Levels and Objectives of Spanish courses in Ibiza
How long does it take to learn Spanish and which are the contents?
This is probably one of the most frequent question we receive from our students. Below you will find a description of the contents and times necessary for each level. Please note that these are average times and that some students might be even faster and need less hours and some might need more.
In general, starting from 0, we can say that you will need at least 40 hourse to get to a low level where you can speak with many errrors and understand the basics. And from 100 hours onwards you can get to an intermediate level where you start to speak a little more although still with errors. Everything above that level is a prefectioning phase which is important and it means a lot of practising and deepening the grammar concepts you have already seen.
Please see the levels and the details below to get a complete picture of your learning plan and progress.
A1 - Basic User or Beginner
Contents and duration
The average study time to get through all of the contents of A1 in our courses is about 40-70 hours. It is similar in courses in the school in Ibiza and in our online courses. It also depends a little on each student how well he/she can follow the course: on the age, on the motivation, maybe knowledge of other languages, the background or other factors. It is an approximate value.
Please click below on “Speaking and Vocabulary”, “Grammar” and “Cultural Aspects” to see the contents of level A1 in detail.
How to introduce yourself and others, nationalities and professions
How to ask questions in class
Saying hello and goodbye
Giving and requesting personal details
Numbers and the alphabet
Expressing intentions
Languages, geography and the weather
Leisure activities and travel
Easting out in bars and restaurants, ordering and speaking about food
Spanish and Latin American food
Likes and dislikes
Espressing needs and identifying objects
Family and relationships
Clothes and colors
Habits
Days and daily activities
Telling the time and parts of the day
Giving and receiving directions
Expressing likes and dislikes
Gender
Conjugations
The verbs ser, estar, gustar, ir, preferir, poner, traer, saber, poder
Present tense “presente indicativo”
Past tense “pretérito perfecto”
Some uses of a, con, de, por, para and porque
Definite article: el, la, los, las
Personal pronouns
Possessives
Demonstratives este/esta/estos
Qualifiers: bien, mal
Quantifiers: muy, mucho, poco, algún, ningún
También, tampoco
The superlative
Reflexive verbs
Yo también, Yo tampoco, Yo si, Yo no
Primero, después, luego
How to greet in Spain and Latin America
Differences in pronunciation
Spanish opening and eating times
Famous people of the Spanish speaking world
A2 - Elementary Level
Contents and duration
The average study time to get through all of the contents of A2 in our courses is about 60-120 hours. It is similar in courses in the school in Ibiza and in our online courses. It also depends a little on each student how well he/she can follow the course: on the age, on the motivation, maybe knowledge of other languages, the background or other factors. It is an approximate value.
Please click below on “Speaking and Vocabulary”, “Grammar” and “Cultural Aspects” to see the contents of level A2 in detail.
Make recommendations
Describe feelings and speak about habits and difficulties
Activities to learn languages
Professions
Describe past events
Cinema and biographies
Types and parts of houses, shapes, styles and materials
To give, leave and borrow
Speak about leisure activities, timetables
Speak about past events
Express intentions and projects
Explain recipes
Speak about experiences and wishes
Like and dislike people
Give advice
Speak about how you feel, body parts, illness and symptoms
Parts of your life and travel
Historic periods
Argue and debate
Express emotions
Speak in past tense
Past tenses “pretérito indefinido”, “pretérito perfecto” and “pretérito imperfecto”
Irregular forms of the “pretérito indefinido”
Past tense markers
OD pronouns
The verbs costar, sentirse, gustar, encantar, preferir, poder, importar, ayudar, poner
Para/porque
Desde / desde hace / hace … que
Empezar a + infintive
Ir/irse
Prepositions: sin, con, debajo, encima, detrás, delante
Possessive pronouns: el mío, tuyo,
Use of ser y estar
Gerund
Estar + gerund
Conditional
Travelling and leisure activities
Speaking about food and culinary habits
Interesting places and cultural offer
B1 - Intermediate Level
Contents and duration
The average study time to get through all of the contents of B1 in our courses is about 80-160 hours. It is similar in courses in the school in Ibiza and in our online courses. It also depends a little on each student how well he/she can follow the course: on the age, on the motivation, maybe knowledge of other languages, the background or other factors. It is an approximate value.
Please click below on “Speaking and Vocabulary”, “Grammar” and “Cultural Aspects” to see the contents of level B1 in detail.
Speaking about a lifetime of a person
Work and school vocabulary
Future and predictions
Social habits
Speak about prohibition/obligation
Tell jokes and stories
Express interests, wishes and suggest solutions, speak about problems and show disagreement
Futuro simple y condicional
Pretérito perfecto y el pretérito indefinido
Presente de indicativo
Presente de subjuntivo
Seguramente/seguro que/supongo que + futuro
Futuro imperfecto
Estilo indirecto
Pretérito pluscuamperfecto de indicativo
Quantifiers: todo el mundo/la mayoría de/muchos/algunos
Conectors: (y) entonces, en aquel momento, al final, de repente, pronto,
Some uses of the imperative
The superlative: ísimo/-a/-os/-as
Cine, televisión, novelas
Advertising and politics in the Spanish speaking world
The environment and solidarity
B2 - Upper Intermediate Level
Contents and duration
The average study time to get through all of the contents of B2 in our courses is about 100-200 hours. It is similar in courses in the school in Ibiza and in our online courses. It also depends a little on each student how well he/she can follow the course: on the age, on the motivation, maybe knowledge of other languages, the background or other factors. It is an approximate value.
Please click below on “Speaking and Vocabulary”, “Grammar” and “Cultural Aspects” to see the contents of level B2 in detail.
Speaking about the current news and give opinion about it
Discuss different opinions and talk about feelings
Give and take advise
Talk about cities, tourism in general and leisure activities
Making hypothesis
Combine all the past tenses
Use of presente, imperfecto, pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo
Condicional simple y compuesto
Futuro
Use of passive voice
Relative clauses
Creo que + indicativo
Para + infinitivo/subjuntivo
Use of the verbs poner y quedar
Media in Spain and Latin Amercia
Politics and society in Spain
Education and biographies
C1 - Advanced
Duration
The average study time to get through all of the contents of C1 in our courses is between 100 and 200 hours.
C2 - Proficient
Duration
The average study time to get through all of the contents of C2 in our courses is between 100 and 200 hours.
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