FIRST TERM 2024-2025
Beginners
Wednesday 13.00-15.00
Neil Stanley Castle Street Centre Kendal, LA9 7AD 11 weeks, 18th September -4th December, no class on 30th October £154 -------- Wednesday 19.00-21.00 This course is now full Neil Stanley Castle Street Centre Kendal, LA9 7AD 11 weeks, 18th September -4th December, no class on 30th October £154 This is an introduction to Spanish for learners who have no prior knowledge of the language, or who have picked up a few Spanish phrases and want to expand on this.
This course will enable you to communicate in Spanish at a basic level in a range of everyday situations. |
Year 2
Monday 18.30-20.30 This course is now full
Neil Stanley Castle Street Centre Kendal, LA9 7AD 11 weeks 16th September -2nd December, no class on 28th October £154 ------ Tuesday 13.00-15.00 Pilar Valera 2 Bankfield Kendal, LA9 5DR 12 weeks 17th September -10th December, no class on 29th October £168 For those who have an elementary knowledge and wish to revise and widen the range of everyday situations in which they can get by, while improving their grasp of basic grammar and vocabulary. There will be plenty of speaking and listening practice in a fun and supportive atmosphere.
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Year 3
Thursday 16.00-18.00
Pilar Valera Castle Street Centre Kendal,LA9 7AD 12 weeks 19th September -12th December, no class on 31st October £168 This course is for those people who are familiar with the past & future tenses but more practise is needed. We will start to do more listening and reading exercises in order to widen your vocabulary and to enable you to express your own ideas and opinions.
We will split the teaching time into listening exercises, conversation & games activities to develop your oral skills and there will be some grammar explanations. We will work with grammar, reading & writing exercises at home. GCSE 1st year
Tuesday or Wednesday 18.30-20.30, tbc Pilar Valera Castle Street Centre Kendal, LA9 7AD 12 weeks from mid September This course is very focused on the grammar & topics needed to achieve a GCSE in May/June 2026, but it is not compulsory to take the exam.
Topics: ●Identity and culture i.e Personal information, family, daily life, free time, celebrations & festivals ● Local area, holiday and travel, i.e describing your town, talking about holidays, shopping, directions, booking hotel & buying transport tickets ● work ● Future aspirations and work ● International and global dimension, festivals, ONG and the environment. Grammar: All past, present, future, conditional tenses plus using comparatives, prepositions, subject and object pronouns, possessive adjectives are among the points covered. GCSE 2nd year
Monday 18.30-20.30 Pilar Valera Castle Street Centre Kendal, LA9 7AD 12 weeks 16th September -9th December, no class on 31st October £168 This year is the second part of the course. It concentrates in developing the reading, listening, writing and oral skills needed to sit the exam in May/June. We will work with a more ambitious scope than the GCSE needs. We will read adapted news articles to talk about the issues raised, students will be able to give opinions and express ideas and the listening activities will be a bit more challenging that a Foundation GCSE. We will continue revising the grammar needed but already covered in the first Year. Those students who wish to will sit the exam in May/June 2025 |
Upper Intermediate
Monday 16.00-18.00 Pilar Valera 2 Bankfield Kendal, LA9 5DR 12 weeks 16th September -9th December, no class on 28th October £168 ----------------------------------------------- Thursday 18.30-20.30 Pilar Valera Castle Street Centre Kendal, LA9 7AD 12 weeks 19th September -12th December, no class on 31st October £168 This course is for those who can hold conversations in Spanish but want to feel more confident in their own abilities. You are able to give and justify your opinions and own ideas and you can manipulate the language to express yourself.
We will look into the history, social events, cultural events, economy issues and politics of Spain & Latin America today. This course is suitable for those who either have studied Spanish for more than 5/6 years, lived in Spain, have GCSE or equivalent qualifications. We are moving upwards to an A level or B2/C1in the European language ladder. Advanced
Tuesday 10.00-12.00 Pilar Valera 2 Bankfield Kendal, LA9 5DR 12 weeks 17th September -10th December, no class on 29th October £168 ---------------------------------------- Thursday 10.00-12.00 Pilar Valera Castle Street Centre Kendal,LA9 7AD 12 weeks 19th September -12th December, no class on 31st October £168 Este curso es para aquellos que quieran concentrarse en temas de conversación, para aprender más sobre los aspectos históricos, culturales, políticos, sociales y económicos de la España de hoy.
En clase haremos ejercicios de escuchar, hablar, leer textos y noticias actuales. En muchas ocasiones tendrás que dar tu opinión y justificarla. Un aspecto importante es la gramática, al comienzo del curso los estudiantes y yo decidiremos aquellos puntos que pueden ser mas interesantes o importantes. Intentaremos desarrollar tus competencias escritas con los deberes.
Este curso esta dirigido a aquellos que han vivido en España o Latinoamerica y desean mantener su español.
Trabajaremos temas de actualidad y se pondrá el énfasis en el trabajo oral y aural. Se leerán textos periodísticos en casa para poder comentarlos en clase. |
