Continue developing your beginner Spanish fluency and confidence with our Beginner Spanish: A2.1 Course, suitable for learners who have completed our Beginner Spanish: A1 Conclusion course or have approximately 80 hours of prior study. This course helps you build stronger communication skills for everyday situations while expanding your understanding of Spanish grammar and vocabulary. It is ideal for learners interested in learning Spanish for cultural interest or personal enrichment in a supportive and interactive learning environment.

You will practise everyday communication such as discussing habits and routines, describing feelings, making recommendations, and talking about personal experiences and past events. Grammar and vocabulary are taught in context to help you describe actions in the present and past, explain situations, and connect ideas in simple conversations. Phonetics is integrated throughout the course, with focused practice on key Spanish pronunciation features such as the letter ñ and natural rhythm patterns to help you develop clearer and more confident spoken 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 2 A2 Edicion Hibrida Libro del Alumno (Difusion: 2022), ISBN: 9788419236067

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

• Habits, how long it will take, difficulties, an action from beginning to end
• Making recommendations
• Describe feelings
• Explain and connect past events

Grammar

• Regular and irregular presents
• Pronominal verbs
• Verbs: costar and sentirse
• desde and desde hace
• Form and use of the preterite
• Time markers to talk about the past
• Prepositions: desde, hasta and durante

Phonetics

• The eñe
• Rhythm

Vocabulary

• Sentirse ridiculo/a, Segurao/a, Inseguro/a, frustado/a, bien / mal…
• Dar vergüenza, miedo…
• Achievements, biographies, cinema
• ir / irse, emezar / empezar a + infinitive

LEARNING OUTCOMES

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

1. Communicate in Spanish about habits, personal experiences, and feelings in everyday situations.
2. Describe past events and simple achievements while making recommendations and explaining difficulties.
3. Use basic Spanish pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar structures to talk about past and present actions with increasing confidence.