Spanish Beginner 2

If you can ask and answer simple questions about yourself, your interests and your work, Spanish Beginner 2 is the right choice. Add to your base of vocabulary and expressions to communicate in everyday situations involving travel, food, shopping, family and business. Continue to improve your pronunciation and express preferences.

This immersive course focuses on oral communication skills and uses meaningful scenarios (e.g., asking for directions) to help you use the language in authentic situations. Practise your new Spanish skills and interact with your classmates in a comfortable atmosphere. Between classes, you can practise your skills using online resources chosen by your instructor.

By the end of the course, you’ll be able to:

• ask for and give directions
• express feelings
• show concern for others
• describe one’s family
• express what you must do or what you feel like doing
• talk about aches and pains
• express likes and dislikes, tastes, preferences and interests
• talk about simple recipes

Please note: This class will be taught entirely in Spanish.

Course outline

This is not a prescriptive list. Exact course outlines will be determined by the instructor to best meet the needs of the class. It is meant to serve as a guideline and suggest what may be covered at this level. It is often necessary to repeat levels in order to become completely comfortable with the skills at each stage with a different teacher and style.

Communicative objectives

• ask for and give directions
• express feelings
• show concern for others
• describe one’s family
• express what you must do or what you feel like doing
• talk about aches and pains
• express likes and dislikes, tastes, preferences and interests
• talk about simple recipes
• If time:
  • talk about clothing
  • talk about the weather

Linguistic objectives

• prepositions of place
• Verbs: estar, poner, hacer, traer
• Vocabulary for emotions
• Expressions with tener
• Vocabulary for body parts, food, clothing (if time), colours
• Contrast of ser and estar

Expected Effort

You can expect to spend about three hours per week attending live, virtual classes and completing course work on your own time. Expect double this amount during the intensive summer term.

Textbook

This course does not require the purchase of a textbook. Course materials are provided by the instructor.

Course Format

This course is offered online and/or in-person. See Available Sessions for details on the course format.

Our online conversational courses offer a virtual classroom experience where you can see and interact with your teacher and classmates over Zoom. Log in at a set time to participate in individual, pair and group work, ask questions and receive feedback from your instructor.

Outside of class time, access course materials online at your own pace for up to three weeks after the course ends.

In-person classes are offered at UBC Robson Square in downtown Vancouver. 

Learn more about online learning at Extended Learning.

How am I assessed?

This is a non-credit course without letter or numerical grades. You receive verbal feedback on your conversation and grammar skills from your instructor during class. Written homework is typically corrected in class. Some lesson modules may include quizzes.

Record of completion

A record of completion will be emailed to students who participate and satisfy the course requirements within two weeks of the course end date. Course completion means 80% attendance and/or 80% completion of mandatory assignments.

Technology requirements

For all languages classes, you’ll need access to the internet, a personal email account and an up-to-date web browser.

For online classes, you will also need a video camera and a microphone on your device.

The day before your course starts, you will receive an email with instructions on how to access the course.