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Spanish A2

Communication and Grammar Skills

This course is addressed to learners with a previous knowledge of Spanish who completed the A1 level during the last academic year or who were assigned to the A2 level after the placement test.

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EUI language courses are free for EUI PhD and LL.M. researchers, but most other EUI members have to pay a nominal fee. 
 

 

Spanish 201


Communication and Grammar Skills

CEFR level A2

All EUI members 

Length of course:

24 weeks, 72 hours divided into 3 terms:

First term:

14 October 

6 December 2023

8 weeks

24 hours

Second term:

13 January 

21 March 2025

10 weeks

30 hours

Third term:

7 April

16 May 2025

6 weeks

18 hours

Time 


Second term starts on 13 January 2025

Monday & Wednesday

15:30-17:00

 

 

Place & Teacher


Convento

De Saussure Room

Laura Viejo Fernández

  

 

Spanish 201: Communication and Grammar Skills


Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, students will:

  • have reached level  A2 of the Common European Framework (Waystage) 
  • be able to discuss personal information.
  • be able to find information in a text
  • be able to express personal opinions
  • be able to formulate requests
  • know how to discuss the past, present and future
  • know how to agree and disagree
  • be able to make hypotheses
  • have become immersed in Hispanic culture

Course contents

 

Course materials are provided by the Spanish teacher
 

The course includes work on the following:

  • Listening comprehension: 

information about topics of general interest in normal speech; topics of personal or professional interest; to learn how to take notes while listening.

  • Written comprehension:

Tests that consist mainly of high frequency everyday and academic-related language.

Newspaper articles.

  • Oral interaction:

To deal with dialogues in most situations where the language is spoken.

Conversation on topics of personal and professional interest.

  • Oral expression:

Connection of phrases in a simple way in order to describe experiences and events.

To give (briefly) reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.

To describe (briefly) the topic of one's own research.

  • Writing:

Capacity to write a simple connected test on topics of personal and academic interest.

Learning methods and activities

Activities in and out of class include:

  • Reading comprehension
  • Grammar learning in small groups
  • Pairwork
  • Evaluation with exercises
  • Auto-correction
  • Role play
  • Independent writing
  • Note taking

Teacher's bio

Laura V. Fernández, born and raised in Asturias, Spain, earned a Bachelor's Degree in Spanish Language and Literature from UNED University, as well as two Master's Degrees - one in Spanish Language and Linguistics and another one in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language. She is also a certified DELE examiner for levels A1 to C2.

Since 2018, Laura has been teaching Spanish in various countries and educational settings. Her professional interests include the role of interculturalism in language learning, the pedagogy of teaching Spanish as a second or foreign language, and sociolinguistics. 

 

Page last updated on 20 November 2024

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