Spanish - Intermediate - West Bridgford Library - Adult Learning

In this course, you will strengthen your ability to speak more spontaneously and understand a wider range of spoken and written Spanish. Through engaging topics like travel, media, technology, and social issues, you'll build fluency and confidence. You'll revise and combine different tenses, learn how to give advice and make comparisons, and explore cultural topics from across the Hispanic world to enrich your communication skills.

This course is designed for learners who already feel comfortable using Spanish in everyday situations and want to deepen their understanding and fluency. You’ll work with a mix of grammar structures, including combining past, present, and future tenses, forming comparisons, and using structures to give advice (e.g. deberías, hay que, es mejor que). Themed vocabulary will cover media, technology, travel, and social issues, helping you engage in more meaningful and relevant conversations.

Cultural insights from Spain and Latin America will support discussion and encourage a wider understanding of the Spanish-speaking world. Speaking activities will focus on improving spontaneity and fluency, supported by listening, reading, and writing tasks that reinforce language use in context.

This course is ideal for you if:

You already have a good grasp of present and past tenses and want to become more confident speaking spontaneously.

You’re interested in discussing more complex and topical issues such as technology, culture, and society in Spanish.

You want to improve your fluency while deepening your understanding of Hispanic cultures across the world

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

• Hold spontaneous conversations on topics such as travel, media, and technology, responding appropriately and using a wider range of vocabulary and structures.

• Combine at least three tenses (past, present, future) accurately in both written and spoken Spanish in short discussions or roleplays.

• Make comparisons and give advice using structures such as más que, menos que, deberías, and es mejor que, with 80% accuracy in targeted tasks.

• Understand and respond to authentic audio or video clips related to cultural or social topics, identifying key ideas and opinions.

• Express and justify opinions on social issues and current topics using a variety of sentence starters and linking phrases.

• Engage with cultural content from different Spanish-speaking countries and reflect this understanding in class discussions or short presentations.

What you will need to bring to the course:

A pen and notebook.