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LANGUAGE
PROFICIENCY LEVELS BEGINNER
SPANISH - LEVELS 1, 2 & 3
These courses aim to enable students to achieve the elementary proficiency
needed to star further learning and to be able to communicate at a basic level.
The beginner levels can be completed in three terms. Beginner
Spanish 1: No previous knowledge of Spanish is assumed.
Beginner Spanish 2: Suitable for students who have completed at
least 15 hours of basic tuition. Beginner
Spanish 3: Suitable
for students with at least 30 hours of basic tuition.
INTERMEDIATE
SPANISH - LEVELS 1 & 2 Intermediate
Spanish 1:
Suitable for students who have completed at least 45 hours of basic tuition
and who have reached a good knowledged of basic Spanish. Intermediate
Spanish 2: Suitable
for students who have completed at least 60 hours of basic tuition and who
are able to understand and follow up basic Spanish conversation.
ADVANCED
SPANISH - LEVELS 1, 2 & 3 These
three levels offer advanced reading and writing and advanced grammar and conversation
based on every day issues and current affairs. It also looks at relevant Spanish
language literature from both Latin America and Spain. These levels are suitable
for students who have a good knowledge of grammar and vocabulary in spoken and
written Spanish and who have reached or are progressing towards a reasonable level
of fluency. Students
can choose to remain at any level for as long as they consider it sufficient to
their individual needs or pace of learning.
NEAR-NATIVE SPANISH Students
that have reached this level are able to speak, read, write and understand Spanish
at near- native level. This means they are able to communicate in Spanish in similar
ways as native speakers do; however they may still need professional assistance
regarding finer aspects of grammar or on the phonological (sounds patterns) of
Spanish. Our Conversación y Gramática and Hablemos
belong here. Students at this level can also enrol in the Advanced
Spanish level courses.
BOOKS
REQUIRED Beginner
Levels
At
Tres Culturas Spanish we use Hablemos Curso de Español ( I, II
& III) for the three Beginner Levels. These textbooks incorporate the
latest teaching-learning methodologies and techniques necessary to succeed at
the beginner levels of Spanish language learning. They have been prepared exclusively
for Tres Culturas Spanish and cover all the basic language skills: Speaking, reading,
writing and listening-comprehension, needed by students of Spanish. Cost $30 per
book. These books have been professionally designed and written by Luis Pinel
to cater for the needs of students living in Melbourne and Australian settings
and provide the necessary skills for students to become fluent Spanish speakers. Spanish
for Travel - Short Course Hablemos
Curso de Castellano para Viajeros: $15 per textbook. Intermediate,
Advanced and Near-native
Levels Text
books to be advised on enrolment.
COURSE
TIMETABLE Please
refer to COURSES for Timetable. | 
