Spanish for complete beginners

This Spanish for complete beginners course is designed for complete beginners who are travelling to a Spanish-speaking country.
The focus is on oral communication (oral and aural skills) and the students will cover the following practical “survival skills”:

  • Greetings – Introducing yourself, your friends and your family
  • Talking about yourself, your job, tastes and hobbies
  • Travelling
  • Booking a hotel and checking in
  • Booking a table – Eating and drinking out
  • Asking for and understanding directions
  • Going shopping
  • Complaining and apologising
  • Arranging to meet
  • Telephoning – Leaving a message – Taking a message

€200.00

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Course Details

Course Length : 10-week course on Monday
Course Venue : Online course - Zoom
Further Detail : Course for complete beginners covering practical "survival skills" to travel in a Spanish-speaking country.

Spanish for complete beginners

This Spanish for complete beginners course is designed for complete beginners who are travelling to a Spanish-speaking country.
The focus is on oral communication (oral and aural skills) and the students will cover the following practical “survival skills”:

  • Greetings – Introducing yourself, your friends and your family
  • Talking about yourself, your job, tastes and hobbies
  • Travelling
  • Booking a hotel and checking in
  • Booking a table – Eating and drinking out
  • Asking for and understanding directions
  • Going shopping
  • Complaining and apologising
  • Arranging to meet
  • Telephoning – Leaving a message – Taking a message

€200.00

SKU: N/A Category:

Description

Spanish for Complete Beginners – Course Goals

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to use Spanish in simple, everyday situations. Here’s what you can expect to achieve:

Everyday Social Skills

  • Use polite expressions to greet, say goodbye, introduce yourself, and show courtesy with phrases like please, thank you, and sorry.

Listening

  • Understand very slow, carefully spoken Spanish with pauses that make it easier to follow and absorb meaning.

Reading

  • Recognise familiar names, words, and short phrases.

  • Read very simple texts, focusing on one phrase at a time, and reread as needed to understand.

Speaking & Interaction

  • Take part in short, simple conversations.

  • Rely on repetition, slower speech, and rephrasing when needed to get your message across.

Speaking & Presenting

  • Use simple phrases to talk briefly about people and places.

Writing & Interaction

  • Ask for and provide basic personal details in writing.

Writing & Production

  • Write simple phrases and sentences about yourself or imaginary people, including where they live and what they do.

Maria Angeles started her career as a Spanish teacher in 2006 and since then she has been working with students of all ages and levels, from complete beginners to near native. She has a broad experience with groups (primary schools, languages schools, companies…), one-to-one tuition and on-line lessons. Over the years she prepared students with a high success rate for different language certificates and university entrance examinations. She is an accredited Instituto Cervantes oral examiner since 2010 and joined Languages Unlimited in 2015. She has been teaching in languages schools, a private school and private companies and European organisations. María has a Bachelor´s Degree in Translation and Interpreting and the equivalent of a Master Degree in Linguistics and Foreign Language Learning.

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