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Universitat Politècnica de València

Basic Spanish 3: Getting there

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¡Bienvenidos y bienvenidas! (Welcome!)

In this Spanish course, you will learn basic vocabulary to talk about yourself and your everyday life, in the present, in the future and in the past, in simple and brief communication situations. You will learn expressions of time, how to express things that will happen in the future, vocabulary related to the shopping list, how to express an opinion, talking about your health, and about experiences and activities that happened in the past. At the end of the course you will be able to communicate in everyday situations according to the A2 proficiency level (elementary) as described in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages ​​(CEFRL, Council of Europe).

The course, which is designed for English speakers, offers a variety of exercises after going through the stages of content presentation, comprehension and production. You have videos, small texts and audios to improve your pronunciation, glossaries, activities for oral practice with other course students, quizzes, grammar cards and recommendations on external Internet resources to continue learning more and more Spanish.

The topics on which the activities revolve are work life, family life, city life and outdoor life. As you can see, a bit of everything to be able talk about yourself and to engage in everyday communication.

We hope you like our menu. ¡Buen provecho! (Bon appétit!)

Syllabus

Unit 1: Mañana voy a empezar a estudiar español

This Unit includes practice in expressing actions that will take place in the future, describing every day chores, formulating questions, and learning to use time expressions.

Unit 2: ¿Qué tal tu día?

This Unit includes practice in describing our daily lives, asking questions about others, expressing preferences, and saying whether or not we liked something.

Unit 3: ¿Qué haces mañana?

This Unit includes practice in describing how we feel, parts of the body, speaking on the phone, inviting someone to do something, and arranging to meet someone.

Unit 4: ¿Dónde pasaste las vacaciones?

This Unit includes practice in using the past indefinite verb tense, describing what we did the previous day, describing how we spent the weekend, talking about our friends and explaining what they did, and talking about the holidays.

Taught by

Prof. Ana Gimeno and Cristina Navarro

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4.8 rating, based on 146 Class Central reviews

4.5 rating at edX based on 51 ratings

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  • Anonymous
    I enjoyed learning this course it has helped me better my Spanish understanding of verbs and how to place them in conversation along with written sentences so that I can use my knowledge in daily life or even in my work experience while speaking wit…
  • Anonymous
    Thank you to the University of Valencia for putting out these beginner Spanish courses! I have taken all 3 during quarantine, and along with some of my own studying on the side, I feel like I have learned a lot of the basics of Spanish. The only thing I would change about this particular course was the parts of it that were repeated verbatim from the second course. I did not mind reviewing the grammar topics, but I would have liked to perhaps practice them in different contexts. The best part of this course was the videos and the extensive practice with the past tense. Gracias para este curso; yo aprendí mucho!
  • Anonymous
    I have enjoyed this class very much. I took the other 2 Spanish courses and I am able to understand so much more of the language. However, I felt as though the 2nd course ended rather abruptly and it took a bit of time to get into the 3rd one. By taking these courses, I was introduced to DUO. I use it daily on either the computer or phone. Very easy to download. I give thumbs up for all of the classes !!
  • Anonymous
    The courses in this specialization were very good. I liked the instructors and the assignments seemed appropriate for the level. I recommend all three courses and hope the university will offer more Spanish courses on EdX in the future.
  • Anonymous
    This is a great course, I especially liked the methodology in pulling together all of the material into the final quiz section.
  • Anonymous
    Learning Spanish does not need to be this complicated, I could barely remember a full sentence, Doulingo is better..
  • Anonymous
    I learned alot during this course. The book work was great way to introduce rules of the language and spelling to me. I feel like some words should be introduced with the rules on how to use them and what they mean before using them. Overall, I dont have any/many complaints. Thanks for sharing the knowledge. This is how you make the world a better place.
  • Nadine Lauffer
    Great course to refresh my Spanish skills! I didn't learn much new content (I have taken an honors level Spanish 2 course in High School that covered most of these topics already) but I enjoyed the review, practice, and videos that went with this course! Will recommend to others!
  • Anonymous
    He aprendido muchas reglas y aspectos culturales del español, por lo que me siento seguro de poder hablar un poco de español.

    I have more understanding of speaking Spanish and will continue to find opportunities to practice. The quizzes, videos. And problems forces me to evaluate my understanding and force me to practice more. I would want more practices problems when my scores are not satisfactory. I completed all 3 Spanish courses and love this program.
  • Anonymous
    Este curso he estado muy bueno y importante para mi por qué en poco tiempo yo he seguido el curso basico 1, y despues el basico 2 y ahora el basico 3 tambien. La semana pasada yo he trabajado en Almussafes acerca de Valencia, por la primera vez en Espana... y yo he hablado en espanol, yo creo suficiente..

    Muchas gracias a Ana y a todos lo profesores.

    Hasta la proxima!

    Ferruccio

    Pisa, Italia
  • Anonymous
    I found it really useful and from Basic Spanish 1 to 3 I have noticed how my Spanish has improved. Unfortunately, the paid certificate is not something I can afford but I have the knowledge gained through this course and I'm happy with my results.
  • Anonymous
    I enjoyed taking the course. but am surprised that it as advertised as being free when we have to keep paying to move on to more advanced classes
  • Anonymous
    Excellent course.
    Solid introduction to Spanish, teaching you how to structure the language in a range of real life scenarios.
  • Anonymous
    I like this course. I felt that I learned a lot through the audio and video. It's hard to retain a new language sometime and I feel like I got a lot out of this course.
  • Anonymous
    Ce cours m'a permis de réviser plusieurs notions, expressions et mots de vocabulaire.
    De plus, les instructions données en anglais me permettent de reviser aussi mes connaissances de la langue anglaise.
    J'apprécie beaucoup la qualité de ces cours.
  • Anonymous
    Fantastic course with some great learnings, including structuring verbs in the different tenses.
    The course also covers key vocab including parts of the face and the body.
    Good overall introduction to Spanish, which get's you to solid level on completion where you can understand, and also start to construct the language for yourself.
  • Anonymous
    I really enjoyed this online course because of clear explanations, numerous exercises, videos - and general course flow. I have been studying Spanish in Prague for four months and really needed to revise and practice what I have learnt in the classroom. This course reinforced what I kind of knew - and gave me more confidence in the classroom.
  • Anonymous
    Curso muy entretenido y he aprendido cosas muy interesantes

    Gracias por todos ,

    I really appreciated the fact the repetition of the dialogs helped us to remember well the words and the conjugation of the verbs

    Once again I want to thank Edx and the University of Valencia for this opportunity to learn .
  • Anonymous
    Overall the course was OK. Nice range of vocabullary. Detailed explanation of key grammar concepts. Good job!

    Final module was a bit unloved, though. Every now and then it looks like course creators were rushed into finishing the units without having enough time to decide what they really wanted to do.

  • Anonymous
    I really enjoyed the course and have learned so much in only six months.
    I have been practising with my Spanish-speaking friends and they're amazed on how much I learn in six months period.
    Love learning Spanish and will keep learning and practising in the future.
    Highly recommended.
    Thank you.
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