At our institute we offer 4 different levels depending on your Spanish background. We have:
- Beginner level
- Intermediate level
- Upper intermediate level
- Advanced level
Beginner level: this is a course for those students who don’t have any knowledge about the language or have a very basic level.
Some of the grammar topics you will be learning are:
Basic:
. The Spanish alphabet
. interrogative words (word order)
. Verbs:
. regular and irregular verbs
. ser vs estar / haber (to express existence)
. ir + a + infinitive (to express a future actions)
Possession:
. tener
. ser de
. possessive adjectives
Adjectives:
. adjective-noun agreement
. placement of adjectives
Tenses:
. Simple present tense
. Past tense
Special structures:
. reflexive verbs vs reciprocal verbs
. reflexive pronouns
. describing weather
Orthographic:
. c / s / z
. Exercises, audio exercises, interaction, vocabulary, etc. Short Cultural Reading and comprehension.
Intermediate: this course is for those students who have successfully completed beginner courses and have a solid foundational understanding of the language.
Tenses:
. past tenses (preterit vs imperfect)
. present perfect
. conditional
. imperative
Special structures:
. “Hace + time + que”
Objects:
. Direct Object Pronouns
. indirect Object Pronouns
Reading and Comprehension:
. Cultural reading and comprehension
Orthography:
. que / qui / cue / cui / K
Listening Skills
. Listening activities
Upper intermediate: this is a course for students who can communicate with native Spanish speaker but need to refine certain grammar topics. They show precise descriptive vocabulary and specific collocations.
Mood:
. Subjunctive mood vs indicative mood
Clauses:
. Subordinate clauses vs main clauses
. When subordinate clauses
. More uses of the subjunctive
Conditional sentences
. if-clauses
Prepositions:
. Por vs para
Adjectives:
. Adjectives use as nouns
Reading:
. Reading and comprehension
Orthography:
. h / g / j
Advanced level: this level is for those students who want to use the language for complex communication, cultural immersion and professional settings.
Communication:
. expressing changes in states
. relating unplanned occurrences
narrating past experiences
Tenes:
. Combination of tenses
Listening Skills:
. Listening activities
Gerund vs infinitive
. The use of the gerund and the infinitive
Reading Skills:
. advanced Cultural Reading and Comprehension