WHAT DO WE COVER IN EACH LEVEL?
Spanish A1 Overview
(Levels 1-5) - Textbook: Aula Internacional 1 // Aula Inernacional 1 Plus (Transitioning to Aula Plus)- Introduce yourself
- Ask and say where you come from
- Describe people physically
- Ask about phone numbers and emails
- Express possession and ask for things (Tengo, tienes, tiene)
- Ask basic questions to the teacher and classmates
- Masculine and feminine, singular and plural of adjectives and nouns
- Express wishes
- Ask why and answer (Por qué, porque…)
- Talk about the weekend and what you want to do
- Talk about everyday activities
- Ask and answer questions in the present tense (regular verbs -ar,-er,-ir)
- Order at a restaurant
- Learn about Latin American and Spanish cultural facts and geography
- Learn and practice the difference between “ser” and “estar”
- Describe and locate objects and places
- Express existence (hay)
- Difference between “qué” and “cuál” and ask questions
- Talk about the weather, seasons and climate
- Use the superlative (regular and irregular)
- Describe clothes
- Nouns + colours (masculine, feminine, singular and plural)
- Buy clothes in a shop
- Talk about money and practice numbers over 100
- Express obligation (modal verb “tener que + infinitivo)
- Revision of present tense; questions and answers
- Express likes and dislikes. Basics (me gusta, me encanta, no me gusta nada…)
- Express agreement and disagreement (a mi también, a mi tampoco)
- Possessive pronouns
- Describe and talk about family
- Describing yourself and other people
- Talk about music and festivals
- Describe events and holidays
- Talk about everyday activities and routines.
- Use reflexive verbs and talk about frequency
- Ask and tell the time
- Irregular verbs and daily routines
- Revision of present tense regular and irregular
- Talk about holidays
- Talk and describe family
- Positive and negative adjectives to describe personality
- Talk about frequency and habits
- Talk about likes and dislikes in depth
- Talk about food
- Order in a restaurant
- Basic requests
- Irregular verbs (poner, venir, traer..)
- Describe typical dishes and traditional recipes
- Talk about Latin American food tradition
- Talk about a city
- Describe elements in a suburb and in a city
- Revise location and verb “estar” vs. to “ser”
- Revision of present tense regular and irregular verbs
- Describe people in depth: positive and negative aspects of personality
- Use present perfect tense for recent events
- Household chores
- Talk about accomplished tasks and non-accomplished tasks (“already” and “not yet”)
- Use present perfect for experiences (have you ever..)
- Describe housemates
- Perform interviews
- Describe positive and negative habits
- Learn about Latin American and Spanish representative people (film directors, writers..)
- Learn about Latin American and Spanish culture
Spanish A2 Overview
(Intermediate 1-5) - Textbook: Aula Internacional 2 // Aula Internacional 2 Plus (Transitioning to Aula 2 Plus)- Review Irregular verbs in present tense (poder, querer, pedir, conocer)
- Talk about emotion ( using different synonymous)
- Learn about preterite tense (regular verbs ar, er, ir)
- Learn about how long ago something happened (Cuánto tiempo hace, hace mucho que, desde cuándo?).
- Describe past events.
- Learn about preterite tense ( irregular verbs, ser, ir , estar, ver)
- Learn and practice the difference between ir/ irse
- Prepositions ( desde, durante, hasta).
- Improve your ability to narrate past events.
- Learn about physically identify and describe people
- Talk about relationships and similarities between people
- Learn about irregular verbs in present ( c>zc)
- Value a relationship ( llevarse bien/ mal con and caer bien/ mal)
- The verbs ser, tener, llevar and parecerse
- Talk about describe a house (types of housing, parts of home, shapes, style)
- Locate objects in space and preposition (arriba, abajo, sobre, al lado)
- Learn and practice possessive pronouns (el mio/ la mia)
- Comparatives
- Learn about behaving in specific situations: greetings, presentation, etc.
- Make excuses and justify
- Learn about gerund (regular and irregular forms)
- Ask for things, actions and favour
- Learn about estar + gerund
- Verbs of politeness (poder, importer, ayudar)
- Talk about past and experiences and evaluate them.
- Talk about intentions and express a desire to do something.
- Learn the preterite tense and present perfect
- Talk about leisure activities and places.
- Use: ir a + infinitive
- Talk about tastes and eating habits.
- Learn about “direct object personal pronouns”.
- Describe how a dish is prepared.
- Use forms with ‘se’, ‘ser’ and ‘estar’.
- Express and support opinions about recipes and food.
- Lear about verb ‘soler + infinitve”.
- Talk about body parts, mood and illness.
- Describe pain, discomfort and symptoms.
- Learn about “verbo doler”
- Use imperative clauses (uso imperativo solo positivo).
- Learn about “time markers for the past tenses”.
- Talk about habits, customs, and circumstances in the past.
- Narrate and describe past events in “preterito imperfecto”.
- Recognizing and using time expression “preterito imperfecto)
- Talk about tradition and celebration.
- Learn about irregular verbs in “preterito indefinido and imperfecto.
- Talk about personal anecdotes.
- New vocabulary: historical events, memories and emotions.
- Talk about historical periods, stages of life and history and society.
- Learn about “estar + gerundio con preterito imperfecto, indefinido y perfecto).
Spanish B1 Overview
(Advanced 1-5) - Textbook: Aula Internacional 3- Learn about time expressions with infinitive form (empezar a, terminar de, volver a, dejar de, llevar, seguir, desde, desde que, desde hace)
- Discuss work and finances
- Talk about your CV and your skills
- Role play: interview
- Learn about Future tense ( regular verbs and irregular verbs)
- Talk about what happened in the future.
- Learn about future time expressions.
- Discuss hypothetical situation
- Learn about clauses (possible and hypothetical “ expresar condicion + si”.
- Revision of future tense.
- Learn about modal verbs ( prohibido, permite, no se permite en tercera persona)
- Uses of “Se” (impersonal and passive voice)
- Describe and talk about tradition, celebration and cultural values
- Learn about verbs (soler)
- Direct object pronouns
- Indirect object pronouns
- Learn and practice the difference between “OD” and “OI”
- Learn about linking words ( entonces, en aquel momento, al final, porque, como, aunque, sin embargo)
- Revision of OD and OI.
- Talk about advertising.
- Use imperative clauses (uso imperativo positivo y negativo).
- Express and support opinions about advertising.
- Learn about subjunctive (presente del subjuntivo deseo y reclamación).
- Learn about social and political groups.
- Subjunctive-Irregular verbs (saber, ser, ir, estar, dar, ver, haber).
- Express desires and give recommendations.
- Making and answering a phone call in Spanish
- How to answer the phone
- Common Spanish Expressions and Daily Use Sentences
- Learn about phrases and expressions for making and answering a phone call
- Express and support opinions about tourism
- Tourism Vocabulary.
- Learn about “ preterito pluscuamperfecto”
- Learn about time expressions “preterito pluscuamperfecto”
- Describe tourism experience with some colloquialisms
- Revision “ pretérito pluscuamperfecto”
- How to agree or disagree in Spanish.
- Recognizing and using formal expression when standing an opinion.
- Learn about how to ask for an opinion.
- Recognizing and using formal expression when expressing agreement.
- Learn about how to express disagreement..
- Describe objects ( function and features)
- Learn about “frases relativas con indicativos y preposiciones”
- Describe people, clothes and style with superlatives (superlativos gradativos)
- Expressing hopes and wishes
- Expressing opinions and beliefs
- Ignorance/uncertainty about the future (conditional)
- Learn about Lo de/ Lo que
- Hypothesis + subjunctive
- Hypothesis + indicative
- Hypothesis + subjunctive and Indicative
- Hypothesis + Future tense
- Differences between Creer/ Creerse
