General Spanish B1

About this course

Move from survival Spanish to genuine independence. You will tell stories using the full range of past tenses, give and justify opinions, express wishes and feelings with the present subjunctive, talk about hypothetical situations and report what others have said.

The course follows the B1 level of the CEFR, with authentic listening and reading, regular discussion and practical writing tasks such as emails and short essays. It prepares you to use Spanish at work, while travelling and in social life, and ends with an Alalamia certificate.

What you'll learn

• Narrate events and experiences by combining past tenses, including the pluperfect
• Express and justify opinions, agreement and disagreement
• Use the present subjunctive to express wishes, feelings, doubt and advice
• Talk about future possibilities and hypothetical situations using the future and the conditional
• Report what other people have said
• Follow the main points of authentic news, talks and texts on familiar subjects
• Write clear, connected emails, letters and short essays

Curriculum

Who it's for

Adults at A2 level in Spanish who want to speak and write with independence on familiar and work-related topics.

Before you start

• Completion of General Spanish A2 or an equivalent A2 level