Print this page Intermediate Spanish: B1.1 Course

Start your intermediate Spanish learning journey with our Intermediate Spanish: B1.1 Course, suitable for learners who have completed our Beginner Spanish: A2 Conclusion course or have approximately 180 hours of prior study. This course develops your ability to discuss habits, explain social rules, give advice, express opinions and tell personal anecdotes using longer and more connected speech.

You'll communicate about work, social customs and personal experiences while expanding vocabulary for everyday life and changing circumstances. Grammar is introduced through meaningful communication as you develop greater control of verbal periphrases, impersonal structures, quantifiers and time expressions used to describe ongoing actions and life events.

DELIVERY MODE

Language courses are offered in two delivery modes:

• Face-to-Face: WEA Sydney
• Online: via Zoom or Microsoft Teams

Please check the delivery mode listed before enrolling, as some classes are face-to-face and others are online.

TEXTBOOK

• Aula Internacional Plus 3 B1 Edicion Hibrida Libro del Alumno (Difusion: 2022), ISBN: 9788419236081

Suggested Textbook Suppliers: Abbey's Bookshop · Intext Book Company / Language International Bookshop · The Language People

The textbook is not included in the course fee. Please check textbook availability with the supplier and wait until your course is confirmed before purchasing. WEA Sydney cannot accept responsibility for textbook purchases if a course is cancelled. Courses are confirmed or cancelled at least 7 days before the start date.

COURSE OUTLINE

Communication

• Expressing prohibition, obligation, and impersonality
• Talking about habits in the present tense
• Giving an opinion or advice
• Telling past experiences or anecdotes
• Talking about the beginning and duration of an action; placing actions in time

Grammar

• Impersonal structures: lo normal / lo habitual / lo raro es + infinitive
• Verb structures: soler + infinitive
• Quantifiers: todo el mundo, nadie
• Structures: está prohibido / está permitido; se prohíben / se permiten
• Verbal periphrases: empezar a, acabar de, terminar de, volver a, dejar de + infinitive; llevar / seguir + gerund
• Time expressions: desde, desde que, desde hace

Vocabulary

• Work
• Social habits
• Verb: dejar
• Expressions with ser and estar to talk about habits and social rules
• Facts and changes in a person’s life

LEARNING OUTCOMES

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

1. Communicate in Spanish about habits, rules, and experiences with increased independence and confidence.
2. Use key grammar structures such as impersonal forms, verbal periphrases, and time expressions with improved accuracy.
3. Apply relevant vocabulary to discuss work, social behaviour, and life changes effectively.