Syllabus
* Grammar
Knowledge of the following will be expected: Presente de Indicativo, Pretérito perfecto simple/indefinido and Pretérito perfecto compuesto (hablo, hablé, he hablado) - basic forms and usage, Imperative, and the differences between SER - ESTAR - HAY. Will be revised and practised in detail all through the course.
- Futuro imperfecto (hablaré)
- first conditional
- object clauses with the preposition SI
- AL + INFINITIVE for simultaneous actions
- prepositions PARA and POR, and preposition A for expressing distance
- conjunctions PERO, SINO, SINO QUE
- Imperfecto and its usage
- contrast between Pretérito perfecto simple/indefinido and Imperfecto -
- EMPEZAR A, DEJAR DE, ESTAR A PUNTO DE, ACABAR DE, VOLVER A + INFINITIVO
- Adverbs - revision and practice
* Communication and vocabulary
- accommodation at a hotel - booking a room, contact by email, services, problems in the room, asking for help or for a favour
- understand inscriptions and signs
- describe the past and the life in periods of history
- speak about life changes
- talk about technological developments and inventions
- react to news
- use correctly adverbials of time
- Latin America, countries and nationality adjectives
- Mexico - the Yucatan Peninsula
- Peru - the Incas
La ciudad es mi planeta - la ecología y el medio ambiente
Los cambios personales y profesionales
Cuentos tradicionales. Los viajes Erasmus.
Los espectáculos. El cine español. Actividades culturales. Los payasos y su función social.
La inmigración. Los nuevos españoles.
Un día normal en tu vida.
La gastronomía. La diversidad es nuestra realidad.
Slight changes possible.
Annotation
Spanish for Pre-intermediate Students II (NJAZ079) follow-up course. General Spanish course. Development of all language skills will be included.
Enrollment in this subject is limited.