Print this page Intermediate Spanish: B1 Conclusion
Complete your B1 studies with our Intermediate Spanish: B1 Conclusion course, suitable for learners who have completed our Intermediate Spanish: B1.5 Course or have approximately 280 hours of prior study. This course brings together the communication skills developed throughout the intermediate level while preparing you for more advanced discussion, analysis and abstract communication.
You'll analyse situations, debate behaviour, discuss mysterious events and express different degrees of certainty while expanding vocabulary related to psychology, science and contemporary issues. Grammar is introduced through authentic communication as you consolidate hypothesis, probability, evaluative language and advanced opinion structures for increasingly sophisticated conversations.
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
- Analysing situations and events
- Giving opinions about behaviour and actions
- Making hypotheses and conjectures about the present and the past
- Describing mysterious events
- Expressing different degrees of certainty and uncertainty
Grammar
- Evaluative expressions: es injusto / una vergüenza... + infinitive / que + present subjunctive
- Evaluative expressions: está bien / mal + infinitive / que + present subjunctive
- Opinion structures: me parece bien / mal / ilógico... + infinitive / que + present subjunctive
- Reference structures: esto / eso / lo + de (que) + noun / verb
- Expressions of hypothesis with the indicative and subjunctive
- Future tense: review of forms and uses
- Future perfect: forms and uses for hypotheses
- Structures for probability and uncertainty with indicative and subjunctive
Vocabulary
- Actions to make the world a better place
- Characteristics and materials of objects
- Expressions: quizá, a lo mejor, es posible, probablemente, tal vez...
- Mysterious events and paranormal phenomena
- Psychology and science
- Enigmas, horoscopes, fortune-telling, and futurology
- Uses of the verbs “to think”, “to remember”, and expressions with creer
LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
- Communicate in Spanish about opinions, uncertainty, and hypothetical situations with increased fluency.
- Use advanced B1 grammar structures such as the present subjunctive, future perfect, and probability expressions with improved accuracy.
- Apply expanded vocabulary to discuss science, mystery, beliefs, and social issues effectively.
