Communication and grammar skills
This introductory Spanish course provides a first approach to the language and its basic structures.
Its focus on newspaper articles and songs introduces Hispanic culture.
EUI language courses are free for EUI PhD and LL.M. researchers, but most other EUI members have to pay a nominal fee.
Spanish 101
Communication and Grammar skills
CEFR level A1
All EUI members
Length of course
24 weeks, 72 hours across 3 terms:
| First term: |
16 October
08 December 2023
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8 weeks
24 hours
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| Second term: |
15 January
22 March 2024
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10 weeks
30 hours
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| Third term: |
15 April
24 May 2024
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6 weeks
18 hours
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Time
Currently not available
Spanish 101: Communication and grammar skills
By the end of the course, students will
- have reached level A1/A2 of the Common European Framework (Waystage)
- have acquired the basic structures of Spanish grammar
- be able to discuss personal information.
- be able to describe and locate objects and activities
- interact in everyday situations
- formulate thoughts and opinions
- have been introduced to Hispanic culture
Course contents
Course materials are provided by the Spanish teacher
The course includes work on the following:
- Listening comprehension: information about topics of personalinterest; understanding the main idea of simple communications
- Written comprehension: Short texts and newspaper articles. Reading for specific information
- Oral interaction: Simple dialogues about daily activities and facts. Short social interaction
- Oral expression: Use of expressions and ways of describing in simple terms persons, everyday life, current occupations and research interests etc.
- Writing: Capacity to write notes, short messages and basic personal letters
Learning methods and activities
This course is taught using a communicative method which includes concepts, references, and communication.
Activities in and out of class include:
- Reading comprehension
- Grammar learning in small groups
- Pairwork
- Evaluation with exercises
- Role play
- Independent writing
Edurne Iraizoz, born and raised in Pamplona, Spain, graduated from the University Autónoma of Barcelona with a degree in “Ciencias de la información”.
She followed courses on Spanish philology and “Teaching techniques of Spanish as a foreign language” at the Universities of Salamanca and Santander.
She has been teaching Spanish at the EUI since 1988.
Her research interests lie in the field of the multicultural interaction , the pedagogy of teaching a second or third language, pragmatics in learning and communication, the importance of texts in the learning process.
Page last updated on 11 October 2023