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 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 discuss habits, describe feelings, explain difficulties, make recommendations, and connect past events in meaningful ways. Grammar and vocabulary are taught in context, covering regular and irregular present verbs, pronominal verbs, the preterite, verbs like costar and sentirse, time markers for the past, and prepositions such as desde, hasta, and durante. Phonetics is integrated throughout, with practice in the pronunciation of the eñe and natural speech rhythm 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 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. Talk about experiences, feelings, and daily activities, including discussing habits, expressing difficulties, describing emotions, making recommendations, and explaining sequences of past events.
2. Use essential grammar and vocabulary accurately in context, including regular and irregular present verbs, pronominal verbs, the preterite, verbs like costar and sentirse, time markers for past events, and prepositions such as desde, hasta, and durante.
3. Communicate more clearly in spoken Spanish, practicing pronunciation of the eñe and using natural rhythm in speech to convey meaning effectively.