive verbs
• Numbers to 30

Culture:

• Madrid
• Languages spoken in Spain
• Two Spanish heroes: Don Quijote y el Zorro
• Lima
• Peruvian and Spanish cuisine 

Beginners 2
Subjects:

• Talk about animals
• Talk about people's personality
• Describe people
• Talk about the family 
• Describe a house and its rooms
• Colours

​Grammar:

• verbs: gustar and encantar
• Direct object pronouns
• también and tampoco 
• Present tense irregulars verbs
• Hay and no hay
• Verbs: ser, tener y llevar
• Prepositions like delante, detrás, encima, al lado, etc. 

Culture:

• Peruvian animals
• Valencia
• The Oceanografic in Valencia
• Colombian serie: La chica vampiro
• Joaquin Sorolla, a Valencian painter
• Spanish surnames

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Beginners 3
Subjects:

• Talk about daily routines, in the morning, half day and evening. 
• Talk about timetables
• Talk about after school activities and hobbies
• Talk about your city and neighbourhood 
• Compare city life with life in a village
• Talk about norms in the city

Grammar:

• Daily activities
• Present tense regular, irregular and reflexive verbs
• Verbs with vowel change: vestirse, dormir and merendar
• Verbs like ver, ir, hacer y estar
• Hay vs estar
• La hora
• Muy, mucho, mucha, muchas, muchos, poco, poca, pocos y pocas

Cultural differences:

• Pontevedra
• Spanish kiosks
• El camino de Santiago
• Veracruz
• Flying children school
• El Fandango
• Spanish timetables​

Beginners Conversation

In this course we do not offer new grammar. We practice the subjects we learned in Beginners 1 2 and 3. This course´s focus is on speaking and increasing the vocabulary.
Example of special projects: create a comic, make a film, write emails to other students, reading a book and making a presentation in class, etc
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Elementary courses: there are three Elementary levels and conversation.  ​ Each level is 10 lessons.

Elementary 1
Subjects:

• Describe people's mood and characters 
• Compare Spanish education system to yours
• Propose activities, accept or decline invitations
• Talk about activities and trips in the past
• Plan touristic activities
• Talk about the weather

Grammar:

• Ser and estar + adjective
• Muy, bastante, un poco
• Future ir a + infinitive
• Verbs ir and venir
• Verbs traer y llevar
• Pretérito perfecto
• Pretérito perfecto markers hoy, esta mañana, este año, etc.
• Direct object pronouns
• Movement prepositions a, en, por, etc. 

 
Culture:

• Zaragoza
• Spanish education system: timetable, holidays, marks, etc.
• Some historic periods in Zaragoza
• Canary Islands
• El Teide
• Los guanches: the first Canary Islands inhabitants
• Timanfaya National Park

Elementary 2
Subjects:

• Subjects
• Talk about experiences  and adventures
• Compare your life as a child with your current life
• Talk about primary school and the game you used to play
• Talk about the changes in the media

Grammar:

• Imperfecto
• Imperfecto markers: en los años…., en aquella época…, en el siglo…., hoy en día….
• Estar + gerundio
• Por and para
• Ser review

Culture:

• Primary schools in Chile
• Traditional games
• Los mapuches: traditions and their current struggles

Elementary 3
​Subjects:

• Talk about an artist life and biography
• Talk about an athlete´s childhood and teenage years
• Talk about teenagers’ personalities and talents
• Talk about what we have, and describe the steps to make something
• Talk about clothes, ways of dressing and what it expresses
• Talk about clothes and how to shop in a clothing shop

Grammar:

• Indefinido
• Indefinido markers: a los 5 años,  en 1987, etc
• A + direct object
• Combination of indirect and direct objects
• Demonstrative pronouns
• Interrogative pronouns
• Querer + infinitive
• Necesitar + infinitive

Culture:

• Salvador Dalí (artist)
• Ana Castillo (actress)
• Sarai Gascón, Luis Suárez y Gisela Pulido (athletes)
• The Catalan modernism and Antonio Gaudí (architect)
• El Día de los Muertos
• Mexican crafts

Elementary Conversation

In this course we do not offer new grammar. We practice the subjects we learned in Elementary 1 2 and 3. This course focus is on speaking and increasing the vocabulary. 
​Example of special projects: create a comic, make a film, write emails to other students, reading a book and making a presentation in class, etc

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