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Department of HumanitiesEvening Class Programme

Spanish

Students are advised NOT to buy course books before the start of the course.

1. Beginners

This course aims to provide students with the skills needed for everyday situations in aSpanish-speaking environment. Students can expect to learn how to introduce themselvesand others, talk about their town and country, how to buy food, tell the time, describe people,talk about their daily routine, etc.

The course book is Español en marcha 1, Francisca Castro Viúdez et alia, SGEL (Student’s

book / Libro del alumno with 2 CDs). The accompanying CDs will be used as required, aswell as a variety of work sheets. Basic elements of Spanish grammar will be introduced:gender and number endings, regular and irregular verbs in the present, imperative tense,introduction to the past tense, etc.

Throughout the course the approach is communicative, using role plays, interviews, andother activities to encourage students’ participation. Cultural topics relating to Spain andLatin America will be introduced.

Please note that weekly revision will be essential to take full advantage of the course. Tocomplement topics introduced in class, we recommend the use of other resources such as:

• BBC Spanish: http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/

o Talk Spanish: http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/talk/ o Spanish Steps: http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/lj/

o Talk Spanish Grammar , BBC Active Languages, Educational Publishers,

Pearson, 2009

• Languageguide (visual dictionary): http://www.languageguide.org/espanol/

2. Lower Intermediate

This course aims to extend and consolidate the language skills of students who completed aBeginners course or those having some knowledge of Spanish. Students learn how to talk

about themselves in greater detail, practice vocabulary related to shopping, rentingaccommodation, ordering food in a restaurant, talk about the past and future plans, give apoint of view, etc.

The course book is Español en marcha 2 , Francisca Castro Viúdez et alia, SGEL (Libro del alumno with 1 CD). The accompanying CDs are used as required in class or for independentpractice and a variety of work sheets are also provided.

This course includes elements of grammar such as a short review of some topics alreadystudied at Beginners’ level, review of and further work on different ways of expressing thepast, uses of the future and the conditional tense. Cultural topics covering both Spain andLatin America will be developed.

Please note that weekly revision will be essential to take full advantage of the course. Tocomplement topics introduced in class, we recommend the use of other resources such as:



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• BBC Spanish:

o El Mensual: http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/news/ o BBC Crosswords:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/news/crossword/flash/ o Talk Spanish Grammar , BBC Active Languages, Educational Publishers,

Pearson, 2009

• Languageguide:

o Vocabulary http://www.languageguide.org/espanol/ o Grammar http://www.languageguide.org/espanol/grammar/

• Listening & reading

o SpanishNewsBiteshttp://www.spanishnewsbites.com/spanish_newsbites/beginner_level/

3. Intermediate

This course aims to develop further the four language skills of speaking, listening, readingand writing with an emphasis on oral skills. Students are expected to have reached at least ahigher GCSE-level or equivalent before starting the course.

The course book is Español en marcha 3 , Francisca Castro Viúdez et alia, SGEL (Libro del alumno with 1 CD). It is used together with a number of audio materials and relevanthandouts.

You will be using a wider range of vocabulary and more complex grammatical structures.There will be a revision of the different past tenses, and an introduction to the subjunctive. Atthe end of the course, students will be able to talk about the past, present and future, todescribe places and people in detail, understand and use vocabulary relating to health, talk

about their workplace, give instructions and express wishes. Students will be able to readsome real materials such as short news features and to write simple connected text such asshort letters.

The cultural component of the course covers both Spain and Latin America.

Weekly revision is essential to take full advantage of the course. To complement topicsintroduced in class, we recommend the use of other resources such as:

• BBC Spanish

o El Mensual http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/news/ o Spanish TV http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/tv/

o News in Spanish http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/

• Grammar & vocabulary support

o Ver-Taal, Vocabulary http://www.ver-taal.com/vocabulario.htm o Gramaclicando (Centro de Estudios Hispánicos, Université Catholique de

Louvain, Belgium) http://www.sflt.ucl.ac.be/gra/

4. Higher Intermediate

This course is intended for students who have reached A/S Level or equivalent and acquireda good knowledge of basic Spanish grammar.

A continuation of the Intermediate level, the course aims to provide a background to thestudy of Spanish-speaking countries with an emphasis on communication through discussion



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in class of current economic and political issues. Students will also be encouraged to extendtheir knowledge of grammar and improve their writing skills.

There is no recommended textbook for this course which will be based on materialsproduced by the teacher: news articles, audio resources, grammar handouts, etc.

• Readingo Short stories from Centro Virtual Cervantes

http://cvc.cervantes.es/aula/lecturas/ o Spanish newspapers:

El País http://www.elpais.com/global/ El Mundo http://www.elmundo.es/

• Listening practice

o SpanishNewsBiteshttp://www.spanishnewsbites.com/spanish_newsbites/intermediate_level/

o Spanish TV http://www.rtve.es/television/ o

Spanish radio http://www.rtve.es/radio/ • Grammar support

o Spanish Grammar Exercises (Prof. M.Stroud, Trinity University, San Antonio,Texas) http://www.trinity.edu/mstroud/grammar/

o Gramaclicando (Centro de Estudios Hispánicos, Université Catholique deLouvain, Belgium) http://www.sflt.ucl.ac.be/gra/

Questions regarding the content and teaching of the above courses should be addressed

to: Ms Iria Gonzalez-Becerra (Spanish co-ordinator), [email protected] For enrolment infos, please visit: http://www.imperial.ac.uk/humanities/evening

NEW: Imperial College undergraduates may, if they wish, acquire 2 ECTS credits aftersuccessfully completing their Evening Class. To qualify, a student must attend the classesregularly and pass a test at the end of the second term. Students will be invited to apply inthe second term to take the test.

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