Adult Spanish Course Levels

Basic 1

Students will:

  • learn basic conversations and sentence structure
  • learn how to speak in the present tense
  • learn basic grammar including articles, nouns and adjectives
  • build their vocabulary base
  • begin constructing simple sentences
  • learn how to ask questions using common interrogative words and idiomatic expressions
  • learn how to write about topics that pertain to their life
  • begin reading about topics pertaining to Latin American culture

Basic 2

Students will:

  • learn how to speak about daily routines and life in the present tense utilizing commonly used verbs
  • learn regular and irregular verbs en the past tense
  • learn prepositions of time and place
  • learn how to ask questions to obtain information
  • learn how to answer questions in the affirmative and negative form

Intermediate 1

Students will:

  • learn how to speak in different forms of the simple and imperfect past tense utilizing regular a irregular verbs
  • begin practicing more complex conversations and begin focusing on their reading and writing skills
  • begin practicing writing small compositions on familiar topics
  • focus more on pronunciation accuracy
  • begin reading short articles on Latin American cultural aspects) literature, food, artists) that will them further develop their ability to express their ideas

Intermediate 2

Students will:

  • review all grammar and vocabulary that was presented in Basic 1 & 2, and Intermediate 1
  • practice conversations utilizing different verb tenses learnt from the previous levels and from review
  • read short stories from Latin American literature that will help broaden the student’s use of vocabulary and enable them to better grasp the use of different verb tenses
  • focus on improving their writing techniques through proper usage of grammar, vocabulary, and sentence structure
  • learn how to speak using the subjunctive tense

Advanced Grammar in Context

Students will:

  • begin the course with an in depth review of target grammar and vocabulary points
  • learn to speak and write in the future tense
  • have the opportunity to discuss more complex topics through class discussion and presentations
  • read and comment on advanced level literary and non-literary texts
  • begin reading stories and biographies of Latin-American and Spanish writers from the 19th and 20th century
  • read a novel from a famous Latin-American author from the 20th century
  • Students will have facilitated discussions on important and interesting topics

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