Subject: Languages

Learners will study a variety of topics at survival level whilst acquiring basic knowledge of the structure of the language. Topics will include:

• Asking and explaining where places are and their location in relation to each other.
• Talking about distances.
• Asking for and giving directions.
• Asking and saying where they are or someone else is.
• Asking about and describing places.
• Grammar: verb ser vs estar + prepositions + expressions of place.
• Elements of the Spanish culture.

Previous knowledge will be reinforced and used as a springboard for new material.

Learners will be able to:

• Ask for and give directions.
• Describe locations in relation to each other.
• Understand when to use ser or estar and do so appropriately.
• Say where they are or someone else is.
• Ask about and describe places using verbs estar and haber.
• Identify and conjugate an increasing number of verbs in the present tense.
• Continue developing their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills.

Identify the main points of a short text written at A1.1 level.