Program Overview

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Program Overview

The Spanish 3 course is designed for individuals who have a basic understanding of Spanish, equivalent to 3 to 4 years of Spanish at middle school, or those who have completed the Spanish 2 course. The course aims to refresh and improve Spanish language skills, with a focus on speaking, reading, listening, and writing.

Target Group

The course is intended for anyone who wishes to improve their Spanish language skills, including those who have taken Spanish at middle school and want to refresh their knowledge, or those who have completed the Spanish 2 course.

End Level

The entry level for the course is halfway to A2 (CEFR), and the level on completion is A2 (CEFR).

Course Content

After completing the course, participants will be able to:

• Hold short, simple conversations about personal topics
• Understand the key information in everyday conversations about familiar topics
• Understand the key information in short, simple texts (brochures, advertisements)
• Write short, simple messages or emails

The emphasis is on speaking skills, with reading, listening, and writing skills also addressed. Spanish is spoken as much as possible during lessons, with English used as a supporting language. Participants will also learn about Spanish culture.

Course Structure

The course includes 8 classes, one per week, each lasting 1 hour and 45 minutes. Participants should expect to spend 2 to 3 hours on homework each week.

Dates and Times

The course is offered annually in February, April/May, and September. The specific dates and times are as follows:

• Day: Monday
• Start date: 19 January 2026
• End date: 23 March 2026
• Time: 19:30-21:15 hrs

Location

The course is held at the Forum, Wageningen Campus.

Course Materials

The required course material is:

• Aula Internacional Plus 2 (English edition: ISBN)

Certification and Exam

To receive a Wageningen in'to Languages certificate, a minimum attendance of 80% is required. A diagnostic test is optional.

Fee

The course fees are as follows:

• BSc/MSc WUR Students: €60
• WUR Employees: €250
• Regular fee: €275

The course price does not include course materials. Payment will be invoiced by email on the day the course starts.

Skills

The course covers the following skills:

• Talking about personal experiences and sharing stories
• Planning and discussing future activities
• Giving and following instructions or commands in everyday situations
• Expressing opinions and preferences in various contexts
• Choosing products, activities, or places using comparisons
• Small talk about daily routines, past vacations, upcoming plans, and hypothetical situations
• Asking about others' experiences, offering advice, and expressing sympathy
• Describing ongoing actions in the past and how they connect to present experiences
• Negotiating and discussing possibilities or hypothetical scenarios

Grammar

The course covers the following grammar topics:

• Regular and irregular forms of the gerund
• Present continuous (estar + gerund), past forms, and temporal markers
• Simple Conditional of 'poder' and 'importer'
• Irregular forms of the present perfect and past simple
• Future expressions with 'querer'/'pensar' + infinitive and 'ir a' + infinitive
• Hypotheses and wishes in the present
• Use of time adverbs (ya/todavia no), direct object pronouns, and conjunctions (y, pero...)
• Expressing habits with the verb 'soler' + infinitive
• Expressing how you feel using 'doler', 'ser', 'estar', and 'tener'
• Affirmative Imperative and pronouns in the imperative
• Temporal markers for the past and present