LESSON 1
Being sick, describing medication:
Suggested grammar revision:
Expansion of lexical set:
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Direct / Indirect object pronouns
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To feel pain / to hurt (verbs).
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Rules of accentuation in Spanish
Parts of the human body.
Use of idiomatic expressions
related with the human body.
Give advice, explain benefits,
persuade
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Social situations:
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In the hospital
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At the medic
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Pharmacy
Buying daily product at the market:
Suggested grammar revision:
Indefinite Adjectives pronouns:
Something/nothing
Someone/nobody
Some/any
 To know: ‘Saber’ vs. ‘Conocer’
 Interrogatives
How much/What
 Quantifiers/intensifiers
A lot/enough/a bit
 Demonstrative
This/that/these/those
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Expansion of lexical set:
Social situations:
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Shopping list
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Express quantity
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Name of food stores
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Asking for price and products
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Supermarket
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Expressions:
Doubts and hesitation.
Travelling:
Suggested grammar revision:
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Verbal periphrasis – 완곡어법
Going to + infinitive
Prefer + infinitive
Want + infinitive
Can + infinitive
Should + infinitive
Must + infinitive
Have + infinitive
Expansion of lexical set:
Social situations:
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Sports
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Holiday activities
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Travel
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Making plans.
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Leisure
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Express obligation.
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Accept and reject an offer.
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LESSON 2
Mass media:
Suggested grammar revision:
Negative constructions:
Never, no, no way!
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Asking and expressing opinion
Express cause and ask the
reason why.
Expansion of lexical set:
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'Pros' and 'cons' of an argument.
Watch and listen to Spanish TV
via internet. Spanish TV adverts.
Social situations:
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Types of film
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Favorite TV program
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Discuss television
programmes
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Internet research
Talking about daily life:
Suggested grammar revision:
Present perfect: talking when
an action or situation in the past
is linked to a moment in the
present.
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Expansion of lexical set:
Social situations:
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Activities of the day
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My diary
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Talk about the past
Describe experiences and
personal situations
Reflexive verbs
Apologize and give an
excuse.
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Commands:
Suggested grammar revision:
Expansion of lexical set:
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Use of the imperative
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The city
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The use of linking words
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The bank
Social situations:
Asking and giving
instructions
 Give and refuse
permission
 Offer and refuse an
invitation
 Express prohibition
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Cooking recipes:
Spanish omelette.
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LESSON 3
Telephoning:
Language functions:
Verb TO BE:
’ Ser’ and ‘Estar’ contrast
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Verbs of movement
Go/come – leave/arrive
Vocabulary Lists:
Social situations:
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Greetings
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Social relations
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Farewell
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Telephone situations
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Making excuses
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Past tense:
Language functions:
Preterit:
Uses of the preterit
Regular and irregular forms
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‘Curriculum Vitae’
Vocabulary Lists:
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Holidays
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Historical events
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Biography of famous people
Social situations:
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Narrating in the Past
Lodge:
Language functions:
Vocabulary Lists:
Social situations:
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Describing houses, apartments
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Furniture
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Express disappointment
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Newspaper add
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Express surprise
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Compliment vocabulary
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To flatter
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Express boredom
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Indirect speech
Getting information.
Making a reservation and an
appointment.
Arranging to meet with
someone (time, place).
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LESSON 4
The imperfect tense:
Language functions:
Vocabulary Lists:
The imperfect tense:
Uses of the imperfect
Regular and irregular forms
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Social situations:
Narrating and describing
the Past
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Historical events
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Great discovers and inventions.
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Describe people in the past
Describing a process in the
past
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Different tenses in the past:
Language functions:
Vocabulary Lists:
Comparing and contrasting Present
perfect/Imperfect/Preterit.
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Tales and stories
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Epic News on TV
Talk about the past.
Social situations:
Say how long you have/had
been doing something
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Talk about causes and
effects
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Relate different moments in the
past.
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Future simple tense:
Language functions:
Future simple tense:
Uses of the future.
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Making speculations.
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Making promises.
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Talk about priorities
Vocabulary Lists:
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Expressions to talk about the future
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Expressions to make a prediction.
Social situations:
non verbal
communication
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Listen for gist and for detail,
distinguishing key words and
facts
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LESSON 5
The Conditional Tense:
Language functions:
The conditional simple tense:
Uses of the conditional.
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Vocabulary Lists:
Expressions to write a letter, email
(formal and informal)
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Use appropriate language to
persuade and convince.
Social situations:
Use conversational skills to
express points of view.
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Make positive and negative
comments; express
approval/disapproval
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Use appropriate language to
make judgments and
recommendations.
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General review.
Language functions:
Vocabulary Lists:
Conditional tense and Future
tense
 Adverbs and adverbial phrases
 Verb + infinitive constructions
 Prepositions + infinitive
Day trip
Cinema
Bank
Restaurant
Bar
Hotel
Metro station
Airport
Family
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Social situations:
Use a range of idiomatic
impersonal expressions.
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Give reasons for and against
Give tactful criticism
Use varied sentence length
 Ask and answer questions
 Add detail to answers
 Plan a discussion
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Specification Content
Nivel A2 (Waystage / Elementary level)
Language Purposes and Functions
This course prepares students for level A2 based in the syllabus on the requirements of the
Instituto Cervantes (A2).
The student will be able to communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and
direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters. The student will be able to
describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background, immediate environment and matters
in areas of immediate need. The course covers appropriate language skills, techniques and
methodology, and offers lots of exam focused language expansion in the key skill areas of
reading, writing, listening, speaking, grammar and vocabulary.
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1) Reading and Research Skills
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Relating short texts and simple sentences, such as rules, instructions or menus.
Recognizing names, words or sentences and grasping the general meaning of
information and instructions.
Selective reading techniques
Developing active reading skills (reading for understanding)
Vocabulary development, Vocabulary expansion
2) Writing Skills
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Filling forms with personal information
Writing a letter related with the personal environment and daily routines
Writing a descriptive or narrative text based on the provided data
Writing a descriptive and narrative essay
Stylistics: Paragraphing, Punctuation, Sentence Structure, Linkers
Formal/Informal; Connectors; Prepositions; Basic accentuation rules
Summarizing, note taking skills and rewriting notes, adapting, editing, reducing word
counts
3) Listening Skills
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Understanding general ideas of simple statements, short radio broadcastings or phone
conversations
Listening for gist: Radio, Phone conversations, etc.
Listening for understanding: General idea, Simple statements, Key words, Linkers,
Frequent sentences and expressions, Rhetorical devices, etc.
Characteristics of spoken Spanish: Emphasis, Intonation, Stress patterns, etc.
Note taking from spoken data
4) Speaking Skills
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Providing basic information
Participating in a short conversation
Participating in a informal conversation based in a pretended situation
Pronunciation and fluency development: Intonation, Stress, Accentuation.
Giving basic information about useful aspects and daily life experiences
Participating in formal and informal conversations: Asking for permissions, Expressing
an opinion, Proposing, accepting or rejecting ideas
Planning your presentation, Rhetorical Devices
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