Schopenhauer Sprachschule – Deutschland
Spanish – Level B2
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
2x400,00€
Location
Online live session
Level
B2.1 and B2.2
Course General Objective
- For the student to gain the ability to use basic greetings, introductions, simple questioning and answering, and expressions needed in daily life.
- To be able to form simple sentences using the present tense among the basic tenses.
- To acquire a basic vocabulary of approximately 300–400 words.
- Participate in virtual classes
- Build reading comprehension competence
- Strengthen speaking and interaction abilities
- Advance listening and understanding skills
- Practice writing clear and well-structured texts
What will you be able to do after completing the B2 Spanish course?
Course topics B2.1
Review of B1 structures, connectors, fluency check
- Grammar/Skills: Review of B1 structures, connectors, fluency check
- Vocabulary: Personal goals, learning strategies
Students will learn: To evaluate their current Spanish level, set clear learning objectives, and activate prior knowledge through speaking and writing tasks.
Subordinate clauses, noun clauses with que, use of connectors (aunque, sin embargo, por lo tanto)
- Grammar: Subordinate clauses, noun clauses with que, use of connectors (aunque, sin embargo, por lo tanto)
- Students will learn: To create longer, more natural Spanish sentences and connect ideas logically in both speech and writing.
Past Tenses in Depth
- Grammar: Contrast between pretérito perfecto, indefinido, imperfecto, and pluscuamperfecto
- Students will learn: To narrate past events clearly, describe background situations, and express completed actions with the correct tense.
Passive structures, impersonal se, expressions with haber
- Grammar: Passive structures, impersonal se, expressions with haber
- Vocabulary: Economic and social trends, percentages
- Students will learn: To explain graphs, describe changes over time, and present simple data orally.
Expressing Speculation & Probability
- Grammar: Modals of probability in present and past (debe de, puede que, es probable que, quizás)
- Vocabulary: Uncertainty, assumptions
- Students will learn: To make hypotheses about events and express different degrees of certainty politely.
Giving Opinions & Debate Strategies
- Grammar: Subjunctive in opinion structures
- Vocabulary: Agreeing/disagreeing, hedging, polite conversation
- Students will learn: To participate in debates, introduce arguments, and maintain polite, coherent discussions.
Writing a Formal Email in Spanish
- Grammar: Formal register, connectors of cause/effect
- Vocabulary: Professional communication
- Students will learn: To write structured professional emails with appropriate greetings, transitions, and closings.
Vocabulary Expansion: Work & Professional Settings
- Grammar: Ser vs estar for job descriptions, reported speech in the workplace
- Vocabulary: Recruitment, performance, workplace tasks
- Students will learn: To describe job experiences, responsibilities, and hiring processes confidently.
Problem-Solving in Real Situations
Speaking: Problem-Solving in Real Situations
Grammar: Conditional structures for suggestions
Vocabulary: Problem-solving expressions (propondría, sería mejor, podemos considerar)
Students will learn: To give solutions, analyze problems, and propose alternatives in Spanish.
Mid-Course Review
- Activities: Speaking test simulation, reading comprehension, targeted grammar correction
- Students will learn: To consolidate the first half of the course and receive feedback to guide improvement.
Advanced Passive Voice
- Grammar: Passive with ser, passive with se, impersonal structures
- Students will learn: To report information formally and summarize external sources.
Reading for Inference
- Grammar: Implicit meaning, tone, connectors of concession
- Students will learn: To understand articles and stories where the meaning is not directly stated.
Conditionals (All Types + Mixed)
- Grammar: First, second, third, and mixed conditionals
- Students will learn: To talk about hypothetical past situations and predict logical or imaginary outcomes.
Health, Lifestyle & Well-Being
Grammar: Imperative for advice, deberías, conviene
Students will learn: To discuss habits, describe symptoms, and talk about healthy lifestyles.
Opinion Essay
- Grammar: Cohesive devices (en primer lugar, además, por otro lado, en conclusión)
- Students will learn: To structure arguments clearly, offer balanced viewpoints, and write a coherent B2-level essay.
Long Conversations & Note-Taking
- Listening: Long Conversations & Note-Taking
- Skills: Strategies for fast speech, identifying key points
- Students will learn: To understand longer audios with multiple speakers and extract important details.
Oral Presentations
- Grammar: Signposting language (hoy voy a hablar de…, para concluir…)
- Students will learn: To give a 5–7 minute presentation with clear organization, transitions, and natural delivery.
Technology & Innovation
Grammar: Future forms (futuro simple, ir a + infinitivo, futuro compuesto)
Students will learn: To talk about technological trends, future predictions, and innovations in the modern world.
Negotiation & Persuasion
- Grammar: Polite requests, conditionals in negotiation, persuasive structures
- Students will learn: To negotiate terms, compromise politely, and influence others using advanced Spanish expressions.
Final Review, Speaking Assessment & Writing Task
- Assessment: Speaking test (monologue + interaction), final writing assignment, feedback
- Students will learn: To demonstrate B2.1 competence and understand their next steps toward B2.2.
Course topics B2.2
Course Introduction & High-Level Diagnostic
- Grammar/Skills: Full B2.1 review, advanced connectors, fluency evaluation
- Students will learn: To identify C1-relevant weaknesses and activate advanced vocabulary and structures.
Advanced Subjunctive Uses
- Grammar: Subjunctive in subordinate clauses, advanced triggers (a menos que, siempre y cuando, en caso de que)
- Students will learn: To express complex conditions, restrictions, and expectations using the advanced subjunctive.
Subjunctive vs. Indicative: Nuance in Meaning
- Grammar: Doubt vs. certainty, emotional nuance, subtle connotation shifts
- Students will learn: To choose between moods precisely based on attitude, intention, and tone.
Expressing Nuanced Opinions
- Vocabulary: Matized expressions (a mi parecer, desde mi punto de vista, considero que…)
- Grammar: Subjunctive with evaluative expressions
- Students will learn: To express well-structured, polite, and sophisticated opinions in debates.
Periphrastic Verb Constructions
- Grammar: Andar + gerundio, venir a + infinitivo, llevar + gerundio, ir + gerundio
- Students will learn: To express progression, repetition, and duration with natural, native-like forms.
Precision Vocabulary: Emotions & Reactions
- Vocabulary: Subtle emotional language, idiomatic expressions
- Students will learn: To describe complex emotional states and react naturally in conversations.
Advanced Formal Emails & Requests
- Grammar: Politeness strategies, indirect language, softening devices
- Students will learn: To write professional emails with nuanced tone and clarity suitable for B2+/C1.
Media & Journalism Vocabulary
- Grammar: Reported speech with time/space changes
- Students will learn: To understand newspaper-style writing and summarize media content accurately.
Persuasion & Rhetorical Techniques
Vocabulary: Persuasive connectors (por consiguiente, en definitiva, cabe destacar que…)
Students will learn: To defend ideas, persuade an audience, and use rhetorical devices.
Mid-Course Review & Guided Correction
- Activities: Full grammar review, pronunciation correction, structured speaking tasks
- Students will learn: To consolidate the first half of B2.2 and eliminate fossilized errors.
Complex Conditionals & Mixed Forms
- Grammar: Future perfect, conditional perfect, speculation structures
- Students will learn: To hypothesize elegantly about the future and the past with advanced forms.
Advanced Reading: Editorials & Opinion Columns
- Skills: Detecting bias, irony, hidden meaning
- Students will learn: To interpret sophisticated written texts with subtle tones.
Future plans and intentions (review + details)
- Grammar: Deep practice in third and mixed conditionals
- Students will learn: To discuss hypothetical past outcomes with detail and accuracy.
Society, Identity & Diversity
Vocabulary: Sociocultural terms, identity, stereotypes
Students will learn: To discuss multicultural issues and compare cultures in detail.
Argumentative Essay (B2+ → C1 Transition)
- Grammar: Cohesive academic-style writing, advanced connectors
- Students will learn: To create a well-structured, persuasive essay with clear arguments and examples.
Native-Speed Conversations
- Skills: Decoding fast speech, dealing with accents, idiomatic comprehension
- Students will learn: To understand natural Spanish in long, unscripted conversations
Presentations
- Grammar: Signposting at an advanced level
- Vocabulary: Presentation language
- Students will learn: To deliver polished 7–10 minute presentations with clarity and confidence.
Technology, Politics & Environment
- Vocabulary: Advanced thematic lexicon
- Students will learn: To discuss global issues, analyze arguments, and express well-founded viewpoints.
Pragmatics & Natural Fluency
- Grammar: Colloquial expressions, discourse markers, idioms
- Students will learn: To sound natural, cohesive, and fluent in informal and semi-formal contexts.
Final Evaluation, Feedback & Progress Plan
- Assessment: Final speaking exam (B2.2), final writing task, personalized feedback
- Students will learn: To reflect on their progress and receive a roadmap for C1.1 preparation.
PS: The course content may vary depending on the instructors‘ preferences regarding the order of topics.
