All of the previous Spanish language learning modules from Agile Training have been leading up to this one, Spanish Level C1.
At this point in time, you will have already mastered all of the fundamentals of the Spanish language as well as the overwhelming majority of the complexities, intricacies, and novelties of this language as well.
From here on out, you shouldn’t really have any restrictions whatsoever on what you’d like to say, what you’d like to express, or what you’d like to convey to other Spanish-speaking individuals – through words or through text – and you won’t have any trouble whatsoever adapting to conversations on the fly, regardless of where those Spanish conversations may be steered.
This is the point in time where mistakes made with Spanish are very, very rare. Expressing yourself is effortless and second nature (the same way that you express yourself in your native language), and you’ll have zero trouble whatsoever understanding longer texts based off of concepts, themes, and core ideas that you may not have had a whole lot of experience with in the past.
It’s easier now to get the meaning – the overt meaning or the implied meaning – from these messages, and your Spanish is no longer going to be confined to the more stilted type of speech that language students almost always are saddled with at first.
Slang is going to be introduced, your vocabulary is going to be expanded, and the amount of time that you have to expand thinking about the right words or thinking about the right grammar is going to shrink down to next to nothing. You are going to be able to converse almost on autopilot when you complete the Level C1 module, thinking and even dreaming in Spanish with zero difficulty whatsoever – and sometimes not even realizing that you are doing so consciously in the first place!
A huge advantage of moving through the Level C1 module is the ability to really polish off the skills that you have learned throughout the Agile Training Spanish coursework. You should feel completely confident holding your own in a Spanish environment both academically and professionally, as well as socially.
Travelers that find themselves in Spanish-speaking parts of the world that have successfully completed the Level C1 module are going to have zero trouble whatsoever expressing themselves, communicating with native Spanish-speaking individuals, and generally “blending in” without their language betraying as someone that picked up this language later in life.
The ability to convey your thoughts, emotions, ideas, and opinions in Spanish words will also come very naturally. You’ll be able to write and read with complete fluency in Spanish by the time you have finished with the Level C1 module, outlining detailed, perfectly structured, and complex texts regarding a whole host of themes without any trouble at all.
By the time you are done with this module you will have full and complete command over the Spanish language, the same kind of full and complete command that native Spanish speakers enjoy as well. From time to time there may be vocabulary elements that you were unaware of (just like in your native language), but because of your command of Spanish you’ll have no difficulty whatsoever uncovering their meaning and adding them to your vocabulary bank to draw upon in the future.
This is the module that feels most organic as far as learning the Spanish language is concerned. Your ability to develop your Spanish skills further will be mostly self-directed, but a lot of that is thanks to the solid foundation that you have established with your work put in through the Agile Training Spanish language learning protocols.
BUSINESS Spanish C1
SCOPE
MAIN OBJECTIVES
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
COURSE CURRICULUM
TARGET
APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY
EVALUATION
GENERAL Spanish C1
SCOPE
To learn Advanced Spanish, in all language aspects and in an efficient way.
MAIN OBJECTIVES
- To understand long presentations
- To understand TV programs and movies without difficulties
- To understand long and complex texts
- To communicate fluently, flexibly and efficiently
- To present clear and detailed descriptions about complex themes.
- To write in a clear and structured way and with some complexity.
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
- To understand a wide range of long and demanding texts, recognizing the implicit meanings
- To express oneself in a fluent way and spontaneously without taking too much time to find the most adequate words/expressions
- To use English flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes
- To express oneself clearly and in a well-structured way, showing controlled use of organisational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.
COURSE CURRICULUM
- Communication skills and vocabulary
- Talk about character and competences
- Talk about tastes and preferences
- To invite, making proposals and suggestions for free time, accept and refuse
- Talk about fashion subjects
- To discuss job positions and selection process
- To express agreement and disagreement
- To understand sophisticated menus
- To present and evaluate a dish
- Talk about environment problems
- To express relief, hope and resignation
- To talk about world places
- To correct an information
- To give and ask for a confirmation
- Express preferences
- To make recommendations
- To offer help, cheer up and give comfort
- To talk about aesthetic preferences
- To make a negotiation
- Using strategies to start, maintain and finish a conversation
- To reinforce negative and positive opinions
- To tell a literary history
- To express objection, surprise and strangeness
- To express probability or uncertainty
- Expressions to show joy, sadness, boredom or fear
- Grammar
- Grammar revision of previous levels when needed
TARGET
People who wish to develop their Spanish for personal or professional reasons.
APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY
Face to face classes or via Skype.
At first students do a language level test of the language they intend to study. After assessing the level and understanding their needs, the course curriculum is adapted accordingly.
Classes length depend on student’s availability. During the course the teacher uses different resources always based on practice (case studies, role play, videos, audios, games, etc.).
The teacher is always bilingual or native.
EVALUATION
The evaluation is continuous, all along the course the teacher is grading the students regarding the following parameters:
- Knowledge of the subjects
- Vocabulary use
- Phonetics/pronunciation
- Progression
- Participation/motivation
- Homework
- Reading comprehension
- Listening comprehension
- Writing
- Grammar
- Evaluation test
Every 20 hours, students have a written and oral test and they are evaluated regarding their knowledge and progression. At the same time, students evaluate the teacher performance.
In the end each student will receive an individual evaluation report and a certificate.