Expanding Communication
Ampliando la Comunicación
Expand how you communicate. Learn to talk about recent events, give advice, make plans, and tell stories.
By the end of this stage, you'll be able to:
- Describe what is happening right now
- Talk about experiences and recent events, choosing the present perfect or the preterite
- Give advice and express obligation in different ways
- Make predictions, plans and promises, and talk about real conditions
- Handle restaurants, hotels and phone calls politely
- Tell longer stories with several tenses, linking ideas with connectors
12-Week Course Outline
Week 1What Are You Doing Right Now?
GoalDescribe what you and others are doing at this moment
FocusPresent progressive (estar + gerund), irregular gerunds (durmiendo, leyendo, diciendo, pidiendo), progressive vs simple present
VocabularyCurrent actions, phone calls with friends
Start Lesson →Week 2Have You Ever...?
GoalAsk and answer about life experiences using the present perfect
FocusPresent perfect (haber + past participle), irregular participles (hecho, dicho, escrito, visto), alguna vez, nunca, ya, todavía no
VocabularyLife experiences, travel
Start Lesson →Week 3What's Happened Today?Coming next
GoalDistinguish present perfect from preterite based on time reference
FocusPresent perfect vs preterite - when to use which, time markers as guides, Spain vs Latin America
VocabularyDaily updates, news, recent changes
Coming nextWeek 4You Should...Coming next
GoalGive advice and distinguish personal obligation from general rules
FocusDeber + infinitive, hay que + infinitive, es importante/necesario + infinitive
VocabularyHealth advice, lifestyle, recommendations
Coming nextWeek 5What Will Happen?Coming next
GoalMake predictions and talk about plans using the future tense
FocusSimple future tense (hablaré, comeré) + irregular stems (tendré, podré, saldré, haré)
VocabularyPredictions, plans, promises
Coming nextWeek 6If It Rains...Coming next
GoalExpress real conditions and their consequences
FocusReal conditions (si + present + future/ir a), common conditional patterns
VocabularyPlans, consequences, weather activities
Coming nextWeek 7A Table for TwoComing next
GoalOrder food politely and handle restaurant situations
FocusConditional for politeness (querría, me gustaría, podría), object pronouns with food (¿Me trae la cuenta?), usted service phrases (Oiga, Tráigame...)
VocabularyOrdering, special requests, complaints
Coming nextWeek 8Checking InComing next
GoalCheck into a hotel, make requests, and complain politely
FocusDouble object pronouns (¿Me la puede dar?), formal register with usted
VocabularyHotel, booking, problems
Coming nextWeek 9Making ArrangementsComing next
GoalMake phone calls to book appointments and reschedule
FocusVerbs with prepositions (quedar con, llamar a, hablar con/de), scheduling
VocabularyPhone language, appointments, services
Coming nextWeek 10Let Me Tell You What HappenedComing next
GoalTell a longer anecdote using 3+ tenses naturally
FocusCombining preterite + imperfect + present perfect in narratives, plus the past progressive (estaba + gerund) and relative que
VocabularyStory structure, emotions, reactions
Coming nextWeek 11Connecting IdeasComing next
GoalLink ideas using contrast and cause/effect connectors
FocusAdvanced connectors (sin embargo, aunque, además, por eso, en cambio)
VocabularyContrast, cause, consequence expressions
Coming nextWeek 12Review & AssessmentComing next
GoalDemonstrate confident use of all A2.2 grammar in context
FocusAll Stage 2 grammar - progressive, perfect, advice, future, real conditions, polite conditional, double pronouns, connectors
VocabularyFull Stage 2 consolidation
Coming next
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