Spanish - Intermediate

those who have already learned most grammar but want to practise it in conversation.

The verb tenses my current learners have already done are:

1. the simple present (I do) and the continuous present (I am doing)
2. the near future (I’m going to do) and the simple future (I will do)
3. the simple past/preterit (I did) and the imperfect (I was doing/used to do)
4. the present perfect (I have done), the past perfect (I had done) and the future perfect (I will have done)
5. the conditional (I would do) and the conditional perfect (I would have done)
6. the present (and present perfect) subjunctive (I may -or may not – do/I may have done!)… but we are still getting used to it
7. the imperfect (and past perfect) subjunctive (if only I were/ if I had known…). Again, the group need a LOT of practice.

As well as starting the lesson with general chit chat about our past weeks and past lives at the start of the lesson and more general chit chat about what we have planned for the coming few days and what we will be doing soon, we will be hatting about an alphabet of Spanish themes (architecture, cinema etc) and looking at some short stories, songs and video clips.

If you ever did an O Level (more in depth than a more recent GCSE) or AS/A Level  in the past without going on to study Spanish at university and feel that you have forgotten a bit (but not too much), this is a good level to come back in at.