Spanish for Beginners 2: People and Places (FutureLearn)

It will introduce you to the language that you need to:

• describe people, both physically and in terms of their personality;
• talk about what people wear (clothes, accessories and colours);
• talk about your family;
• ask for people’s contact details (address, telephone number, e-mail);
• describe your home and the furniture in it;
• talk about what you want when looking for accommodation.

Talk about people and places in Spanish
During the four weeks of the course, you will learn the vocabulary and phrases you need to talk about people and places, and the present tense of some of the basic verbs, such as se/estar (to be), tener (to have) and querer (to want), and the expression ‘hay’ (there is/there are) to describe places.
You will also learn how to ask questions in Spanish. You will continue to develop your speaking, listening, reading and writing skills, through the activities, the audio and the video resources.
You will find tips and advice on how to develop our study skills, and some cultural information about people and places in the Spanish speaking world.

What topics will you cover?

• Describe people, both physically and in terms of their personality;
• Talk about what people wear (clothes, accessories and colours);
• Talk about your family;
• Ask for people’s contact details (address, telephone number, e-mail);
• Describe your home and the furniture in it;
• Talk about what you want when looking for accommodation.

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 people and places in Spanish
• Apply the language introduced to describe people, both physically and in terms of their personality
• Apply the language introduced to describe your home, the furniture in it and talk about what you want when looking for accommodation