Continue developing your beginner Spanish fluency and confidence with our Beginner Spanish: A1.2 Course, suitable for learners who have completed our Beginner Spanish: A1.1 Course or have approximately 20 hours of prior study. This course helps you strengthen your communication skills for everyday situations while deepening your understanding of Spanish grammar and vocabulary, making it ideal for learners wanting to learn the Spanish language for travel, work, or personal enrichment in a supportive, interactive learning environment.

You will learn to talk about yourself and others, including describing physical appearance and personality, discussing family and personal relationships, and expressing likes, dislikes, and interests. The course also covers handling simple shopping interactions, identifying items, and expressing needs. Grammar and vocabulary are taught in context, including demonstratives, possessives, common verbs (gustar, ir, preferir, llevar), numbers, colours, clothing, and everyday objects. Phonetics is integrated throughout, with practice in question intonation and the rolled “r” (erre) to develop clear and confident speech in Spanish.

DELIVERY MODE

Delivery mode for individual classes will vary from term to term, but will be listed as the following:

• Face-to-Face: WEA Sydney
• Online: Microsoft Teams

TEXTBOOK

• Aula Internacional Plus 1 A1 Edicion Hibrida Libro del Alumno (Difusion: 2022), ISBN: 9788419236043

Supplier: Abbey's Language Book Centre
Please note that textbook cost is not included in the course fee. Language courses will be confirmed or cancelled at least 7 days prior to their starting date, so students are recommended to wait until the course is confirmed before buying the textbook.

COURSE OUTLINE

Communication

• Talking about physical appearance and personality
• Expressing, comparing and asking about likes, dislikes and interests
• Talking about personal relationships
• Identifying items, expressing needs
• Buying in shops: asking for products / about prices
• Talking about preferences

Grammar

• Demonstratives: este / esta / estos / estas, esto
• el / la / los / las + adjective
• qué + noun, cuál / cuáles
• tener que + infinitive
• Diacritical accents
• Possessives: también / tampoco
• Quantifiers: muy, bastante, un poco
• Verb – gustar / ir / preferir

Phonetics

• Intonation, in questions
• The erre

Vocabulary

• Family, personality adjectives, music
• Numbers over 100, colours, clothes and accessories
• Objects in daily use
• Uses of the verb: llevar
• Combinations with the verb: ir

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. Talk about themselves and others in everyday situations, including describing appearance and personality, discussing relationships, sharing likes and dislikes, and handling simple shopping interactions.
2. Use basic Spanish grammar and vocabulary with confidence, including demonstratives, possessives, common verbs (gustar, ir, preferir, llevar), numbers, colours, clothing, and everyday objects.
3. Speak and understand Spanish more clearly, using correct question intonation and practicing the rolled “r” sound.