Course overview
By studying Spanish Level 4, you will be able to understand authentic speech with ease and communicate confidently on a variety of subjects using a wide range of vocabulary and complex grammatical structures be able to read extracts from authentic literature with almost 100% understanding be able to write a number of complex texts in different registers with high degree of accuracy, employing a wide range of structures and vocabulary and have further developed intercultural competence and be conversant with a variety of issues in Spanish speaking countries.
What does this course cover?
Topics may typically include:
- Looking after the planet
- Environmental problems
- Protecting the environment
- Environmental issues in Spain & Latin America
- Slow food
- Story telling
- Greatest enigmas of all times
- Mind power
Functions may typically include:
- Expressing probability in the present & the future
- Certainty vs uncertainty
- Expressing probability in the past
- Reporting a true or false statement
- Telling a story
Grammar may typically include:
- Verbs and formulas to express opinion with the Subjunctive
- Discourse markers
- Imperative: regular & irregular forms
- Expressions of doubt and certainty
- Future perfect
- Verbs creer & creerse
- Expressions of certainty & uncertainty
- Structures to express hypothesis
What will I achieve?
When Spanish Level 4 is complete, you will achieve the equivalent of B1/B2 level of the CEFR, level 3 of the RQF.
*The above is an indication of content that may be covered over the duration of the course but it could vary depending on the level and progress of students in the class.