Summer Term 2024:
17 April – 26 June (10 weeks)
Half Term: Wednesday 29 May 2024
Members: £144 Non-members: £179
Concessions: £10 (call the office 020 8340 3343)
This course is for those who want to communicate effectively in a range of everyday situations.
Topics covered will include: personal information, shopping, directions, ordering food and drink, booking a hotel room, travelling, and other areas of interest. Students will also learn to talk about home, family, work and leisure, including events from the past, and plans for the future.
Grammar and cultural aspects will be incorporated into every topic. The present will be the main tense, including ser and estar, regular, irregular, reflexive, pronominal and radical changing verbs, although other past and future tenses will be introduced to students as needed.
Speaking will be the main activity, and students will be encouraged to participate in role plays, pair and group work, small presentations, games, and exercises. Other activities will include: reading and listening comprehensions, translations, and written homework using the textbook, and handouts provided by the teacher.
The target language will be used as much as possible, but grammatical and cultural explanations will be done in English.
The book we will be using is ‘Sueños World Spanish 1’ (BBC) ISBN 0-563-47246-4
Esperanza Fernandez
Born in Logrono, northern Spain, Esperanza settled in England from the age of 19. She has been teaching at various colleges since 1990 and has been a popular Spanish tutor at HLSI since 2006.
