Course descriptions: Conversation
Need to get some practice using your new language?
If you are finding that you are learning lots of Spanish but are not confident to use it, these courses are designed to help consolidate what you’ve learnt, and make it more useable!
We revise topics that are studied at various levels, so Conversation courses are named accordingly. They are suited to students who have completed, or are currently enrolled in the equivalent level, and would like to get some high-powered use.
They are great for those with some knowledge of Spanish, those wanting to return to study and who would like to check where their level sits, or even for University students needing a bit of a boost.
Conversation Elementary 1-3 is a 7.5-hr course which reviews and reinforces the topics studied up to the Elementary 3 level (Nuevo Ven 1, Unidad 7) This conversation course is suited to students wanting to consolidate faster, to those with some knowledge of Spanish and who would like to join the El Patio programme, and also for those students who studied some time ago and are wanting to return to study. It assumes approximately 45 hours of study. There will be lots of talking practice with the following:
- introductions, asking basic questions about people
- conjugating and using present tense regular and irregular verbs
- talking about likes and preferences
- describing where things are located and how to get there
- describing daily routines and events using reflexive verbs, how often and at what time
- describing the appearance and character of others
- buying and trying on clothes
- possessives (my, your, his, her)
- speaking about family and relationships
- inviting people and refusing invitations!
- talking about clothes and food
Conversation Upper Elementary is a 5-week (7.5 hr) course which reviews and reinforces the topics studied at a general Upper Elementary level. It assumes an introduction to the first three past tenses, or around 90 hours of study. Here you'll get lots of practice with the following:
- invitations, suggestions for making dates
- present continuous (estar + gerundio)
- direct object pronouns and reflexive pronouns
- months of the year
- more new verbs for interests and activities (present tense)
- tengo que + infinitive, to have to do something
- more irregular verbs (present tense)
- Ir a + infinitive, to be going to do something
- speaking about plans in the future
- making phone calls
- vocabulary for geography
- time markers - now, today, this week, in two months, etc
- past perfect (pretérito perfecto) - Have you ever...?
What's your level?
¡Very helpful! Do our online level tests to find which course is best for you or to check how you're going.
Term dates 2012
Term 2, 2012: Apr 23 - Jun 30
Term 3, 2012: Jul 16 - Sep 22
Term 4, 2012: Oct 8 - Dec 15
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