B1 Spanish: The Intermediate Threshold
This comprehensive course is designed to take your Spanish from a basic (A2) to an intermediate (B1) level. You will learn to express opinions, describe experiences, narrate stories in the past, and discuss future plans and hypothetical situations. The course covers all the essential grammar and vocabulary for the B1 level, with a special focus on challenging topics like the subjunctive mood and the differences between past tenses. It begins with a short introduction to the course and an optional revision of difficult A2 topics, and concludes with a comprehensive test to showcase everything you've learned. By completing this course, you will be able to handle most situations encountered while travelling and engage in conversations on familiar topics with confidence.
Decks in this Course
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Welcome to B1 Spanish: Course Introduction
Introduces the B1 Spanish course, explaining its structure, the importance of consistent study, and how to use daily reviews and spaced repetition for effective learning.
Optional Spanish A2 Revision: Key Concepts
An optional review of challenging grammar points from the A2 level, focusing on the differences between the Preterite and Imperfect past tenses, the correct use of direct and indirect object pronouns, and the construction of sentences with 'gustar'-like verbs.
Mastering Spanish Past Tenses: Preterite vs. Imperfect
A comprehensive guide to the Spanish Preterite and Imperfect tenses. This deck covers their core uses, how they work together in narratives, common trigger words, and how key verbs change meaning depending on the tense used.
Talking About Recent Events in Spanish: The Present Perfect
Learn the formation and use of the Pretérito Perfecto Compuesto (Present Perfect) to talk about life experiences and recent past actions that are still connected to the present. Covers regular and common irregular past participles.
Narrating Past Actions in Spanish: The Past Perfect
Learn the formation and use of the Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto (Past Perfect or Pluperfect) to describe an action that occurred before another past action. Focuses on sequencing events in past narratives.
Making Predictions in Spanish: The Future Simple
Learn the formation (for regular and irregular verbs) and use of the Futuro Simple to make predictions, talk about future plans, and express probability or conjecture about the present.
Hypotheticals and Advice in Spanish: The Conditional
Learn the formation (for regular and irregular verbs) and use of the Condicional Simple to talk about hypothetical situations, give advice, and make polite requests.
Introduction to the Spanish Present Subjunctive
Introduces the concept of the subjunctive mood. This deck focuses exclusively on learning the rules for forming the Presente de Subjuntivo for regular verbs and the most common irregular verbs (e.g., ser, estar, ir, dar, saber, haber).
Expressing Wishes and Emotions with the Spanish Subjunctive
Learn to use the Present Subjunctive to express wishes, desires, hopes, and emotions. Focuses on structures with verbs like 'querer que', 'esperar que', 'ojalá', and emotional reactions like 'me alegro de que' and 'siento que'.
Expressing Doubt and Denial with the Spanish Subjunctive
Learn to use the Present Subjunctive to express doubt, denial, and uncertainty. Focuses on structures following negative opinions and expressions of doubt, such as 'no creo que', 'dudo que', and 'no es seguro que'.
Using the Spanish Subjunctive with Impersonal Expressions
This deck teaches you how to use the Spanish Present Subjunctive with common impersonal expressions. You'll learn to give recommendations, express necessity, and share opinions about situations using phrases like 'es importante que' and 'es una pena que'.
Giving Commands in Spanish: The Imperative
Learn to form and use the imperative mood to give affirmative and negative commands. This deck covers all forms: informal 'tú' and 'vosotros', and formal 'usted' and 'ustedes', including rules for pronoun placement.
Combining Pronouns in Spanish: 'Se lo digo'
Master the use of direct and indirect object pronouns together in the same sentence. This deck focuses on the correct order of pronouns and the 'se' substitution for 'le/les' before 'lo/la/los/las'.
Connecting Ideas in Spanish: Relative Pronouns
Learn to connect clauses and add detail using Spanish relative pronouns. This deck covers the use of que, quien, el que, la que, lo que, cuyo, and donde to make your sentences more complex and fluent.
Mastering Spanish Prepositions: Por vs. Para
A deep dive into the different uses of the prepositions 'por' and 'para'. Covers all the main rules for each, including reason/cause, exchange, duration (por) and purpose, destination, deadline (para).
Making Comparisons in Spanish: Comparatives and Superlatives
Learn to make comparisons in Spanish. This deck covers comparatives of inequality (más/menos que), equality (tan/tanto como), and superlatives (el/la más/menos de). You'll also master the essential irregular forms: mejor (better), peor (worse), mayor (older), and menor (younger).
General Statements in Spanish: The Impersonal 'se'
Learn to use the impersonal 'se' in Spanish for general statements, rules, and signs. This deck covers how to form sentences where the person performing the action is unknown or unimportant, a key structure for intermediate Spanish.
Improving Fluency in Spanish: Discourse Markers
Learn key discourse markers and connectors to structure speech and writing more effectively. Includes words and phrases for adding information (además), contrasting (sin embargo, pero), showing cause/effect (por lo tanto, así que), and sequencing (primero, luego, finalmente).
Spanish Vocabulary: Describing People and Relationships
Learn essential B1-level vocabulary to describe a person's character, personality, and feelings. Also covers vocabulary for family, friendships, and romantic relationships.
Spanish Vocabulary: Work, Careers, and the Office
Learn B1-level vocabulary related to professions, the workplace, job searching, and daily work tasks. This deck will enable you to discuss your career and understand conversations about work.
Spanish Vocabulary: Education and Learning
Acquire B1-level vocabulary for discussing education, school subjects, university life, and the process of learning. This will allow you to share your academic experiences and goals.
Spanish Vocabulary: Health, Well-being and Lifestyle
Learn B1-level vocabulary to talk about health, fitness, diet, and general well-being. Includes vocabulary for visiting a doctor, describing symptoms, and discussing healthy habits.
Spanish Vocabulary: Travel and Tourism
Build your B1-level vocabulary for travel and tourism, including booking accommodation, using public transport, understanding directions, and dealing with common situations at hotels and airports.
Spanish Vocabulary: Media and Technology
Learn B1-level vocabulary to discuss modern media and technology. Topics include the internet, social media, smartphones, television series, and computers.
Spanish Vocabulary: Art, Cinema, and Literature
Acquire B1-level vocabulary to express your opinion on cultural topics like art, cinema, literature, and music. This deck will help you engage in conversations about your cultural interests.
Spanish Vocabulary: The Environment and Nature
Learn B1-level vocabulary to talk about the environment, nature, and conservation. Topics include climate change, pollution, recycling, and the natural world (landscapes, animals).
B1 Spanish: Comprehensive Final Test
A final, comprehensive test deck designed to showcase and assess all the grammar, vocabulary, and communicative functions learned throughout the B1 Spanish course. Questions will cover all core topics from past tenses to the subjunctive mood.
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