This intermediate conversation course is designed to practice speaking in Spanish for those students who have a basic grasp of the building blocks of the language. For students who have an understanding of how Spanish works and are able to manage basic conversations. This is aim at a level of A2 in the European Framework of Languages. At least 80 % of the lesson will be carried out in Spanish. This includes tutor providing instructions and conversation prompts and students taking part in conversations with other students and the tutor in Spanish. All students will be encouraged to participate in conversations and group activities in Spanish. They will all have an opportunity to speak and develop their conversation skills as well as listen to others and develop aural comprehension. This course is a fully online with no physical meeting space, accessing the course through Canvas our virtual learning environment and zoom a video conferencing software.
Course aim
Develop your conversation and comprehension skills through different interactive activities, games, conversation. Learners will interact with other learners and the tutor in Spanish at level A2 of the European Framework of Languages.
Do I need any particular skills or experience?
- You will need your own personal email address so that you’re able to login to the WEA’s digital learning platform: WEA Canvas. You will need to be able to understand how to follow URL links to pages on the internet. If you want to understand more about Canvas please visit: http://bit.ly/WEAonline
- You will need to be able to follow links to join our WEA live video learning platform: WEA Zoom. If you’d like to understand more about our video learning platform, Zoom please visit: http://bit.ly/WEAonline and http://bit.ly/ZoomSpec
- This course is for a group of around 15 students studying in a live video-learning platform conference and an online digital learning environment platform from the comfort of your own home.
- This course is for improvers
- Can understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment). Can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information.
By the end of the course I should be able to:
- Speak about at least one new topic in Spanish.
- Use at least two tenses in spoken Spanish during a presentation or a discussion.
- Initiate a conversation in Spanish with other learners.
- Use at least two new grammar structures in speaking during the course.
- Participate in a discussion with other students in Spanish.
How will I be taught?
- The WEA’s digital learning platform, Canvas will be used to provide resources or to support lessons, enable assessment, provide learner feedback and for other activities for individuals away from the course. If you want to understand more about our digital learning platform please visit: http://bit.ly/WEAonline
- Most of your learning will take place in your class, but one or two sessions will be online using WEA’s digital learning platform, Canvas, working by yourself or engaging with other students. If you want to understand more about our digital learning platform please visit: http://bit.ly/WEAonline
- The WEA tutor will use a range of different teaching and learning methods and encourage you and the group to be actively involved in your learning
- There will be optional tasks to complete in your own time.
What kind of feedback can I expect?
- A range of informal activities will be used by the tutor to see what you are learning which may include quizzes, question and answer, small projects and discussion
- You will have opportunities to discuss your progress with your tutor
- You will be encouraged to share your work with the group and discuss your learning
- You will be encouraged to consider other students work and give your opinions and suggestions
- Students will be expected to participate in group discussions and dialogues in Spanish.
What else do I need to know?
- What you need: You will need an internet connection, speakers, a microphone and a webcam so that you can use our video learning platform, Zoom. If you’d like to understand more Zoom please visit: http://bit.ly/ZoomSpec
- You will need a personal email address to join the WEA’s digital learning platform, Canvas so that you can receive resources, record your progress and achievement and to work with others and share ideas. If you want to understand more about our digital learning platform please visit: http://bit.ly/WEAonline
- A level of Spanish of A2 of the European Framework of Languages.
Pre-course work, reading and information sources
- Students should be familiar with the present tense and present perfect.
What can I do next?
- Progress to another WEA course
- Progress to a course with another provider
- Access the WEA What Next? booklet here http://www.wea.org.uk/learn-wea/what-can-i-do-next
- Being able to communicate in Spanish with native speakers in real situations.
Download full course information sheet
Intermediate Spanish: 3.1 (Level A2) - With Lidia Morejudo-Salor
