Spanish - Intermediate

SPANISH INTERMEDIATE III 

• Dates & times:

  • Monday 7:15 to 8:30 pm 

  • at The Community Newsroom: 82 Bowman St, Govanhill, Glasgow G42 8LF

  • Block of 10 classes from 21st Sept - 7th Dec. (except Oct. 12th & Nov. 9th)

• Level:

Building on the learning of previous levels, this level is designed around A1/A2 communicative goals and aims to help learners use their Spanish confidently in real-life interactions. Context is crucial in the way our lessons are structured, as it is within a specific frame that we want communicative tasks to be accomplished.

At this learning stage we are connecting many dots: we discover new content, structures and expressions, we understand how they work and we look to reuse them. This progression helps us to integrate new information and to improve our skills through active practice. 

This level is quite interesting as we become more and more independent in our language use.

Have you learned Spanish before? If you are looking for regular practice or are worried that your Spanish might be a wee bit rusty, this would be a good point to join us.   

• Approach:

Our classes follow a task-based communicative approach, where learners develop their skills through active participation. This means learning by doing. This approach requires that we design our lessons around specific goals and engaging themes. 

Language specific content – grammar, vocabulary, phonetics – is linked to a specific context of communication. This way you know why you are learning that content, why it is important and what it allows you to do.

• Intercultural:

We’re constantly sharing cultural aspects from the Spanish-speaking world. Something very important is the attention given to Latin American Spanish, not only European. This has proven to be an enrichening and interesting approach for our learners. While the goal is to develop communicative skills that allow you to be efficient anywhere in the Spanish-speaking world, the discovery of local specificities including expressions, festivities, music, food, etc. adds something unique to your experience. Plus, it is not rare to find a renewed appreciation of our own culture through the discovery of another.   

• Group setting:

A group class is an ideal context to develop and improve your language skills among peers of a similar level to yours. You can problem-solve together, overcome common errors and benefit from everyone’s experience. It also allows for many different interactive activities, encouraging you to speak the language and be comfortable doing so. The group setting really makes this a safe space where making mistakes is nothing to worry about.

• Fun:  

Learning a new language takes time and dedication, but it doesn’t mean it can’t be fun. For us, this is such an important part of the journey and we know that doing things with pleasure often leads to better results. We work hard to maintain a balance between fun and interesting classes that keep our learners engaged.

• Booking & cancelation policy: 

We kindly ask our learners to book their classes in advance. Payment options are available at checkout.

Please give 24 hours’ notice before the start of a class when unable to attend. Otherwise, the payment for the class will not be postponed.

The reason for this policy is to allow us to prepare the content, resources and activities for the class. This also helps us to pay for the spaces we hire to host our sessions.