Foreknowledge:

• No prior knowledge is required for this very first course.

Main learning objectives:

• Telling about your character, hobbies and family.
• Introducing yourself and others.
• The present tense.
• Pronounciation.

Material:

units 1 and 2 Gente Hoy 1

Foreknowledge:

• Regular verbs in the present tense.
• Introducing yourself and others.

Main learning objectives:

• Telling what you like and dislike (gustar, preferir).
• Having conversations in a store.
• Irregular verbs in the present tense.

Material:

units 3 and 4 Gente Hoy 1

Foreknowledge:

• Irregular verbs in the present tense.
• Telling what you like and dislike (gustar, preferir).

Main learning objectives:

• Learning to give advice.
• Learning to order in a restaurant.
• Reflexive verbs (levantarse, ducharse).

Material:

units 5 and 6 Gente Hoy 1

Foreknowledge:

• Approximate level: A1.

Main learning objectives:

• Improve fluency at level A1.

Material:

Lola Lago: Vacaciones al sol.

Extra material provided by your teacher.

Foreknowledge:

• A1. Irregular verbs in the present tense.

Main learning objectives:

• Telling about your career and skills.
• Planning a trip.
• Pretérito perfecto (he leído).
• Presente continuo (estoy aprendiendo).

Material:

units 7 and 8 Gente Hoy 1

Foreknowledge:

• Pretérito perfecto (he leído).​
• Presente continuo (estoy aprendiendo).

Main learning objectives:

• Making comparisons (más/menos… que, tan/tanto… como).
• Setting priorities within a project.
• Pretérito indefinido (ayer trabajé).

Material:

units 9 and 10 Gente Hoy 1

Foreknowledge:

• Pretérito perfecto (hoy he leído).​
• Pretérito indefinido (ayer trabajé).

Main learning objectives:

• Learning to describe a house.
• El imperativo (come, habla).
• El pretérito imperfecto (llovía, estudiaba).

Material:

units 11 and 12 Gente Hoy 1

Foreknowledge:

• Approximate level: A2.

Main learning objectives:

• Improve fluency at level A2.

Material:

Lola Lago: Poderoso caballero.

Extra material provided by your teacher.

Foreknowledge:

• Level A2.​

Main learning objectives:

• El condicional (viajaría, viviría).
• Telling about your character and interests in a nuanced way.
• Indirect questions (Me gustaría saber dónde vives).

Material:

units 1 and 2 from Gente Hoy 2

Foreknowledge:

• Pretéritos perfecto, indefinido, imperfecto.
• El imperativo afirmativo (come, habla).

Main learning objectives:

• Pretérito pluscuamperfecto (había llamado).
• Learning to talk about health.
• Giving advice with the imperativo negativo (no fumes).

Material:

units 3 and 4 from Gente Hoy 2

Foreknowledge:

• Imperativo negativo (no fumes).

Main learning objectives:

• Presente de subjuntivo (hable, sea).
• Learning to describe objects.
• The future tense (llamaré, vendré).

Material:

units 5 and 6 from Gente Hoy 2

Foreknowledge:

• Presente de subjuntivo (hable, sea).
• The future tense (llamaré, vendré).

Main learning objectives:

• Learning to give a nuanced opinion.
• Formulating hypotheses (Cuando haya justicia, habrá paz).
• Telling about emotions in a nuanced way.

Material:

units 7 and 8 from Gente Hoy 2

Foreknowledge:

• Presente de subjuntivo (hable, sea).
• The future tense (llamaré, vendré).

Main learning objectives:

• Learning to make a request.
• Indirect speech (Laura me ha pedido que venga).
• Expressing different degrees of (un)certainty.

Material:

units 9 and 10 from Gente Hoy 2

Foreknowledge:

• Approximate level: B1.

Main learning objectives:

• Improve fluency at level B1.

Material:

Lola Lago: ¿Eres tú, María?

Extra material provided by your teacher.

Foreknowledge:

• B1. Presente de subjuntivo (hable, sea).
• Indirect speech (Laura me ha pedido que venga).

Main learning objectives:

• Expanding your vocabulary and gaining in fluency.
• Relative subordinates (un trabajo en el que poder aprender).
• Expressing location and movement (estar tumbado, acercarse).
• Perífrasis (ponerse a llorar, quedarse mirando).

Material:

units 1 and 2 from Gente Hoy 3

Foreknowledge:

• Presente de subjuntivo (hable, sea).
• Relative subordinates (un trabajo en el que poder aprender).

Main learning objectives:

• Expanding your vocabulary and gaining in fluency.
• Writing a biography.
• Imperfecto de subjuntivo (hiciera, fuese).

Material:

units 3 and 4 from Gente Hoy 3

Foreknowledge:

• Presente de subjuntivo (hable, sea).
• Imperfecto de subjuntivo (hiciera, fuese).

Main learning objectives:

• Expanding your vocabulary and gaining in fluency.
• Express conditions within a project (siempre y cuando).
• Making a proposal (habría que, supongo).
• The difference between pasar, pasarse, pasarlo.

Material:

units 5 and 6 from Gente Hoy 3

Foreknowledge:

• Presente de subjuntivo (hable, sea).
• Imperfecto de subjuntivo (hiciera, fuese).

Main learning objectives:

• Expanding your vocabulary and gaining in fluency.
• Expressing a goal (con vistas a/a fin de)
• The difference between ‘viejo amigo/amigo viejo’.
• Verbs with a preposition (luchar por, tender a).

Material:

units 7 and 8 from Gente Hoy 3

Foreknowledge:

• Presente de subjuntivo (hable, sea).
• Imperfecto de subjuntivo (hiciera, fuese).

Main learning objectives:

• Expanding your vocabulary and gaining in fluency.
• Formulating hypotheses about the past.
• Pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo (hubiera llamado).
• Reflecting on traditions from the Spanish-speaking world.

Material:

units 9, 10 and 11 from Gente Hoy 3

Foreknowledge:

• Spanish grammar and vocabulary on level B2.

Main learning objectives:

• Expanding your vocabulary and gaining in fluency.

Material:

Magazine Punto y Coma. For every course of 8 weeks we’ll be using a different issue.