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Spanish Level 2
(Common European Framework Level A2)
Prerequisite for entry
Successful completion of Spanish Level 1+ at UCL CLIE or for learners who have studied the
language before, for instance up to GCSE level, and have good knowledge of the Present
tense.
Term duration
10 x 2-hour classes
Progression
After 20 hours students may progress to level 2+
Aims and Objectives
The aim of the course is to give students an opportunity to revise their survival skills and
acquire more sophisticated ways of dealing with practical matters. This includes revision and
consolidation of vocabulary, grammar, morphology, syntax and phonetics. Cultural
awareness will be developed.
Functions
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Expressing wishes, obligation and needs. Talking about future plans and intentions.
Expressing possibility, certainty and evidence.
Giving opinions, expressing agreement and disagreement.
Asking and saying how you feel. Expressing feelings and physical states. Expressing
pain and talking about sickness.
Offering, accepting and rejecting suggestions and things.
Talking about what you have done recently. Apologizing and giving excuses.
Talking about personal experiences in the past. Talking about things that you have
already done in your life and things that you have not done yet.
Describing, comparing and buying cloths. Giving orders and permission.
Talking about what you are doing. Talking about birthdays and parties.
Congratulating someone. Offering presents. Thanking someone for a gift.
Making phone calls and answering the phone. Meeting with friends. Accepting and
rejecting invitations. Talking about shows.
Talking about the transport. Buying tickets at the bus or train station.
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Course Content: Main topics/themes to be covered
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Studying Spanish and other foreign languages.
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Wishes and needs. Plans, projects and intentions.
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The human body: health and sickness. Feelings and physical states.
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Recent past actions. Apologies and excuses.
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Personal past experiences.
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Clothes and shopping.
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Parties, celebrations and social meetings. Presents.
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At the phone.
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Invitations and meetings. Going to a show.
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Travelling and transports.
Linguistic Structures/ Phonetics
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Basic rules of the pronunciation of spoken Spanish.
Grammar
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Revision of the present tense: regular, irregular, stem-changing and reflexive verbs.
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Near future: ir a + infinitive; pensar + infinitive.
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Obligation: tener que, deber + infinitive; hay que, es necesario + infinitive.
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Quiero, me gustaría, puedo + infinitivo.
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Exclamations: !Qué cansado estoy!, !Qué calor tengo!,…
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Verbo doler.
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Muy versus mucho-mucho/a/os/as.
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Other quantifiers: poco, bastante, demasiado, etc.
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The present perfect tense.
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Adverbs: ya, todavía/aún, ya no, todavía/aún no, alguna vez, nunca,…etc.
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Revision of object pronouns. Position with conjugated verbs, infinitive and gerund.
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Present continuous tense. Irregular gerunds.
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Comparative of adjectives, nouns and adverbs: regular, irregular and superlatives.
Learning Resources
Book
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Course book: Curso de español para extranjeros ELE ACTUAL A2 (student’s book).
Virgilio Borobio. Ediciones SM. (chapters 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12)
ISBN: 978-84-675-47417-4
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In addition there is a wide range of language learning materials for self-study in the
Self-Access Centre.
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