Our levels

Our course syllabus follows the official Common European Framework of Reference for Languages which is a guideline used to describe achievements of learners of foreign languages across the world. The six reference levels (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2) are becoming widely accepted as the international standard for grading an individual's language proficiency.

Common European Framework of Reference for Language chart

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Beginner A1.1

Communicative functions

  • Basic greetings
  • Introducing yourself
  • Asking for and giving personal information
  • Talk about one's family
  • Discuss hobbies

Grammar

  • Verbs llamarse, ser, tener y querer
  • Personal Pronouns: Yo, tú, él, etc.
  • Conjugations -ar, -er, -ir
  • Indefinite articles: el, la, los, las
  • Masculine and feminine nouns

Beginner A1.2

Communicative functions

  • Describe places in Latin America
  • Talk about the weather
  • Identifying objects
  • Shopping for clothes: describing colours, asking for price, etc.
  • Talk about preferences
  • Talk about why you learn Spanish

Grammar

  • Existence hay and location estar
  • Verbs ir and preferir
  • Demonstrative esta/este/estas/estos/ esto
  • Superlatives: Brasil es el país más grande de Sudamérica
  • Definite articles: un/una/unos/unas
  • Quantifiers: muy, mucho/mucha/muchos/muchas, Qué+noun,cuál/cuáles
  • Uses of por, para, porque

Beginner A1.3

Communicative functions

  • Talk about families
  • Likes and dislikes, favourite colour/sport/city/food/ artist
  • React to other people’s likes and dislikes. Express agreement and disagreement
  • Describe people
  • Talk about your daily routine: days of the week
  • Tell the time
  • Express frequency
  • Order at a restaurant. Describe food.

Grammar

  • Possessive adjectives: mi(s), tu(s), su(s), nuestro/a(s).
  • Verbs gustar/encantar/interesar/ parecer
  • Reflexive verbs: levantarse/los domingos me levanto tarde
  • Prepositions to talk about time: ¿Qué hora es? Vs. ¿A qué hora?
  • Frequency adverbs and expressions: a menudo, a veces, siempre, una vez por semana, nunca
  • Time connectors: antes, después, luego, más tarde.
  • Irregular verbs in the present tense: e>ie, o>ue, e>i
  • Superlatives: la más amable, el más interesante
  • Direct object pronouns: lo, la, los, las: Me gusta el café. Lo tomo con leche.
  • Superlative adjectives -ísimo/-ísima: Esta comida está riquísima.

Beginner A1.4

Communicative functions

  • Give directions
  • Ask for and give information about food.
  • Describe character and personality traits.
  • Talk about habits.
  • Talk about how we learn Spanish.
  • Share problems when learning a new language and giving advice on how to solve them.
  • Talk about past actions with present effects.
  • Identify abilities.
  • Identify places in our cities and describe their location
  • Give directions

Grammar

  • Se impersonal: En Argentina se come mucha carne.
  • Direct object pronouns: lo, la, los, las: El café lo tomo con leche.
  • Time prepositions: Estudio español desde el 2019/hace 2 años.
  • Expressions: me cuesta/n & viene/n bien. Me cuesta la pronunciación. Para mejorar la pronunciación, viene bien leer en voz alta.
  • Pretérito Perfecto: ¿Alguna vez has viajado a México?
  • Temporal markers: Ya/todavía no/aún no. ¿Ya has cenado? Todavía no he cenado/ Aún no he cenado.
  • Saber vs. Conocer. A personal: No conozco a tu hermano.
  • Quantifiers: ningún/ninguno/ninguna
  • Prepositions and adverbs of place: a la izquierda, a la derecha, al lado de, enfrente de, detrás de.

Pre-intermediate A2.1

Communicative functions

  • Describe past events
  • Share problems when learning a new language and give advice on how to solve them.
  • Talk about past actions with present effects.
  • Talk about the beginning and duration of an action
  • Describe a house: parts of the house and furniture.
  • Express your preferences about houses. Agree and disagree with other people’s preferences.
  • Compare cities.

Grammar

  • Pretérito: Anoche cené con amigos.
  • Time prepositions: Estudio español desde el 2019/hace 2 años.
  • Pretérito Perfecto: ¿Alguna vez has viajado a México?
  • Temporal markers: Ya/todavía no /aún no.
  • Prepositions of place: en el centro, detrás/delante de, encima/debajo de, a izquierda/ al lado de, entre.
  • Possessive pronouns: el/los/la/las mío/a(s), tuyo/a(s), suyo/a(s), nuestro/a(s)
  • Comparatives: más/menos + adj/noun + que, tan + adj + como, tanto/a(s) + noun + como, verb + más/menos que, verb + tanto como

Pre-intermediate A2.2

Communicative functions

  • Describe past events
  • Ask for favours, ask for permission, ask for objects. Excuse yourself. Respond to these situations.
  • Talk about leisure activities
  • Share intentions and plans
  • Talk about eating habits

Grammar

  • Present continuous: estoy hablando
  • Courtesy verbs: poder, importar, ayudar, poner
  • Pretérito indefinido vs. Pretérito perfecto (Revision)
  • ir + a: Este año voy a estudiar canto.
  • Impersonal Se: Primero, se lavan y se pelan los frutos
  • Direct object pronouns: la, lo, las, los. El queso lo he puesto en la heladera
  • More uses of ser and estar: Los quesos franceses son excelentes. ¡Qué bueno está este queso!

Pre-intermediate A2.3

Communicative functions

  • Talk about past experiences
  • Evaluate experiences and people
  • Express wishes
  • give advice
  • talk about feelings and mood
  • describe aches, pains and symptoms

Grammar

  • preterito indefinido vs. preterito perfecto
  • me/te/le/nos/les gustaría + infinitive: Me gustaría comprar un auto nuevo
  • Exclamatory phrases: ¡Qué día más bonito!
  • more uses of ser and estar: Mi hijo es delgado/Últimamente, mi hijo está muy delgado
  • Verb Doler: Me duele la cabeza
  • Imperatives: Ponte protector solar

Pre-intermediate A2.4

Communicative functions

  • Talk about the past
  • Locate actions in the past and present
  • Argue and debate
  • Tell anecdotes.
  • Order actions in sequence
  • Express feelings

Grammar

  • Pretérito Imperfecto: Cuando era pequeña, vivía en el campo.
  • Ya no/todavía: Ya no vivo en el campo.
  • Past time markers: de joven/a los 10 años/de niño/cuando tenía 20 años.
  • Present time markers: hoy en día/actualmente/en estos tiempos
  • Pretérito indefinido -irregular verbs: pedir/sentir/ir/estar/dormir
  • estar + gerund (past tenses): Ayer estuve hablando con Ana/Estos días he estado pensando en Juan/Cuando mi madre me llamó, estaba pensando en ella.
  • Pretérito indefinido vs. imperfecto
  • Time markers for narratives: El otro dia/ de repente/resulta que...

Intermediate B1.1

Communicative functions

  • Talk about habits and past experiences
  • Talk about the future
  • Make predictions about yourself and the world
  • Express condition
  • Express prohibition and obligation
  • Speak about social customs
  • Talk about work and school life

Grammar

  • Verbs followed by an infinitive: empezar a/acabar de/terminar de/volver a/dejar de/soler
  • Verbs followed by a gerund: Llevar and seguir
  • Futuro imperfecto: El año que viene subirá el precio del transporte
  • Conditional (si + present tense + future): Si estudias, aprobarás el examen.
  • The following structures: depende de/depende de si + presente, seguro que/seguramente/supongo que + future, lo normal/lo habitual/lo raro es + infinitive, es obligatorio/está prohibido/está permitido + infinitive, se prohíbe(n)/se permite(n) + noun
  • Quantifiers: todo el mundo/la mayoría de/mucho/as

Intermediate B1.2

Communicative functions

  • Share stories
  • Summarise books and films
  • Tell anecdotes
  • Give recommendations and advice
  • Give instructions
  • Describe advertisements

Grammar

  • Connectors: (y) entonces, en aquel momento,al final, de repente, de pronto, porque, como, aunque, sin embargo
  • Direct object pronouns: la, lo, las, los: ¿Te gusta el último libro de Mendoza? No lo he leído todavía
  • Indirect object pronouns: le and les: ¿Qué le has comprado a Ana por su cumpleaños?

Intermediate B1.3

Communicative functions

  • Express wishes and necessity
  • Make complaints
  • Give advice
  • Offer solutions
  • Make phone calls, write text messages and emails

Grammar

  • The present subjunctive: Quiero que vengas a mi cumpleaños
  • Indirect Speech: Me ha dicho que no puede venir a clase
  • Querer/esperar/pedir/exigir/necesitar + infinitivo/subjuntivo: Queremos vivir en paz / Queremos que nuestros hijos vivan sin miedo

Intermediate B1.4

Communicative functions

  • Talk about relations among people.
  • Express feelings and interests
  • Show disagreement in different contexts
  • Describe things and explain how they work.
  • Express your opinion about different objects

Grammar

  • Verbs like gustar + subjuntive: No me importa que mis amigos no me llamen para mi cumpleaños.
  • Verbs like gustar + infinitive/noun: Me fascina dormir al sol.
  • Relative clauses with indicative/subjuntive: Quiero comprar una mesa que tiene tres patas/Quiero comprar una mesa que tenga tres patas.
  • Relative clauses with preposition: Un tenedor es un objeto con el que comemos.

Intermediate B1.5

Communicative functions

  • Express your opinion about facts/situations.
  • Give advice, and express wishes by using the conditional tense.
  • Talk about hypothetical situations, and speculate about the present.
  • Express different levels of certainty.

Grammar

  • Me parece/es + fantástico/genial/malísimo/etc + infinitivo/que-subjuntivo: Es terrible que la gente espere el bus durante tanto tiempo.
  • Es cierto/evidente/etc.+que+indicativo: Es cierto que hay pocos buses.
  • No creo/pienso/etc+que+subjuntivo: No creo que sea un problema difícil de solucionar.
  • Conditional: No me gustaría vivir en el campo. Tendría que trabajar muy duro bajo la lluvia.

Intermediate B1.6

B1.6 is a fast-paced course aimed at reviewing most contents presented throughout all the previous B1 levels. We only recommend the B1.6 course to students who feel confident in producing most of the B1 content and would only need a quick revision as a refreshment.

Communicative functions

  • Predict future events and express conditions linking present and future: Si viajo a Argentina, visitaré la Patagonia.
  • Tell anecdotes and stories combining the 4 past tenses in the indicative mode. Use linking words for fluency.
  • Give instructions
  • Express prohibition and obligation
  • Describing people and places
  • Talk about relationships and preferences.
  • Express wishes and necessity, make complaints
  • Give advice, and express wishes by using the conditional tense.
  • Talk about hypothetical situations, and speculate about the present.
  • Express different levels of certainty.

Grammar

  • Futuro Imperfecto: "Hablaré".
  • Pretérito Perfecto Simple/Indefinido "hablé", Pretérito Perfecto Compuesto "he hablado", Pretérito Imperfecto "hablaba", Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto "había hablado".
  • Linking words to show contrast, cause, consequence and addition: ya que, dado que, puesto que, por lo tanto, entonces, sin embargo, aunque, además, encima, etc.
  • Direct Object and Indirect Object pronouns: me, te, le, lo, la, nos, les, los, las.
  • Affirmative and Negative Imperative structures
  • Se pasivo and different forms of impersonal structures: se ruega silencio, prohibido fumar.
  • Present Subjunctive: Exigimos que las cosas cambien, deseo que hagas algo, me fastidia que no cumplas con tus promesas, quizás tenga/tiene hambre
  • Relative clauses with indicative/subjuntive: Quiero comprar una mesa que tiene tres patas/Quiero comprar una mesa que tenga tres patas.
  • Relative clauses with preposition: Un tenedor es un objeto con el que comemos.

Upper Intermediate B2

  • Comment and write informative texts such as news
  • Impose conditions for negotiation
  • Give advice
  • Talk about hypothetical situations
  • Express wishes and intentions
  • Express unfamiliarity/lack of knowledge about new information
  • Talk about the characteristics of people and objects

Grammar

  • Revision on past tenses: pretérito perfecto simple/indefinido, pretérito perfecto compuesto, pretérito imperfecto, pretérito pluscuamperfecto
  • Passive structures: passive voice, 'se pasivo' and use of the third person to express passivity.
  • Verbs of speech: comentar, manifestar, explicar, afirmar, aclarar, confesar, etc.
  • Direct Object pronouns at beginning of sentences
  • Negotiating conditions structures: a condición de que, siempre y cuando, a no ser que, etc.
  • Advice structures using subjunctive (te recomiendo que), conditional (deberías) and present tense (yo que tú).
  • Subjunctive Pretérito Imperfecto (hablara/hablase)
  • Verbos de cambio (ponerse, volverse, hacerse + adjetivo)

Advanced C1

C1 user’s proficiency in the language is illustrated by precision, appropriateness and fluency of expression.

Advanced C2

C2 user’s proficiency in the language is illustrated by precision, appropriateness and fluency of expression.