Online Spanish Level 1 is a Beginner Spanish course for students who have never studied it before. The content you see below can take 2 hours per week for 12 weeks to cover. It focuses on learning how to navigate in basic situations and there is some grammar in the course, too. We can have a chat about your level on a Zoom call and give you an online test to do. To book a consultation, go to the the form at the bottom of the page.
Course content
Communication Points
- Greeting people
- Introducing yourself and someone else
- Asking and giving personal details
- Talking about where you want to go and what you want to do in your next holidays
- Ordering in a restaurant/bar
- Speaking about physical appearance and character
- Expressing existence (hay) and location
- Talking about the weather
- Expressing needs
- Shopping and asking for items, prices, etc.
Grammar Points
- Gender
- The three conjugations in present tense: -ar, -er, -ir
- Verbs: ser, llamarse, querer
- The articles
- Personal pronouns
- Some uses of hay
- Spanish verbs: Ser vs estar
- The Spanish superlative
- Quantifiers in Spanish: muy, mucho, mucha, muchos, muchas
- Quantifiers: muy, bastante, un poco
- Interrogatives in Spanish: cuál/cuáles, cuántos/cuántas, dónde, cómo etc.
- Nouns, pronouns, adjectives and verb agreement in Spanish
Vocabulary
- Talking about leisure activities in Spanish
- Numbers 0 – 100 in Spanish
- Professions
- Alphabet
- Food and drinks
- Days of the week and months of the year
- Days of the week and months of the year
- Geography
- Tourist attractions in Spain
- Numbers over 100
- Colours in Spanish
- Clothes and personal objects
- Most useful adjectives to describe people in Spanish for beginners
Class Information
- One-to-one online sessions
- Students must be 15+ years old
- Existing language ability: this is a course for complete beginners
- Classes will take place via Zoom
Class Schedule
- The number of classes and duration of the course depends on your availability
What do you need for an online class?
To get the most from this course you will need:
- A reliable internet connection
- A desktop computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone
- A web camera on or attached to the device you are using
- An integrated microphone in the device you are using or an attached headset
- The day before your course, you will be sent via email all the details you need to connect to the Expert Teacher Zoom classroom
This language course includes:
- Access to our Learndash platform to download lesson summaries, notes and resources
- Support and advice from Spanish language teachers
- Spanish language study tips
