Spanish course has 6 levels:

First Junior, Second Junior, First Senior, Second Senior, First Diploma, and Second Diploma.

SYLLABUS FOR FIRST JUNIOR

1. Greetings, numbers, the letters of the alphabet, letters and their sounds

2. The days of the week and the months of the year.

3. The gender and number: Masculine / Feminine, Singular / Plural

4. The articles – Indefinite/definite, Personal pronouns

5. Nationalities and Professions, adjectives describing people, workplaces

6. Regular verbs ending with “ar, er, ir”

7. Irregular verbs like llamarse, tener, ser, estar, querer, ir, etc.,

8. Question words, basic prepositions.

9. Uses of “por, para, porque, por qué, hay”

10. Quantifiers : muy, mucho/a/s/as

11. Demonstrative adjectives, tener que + infinitive

12. Colours, clothes, everyday items

13. Qué + noun, cuál / cuáles

At this level, the student can

· introduce himself, describe and define places, people, things, climate, weather, etc.,

· make simple conversations related to shopping, asking and giving personal information.

· express intentions, motivation, leisure activities, existence, and location

· read, write, listen and speak Spanish with little difficulty.

Prescribed Books :

Aula – 1-Text Book (Units from 0 to 4).

Cuadernos de gramática española A1 (Units from 1 to 9).

SYLLABUS FOR SECOND JUNIOR

1. Possessive adjectives

2. « Gustar » verb

3. Quantifiers : muy, un poco, bastante, algún, ningún, mucho, etc.

4. Family relations, adjectives related to physical aspects and character.

5. Pronominal verbs / Irregular / stem changing verbs

6. También / tampoco / sí / no

7. Direct object pronouns

8. Uses of “de” and “con”

9. Prepositions and adverbs of place: a, en, al lado de, cerca, lejos, etc.

10. Present perfect

11. Saber / Poder + infinitive

At this level, the student can

· express time, daily activities, habits

· ask for and give information about food/eating habits.

· express and compare likes, dislikes, and interests.

· describe towns, neighborhoods, and cities.

· talk about past experiences, skills, abilities, strengths, weaknesses, etc.

Prescribed Books :

Aula – 1-Text Book (Units from 5 to 9).

Cuadernos de gramática española A1 (Units from 10 to 18).

SYLLABUS FOR FIRST SENIOR

1. Regular and Irregular verbs in present tense.

2. Verbs: “costar, sentirse”

3. Desde / desde hace

4. Pronominal verbs

5. Simple past, time markers

6. Prepositions: hasta, durante, desde

7. Ir / irse, empezar / empezar a

8. Comparatives, possessive pronouns

9. Prepositions and adverbs of location

10. Regular and irregular forms of gerund

11. Conditional (poder/importer)

12. Usage of the verbs: dar, dejar, prestar, poner, pasar, tener

13. Difference between present perfect and simple past

14. Ya / todavia no

15. Ir a / querer / pensar + infinitive

At this level, the student can

· talk about habits, about difficulties.

· describe feelings, objects.

· make recommendations, excuses, justifications.

· explain and connect past events.

· talk about: action from beginning to end / past experiences / intentions.

· express likes, preferences, coincidence, desire to do something.

· ask for things, actions, favors, permissions.

Prescribed Books :

Aula – 2 -Text Book (Units from 1 to 5).

Cuadernos de gramática española A2 (Units from 1 to 10).

SYLLABUS FOR SECOND SENIOR

1. Forms with “se”

2. Y, pero, ademas

3. Soler + infinitive

4. Usage of the verbs: doler, ser, estar

5. Forms and uses of the affirmative imperative

6. Imperfect past tense, simple past

7. Ya no / todavia

8. Past forms of “estar” + gerund

9. Time markers

10. Difference between preterite and the imperfect

At this level, the student can

· talk about tastes, eating habits, about moods, about habits, customs and circumstances in the past.

· explain how a dish is prepared.

· describe aches, pains and symptoms.

· give advices.

· argue and debate.

· express emotions.

· tell stories from the past.

Prescribed Books :

Aula – 2 -Text Book (Units from 6 to 10).

Cuadernos de gramática española A2 (Units from 11 to 20).

SYLLABUS FOR FIRST DIPLOMA

1. Difference between present perfect and simple past

2. Empezar a / acabar de / terminar de / volver a / dejar de + infinitive

3. Llevar / seguir + gerundio

4. Desde / desde que / desde hace

5. Future tense, time markers to speak about future

6. Si + presente, future

7. Es obligatorio / está prohibido / está permitido + infinitive

8. Direct and indirect object pronouns

9. Connectors : entonces, en aquel momento, al final, de repente, de pronto, porque, como, aunque, sin embargo

10. Positive and negative imperative forms and its uses

11. Reflexive pronouns

12. Subjunctive forms and its uses

Prescribed Book:

Aula – 3 -Text Book (Units from 1 to 6)

SYLLABUS FOR SECOND DIPLOMA 

1. Direct and Indirect speech

2. Cause and consequence

3. El pretérito pluscuamperfecto de indicative

4. Combination of all past tenses

5. Indicative / subjunctive uses

6. Superlative forms, exclamatory sentences

7. Conditional forms

8. Usage of simple future / conditional

Prescribed Book:

Aula – 3 -Text Book (Units from 7 to 12).