By the end of this course students will be able to:
- talk about habits, express frequency and the order in which we do actions, as well as to ask and tell the time. For this purpose, grammar-wise, we will review the present tense of some verbs and we will see some new regular and irregular verbs, as well as some reflexive verbs used in the context of this unit. As for new vocabulary, we will review the days of the week and see the parts of the day and daily activities.
- ‘survive’ in cafés and restaurants, to ask information about food and to talk about eating habits. For this purpose, we will learn the impersonal usage of verbs with ‘se’, the verbs “poner” and “traer”, as well as the direct object pronouns (lo, la, los, las). Vocabulary-wise, we will learn the meals on a day, the names of ingredients and some typical dishes from Spain and Latin America, as well as the different ways of cooking food.
- describe neighborhoods, villages and cities and to talk about what we like the best and the least about a place. In addition, we will study how to ask and give directions. Concerning the grammar in this unit, the quantifiers (algún, ningún...) and the prepositions and adverbs for indicating place will be learnt. Finally, vocabulary-wise, we will learn the services and places in a city as well as some adjectives to describe a neighborhood.
- talk about previous experiences, to talk about abilities and also to talk about the qualities and the negative aspects of a person. As for the new grammatical content in this units, we will see the present perfect tense and the verbs “saber” and “poder”. Concerning vocabulary, we will see some frequency expressions and adjectives of character.