We focus very much on speaking and listening skills and include both ‘functional language’ for travel, hotels, restaurants and so on to help with visits to Spanish speaking countries, and ‘personal language’ to talk about our families, likes, personal experiences, plans, and so on. We use the BBC course Talk Spanish Books 1 and 2… Read more

We use the BBC book Talking Spanish II after having completed Talking Spanish I over the last two years.. We emphasize the correct pronunciation of the language by practicing the situations presented by the book. A little homework is given on the subject of the lesson. We also read a book in Spanish which is… Read more

The book used is called GCSE AQA Spanish for the Grade 9-1 Course combined with the Exam Practice Workbook. Basically the situations are extensive and we learn more vocabulary. We translate both ways. Correction of the language is given. Grammar is learnt on the spot and the exercise book compliments the learning.An additional book is… Read more

This group aims to help learners who have reasonable proficiency in Spanish and who wish to consolidate this and improve their skills at a gentle pace with frequent opportunity for queries and clarifications. Our classes include both functional language related to travel, shopping, eating out, asking for and understanding advice, dealing with problems to help… Read more

The group continues to meet over the internet via Zoom with two French people who join us from their homes in France. The conversations usually flow but we use printed matter in French as a stimulus together with material gleaned from the internet. No teaching takes place as we are all fairly proficient speakers of… Read more