SPANISH COURSE LEVELS

Learn how to introduce oneself, give and ask for personal information, greet people, and say goodbye.
Ask questions in Spanish class and use resources to function effectively in the classroom.
Express intentions and explain the reasons for our actions.
Talk about what we can do in different languages.
Express wishes and desires.
Describe places and express existence and location.
Talk about the weather and climate.
Identify objects and talk about preferences.
Express needs.
Shop in stores: ask about products, request prices, and make purchases.

Gender agreement in nationalities, professions, and nouns in general.
Use of the verbs ser, tener, llamarse, estar, ir and preferir.
Subject personal pronouns.
Definite articles (el, la, los, las) and Indefinite articles (un, una, unos, unas).
Presente de indicativo tense of regular verbs ending in -ar, -er, -ir.
Some uses of por, para y porque.
Some uses of the impersonal form hay.
The superlative.
Use of quantifiers: muy, mucho/mucha/muchos/muchas.
Interrogative words: qué, cuál/cuáles, cuántos/cuántas, dónde, cómo.
Demonstratives: este/esta/estos/estas, esto.
Constructions with el/la/los/las + adjetivo.
The structure tener que + infinitivo.
The construction qué + sustantivo.

Greetings, farewells, and classroom-related vocabulary.
The alphabet.
Numbers from 1 upwards, including numbers beyond 100.
Nationalities, professions, and workplaces.
Languages, leisure activities, and language-class activities.
Time, weather, the seasons of the year, and the cardinal points.
Geography and key facts about countries.
Colours.
Clothing, accessories, and everyday objects.
Specific uses of the verb llevar and common lexical combinations with the verb ir.

Basic expressions and primary oral interactions for meeting people and building relationships in the classroom.
Communicative reflection on contact with the Spanish language and an introduction to Hispanic culture.
Knowledge of geography, interesting facts, and cultural aspects of Spanish-speaking countries.
Interactions in real-life consumer contexts, simulating the purchase of products in markets and shops.
The languages of Spain.
Linguistic varieties in Spain and across Latin America.

40 HOURS

*The time required to reach each level is estimated and has been established taking the residents’ course as a reference.

Nivel A1.2

Talk about people’s physical appearance, personality, strengths, and weaknesses.
Express, ask about, and compare likes, preferences, and interests.
Talk about personal relationships, habits, and how frequently actions are performed.
Ask for and tell the time.
Manage situations in bars and restaurants, order food and drinks, give and ask for information about food, and talk about eating habits.
Describe towns, neighborhoods, and cities, and express what you like most about a place.
Ask for and give directions to a location, expressing preferences and highlighting specific features.
Talk about past experiences, as well as personal skills, aptitudes, and abilities.

Structure and use of the verb gustar.
Possessive adjectives.
Expressions of agreement and contrast (también, tampoco, yo sí, yo no).
General rules of diacritical accent marks.
The Present Indicative tense of reflexive verbs and certain irregular verbs.
Connectors and markers of temporal sequence (primero, después, luego).
The service verbs poner and traer.
Direct Object Pronouns: lo, la, los, las.
Specific uses of the prepositions de and con.
Indefinite quantifiers (algún, ningún, mucho, bastante, un poco, etc.).
Prepositions and adverbs of place (a, en, al lado de, lejos, cerca, etc.).
The Pretérito Perfecto verb tense.
The modal structures saber + infinitive and poder + infinitive.

Family-related vocabulary and adjectives used to describe personality and character.
Types of music, hobbies, and professions.
Days of the week and the different parts of the day, along with everyday activities.
Foods, cooking methods, common dishes in Spain, and typical dishes from Latin America.
Kitchen utensils, common containers, services, and places found in cities.
Specific adjectives used to describe neighbourhoods, surroundings, and cities.
Skills, abilities, and expressions related to workplace competencies.

Guidelines for social interaction and interpersonal communication when talking about family, friends, and close social circles.
The concept and structure of the family.
Famous people from the Spanish-speaking world.
Time-management habits, daily routines, and festive traditions within the community or in personal contexts.
Sociocultural conventions and politeness formulas for interacting appropriately in gastronomic establishments, bars, and restaurants in the Spanish-speaking world.
Eating habits in Spain and Latin America.
Models and concepts of urban organization explored through descriptions of autonomous communities, neighbourhoods, or ideal cities.
Formal and informal interactions in the workplace for assessing skills and presenting professional profiles and past career experiences.

40 HOURS

*The time required to reach each level is estimated and has been established taking the residents’ course as a reference.

Nivel A2.1

Greeting, responding to greetings, and saying goodbye.
Talking about habits, the duration of actions, and associated difficulties.
Making recommendations and describing feelings or emotions.
Narrating and linking past events, as well as talking about the beginning and duration of an action.
Identifying and describing people physically.
Talking about relationships, similarities, and evaluating the bond between people.
Expressing likes, preferences, and similarities within the home environment.
Describing houses, homes, and objects, comparing them and locating them in space.
Managing highly structured social situations (greetings, introductions, farewells).
Asking for things, actions, or favors, and handling requests or granting permission.
Making excuses and justifying oneself in everyday interactions.

Presentes de indicativo: both regular and irregular forms (revision).
Reflexive verbs and pronominal verbs expressing states or emotions (costar, sentirse).
Use of the temporal prepositions desde and desde hace.
Pretérito Indefinido regular forms, irregular forms, and uses.
Time markers for talking about the past, and the use of the prepositions desde, hasta and durante
Demonstratives (este, ese, aquel).
Defining relative clause structure: el/la/los/las + que + verb.
Structures for evaluating relationships (llevarse bien/mal con, caer bien/mal).
Comparatives and prepositions/adverbs used to locate things in space.
Possessive pronouns (el mío, la mía, etc.).
Distinguishing the uses of ser and estar in physical and spatial descriptions.
Syntax of verbs expressing preference and liking (gustar, encantar, preferir).
The gerund (regular and irregular forms) and the periphrastic structure estar + gerund.
The conditional of politeness applied to the verbs poder and importar.

Vocabulary for describing language learning and expressing related difficulties sentirse ridículo/a, seguro/a, inseguro/a, frustrado/a, bien/mal…, dar vergüenza/miedo…).
Vocabulary related to biographies, milestones, personal achievements, and the film industry.
Lexical-semantic distinction between the verbs ir and irse.
The structure and collocations of empezar algo and empezar a + infinitive .
Adjectives for physical description and vocabulary related to romantic relationships and marital status.
Housing vocabulary: types of houses, parts of a property, descriptive adjectives, shapes, decorative styles, and materials.
Greetings, farewells, and polite expressions or favour-exchange formulas using verbs such as (poder, importar, ayudar, dar, dejar, prestar, poner, pasar, tener).

Habits and schedules.
Management of linguistic politeness and control of formal and informal registers when negotiating favours and engaging in everyday social interaction.
Introduction to Hispanic and global film culture through the analysis of biographical films and the historical milestones of famous personalities.
References to well-known Spanish-speaking public figures.
Analysis of housing preferences, interior design trends, and types of housing in Spain and Latin America.
Social norms and etiquette in Spain and other countries.
Empathy and culturally appropriate behaviours.

50 HOURS

*The time required to reach each level is estimated and has been established taking the residents’ course as a reference.

Nivel A2.2

Talk about past experiences and evaluate them.
Talk about future intentions and express the desire or plan to carry out an action.
Express emotional reactions or surprise using exclamatory sentences.
Talk about likes, preferences, and eating habits.
Explain, in sequence, the process of preparing a dish or recipe.
Describe aches, physical discomfort, illnesses, and health symptoms.
Talk about moods and give advice or recommendations for well-being.
Talk about habits, customs, and contextual circumstances in the past.
Place and contrast actions between the past and the present.
Argue, debate, and defend historical or social points of view.
Tell anecdotes or personal stories in the past, sequencing events and expressing emotions.

Contrast between pretérito perfecto: regular and irregular forms + uses.
Contrast between the pretérito perfecto and the pretérito indefinido.
Temporal aspect adverbs: ya and todavía no.
Future and intention structures: ir a + infinitive and querer/pensar + infinitive .
Direct Object Pronouns (DOP): lo, la, los, las.
The impersonal se construction.
Use of discourse and informational connectors: y, pero, además.
The habit structure: soler + infinitive.
Syntax and verb patterns of doler.
Distinction between ser and estar for describing physical and emotional states.
Affirmative imperative: forms (regular and irregular) and uses.
Pretérito imperfecto de indicativo: forms (regular and irregular) and uses.
Specific time markers used to contrast the past and the present.
The contrast between the pretérito indefinido and the pretérito imperfecto in narration.
Continuous past forms: estar in a past tense + gerund .

Specialised vocabulary related to activities, leisure spaces, places of interest, and cultural offerings.
Use and meaning of the verb parecer for expressing intellectual and aesthetic evaluations.
Extensive vocabulary related to food, ingredients, cooking recipes, weights, measurements, and commercial packaging.
Health-related vocabulary: parts of the human body, illnesses, physical discomforts, symptoms, and sports terminology.
Vocabulary for describing moods and emotional states.
Terms related to historical periods, social evolution, customs, and stages of human life.
Vocabulary for recalling historical events, personal memories, and emotions.

Introduction to the nightlife, entertainment, and urban life of major Spanish-speaking cities.
Softening opposing opinions and managing mitigated disagreement in formal debates through the use of connectors and partial-transition markers.
Analysis of gestures and body language characteristic of Spanish-speaking cultures.
Cultural exchange surrounding gastronomy: traditional recipes, typical dishes from Latin America and Spain, and the social ritual of sharing meals or going out for tapas.
Gastronomy of the Spanish-speaking world.
Habits and daily life: breakfast customs in Spanish-speaking countries.
Reflection on health, urban stress, and common twenty-first-century ailments, promoting active and healthy lifestyles.
Historical and generational perspective: discussion of technological discoveries and social changes that have transformed people’s everyday customs.
Knowledge and interpretation of the Franco dictatorship (1939–1975) and the profound sociocultural changes of Spain’s democratic transition.
The tradition of telling anecdotes, life stories, and urban legends as a key means of transmitting collective and individual memory.
Identification of major artistic and social figures of Hispanic and global significance (Frida Kahlo, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, Joan Miró).
Linguistic varieties across the Spanish-speaking world (different regional varieties of Spanish).

50 HOURS

*The time required to reach each level is estimated and has been established taking the residents’ course as a reference.

Nivel B1.1

Describe customs, habits, and social norms in different areas of life (family, institutional, professional, etc.).
Express prohibitions, obligations, and impersonal statements related to public or community regulations.
Give opinions, make evaluations, and offer advice about appropriate or inappropriate behaviour (good manners, bad manners, courtesy).
Express collective wishes, complaints, and needs; propose solutions to social problems; and write or publish open letters highlighting or denouncing an issue.
Talk about future actions or situations; express conditions for fulfilment; and formulate hypotheses or predictions about the future in general or about technological developments.
Talk about present routines and habits, recount life-changing past experiences, and indicate the beginning, continuation, or duration of an action by placing it in time.
Narrate events in the present tense and summarise the plot or synopsis of a work (film, TV series, book, or comic).
Tell and understand jokes or short anecdotes, identifying cultural stereotypes.
Describe advertisements, identify their values, objectives, or target audience, give step-by-step instructions, and recommend products.

Structures expressing habits and impersonal statements: evaluative expressions, periphrastic constructions with soler, generalising quantity markers, and impersonal structures with se.
Expressions of prohibition and obligation.
The present forms of the subjuntivo (regular and irregular) and uses.
Future time clauses: the conjunction cuando + presente subjuntivo to refer to future events.
Mitigated conditional structures (deberían…, habría que…).
Aspectual and temporal periphrastic constructions.
Structures for expressing time boundaries: connectors indicating starting point, duration, and temporal reference (desde, desde que, desde hace), as well as the correlations desde… hasta and de… a….
Direct and Indirect Objects: causality and contrast.
Argumentative and narrative connectors.
The affirmative and negative imperative: forms (regular and irregular) and uses.
Conditional structures: si + presente de indicativo followed by the futuro simple or the presente (to express definite consequences).
Structures for expressing hypotheses: adverbs of probability (seguramente, probablemente, posiblemente, seguro que, supongo que) + futuro simple.

Sociocultural Context and Social Norms: Specific vocabulary related to civic behaviour, urban prohibition signs, and fixed expressions of politeness using the verbs ser and estar (ser de mala educación, estar bien/mal visto).
Workplace and Administrative Context: Concepts related to employment, time management, and compensation,(salario, sueldo, plantilla, personal, jornada completa, media jornada, baja por maternidad/paternidad/enfermedad, comité de empresa).
Conceptos de contratación, organización del tiempo y remuneración (salario, sueldo, plantilla, personal, jornada completa, media jornada, baja por maternidad/paternidad/enfermedad, comité de empresa).
Lexical Precision and Register: Advanced synonyms and verbs expressing social change or development (abandonar / dejar, combatir / luchar contra, exigir / pedir, realizar / hacer, aumentar / subir, disminuir / bajar, actuar / hacer algo).
Activism: Ideological and associative vocabulary (reivindicar, protestar, concienciar, colectivo, organización no gubernamental).
Life Paths and Transitions: Expressions referring to major life changes and turning points (dar un cambio radical, cambiar de aires, independizarse, quedarse en el paro, reciclarse profesionalmente).
Communication, Media, and Entertainment: vocabulary related to the genres of literature, television, and film, professional roles within the media and entertainment industries, verbs of elocution and speech.
Advertising, Science, and Technology.

Culture Shock and Interculturality: Critical analysis of the misunderstandings and cultural clashes experienced by foreigners when integrating into new societies.
Learning Styles: Reflection on and identification of one’s own cognitive learning profile (analytical, contextual, visual, auditory, kinesthetic, group-oriented, or individual) in the acquisition of foreign languages.
Territorial and Institutional Models: Understanding the decentralised political and administrative organisation of countries such as Spain (autonomous communities, regional ministries, etc.) and the management of key public services such as healthcare and education.

Activism and Civic Engagement: Study of democratic participation channels, public demonstrations, and the discourse of contemporary social movements and associations, including feminist, environmentalist, pacifist, animal rights, and LGBTQ+ groups.
Identity and Minority Communities: Exploration of the realities, historical rights, and socioeconomic inequalities affecting indigenous communities and peoples, particularly in regions such as the Andes and the Peruvian Amazon.
Contemporary Existential Trends: Discussion of alternative lifestyles and philosophies that respond to the pressures of traditional work environments, such as minimalism and the right to digital disconnection.
Humour as a Reflection of Society: Understanding the historical and migratory background behind traditional jokes and reciprocal national stereotypes (such as that of the “gallego” in Argentina or that of the “argentino engreído” in Spain).
Resources for Telling Jokes.
Corporate Correspondence Formulas: Pragmatic conventions of politeness, formal greetings, and appropriate corporate language for drafting institutional correspondence, business communications, and high-register cover letters..
Sociology of Consumption and Persuasion: Study of the persuasive mechanisms of contemporary digital marketing, the effectiveness of emotion-based advertising slogans, and the growing influence of social media influencers in shaping the consumer behaviour of young people.

60 HOURS

*The time required to reach each level is estimated and has been established taking the residents’ course as a reference.

Nivel B1.2

Take, leave, and relay messages by telephone or video call. Report information, intentions, questions, orders, requests, and advice originating from third parties.
Communicate effectively in digital environments, including creating threads, conducting polls, posting quotations, and writing supportive or critical comments, reviews, and complaints.
Narrate mysterious events, paranormal phenomena, memories, and anecdotes in both past and present tenses. Show active, cooperative, and fluent interest when listening to another person’s story.
Discuss causes and consequences associated with events or situations. Argue and compare viewpoints while expressing different degrees of certainty, doubt, and conjecture.
Express interests, feelings, sensations, and personal quirks or habits. Show disagreement, qualify statements, or present counterarguments, adapting the register and level of formality to the context. Critically evaluate or express opinions on environmental, ethical, and social issues and behaviors.
Describe in detail the characteristics, materials, shapes, and functioning of objects, tools, products, or designer establishments. Evaluate clothing, fashion styles, and aesthetic choices, emphasizing and intensifying their qualities.
Provide detailed, step-by-step instructions for using a product or service.

Indirect Speech
Narrative past tenses: Formation and uses of the pretérito pluscuamperfecto de indicativo to indicate that one action occurred before another in a narrative. Combination and alternation of past tenses in storytelling, including the pretérito perfecto, indefinido, imperfecto and pluscuamperfecto.
Discourse connectors: cause and consequence (como, porque, así que, o sea que). Contrast and argumentation (pero, sin embargo, aunque, pues, pero si….) and Narrative sequencing and impersonal narration (de repente, de pronto, entonces, al final, total que, resulta que, una vez….).
Relative clauses with the indicativo or subjuntivo.
Structures for expressing opinions and affection.
The condicional simple: regular and irregular forms, and advanced uses for expressing difficult wishes, imagining hypothetical situations, or commenting on and evaluating behavior.
Syntax of hypothesis and conjecture: use of the futuro simple to speculate about present situations (¿Dónde estará Pepe?) and use of the futuro compuesto to speculate about completed past events (Se habrá ido a su casa). Use of markers and interrogative expressions to indicate different degrees of certainty in a hypothesis.
Advanced use of pronouns: Double-object pronoun combinations and positional changes involving pronombres de Objeto Directo (OD) and pronombres de Objeto Indirectos (OI).

Vocabulary related to traditional and digital communication media, as well as formal abbreviations and conventions used in written correspondence.
Verbs used to summarize communicative intentions: protestar, avisar, proponer, felicitar, invitar, despedirse, recomendar, recordar, sugerir and the semantic differentiation between pedir and preguntar.
Travel and Tourism
Design, fashion, and urban environments:
Vocabulary of emotions and the mind
Vocabulary of paranormal phenomena and scientific challenges.
Intensifiers and Exclamations: the superlative suffix -ísimo/a including spelling changes rico > riquísimo; Colloquial and formal intensifiers super-, realmente, excesivamente; and complex structures and exclamations ¡Qué + sustantivo + tan/más + adjetivo!.
Semantic and syntactic differences between the structures of creer algo, creerse algo and creer en algo.

Conversational strategies by communication channel: Appropriate behavioral guidelines and protocol formulas for answering institutional phone calls, forwarding calls, and managing formal and informal voicemail messages.
Register variation in messaging: identification of different levels of formality and informality across communication channels and their corresponding greetings and closings, comparing: WhatsApp messages, notes left at home or a postcard, compared to a formal invitation, price list or circulars
Narrative discourse organization: Pragmatic use of narrative markers and discourse particles to maintain the listener’s attention, take or hold the conversational turn, introduce unexpected information or conclude a story by presenting its outcome (resulta que, total que, de repente…).
Geography and types of travel: Exploration of the ecological, urban, and cultural richness of popular destinations in Latin America such as the Colombian Amazon, Cartagena de Indias, Bogotá and Costa Rica.
Sustainability and Ethical Consumption: Socioeconomic analysis of the environmental impact of mass e-commerce, the rise of the global slow food movement and Km 0 restaurants and Zero-waste initiatives and the slow fashion movement.
Stereotypes in popular culture: Sociological analysis of the historical and migratory roots of cultural stereotypes shared across the Spanish-speaking world, and the study of historical myths and mysteries, such as the Nazca Lines and other cultural enigmas.
Sociology of Fashion and Aesthetics: Discussion and debate surrounding dress codes and aesthetic norms, social pressures related to physical appearance, the phenomenon of red-carpet culture and the legitimacy of fashion criticism.
The role of psychology in the contemporary debate: Critical examination of self-help theories that lack scientific support(such as the law of attraction) to assess how they may overlook or ignore the impact of social, economic, and environmental factors that shape people’s opportunities and circumstances.

60 HOURS

*The time required to reach each level is estimated and has been established taking the residents’ course as a reference.

Nivel B.2.1

Information and Narration: Write, report, summarize, and comment on the content of a news story from the written press, radio, television, or other media sources
Argumentation and Opinion: Express opinions, make evaluations, and respond to the statements or ideas of others, showing agreement, disagreement, or nuanced viewpoints.
Interaction and debate: Participate actively in formal and informal discussions, referring back to previously mentioned topics, managing conversational turn-taking, and using strategies to “steal” or yield the floor appropriately.
Negotiation: Make, support, or reject proposals, as well as establish, impose, and evaluate conditions or requirements within a negotiation process.
Advice and suggestions: Give recommendations and advice by putting oneself in another person’s situation, showing empathy, and softening the level of imposition.
Hypotheses and wishes: Evoque and describe hypothetical, unlikely, or difficult-to-achieve situations, behaviors, and consequences, as well as express wishes in a polite and tactful manner.
Detailed description: Describe neighborhoods, urban landscapes, and cities in both formal and informal contexts, detailing their physical features, qualities, architectural elements, and historical background.
Expectations: Discuss prior ideas, beliefs, and expectations about a person, place, event, or situation, and contrast them with actual impressions formed after direct experience..
Administrative Contexts: Establish, complete, and define requirements, conditions, and general guidelines for official calls for applications, competitions, scholarships, grants, and selection or recruitment processes.

Pasado de indicativo verb tenses: Contrast and coordinate use of the four past tenses (pretérito perfecto, pretérito indefinido, pretérito imperfecto y pretérito pluscuamperfecto) in narrative and storytelling .
Voz pasiva e impersonalidad: form and uses.
Oraciones de relativo and partículas relativas.
Presente de Subjuntivo: Alternation between the indicativo/subjuntivo after verbs of opinion, belief, judgment, and perception in affirmative and negative main clauses (creo que… no creo que…).
Uses of the presente and the pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo after conditional structures using the condicional simple (me gustaría encontrar a alguien que + presente/imperfecto de subjuntivo) according to degree of probability.
Perfecto de subjuntivo: Form and uses to refer to past actions that are connected to the present.
Evaluative Structures: Use of the alternation between the infinitivo and the subjuntivo in evaluative expressions (es ilógico, me parece mal, es importante, es una pena, etc.), depending on whether the subjects of the main and subordinate clauses are the same (co-reference) or different.
Infinitivo Compuesto: Formation (haber + participio) and contrast with the infinitivo simple to indicate whether an action is simultaneous with or prior to another action in constructions that require an infinitive.
Prepositions Por y Para: Systematization and comparison of their use cause, purpose, recipient, point of view, time deadlines, authorship, distribution, exchange, and pending or future actions).
Participio: Use of the participle as a purely adjectival form, with agreement in gender and number (situado/a, rodeado/a, construido/a), especially as a means of avoiding relative clauses and finite verbs in descriptive constructions.

Media and journalism: Vocabulary related to media platforms, networks, news sections, newsworthy events, and summary nouns frequently used in headlines.
Verbs of information transmission: Verbs with specific nuances used to report what others have said.
Tourism and urban planning: Vocabulary related to mass tourism, sustainable or responsible tourism, ecology, urban landscape, local bureaucracy, and residents’ complaints.
Extreme and adventure sports: Vocabulary related to outdoor extreme sports practiced on land, water, and in the air.
Emotions, fears, and phobias: Vocabulary used to describe intense sensations, common or clinical fears, and irrational reactions.
Personal and emotional relationships: Vocabulary related to marital status, independence, single life, family ties, affection, and situations involving relationship crises or breakups.
Urban tribes and social groups: Descriptive vocabulary for lifestyles, aesthetics, hobbies, and the dynamics of youth subcultures or contemporary social movements.
Verbs of change: Structures used to express transformations in character, age, profession, or physical/social status.
Urban and architectural description: Descriptive adjectives related to atmosphere and heritage, places of historical and tourist interest, as well as the names of artistic and architectural styles.
Calls for applications and education: Specific vocabulary related to scholarships, academic mobility programs, higher education qualifications, official examinations, academic subjects, and bureaucratic procedures.
Indefiniteness: Uses, apocope, and placement of the indefinite quantifier and pronoun cualquier / cualquiera.
Verbs combined with prepositions: Mastery of the prepositional patterns required by frequently used verbs.

Management of spoken interaction: Informal expressions used to begin speaking, interrupt politely, or take the floor confidently during lively discussions in the Spanish-speaking world.
Register and contextual appropriateness: Pragmatic contrast between formal written language and informal spoken language.
Use of the condicional simple verb tense to “soften” requests and make them more polite
Colloquial interactive expressions: Common expressions for reacting to previously unknown information (no sabía que, creía que, pensaba que). Verbal resources for expressing surprise, astonishment, or disbelief (¿En serio?, ¿De verdad?, ¡¿Qué dices?!). Colloquial formulas used to reaffirm or guarantee the truthfulness of what is being said (Que sí, de verdad, en serio). Informal affectionate vocatives commonly used in familiar interactions (guapa, preciosa, cariño). Discourse markers for control, mitigation, or justification based on the word bueno.
Dialectal and sociocultural variation: Awareness of the different popular terms and expressions used throughout the Spanish-speaking world.
Festivals, rituals, and unique traditions in Spain and Latin America: Introduction to popular festivities in the Iberian Peninsula,(Castells or human towers in Cataluña and the bull-running events during the San Fermín festival in Pamplona). Introduction to traditional rituals, dances, and performances from Mexico and Central America (including the cliff divers of La Quebrada in Acapulco, the pre-Hispanic Voladores de Papantla ceremony, and the pagan Tiger Fight ritual in Acatlán, Guerrero).
Urban sociology and new lifestyles.

90 HOURS

*The time required to reach each level is estimated and has been established taking the residents’ course as a reference.

Nivel B2.2

Aprender a presentarse, dar y pedir datos personales, saludar y despedirse.
Preguntar cosas en la clase de español y usar recursos para desenvolverse en ella.
Expresar intenciones y explicar los motivos de lo que hacemos.
Hablar de lo que sabemos hacer en distintos idiomas.
Expresar deseo
Describir lugares y expresar existencia y ubicación.
Hablar del clima y del tiempo.
Identificar objetos y hablar de preferencias.
Expresar necesidad.
Comprar en tiendas: preguntar por productos, pedir precios, etc.

El género en nacionalidades, profesiones y en los sustantivos en general.
Uso de los verbos ser, tener, llamarse, estar, ir y preferir.
Los pronombres personales de sujeto.
Los artículos determinados (el, la, los, las) e indeterminados (un, una, unos, unas).
El presente de indicativo para los verbos regulares terminados en -ar, -er, -ir.
Algunos usos de las palabras por, para y porque.
Algunos usos de la forma impersonal hay.
El superlativo.
Uso de cuantificadores: muy, mucho/mucha/muchos/muchas.
Interrogativos: qué, cuál/cuáles, cuántos/cuántas, dónde, cómo.
Los demostrativos: este/esta/estos/estas, esto.
Las construcciones de el/la/los/las + adjetivo.
La estructura tener que + infinitivo.
La construcción qué + sustantivo.

Saludos, despedidas y vocabulario sobre las cosas de la clase.
El abecedario.
Los números desde el 1 hasta cifras a partir del 100.
Nacionalidades, profesiones y lugares de trabajo.
Idiomas, actividades de ocio y actividades de la clase de lengua.
El tiempo, el clima, las estaciones del año y los puntos cardinales.
Geografía y datos relevantes sobre países.
Los colores.
Prendas de vestir, accesorios y objetos de uso cotidiano.
Usos específicos del verbo llevar y combinaciones léxicas con el verbo ir.