Schopenhauer Sprachschule – Deutschland
Spanish – Level B1
Course Information
Start dates
See the calendar board
Lesson time
19:00 - 21:30
Fri, Sun
Duration
10 weeks
(20 days)
Total
60 lessons à 45 min
2 lessons/day
Participants
max. 12
Price
2x300,00€
Location
Online live session
Level
B1.1 and B1.2
Course General Objective B1.1
- By the end of the course, the student will be able to use past, present, and future tenses more comfortably and form complex sentences expressing wishes, possibilities, and conditions.
- They will be able to communicate independently on topics such as daily life, work, travel, and social issues, write short stories and articles, and express their opinions and suggestions clearly.
- They will acquire the language skills necessary to progress to B1.2 level.
Course General Objective B1.2
- By the end of the course, the student will be able to use past, present, and future tenses comfortably and form complex sentences expressing wishes, possibilities, and conditions.
- They will be able to communicate independently on social, cultural, work, and travel topics, and prepare short stories, articles, and presentations.
- They will acquire the foundational language skills necessary to progress to B2 level.
B1 – Confident Communication
You’ll no longer feel like just a tourist but like a real speaker. Learn to talk about hobbies, work, education, and relationships fluently in Spanish.
What will you be able to do after completing the B1 Spanish course?
Course topics B1.1
Review of Presente de Indicativo and Presente de Subjuntivo
- Grammar: Review of Presente de Indicativo and Presente de Subjuntivo (basic differences)
- Vocabulary: Daily routines and habits, increasing expression intensity
Pretérito Perfecto vs. Pretérito Indefinido
- Grammar: Pretérito Perfecto vs. Pretérito Indefinido (in-depth usage)
- Vocabulary: Past experiences, holidays, travel
Pretérito Imperfecto + Indefinido
- Grammar: Pretérito Imperfecto + Indefinido (storytelling, background)
- Vocabulary: Childhood, school life, past routines
Futuro Simple
- Grammar: Futuro Simple (comprehensive usage)
- Vocabulary: Future plans, career and education goals
Futuro próximo vs. Futuro simple
- Grammar: Futuro próximo vs. Futuro simple (subtle differences)
- Vocabulary: Short- and long-term plans, dreams
Condicional simple
- Grammar: Condicional simple (basic and advanced usage)
- Vocabulary: Suggestions, advice, wishes
Condicional compuesto
- Grammar: Condicional compuesto + haber + participio (past regrets and assumptions)
- Vocabulary: Evaluating past events, “if…” sentences
Subjuntivo en presente
- Grammar: Subjuntivo en presente (desire, doubt, emotion, influence)
- Vocabulary: Emotions, desires, advice
Subjuntivo en pasado
- Gramática: Subjuntivo en pasado (Imperfecto de Subjuntivo)
- Vocabulary: Dreams, conditional sentences, condition and assumption
Oraciones condicionales
- Gramática: Oraciones condicionales tipo 1 y 2
- Vocabulary: Daily life and plans with conditional sentences
Por vs. Para
- Gramática: Por vs. Para
- Vocabulary: Travel, purpose, reason, and direction expressions
Pronombres relativos
- Gramática: Pronombres relativos (que, quien, el que, lo que)
- Vocabulary: Descriptions of people and objects, detailed explanation
Comparativos
- Gramática: Comparativos y superlativos
- Vocabulary: Comparing people, places, and events
Imperativo afirmativo y negativo
- Gramática: Imperativo afirmativo y negativo (tú, usted, ustedes)
- Vocabulary: Instructions, suggestions, guidance
Estilo indirecto
- Gramática: Estilo indirecto (hablar de lo que otros dicen)
- Vocabulary: Narration, interviews, and reporting opinions
Expresiones temporales
- Gramática: Expresiones temporales (cuando, mientras, hasta que, después de que)
- Vocabulary: Narrating events with time conjunctions
Revisión de Subjuntivo
- Gramática: Revisión de Subjuntivo + Condicional + Futuro
- Vocabulary: Emotions, ideas, suggestions, plans
Revisión de Pretérito Perfecto
- Gramática: Revisión de Pretérito Perfecto, Indefinido e Imperfecto
- Vocabulary: Narrating past events, holidays, and daily life
Oraciones causales
- Gramática: Oraciones causales y consecutivas (porque, ya que, así que, por eso)
- Vocabulary: Cause-and-effect relationships, storytelling and event na
General repaso
- Gramática: General repaso B1.1 (all subjects)
- Vocabulary: All themes – review and reinforcement, preparing short writing and presentations
Course topics B1.2
Pretérito Perfecto Compuesto
- Grammar: Pretérito Perfecto Compuesto (haber + participio)
- Vocabulary: Daily life, habits, and routines
- Goal: Expressing actions completed in the past
Pretérito Indefinido (regular verbs)
- Grammar: Pretérito Indefinido (regular verbs)
- Vocabulary: Past experiences and travels
- Goal: Describing specific actions in the past
Pretérito Indefinido (irregular verbs)
- Grammar: Pretérito Indefinido (irregular verbs)
- Vocabulary: Holiday activities and events
- Goal: Describing specific actions in the past
Pretérito Imperfecto (habits and plans)
- Grammar: Pretérito Imperfecto (habits and plans)
- Vocabulary: Childhood and past routines
- Goal: Expressing past habits
Pretérito Imperfecto + Indefinido (comparison)
- Grammar: Pretérito Imperfecto + Indefinido (comparison)
- Vocabulary: Holidays and travel memories
- Goal: Describing past events comparatively
Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto (haber + participio)
- Grammar: Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto (haber + participio)
- Vocabulary: Prior actions and experiences
- Goal: Expressing actions that occurred earlier in the past
Futuro Simple (future tense)
- Grammar: Futuro Simple (future tense)
- Vocabulary: Future plans and goals
- Goal: Expressing actions in the future
Future Perfect (haber + participle)
- Grammar: Future Perfect (haber + participle)
- Vocabulary: Completed actions in the future
- Goal: Expressing completed actions in the future
Condicional Simple
- Gramática: Condicional Simple
- Vocabulary: Suggestions and advice
- Goal: Forming and using conditional sentences
Condicional Compuesto (haber + participio)
- Gramática: Condicional Compuesto (haber + participio)
- Vocabulary: Possibilities and assumptions in the past
- Goal: Expressing possibilities in the past
Subjuntivo Presente (deseo, sentimiento, duda)
- Gramática: Subjuntivo Presente (deseo, sentimiento, duda)
- Vocabulary: Emotions and wishes
- Goal: Expressing emotions and wishes
Subjuntivo Imperfecto
- Gramática: Subjuntivo Imperfecto
- Vocabulary: Feelings and wishes in the past
- Goal: Expressing feelings and wishes in the past
Pronombres relativos (que, quien, cuyo)
- Gramática: Pronombres relativos (que, quien, cuyo)
- Vocabulary: Detailed information about people and objects
- Goal: Forming detailed sentences with conjunctions
Oraciones causales (porque, ya que, dado que)
- Gramática: Oraciones causales (porque, ya que, dado que)
- Vocabulary: Cause-and-effect relationships
- Goal: Expressing cause-and-effect relationships
Oraciones consecutivas (por lo tanto, por eso)
- Gramática: Oraciones consecutivas (por lo tanto, por eso)
- Vocabulary: Expressions of result and conclusion
- Goal: Forming result sentences
Oraciones condicionales tipo 3 (condiciones pasadas)
- Gramática: Oraciones condicionales tipo 3 (past conditions)
- Vocabulary: Conditions and results in the past
- Goal: Expressing past conditions
Gramática: Estilo indirecto (narración indirecta)
- Gramática: Estilo indirecto (indirect speech)
- Vocabulary: Techniques of indirect speech
- Goal: Using indirect speech
Estilo indirecto (tiempos pasados)
- Gramática: Estilo indirecto (tiempos pasados)
- Vocabulary: Indirect speech in the past
- Goal: Expressing indirect speech in the past
Revisión general
- Gramática: Revisión general
- Vocabulary: Review of all themes
- Goal: Reinforcing all learned topics
Final evaluation
- Final evaluation (speaking, writing, listening, reading)
- Course closure
PS: The course content may vary depending on the instructors‘ preferences regarding the order of topics.
