Spanish Improvers - Term 3 - Aldridge Adult Learning

Course content

Name parts of the body and talk about ailments and illnesses.
Talk about the past – what you did last week, last month, last year.
Talk about important events in your life.
Talk about the past – what you did last week, last month, last year.
Talk about important events in your life.
Name parts of the body and talk about ailments and illnesses.
Give advice and make suggestions.
Report and describe lost property.
Give advice and make suggestions.
Report and describe lost property.
Talk about the past – what you did last week, last month, last year.
Talk about important events in your life.
Name parts of the body and talk about ailments and illnesses.
Give advice and make suggestions.
Report and describe lost property.

Description

During this term you will learn about: talking about the past: what you did yesterday, last week etc., biographies: talking about your life; describing other people’s lives, the preterite (simple past) tense: regular and irregular verbs, parts of the body: saying what hurts, describing symptoms, making suggestions and giving advice, DOLER: me duele/me duelen, asking and saying what someone has done today/this week/this month etc., the present perfect tense: regular and irregular verbs, reporting lost property; saying where and when you lost something, describing personal property: material, size, colour, the imperfect tense: regular and irregular verbs and possessive adjectives: mi, tu, su, etc

Course content:

– The Preterite tense – regular and irregular verbs.
– Talking about important events in a person's life.
– Describing physical ailments and illnesses.
– The verb DOLER.
– The Present perfect tense – regular and irregular verbs.
– Asking and saying what someone has done this week, this month, this year.
– Reporting lost property.
– Describing lost items.
– The Imperfect tense – regular and irregular verbs.
– Saying what you used to do.
– Possessive adjectives.

Requirements

You will need to have taken at least one year of study prior to the course and be familiar with the present tense.

What do I need to do this course?

We will be using PASOS book 1 (Student book, 3rd edition), which comes with a CD. These items can sometimes be found in secondhand bookshops.

Teaching Methods

Moodle will be populated with resources every week (presentations and activities). WhatssApp / Skype / Google.meet / Zoom calls will be encouraged (unsupervised by the tutor). Class discussion, group activities and games, written tasks, reading and listening activities. The emphasis is on learning through communication, though grammar points will also be taught as appropriate. Teaching will be done through whole class work, individual work and small group and pair work. Methods of learning include role play, listening activities, games, music and interactive activities.

How is your progress checked?
Progress is checked informally through question and answer sessions in class, monitoring of group and pair work activities, feedback and homework.
Extra study or practice required at home.
You will make greater progress if you do at least one hour of study at home in between the classes. There is no formal accreditation of this course.

What can I do after this course?
Spanish Intermediates will follow on at PACA in September. Your tutor will advise.