SPANISH LEVEL 2
WEEK BY WEEK SYLLABUS 2012-2013
Please notice this may be subject to change in response to students’ needs
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
TEXT BOOK:
ELE ACTUAL A2
IMPORTANT DATES
READING WEEKS: 04 - 08 November 2013 & 17 - 22 February 2014
ORAL EXAM:
Exam period: 22ndApril 2013 – 3rd May 2013
WRITTEN EXAM:
Exam period: 6thMay 2013 – 30th May 2013
ATTENDANCE
Attendance is compulsory for all language modules (SSCs). Your attendance record needs to be 75% or above
(15/20 language classes) (for Post-graduate students: 15/20 language classes & 9/12 Linguistic Seminars), or
you may be withdrawn from the module on grounds of non-attendance. If your absences are legitimate due to
mitigating circumstances, you will need to provide appropriate evidence demonstrating this to the MLC office this could be a letter from your personal tutor or a medical certificate, etc.
If you miss a class or seminar because you are ill or you have other urgent personal problems, it is your
responsibility to catch up on the contents of the session you missed. You will find the week-by-week syllabus as
well as the homework assignment for your module on KEATS, and it is always a good idea to contact a fellow
student about more details.
FIRST TERM
WEEK
LEARNING RESOURCES
1 & 2
CONTENT/ TOPICS & FUNCTIONS
Testing level and introduction to the course
GRAMMAR
Revision of previous topics
ELE L1
C de ejercicios L1
UN NUEVO CURSO
Spanish Grammar book Schaum’s
(Chapter 3 Presente- )
Expressing wishes
Reflexive and stem-changing verbs in
the present
Expressing plans and intentions
http://www.studyspanish.com/lesson
s/stemue.htm
Expressing obligation and need
Expressing certainty, uncertainty and
possibility
Quiero que/me gustaría + infinitivo
Tener que/Necesitar / Hay que + infinitivo
Ir a + infinitivo
Estar seguro/-a de que …
Es probable/posible, puede ser, quizá(s)
http://www.studyspanish.com/lesson
s/stemi.htm
http://www.studyspanish.com/lesson
s/reflexive1.htm
Ir a + inf.
http://www.studyspanish.com/lesson
s/ira.htm
Tener que/hay que + infinitive
http://www.studyspanish.com/lesson
s/tenque.htm
Contractions
http://www.studyspanish.com/lesson
s/contr.htm
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ELE L2
C de ejercicios L2
Stem-changing verbs in the present
http://www.studyspanish.com/lesson
s/stemie.htm
Description of pictures
4 & 5
ELE L3
C de ejercicios L3
Spanish Grammar book Schaum’s
(Chapter 3 – Presente )
Gender of nouns:
http://www.studyspanish.com/lesson
s/genoun1.htm
http://www.studyspanish.com/lesson
s/genoun2.htm
Plural form of nouns:
http://www.studyspanish.com/lesson
s/plnoun.htm
¿QUÉ TE PASA?
Asking about physical condition and state of
mind
Expressing feelings
Expressing physical sensations
Expressing pain
Offering, accepting and refusing things
Making suggestions
Muy-mucho
Verbo doler
Exclamations: ¡Qué …!
Presente de indicativo irregular: alternancia
e-ie
COMIDAS
Asking for food in a shop
Asking for price
Asking for food/service in a restaurant
Addressing a person
Presente de indicativo irregular: -alternancia
e-i and -1st pers sing with “g”
Algo – nada
Otro, un poco (más) de
Countable/uncountable nouns
Description of pictures
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You will be given a task to do off
campus
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READING WEEK
3
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ELE L4
C de ejercicios L4
Spanish Grammar book Schaum’s:
(Chapter 3 - Pretérito perfecto)
HA SIDO UN DÍA NORMAL
Talking about recent past events
Apologizing and explaining
Pretérito Perfecto
Haber + participio pasado
Perdona por… Lo siento, de verdad. Es que …
Present Perfect
Tranquilo…
http://www.studyspanish.com/lesson
s/presperfect.htm
¡Bah!, no te preocupes
Reading: “Periodista con prisa”
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ELE L5
C de ejercicios L5
Repaso 1 del ELE ( p.66-67-70-71)
Reading: “El inmigrante en España”
Description of pictures
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ELE L6
C de ejercicios L6
Spanish Grammar book Schaum’s
p.132-134
Comparisons of inequality
http://www.studyspanish.com/lesson
s/inequal.htm
EXPERIENCIAS Y OPINIONES
Talking about personal experiences
Talking about things that have been already
done or that have not been done yet
Expressing opinions
Expressing agreement or disagreement
Pretérito Perfecto +
Ya-aún/ todavía no
Creer/pensar que...
Lo más + adjective+ es
(No) Estoy de acuerdo con … porque …
Con + Personal pronouns
ROPA Y COMPLEMENTOS
Tallking about clothes
Making comparisons
Shopping (clothes and shoes)
Expressing wishes
Ask for and giving permission
Comparatives
Direct object pronouns (OD): lo, la, los, las
¿Puedo + infinitivo? Sí, claro
Comparisons of equality
http://www.studyspanish.com/lesson
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s/equal.htm
Superlatives
http://www.studyspanish.com/lesson
s/super.htm
Adjectives
http://www.studyspanish.com/lesson
s/adj1.htm
http://www.studyspanish.com/lesson
s/adj2.htm
Description of pictures
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ELE L7
C de ejercicios L7
Spanish Grammar book Schaum’s:
(Chapter 3 -Present Progressive)
Present Progressive
http://www.studyspanish.com/lesson
s/presprog.htm
¡FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS!
Talking about actions in progress
Congratulate someone on his/her birthday
Offering presents
Expressing admiration and appreciating objects
Offering, accepting and refusing food and
drink
Placing events in time (eg birthdays)
Presente progresivo: Estar + gerund
Para + personal pronouns
Exclamations: ¡Qué …!
Some uses of Ser & Estar
Description of pictures
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ELE L8
C de ejercicios L8
Spanish Grammar book Schaum’s
(Chapter 3 – Preterite)
CONTAR UN VIAJE
Talking about past travelling experiences.
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Pretérito indefinido: regular/irregular
verbs: ir, ser, estar, venir y hacer
Prepositions: en /de
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Preterite
http://www.studyspanish.com/lesson
s/pret1.htm
http://www.studyspanish.com/lesson
s/pret2.htm
Writing project:
Think of your favourite holiday and
write about it to report to the class.
Try to make use of the structures
you have learned (include a
description of the place and bring
pictures)
SECOND TERM
WEEK
LEARNING RESOURCES
CONTENT / TOPICS &
FUNCTIONS
GRAMMAR
Revision and presentation of projects
1
ELE L 12
C de ejercicios L 12
Reading:”El viaje de mi vida”
Description of pictures
DE VIAJE
Asking about and expressing preferences
Making comparisons
Asking for and giving information about
transport and places
Asking for and giving directions
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Verb preferir
Acabar de + infinitive
Comparisons
Imperative affirmative
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ELE L 13
C de ejercicios L 13
Stem-changing verbs in the present
¿QUÉ TAL EL FIN DE SEMANA?
Talking about last weekend and spare time
activities.
http://www.studyspanish.com/lesson
s/stemue.htm
Description of pictures
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ELE L9
C de ejercicios L9
Vocabulario para biografías
http://grammaramaspanishclasses.co
m/esp/vocabulario-debiografias.html
Pretérito Indefinido
Alternancia e-i, o-u
Ser + bueno/malo
Estar bien/mal
Parecer + adjective
FAMOSOS
Talking about both your own or someone’s life
Expressing certainty and evidence or luck of
them
Pretérito indefinido
Verbs and prepositions: Conocer a, casarse
con, divorciarse de, etc.
Some irregular verbs: tener/morir)
Written task:
Write a biography of someone you
admire. Use a picture.
4 & 5
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ELE L 15
C de ejercicios L 15
Spanish Grammar book Schaum’s
(Chapter 3 - Pretérito Imperfecto)
The imperfect
http://www.studyspanish.com
/lessons/imp2.htm
Reading: “Como creció Alicia”
COSTUMBRES DEL PASADO
Describing and talking about places and people
in the past
Talking about habitual actions in the past
Compulsory Formative Assessment
Deadline for submission: Week 7
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Pretérito Imperfecto
Regular /irregular verbs
Prepositions: A (a los diez años), de (de
pequeño)
READING WEEK
7
7
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF FA
IN CLASS
ELE L 10
C de ejercicios L 10
Repaso 2 ELE p.128, 129, 132 , 133
Spanish Grammar book Schaum’s
(Chapter 3 - Imperative)
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ELE L11
C de ejercicios L11
Asking for favours and permission
Accepting/refusing and/ or giving excuses
Asking for help
Borrowing and asking for things
Asking if something is allowed
Description of pictures
ELE L 14
OBJETOS Y REGALOS
C de ejercicios L 14
Vocabulario
http://www.mansioningles.com/vocab
ulario47.htm
Describing objects
Expressing purpose
Expressing possession
Talking about presents
Description of pictures
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Un viaje por Ecuador
http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson
Imperative affirmative, singular
Imperative + Direct object pronouns(OD)
¿Puedo + infinitive? / ¿Puedes + infinitive?
¿Me das…? / ¿Me dejas …?
¿Se puede + infinitive?
COMO QUEDAMOS
Making a telephone call
Talking about events: timetables and places
Inviting and accepting & refusing invitations
Arranging a date
Working with newspapers, leaflets
and programs
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PERMISOS Y FAVORES
Presente del Indicativo: verbos irregulars
Alternancia o-ue
Querer + infinitive
Poder + infinitive
Use of the Present to talk about the future
Ser para + infinitive
Ser de + name of material
Ser de + name of person
Ser + possessive
OI + OD pronouns
Feedback on formative assessment
and remedial work
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Repaso 3 del ELE ( p.188, 189, 190,
191)
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Mock final exams (written and
oral)
General revision
Practice for oral exam including description
of pictures
SPANISH AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS ON BLACKBOARD
On enrolling for a Spanish course, you will be automatically enrolled in the virtual learning environment specially prepared for King’s
students of Spanish. It contains reading, listening and grammar interactive activities at six levels from Beginner to Advanced, as well as
tips for learning, general information, and facilities for blogs & wikis. It is an invaluable aid for private study and revision.
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/elk
Online dictionaries
http://www.wordreference.com
Diccionario en el que podemos realizar traducciones entre varios idiomas: español-francés, francés-español, inglés-español, español-inglés,
italiano-español, español-portugués, etc. Además podemos buscar las definiciones de cada palabra e incluso los sinónimos (palabras con un
significado parecido) de la misma.
http://www.rae.es
Diccionario de la Real Academia Española de la Lengua. Permite conocer las definiciones de una palabra y también la conjugación de
cualquier verbo español. En esta web también podrás encontrar el “Diccionario panhispánico de dudas”
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