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Gon Madrid

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Gon Madrid

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General Spanish Programs

Their overall objective is to progress in all four skills (Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking (a significant part of the lesson), while learning vocabulary, understanding how Spanish works, and practicing pronunciation.

Example of a lesson plan

All programs/levels have the same price. Prices are based on lesson length.⏰

A0 - Complete Beginner

STEP BY STEP

Preparation for language immersion and basic interaction, breaking down Spanish essentials into swallowable chunks.

· First-timers in language learning

· Native speakers of non Romance languages

· Communicating in class
· Receiving instructions
· Confirming information
· To spell (the alphabet)
· To count (numbers 0-101)
· Expressing reasons 
· Greetings and Farewells
· To introduce yourself
· Introducing someone else
· Asking and giving personal information
· Talking about the daily routine
· Formal Spanish
· Describing objects
· …

A1 - Beginner

STEADY PACE

Undemanding lessons of the essentials of Spanish for everyday situations, to build your confidence and a solid basis.

· Learners who already speak another foreign language

To describe people:
· To describe physical appearance
· To describe someone’s character
· To talk about family members
To describe places:
· To describe a house and its objects
· To describe cities, neighborhoods, streets… 
· To place things in space
To talk about yourself:
· Talking about physical sensations 
· Talking about your belongings
· Expressing moods and feelings
· Speaking about one’s abilities
· Expressing opinions and wishes
· Sharing our needs and projects
Leisure:
· To express preferences, likes, and dislikes
· To communicate in a bar
· To go shopping
· To talk about our spare time
The day-to-day:
· To describe our daily routine
· To talk about habits
· To express frequency
· To ask and tell the time
Interacting with others:
· Asking for favors
· Giving advice and suggestions
· Making plans with friends
Pronunciation

FALSE BEGINNERS

A flexible program to spot the gaps in your Spanish basics, refresh/learn them, skipping what you already know and jumping ahead.

· Students who learned Spanish a long time ago

· Learners that have tried several times without success

Communicating in class
To talk about yourself:
· Talking about the daily routine
· Expressing feelings and moods
· Talking about your belongings
· Expressing needs, wishes, and preferences
· Expressing likes and dislikes
· Expressing intentions and projects
Interacting with others:
· Asking and giving personal information
· Formal Spanish
· Asking and giving directions
· Asking and telling the time
· Making plans with friends
· Giving advice
· Asking and giving opinions, agreeing, disagreeing…
Describing the world:
· Describing objects
· To describe a house and its objects
· To describe cities, neighborhoods, streets… 
· To place things in space
To describe people:
· To describe physical appearance
· To describe someone’s character
· To talk about family members
· Explaining how to do things

FAST AND FURIOUS

Challenging lessons with an active approach to getting you sooner to the next step.

· Fast learners and students with a gift for languages

· Students already speaking 3 or more languages

· Native speakers of Romance languages: Italian, Portuguese, French, Romansh …

The basics:
· Communicating in class
· To spell (the alphabet)
· To count (numbers 0-101)
To talk about yourself:
· Talking about the daily routine
· Expressing feelings and moods
· Talking about your belongings
· Expressing needs, wishes, and preferences
· Expressing likes and dislikes
· Expressing intentions and projects
Interacting with others:
· Asking and giving personal information
· Formal Spanish
· Asking and giving directions
· Asking and telling the time
· Going to the doctor
· Making plans with friends
· Giving advice
· Asking and giving opinions, agreeing, disagreeing…
Describing the world:
· Describing objects
· To describe a house and its objects
· To describe cities, neighborhoods, streets… 
· To place things in space
· Talking about opening times
To describe people:
· To describe physical appearance
· To describe someone’s character
· To talk about family members
· Explaining how to do things
Leisure:
· Asking and telling prices
· To communicate in a bar
Pronunciation

A2 - Elementary

STEADY PACE

A well-balanced program with active and passive practice for you to acquire a robust basis of Spanish.

· Language learners who need their Spanish teacher to be their “personal language trainer”, motivating and guiding them throughout the process.

Interacting with others
· Speaking over the telephone
· Expressing difficulties and abilities
The recent past and atemporal past
· Speaking about the recent past
· Talking about planned actions
· Explaining exceptions in our routine
· Talking about our life experiences
Describing the world
· Comparing things
· Narrating crime
· Describing recipes
· Talking about social rules
· Discussing cultural differences
Narrating
· Narrating past trips
· Narrating biographies
· Telling stories and anecdotes
· Relating historical events
Describing the past
· Describing past periods, people, places, situations…
· Explaining about past habits and customs
· …

AUTONOMOUS LEARNER

Flipped classroom: the guided homework and lesson interaction mix, to advance on your own into the basis of Spanish.

· Independent and constant students, passionate about language learning.

Interacting with others
· Speaking over the telephone
· Expressing difficulties and abilities
The recent past and atemporal past
· Speaking about the recent past
· Talking about planned actions
· Explaining exceptions in our routine
· Talking about our life experiences
Describing the world
· Comparing things
· Narrating crime
· Describing recipes
· Talking about social rules
· Discussing cultural differences
Narrating
· Narrating past trips
· Narrating biographies
· Telling stories and anecdotes
· Relating historical events
Describing the past
· Describing past periods, people, places, situations…
· Explaining about past habits and customs
· …

B1 - Intermediate

STEADY PACE

The comprehensive program to make you fluent with constant active practice, in the safe space of the class.

· Language learners who need their Spanish teacher to be their “personal language trainer”, motivating and guiding them throughout the process.

Socializing:
· Making plans to go to the movies
· Hanging out with Spanish friends
· Telling and reacting to anecdotes
· Getting along in social situations
Interacting with others:
· Giving advice and suggestions 
· Expressing opinion and arguing
· Asking for permission and favors
· Agreeing and disagreeing
Describing the world:
· Describing movies
· Talking about and describing art, books, characters, …
· Explaining kitchen and cooking tricks
· Expressing prohibitions 
· Describing character and personality
Talking about the future and making hypothesis:
· Making predictions (environment)
· Making suppositions in the past, present, and future
· Expressing possibilities in the future
· Talking about plans and intentions in the future
Relating ideas and events:
· Expressing actions previous to other past actions
· Expressing conditions and consequences
Talking about oneself:
· Expressing likes and dislikes
· Expressing wishes
· Expressing objectives
· Expressing surprise and amazement
· Expressing sadness, fear, worry…
Employment:
· Describing jobs and positions
· Describing professional profiles
· Explaining skills and difficulties
· Job hunting in Spain (CV, Cover letter, The interview)

AUTONOMOUS LEARNER

Flipped classroom: the guided homework and lesson interaction combo you need to make yourself fluent.

· Independent and constant students, passionate about language learning.

Socializing:
· Making plans to go to the movies
· Hanging out with Spanish friends
· Telling and reacting to anecdotes
· Getting along in social situations
Interacting with others:
· Giving advice and suggestions 
· Expressing opinion and arguing
· Asking for permission and favors
· Agreeing and disagreeing
Describing the world:
· Describing movies
· Talking about and describing art, books, characters, …
· Explaining kitchen and cooking tricks
· Expressing prohibitions 
· Describing character and personality
Talking about the future and making hypothesis:
· Making predictions (environment)
· Making suppositions in the past, present, and future
· Expressing possibilities in the future
· Talking about plans and intentions in the future
Relating ideas and events:
· Expressing actions previous to other past actions
· Expressing conditions and consequences
Talking about oneself:
· Expressing likes and dislikes
· Expressing wishes
· Expressing objectives
· Expressing surprise and amazement
· Expressing sadness, fear, worry…
Employment:
· Describing jobs and positions
· Describing professional profiles
· Explaining skills and difficulties
· Job hunting in Spain (CV, Cover letter, The interview)

B2 - Upper Intermediate

AUTONOMOUS LEARNER

Flipped classroom: the guided homework and lesson interaction combo you need to become an advanced Spanish speaker.

· Independent and constant students, passionate about language learning.

Socializing:

· Arguing to convince

· Assessing information and expressing your opinion

· Reproducing a conversation

· Judging situations

Interacting with others:

· Lying 

· Making objections

· Giving and asking for advice

· Asking for and demanding something

· Drawing someone’s attention

Talking about others:

· Talking about appearances and lookalikes 

· Describing with imaginary comparisons 

· Speaking ill about someone using positive adjectives

· Softening critics about others

Describing the world:

· Talking about changes and transformations

· Doing an art critic

· Doing a film critic

· Doing a gastronomic critic

· Speaking about flavors and smells

Talking about the past:

· Expressing hypothesis

· Expressing regrets and wishes

· Expressing unreal conditions 

Talking about oneself:

· Expressing purpose

· Expressing preferences and wishes

· Expressing feelings, likes, and emotions

· Expressing surprise and incredulity

Other important functions:

· Expressing concession 

· Expressing potential and less feasible conditions

· …

Advanced Vocabulary:

· Health

· Biographies

· Social Networks

· Phases of life

· Sociales relationships

· History

· Geography

· Colloquial expressions and slang

· New Technologies

· Employment 

· …

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