Spanish for Beginners 3: My Life
Learn to talk about daily life, what you do during the day and when things happen in the third Spanish for Beginners course.
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Duration
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How it works
Spanish for Beginners 3: My Life
This free online course is the third of six in the Spanish for Beginners program. It will introduce you to the language that you need to:
- talk about your daily life;
- talk about what you do every day and every week;
- ask for and tell the time, and say when things happen;
- talk about means of transport;
- talk about working hours;
- talk about opening and closing times of shops and businesses.
Describe your normal day in Spanish
During the four weeks of the course, you will learn the vocabulary and expressions to talk about what you do during a normal day, and learn the present tense of regular verbs, as well as some irregular verbs such as ir (to go), salir (to leave/to go out) and venir (to come). You will also learn to talk about things you do frequently.
By now, you will find that you are getting more confident in your listening, and you will continue to work on your speaking, reading and writing skills too.
You will find out more about the variety of people and places in the Spanish-speaking world, and about some differences in vocabulary between the different Spanish varieties.
Syllabus
Week 1
At what time do you...?
Welcome to Spanish for Beginners 3 – Week 1
Before you start with the third course, let’s meet your fellow learners.
Telling the time
Learning how to ask and tell the time.
Talking about daily life and weekly routines
In this section you will learn how to talk about everyday activities and some weekly routines.
The letter 'r'
Here you will learn about the sound of the single r, as in abre, and the double rr, as in cierra, and practise pronouncing them.
Over to you
Test what you learned this week and find how to get the most out of it.
Week 2
Going places
Getting to places
Our daily activities often involve going to different places. In these steps you will learn how to say where you are going and how long it takes you to get there. You will also use some of the most common irregular verbs.
Weekly routine
In these steps you will learn how to talk about our daily and weekly activities.
Means of transport
In this activity you will talk about means of transport and learn expressions for explaining how you get to places.
Over to you
Test what you learned this week and find how to get the most out of it.
Week 3
A day in the life...
Daily Routines
Talking about your daily routines using pronominal verbs.
Opening and closing times
In these steps you will learn how to talk about working hours and opening and closing times. You will also be introduced to stem-changing verbs and will practise the intonation of questions and answers.
Working hours
Here you will talk about working hours and learn about stem-changing verbs.
Over to you
Get the most out of what you learned this week.
Week 4
Leisure time
Talking about leisure time
In these steps you will talk about leisure activities and practice saying what time you do certain activities, using expressions for exact and approximate time.
Mealtimes and eating habits
In these steps you learn about meal times and eating habits.
Over to you
Test what you have learned this week and find how to get the most out of it.
When would you like to start?
Start straight away and join a global classroom of learners. If the course hasn’t started yet you’ll see the future date listed below.
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Learning on this course
On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Develop skills in basic Spanish for interacting in common communicative situations
- Engage in simple communication in Spanish
- Apply the language introduced in the course in order to talk about your daily life and what you do every day and every week
- Apply the language introduced to talk about means of transport
- Apply the language introduced to ask for and tell the time, talk about working hours and opening and closing times of shops and businesses
Who is the course for?
This course is aimed at people with little prior knowledge of Spanish, who want to learn the basic language and find out about the Spanish-speaking world. The course assumes that you have already studied the previous two courses in the Spanish for Beginners program. This course is taught through English.
Who will you learn with?
I'm a lecturer in Spanish at the Open University. I'm fascinated by languages, how they work, and how we learn them.
I've been teaching Spanish with the OU for the last 14 years. Over this time I've built up a wealth of experience in distance learning for adults. I also have expertise producing learning material.
Who developed the course?
The Open University
As the UK’s largest university, The Open University (OU) supports thousands of students to achieve their goals and ambitions via supported distance learning, helping to fit learning around professional and personal life commitments.
Established
1969Location
Milton Keynes, UKWorld ranking
Top 510Source: Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020
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Ways to learn
Choose the best way to learn for you!
Subscribe & save
$244.99 for a whole year
Automatically renews
Develop skills to further your career
- Access to this course
- Access to 1,000+ courses
- Learn at your own pace
- Discuss your learning in comments
- Tests to boost your learning
- Digital certificate when you're eligible
Cancel for free anytime
Buy this course
$79/one-off payment
Fulfill your current learning need
- Access to this course
- Learn at your own pace
- Discuss your learning in comments
- Tests to boost your learning
- Printed and digital certificate when you’re eligible
Limited access
Free
Sample the course materials
- Access expires 29 Mar 2025
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