This course represents the fifth installment within the complete five-part Beginner Spanish program, specifically designed for those just starting their Spanish language journey.
This course is well-suited for learners who have completed our Spanish Beginner 4 course or equivalent language instruction. We will support you in building upon your current foundation and accelerating your overall Spanish communication abilities.
The following topics will be covered throughout Beginner 5:
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Communication skills: Exploring villages, neighborhoods, and urban areas; discussing your personal preferences about places; requesting and providing directions; expressing your tastes and emphasizing particular qualities; sharing recollections of past events; discussing competencies and talents; analyzing the strengths and areas for development in various people.
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Gramatical Concepts: Quantifiers including algún, ningún, mucho, and related forms; spatial prepositions and location adverbs like a, en, al lado de, lejos, cerca, and others; preterite perfect tense construction; saber followed by infinitive verbs; poder followed by infinitive verbs.
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Vocabulary Expansion: Urban services and locations; descriptive adjectives for neighborhoods and cities; occupational titles; personality-describing adjectives; talents and competencies; quantifier words and expressions.
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Peonounciation Training: Diphthong sounds; articulation of /p/, /t/, /k/ consonants
Required Textbook: Students will utilize the textbook titled Aula Internacional 1 PLUS throughout this course.
Important Information:
- Textbooks and course materials are not covered under tuition payments and must be purchased separately.
- Any scheduled classes occurring on official holidays will have their duration extended by one full week.
This course is available for "remote" learning and will be available to anyone with access to an internet device with a microphone (this includes most models of computers, tablets). Classes will take place with a "Live" instructor at the date/times listed below.
Upon registration, the instructor will send along additional information about how to log-on and participate in the class.
