Detailed Description
ONLINE COURSE
An introduction for complete beginners to the language of everyday situations. There is emphasis on understanding and communicating. A course book is sometimes used to allow you to work on your own and to form a framework for your learning.
The course aims to give you sufficient language to be able to deal with simple everyday situations, to include: Personal information - family,/social arrangements • Directions - time, numbers • Travel/transport • Food and drink - buying and selling • Accommodation - hotel, lodgings, business • Holidays and leisure.
Grammar and functions included are: gender • case • articles • partitives • present tense of common regular/irregular verbs • negatives • questions • descriptions • adjectives • personal pronouns • polite/familiar forms • prepositions • possessives • idea of future • one main past tense • time phrases/quantities.
You will be given an insight into the culture of the country within the framework of your language studies. You will be encouraged to work out your own strategy for study in line with the syllabus and your own perceived needs. There will be an opportunity to study personal cultural interests linked to the language.
