B1 Spanish
B1 is considered Intermediate level. In Talkiens’ online course, you will continue to fine tune your knowledge and abilities. You will be taught grammar and vocabulary used in everyday situations.
The ability to speak Spanish brings so many advantages. Did you know that there are more than 460 million Spanish speakers worldwide? Speaking Spanish will make you stand out in the world of tertiary education and in your job prospects.
Verbal Communication and Comprehension
This B1 course will see you feel at ease with expressing yourself in social contexts and in your ability to understand the spoken word in the same. You will be able to describe things that happened in the past. You will be more elaborate in your ability to give advice and to express tastes and preferences. It will be increasingly easier for you to give and receive essential information in conversation and speech.
Our teachers will always adapt to your learning pace, and they will make sure that learning Spanish is an enjoyable experience.
Written Expression and Comprehension
Over the course of Level B1 you will develop the ability to produce different types of texts using past, present, and future tenses. You will be able to understand and employ idiomatic expressions. You will be able to tell stories and describe events with greater depth, complexity and precision. You will improve your ability to express your feelings and opinions. Our teachers will work hard to ensure that you grow in ability and self-assurance weekly.
Tutorials
Talkiens’ B1 Tutorial Course will bolster and reinforce all that you have learned in Writing Skills and in Verbal Communication. In Tutorials you are expected and encouraged to work in a more independent way, but there will always be a teacher on hand to guide you should you have any doubts or queries. Tutorials are designed to provide specific additional practice which the student asks for or that the teacher deems necessary.
Small groups max. 8 people
Live classes 3 hours per week
Classes and content 100% online
Challenges about real life and culture
Teamwork and pairs
How we divide level B1
B1, as with all other levels, is divided into two sublevel courses:
By the end of this level, you will be able to express your wishes, feelings and needs. You will be able to give advice. You will be able to describe experiences and events in a wide variety of situations and contexts.
6 challenges- 126 hours
By the end of this level, you will be able to understand and use idiomatic expressions. Your developing depth of vocabulary and grammar will allow you to produce more elaborate spoken and written Spanish. You will be able to give hypotheses, express wishes, give opinions and share your aspirations.
6 challenges- 126 hours
Competencies
In order to satisfactorily complete level B1 and pass on to level B2, students must possess the competencies listed below. These competencies are set by the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages). With our dedicated teachers and cast-iron class content, you will be on your way to success!
- Describe things and people in a simple manner.
- Make comparisons.
- Ask for permission, give permission and deny permission.
- Express a lack of knowledge about something and raise questions to remedy it.
- Give advice and suggestions.
- Narrate, in the spoken and written word, stories and events in a more organised manner.
- Speak about and express possibilities.
- Use indirect speech.
- Understand and produce texts about work, studies, and day-to-day life.
- Feel at ease with your communication skills in everyday situations.
- Express and share plans, aspirations, and opinions.
At Talkiens you will acquire these competencies thanks to the dedication and drive our highly qualified teachers. We are most certainly not your average online Spanish academy. Here, our teachers adapt to your level and to the rate at which you learn, ensuring that you will always feel at ease and enjoy your course. Learning Spanish will be fun!
How many established levels of Spanish are there?
As is the case with other languages, the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) organises language proficiency in six levels, A1 to C2, which can be regrouped into three broad level descriptors:
- A (A1 & A2): Basic level (Basic User)
- B (B1& B2): Intermediate level (Independent User)
- C (C1 & C2): Advanced level (Proficient User)
The above descriptors are skill levels. Level 1 covers the more basic competencies of the broad group (A, B or C), while the second level goes into more detail and depth. In summary, the levels of Spanish are A1, A2, B1, B2, C1 and C2.
