Spanish A2 course

Spanish syllabusA2: learning goals

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A2.1: Holiday plans:

1. Describe different holiday types.
2. Create and describe your travel itinerary.
3. The prepositions "Por" and "Para"

A2.2: Packing your luggage:

1. Name different types of luggage.
2. Describe what you have packed and why.
3. Para + infinitive

A2.3: Book your accomodation:

1. Book and reserve a room - by phone, email and online.
2. Understand hotel and room types.
3. The irregular comparatives: Mejor, Peor, Mayor, Menor

A2.4: At the airport and in the plane.:

1. The check-in process for your flight: at the airport and online.
2. Ask for information on flight schedules and terminals.
3. Going through security and understanding safety instructions.
4. Adjectives: "Bonito", "Feo", "Bueno", "Malo", etc ...

A2.5: Rent your transportation:

1. Rent a car, bike or scooter.
2. Manage your car insurance and deposit.
3. Pick up and return your transportation.
4. The difference between "Mucho" and "Muy"

A2.6: At the hotel:

1. Do your hotel check-in and check-out.
2. Request changes or extra services during your stay.
3. Report any issues related to your stay at the reception.
4. The direct object pronouns: "Lo", "La", "Los", "Las"
5. The indirect object pronouns: "Me, Te, Le, Nos, Os, Les"

A2.7: As a Tourist in the City:

1. Reading the city map.
2. Asking information at the tourist office.
3. The difference between "Por qué" and "Porque"

A2.8: Holiday disaster?:

1. Report stolen or lost items at the police station.
2. Asking for help with documents at the embassy or consulate.
3. Contact emergency services.
4. "Lo" + adjective

A2.9: Paperwork and bureaucracy:

1. Navigate social security, working permits and paperwork.
2. Know your obligations and paperwork in the country.
3. Irregular verbs in the present perfect

A2.10: Did you hear the news?:

1. Discuss what you saw on television or heard on the radio.
2. Time expressions for recent events.
3. The simple past: Regular verbs
4. The past simple: Irregular verbs

A2.11: Emergency services:

1. Know the names of emergency services.
2. Calling and advising about situations.
3. The imperfect past tense of regular verbs
4. The imperfect tense of irregular verbs

A2.12: My time at school:

1. Learn about the country's education system.
2. Talk about your time at school and childhood memories.
3. The imperfect tense or the preterite tense?

A2.13: At the bank:

1. Open a bank account.
2. Make (online) purchases.
3. Know different payment methods.
4. Temporal expressions: "Hace un rato", "Esta semana", "Este mes", etc...

A2.14: University degree:

1. Talk about your university study or goals.
2. Know vocabulary about higher education.
3. Know the higher education system of your new country.
4. Expressions with past tense: "Ayer", "De repente", "El mes pasado", etc...

A2.15: The government and elections:

1. Get to know the basic government institutions of the country.
2. Talk about elections and voting.
3. Past tenses (summary)

A2.16: Going to a concert:

1. Buy (online) tickets for a festival, concert, musical,...
2. Talk about musical instruments and your favorite genre.
3. El futuro simple: Regular verbs
4. The futuro simple: Irregular verbs

A2.17: Visiting friends:

1. Invite and receive your friends at home.
2. Organize a dinner party, game night, or other activity.
3. Buying and giving gifts.
4. Superlative absolute: -ísimo/-ísima

A2.18: Visit the countryside:

1. Talk about the village and the countryside.
2. Learn the names of the farm animals.
3. Reflexive pronouns: "Conmigo", "Contigo", "Mí", "Ti', "Sí"
4. The impersonal "se"

A2.19: At the camping:

1. Learn the names of common natural objects.
2. Navigate using a map or GPS.
3. Express admiration and disgust.
4. The conjunctions: "Y, Pero, O, Así que, Entonces"

A2.20: Family trip to the zoo:

1. Describe different landscapes and animals.
2. Organize a family activity at an attraction park.

A2.21: Going for a Sunday walk.:

1. Invites friends and relatives for a hike or small walk.
2. Vocabulary on landscapes and hiking.
3. Expressing the positive and the negative: "Bien/ Bueno, Mal/ Malo"

A2.22: Personal hygiene:

1. Talk about hygiene products and routines.
2. Explain what hygiene products you want in the shop.
3. Uses of "Antes", "Antes de", "Después", "Después de", "Cuando"

A2.23: Hobby classes:

1. Search and find private classes.
2. Enrol in a local academy of your interest.
3. The prepositions: "Desde" and "Hasta"

A2.24: Takeaway food:

1. Ask for a specific menu.
2. Order take-away meals.
3. "Acabar de", "empezar a", "volver a" + infinitive

A2.25: Healthy food and habits:

1. Talk about your diet and (un)healthy habits.
2. Plan your weekly menu.
3. The relative "que"

A2.26: (Sustainable) transport:

1. Discuss your daily transportation.
2. Discuss various types of transportation.
3. Uses of "Poco", "Mucho", "Bastante", "Nada", "Nadie"

A2.27: Clothing styles and fashion:

1. Talk about your favourite outfit.
2. Describe your outfit and fashion.
3. The prepositions of place: "Fuera de", "Bajo", "Alrededor de", etc...

A2.28: Exercise and lifestyle:

1. Talk about the benefits of exercising and sports
2. Talk about your daily exercise routines
3. The possessive adjectives: "Mío", "Tuyo", "Suyo", ...

A2.29: At the real estate agent:

1. Discuss an advertisement for a house or apartment that you just saw.
2. Discuss to buy a new house or apartment.
3. El condicional simple
4. First conditional

A2.30: At the library:

1. Talk about a book, fairy tale, or poem you have read.
2. Ask for a book or author in the library.

A2.31: Bucket list:

1. Talk about your bucket list and future plans
2. Conditional: Irregular verbs

A2.32: Family plans:

1. Talk about plans and ambitions for the future
2. Talk about your relationships and family plans
3. Expressing wishes, politeness, and suggestions: "Me gustaría", "Debería", "Querría"
4. Giving advice with the condicional simple

A2.33: My own business:

1. Discuss plans for starting a business.
2. Talk about daily bookkeeping responsibilities.
3. The gerund, the three conjugations

A2.34: To be retired:

1. Talk about activities and lifestyle changes after you retire.
2. Talk about ongoing actions in the future.
3. The verbs "Llevar/Seguir" + Gerund

A2.35: Local services and shops:

1. Know the names of local services and shops.
2. Discuss what you find in the shopping center.
3. The conjunctions: "Ni... Ni...", "Así Como"

A2.36: From post office to email:

1. Send and receive messages.
2. Email and internet.
3. The present subjunctive: Regular verbs

A2.37: Looking for a job:

1. Create and send your curriculum.
2. Use job portals to search for a job.
3. The imperative with pronouns: direct, indirect, and combined

A2.38: Job interview:

1. Performing a job interview
2. Indirect object
3. Informal affirmative imperative: "Tú" and "Vosotros"

A2.39: Teamwork:

1. Vocabulary about teams and roles
2. Giving orders with indirect object
3. The negative imperative

A2.40: Office and meetings:

1. Learn basic debating vocabulary
2. Express agreement and disagreement
3. The imperatives: Mira, Oye, ¿Diga?

A2.41: Opinions and negotiations:

1. Express your opinion
2. Learn basic phrases to discuss viewpoints
3. Indirect speech with simple past tenses

A2.43: Remote work or the office?:

1. Daily office vocabulary
2. Remote work vocabulary
3. How to express opinions?

A2.42: Organisation and delegation:

1. Vocabulary on organisational hierarchy
2. Giving orders
3. Expressing agreement and disagreement