Spanish course - J2024B1k2
Conversation and practice B1
Day
Thursday
Lesson length
90 minutes
Lessons
18 lessons
Course code
J2024B1k2
Classroom
Room 4
Teacher
First lesson
7 Mar 2024
Last lesson
4 Jul 2024
Start
18:30
End
20:00
Starting level
B1
Finishing level
B1
Places available
3 z 6
Coursebook
Materials provided by the teacher
Course fee
$377
Course enrolment
Course content
B1The course is practice and conversation at level B1. It assumes the knowledge and skills of levels B1.1, B1.2 and B1.3.
In terms of content, the course forms part of the preparation for language exams recognised by the Czech Ministry of Education.
Knowledge expected
Level B1
Skills
- Structuring written and spoken texts
- Expressing consequence
- Expressing purpose
- Assessing and expressing an opinion
- Emphasising a point, arguing a case
- Describing and defining
- Identifying objects, places and people and giving further details
- Asking whether someone knows a person or a thing
- Asking for something specific
- Linking two points in time
- Expressing the moment when an action takes place
- Talking about a moment in the future
- Explaining the reason for and the point of an action
- Correcting what someone else got wrong
- Defending an opinion
- Explaining, apologising and making excuses
- Expressing boredom and resignation
- Regretting something, complaining
- Calming and reassuring someone
- Writing a formal letter
- Expressing gratitude and responding to it
- Offering help, a service, an idea
- Congratulating and apologising
- Turning down an offer or an invitation
Grammar
- Using quizás + subjunctive
- Using a lo mejor + indicative
- The pronouns and adjectives algún, ningún...
- Phrases taking the subjunctive
- Using lo + más/menos + adjective
- Expressions for structuring a text
- Emphasis on object pronouns
- Subordinate clauses
- Differences between the indicative and the subjunctive
- Después de / antes de + infinitive
- Cuando / después de que + indicative or subjunctive
- Hasta que + indicative/subjunctive
- Antes de que + subjunctive
- The past subjunctive and its uses
- Querer + que + subjunctive
- The difference between the present and the past subjunctive
- Gracias por + simple/compound infinitive
Vocabulary
- Connectors in subordinate clauses
- Argumentative connectors in speech
- Ecology
- Describing a person and an object
- Fashion
- Stages of life
- Habits and bad habits
- Note, email, formal letter, memo
- Health and appearance
- Shopping
- Differences in vocabulary between Spain and Latin America
- The world of work in Spain
- Business expressions
- Formal and polite language
- Cultural knowledge from different countries and regions
Classroom
Lessons take place in person in classroom Room 4.
Which coursebook do we use?
The course uses materials provided by the teacher.
