25% discount for UG and Hanze students 10% discount for UG, UMCG, and Hanze staff
¡Bienvenidos a la clase de español!
Spanish pre-A1>A1
Everyone
Elementary
480
25% discount for UG and Hanze students 10% discount for UG, UMCG, and Hanze staff
Would you like to expand your basic knowledge of Spanish? With this Spanish beginners course at the University of Groningen Language Centre, you will learn about the Spanish language and culture in an interactive way. We offer Spanish courses both on location in Groningen and online. Our teaching method for the Spanish beginners course focuses on speaking and understanding the Spanish language. With this method, you will quickly feel at home in this beautiful language and you will automatically expand your grammar knowledge and vocabulary!
Who is this course for?
This course is for beginners of Spanish. During the course, we work towards CEFR level A1. The course is taught in Spanish as much as possible, with explanations provided in Dutch or English depending on the group participants. It is therefore important that you have a good command of English in order to participate in the course.
What will you learn in this course?
The course comprises 12 lessons. One lesson lasts 2 hours in a course on location and 1.5 hours in an online course. During the course, you will learn, among other things:
Pronunciation
Present tense: irregular, and pronominal verbs
Present perfect: regular, irregular, and pronominal verbs
How to use the verbs saber and poder
How many hours of independent study are required?
To properly keep up with the course, you will have to take into account a total of 30 hours of self-study for this course on location, or 36 hours of self-study for the online course. Self-study mainly comprises grammar exercises, vocabulary development, and listening exercises. You will also be asked to do a reading or writing exercise every now and again.
What will you be able to do after the course?
Describe people
Order something at a bar or a restaurant
Talk about daily routines
Talk about past experiences
After successfully completing this course, you will be ready for the follow-up course Spanish A1>A2.
Course material
During this course, we use the following materials. You will need to purchase these materials yourself:
Aula Internacional Plus 1 (Chapters 0-4) Including one year access to Campus Difusión ISBN 9789463251341
It is important that you buy this version of the book including access to Campus Difusión, as this is where the homework assignments are given.
In addition, we recommend the book below. This book is not mandatory, but it is useful if you want to practise the grammar and vocabulary in more depth. The book focuses on the particular grammatical, lexical, and phonetic aspects of the Spanish language that are more difficult to learn for English speakers.
25% discount for UG and Hanze students 10% discount for UG, UMCG, and Hanze staff
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Course participant says
The atmosphere during the lessons was very fun and pleasant, making mistakes did not feel uncomfortable at all. Also, the teacher made the topics we covered very interesting!
Course participant says
The atmosphere during the lessons was very fun and pleasant, making mistakes did not feel uncomfortable at all. Also, the teacher made the topics we covered very interesting!