UCL CENTRE FOR LANGUAGES &

INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

Evening Courses
Spanish Level 1
(Common European Framework Level A1)
Prerequisite for entry
For complete beginners or those who have had only very little contact with the language.

Term duration
10 x 2-hour classes.

Progression
After 20 hours students may progress to level 1+

Aims and Objectives

The aim of the course is to enable students to function at a basic everyday survival level
(basic vocabulary, grammar, morphology, syntax and phonetics). Students should be able to
communicate in and understand Spanish on a number of practical everyday matters.
Language learning skills, including autonomous learning and how to approach some
authentic material will be introduced. Some transferable skills will also be covered.

Functions
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Greeting and saying goodbye. Introducing yourself and asking someones name.

Asking and saying nationality, origin and spoken languages.

Speaking and asking about profession, place of work and study. Telling and asking
about address, telephone number and e-mail address.

Greeting and introducing someone in a formal way.

Talking about family and relationships, marital status, and age. Describing someones
physical appearance and character.

Expressing existence. Asking about prices and buying things in a shop.

Describing your city or town and your area.

Describing your house and your bedroom. Talking about the location of an object or a
piece of furniture.

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Course Content: Main topics/themes to be covered

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Greetings and farewells. Introductions.

Countries and nationalities. Languages.

Jobs, places of work and studies.

Personal details: address, telephone number and email address.

Meeting people in a formal and in a more informal way.

Family and relationships.

Physical appearance and character.

Objects. Shopping. Currencies.

Cities, towns and regions.

The house and the pieces of a house.

Phonetics
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Basic rules of the Spanish pronunciation.

Grammar and linguistic structures

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The alphabet. Spelling words.

Numbers.

Subject and reflexive pronouns.

Subject pronouns: t versus usted.

Verbs: Regular and irregular verbs in the Present tense.

Verbs: ser versus estar.

Nouns: gender and number.

Adjectives: gender and number. Agreement between nouns and adjectives.

Definite and indefinite articles.

Possessive adjectives.

Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns.

Interrogatives adjectives, pronouns and adverbs.

Adverbs and prepositions of place.

Learning Resources
Book
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Course book: Curso de espaol para extranjeros ELE ACTUAL A1 (students book).
Virgilio Borobio. Ediciones SM. (chapters 1 - 8) ISBN: 978-84-675-4741-2

In addition there is a wide range of language learning materials for self-study in the SelfAccess Centre.

UCL Centre for Languages &

International Education
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