Spanish Course Level Structure

Introductions and everyday basics - Units 1 - 2

You’ll learn to greet people, introduce yourself and others, discuss where you come from and exchange basic personal details such as phone numbers and email addresses. You’ll also talk about everyday activities, weekend plans and simple wishes and order food in a restaurant.

Language focus includes pronunciation, masculine and feminine nouns and adjectives, singular and plural forms, possession with tener, asking por qué and answering porque and regular present-tense verbs ending in -ar, -er and -ir.

Places, Weather and Shopping - Units 3 - 4

You’ll learn about the geography and culture of Spain and Latin America, describe and locate places and objects, discuss weather and climate and shop for clothes.

Language focus includes ser and estar, hay, qué and cuál, superlatives, colours and adjective agreement, numbers over 100 and expressing obligation with tener que plus infinitive.

Family, Interests and Daily Routines - Units 5 - 6

You’ll learn to discuss likes and dislikes, family, personality, music, festivals, holidays and everyday routines. You’ll also practise asking and telling the time and talking about frequency.

Language focus includes gustar and similar structures, expressing agreement and disagreement, possessives, reflexive verbs and common irregular present-tense verbs.

Food, Cities and Social Life - Units 7 - 8

ou’ll learn to discuss holidays, habits, personality, food and traditional recipes; order in restaurants; make simple requests; and describe neighbourhoods and cities.

Language focus includes revision of regular and irregular present-tense verbs, frequency expressions, deeper work with likes and dislikes, location with estar, and verbs such as poner, venir and traer.

Past Events and Life Experiences - Units 1 - 2

You’ll review important present-tense verbs and begin narrating past events and experiences with greater confidence. You’ll talk about emotions, how long ago something happened and the length of activities or situations.

Language focus includes the pretérito indefinido, regular and irregular past-tense forms, ir and irse and time expressions using hace, desde and durante.

Relationships and Homes - Units 3 - 4

You’ll learn to describe and identify people, discuss relationships and similarities and talk about different kinds of homes, furniture and living spaces.

Language focus includes verbs such as ser, tener, llevar and parecerse, evaluating relationships with llevarse and caer bien or mal, possessive pronouns, comparisons and prepositions of place.

Social Situations, Favours and Plans - Units 5 - 6

You’ll learn how to behave in different social situations, make excuses, justify decisions and ask for things, favours and help. You’ll also discuss past experiences, leisure activities, intentions and future plans.

Language focus includes the gerund, estar plus gerund, polite structures with poder and importar, the pretérito indefinido and present perfect and ir a plus infinitive.

Food, Health and Advice - Units 7 - 8

You’ll discuss tastes and eating habits, describe recipes and explain how dishes are prepared. You’ll also talk about the body, moods, illness, pain and symptoms and give advice or instructions.

Language focus includes direct object pronouns, impersonal structures with se, ser and estar, soler plus infinitive, the verb doler and the positive imperative.

Work, the Future and Social Rules - Units 1 - 2

You’ll discuss work experience, job advertisements, CVs and interviews and talk about future plans and possibilities. You’ll also explore customs, rules and expectations in society.

Language focus includes verbal structures such as empezar a, dejar de, volver a and llevar plus gerund, future forms, conditionals, hypotheses, impersonal expressions and direct and indirect object pronouns.

Future Cities and Life Changes - Units 3 - 4

You’ll discuss cities of the future, sustainability, transport and technology and debate different models of urban life. You’ll also describe important life changes, studies and professional experiences and practise formal written communication.

Language focus includes predictions, expressions of duration, temporal connectors and structures such as desde, hace and llevar.

Advertising, Society and the Subjunctive - Units 5 - 6

You’ll discuss advertising, persuasion, social and political groups and learn to express and defend opinions, desires, recommendations and complaints.

Language focus includes revision of direct and indirect object pronouns, positive and negative imperatives and the present subjunctive, including common irregular forms.

Phone Calls, Tourism and Earlier Past Events - Units 7 - 8

You’ll learn to manage phone conversations in Spanish, use common everyday expressions and discuss tourism, travel experiences and different styles of travel.

Language focus includes vocabulary and expressions used on the phone, the pretérito pluscuamperfecto, past-time expressions and more natural colloquial language.

Opinions, Description and Relative Clauses - Units 9 - 10

You’ll develop more sophisticated ways to ask for, express, support and respond to opinions. You’ll also describe objects, people, clothing and style in greater detail.

Language focus includes revision of the pluscuamperfecto, formal expressions of agreement and disagreement, relative clauses with indicative forms and prepositions and gradable superlatives.