Spanish Pre-Intermediate

Spanish Pre-Intermediate: This course aims to extend and consolidate the communicative ability of students who have completed a Lower Intermediate level and who wish to practice further their spoken language and to review a variety of structures. It is suitable for students who have previously studied the language for two or three years and who are able to understand the main points of clear “standard” speech in conversation, and to talk about topics that are familiar – full fluency in the language is not required. Students should be able to read short articles from the press at this stage.

The focus of the course is on developing oral skills but relevant grammatical structures will be reviewed in a practical manner and the practice of the four skills (reading, listening, writing and speaking) will be combined with the introduction of current social and cultural topics from Spanish-speaking countries.

By the end of this course, students should feel better prepared to start with the Intermediate level (B1), having increased their confidence in expressing themselves in Spanish and having acquired a better understanding of topics relating to life in Spanish speaking countries.

The course will offer a review of some topics from the intermediate range: past tenses & their combination, irregularities in conjugation, comparisons, conditional sentences and the subjunctive mode. This will be embedded in communicative activities and adapted to the level and needs of students.

Spanish will be the language of communication in class. As with every course, there will be a mix of levels in the classroom, but all students will be encouraged to communicate in the target language at all times.