Holiday Spanish - Stapleford Library and Learning Centre - Adult Learning

This course is for complete beginners and is aimed at people who are travelling to Spain or another Spanish-speaking country and would like to learn some basic phrases to communicate more effectively with Spanish speakers. It is also suitable if you have a basic knowledge and want to brush up on your Spanish before your holidays.

By attending this course, you will be able to learn basic phrases and vocabulary, and a bit about Spanish culture.

We will cover the following topics:

• Greetings

• Giving personal information

• Shopping

• Ordering food & drink

• Travel & Transport

• Basic directions

• Emergency phrases

By the end of the course, learners will be able to:

• Say hello and goodbye

• Introduce themselves

• Ask for something in a shop

• Understand prices

• Order food & drink in a restaurant

• Ask about public transport and find out travel times

• Ask for and understand basic directions

• Say the numbers 1-100

• Say key phrases in case of emergency

If you receive certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course, please visit our funding page for further information.

Residency in England

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must be living in England permanently and live outside of the devolved areas listed below or live within the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) devolved area (Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire).

• Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield 

• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

• Greater London

• Greater Manchester

• Liverpool City Region

• Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland

• Tees Valley

• West of England

• West Midlands

• West Yorkshire

Residency Eligibility – other criteria

If you are living in the UK on a visa we will require evidence of this in order to be funded for the course, you can upload this evidence when you apply for the course. (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

Some exceptions may apply for example

• Your visa expiry date must be beyond the end of your course

• Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for 6 months or longer while their claim is being considered by the Home Office

• You are receiving local authority support under section 23C or section 23CA of the Children Act 1989 or the Care Act 2014

Any learner who is not funded full cost fees would apply to these courses.