Spanish – Beginner (CEFR A1.1)

Take the first step in your journey to fluency with Part 1 of our Beginners Course as we take you through level A1.1.
Start understanding everyday expressions and using basic phrases! Among many other things, you’ll learn to introduce yourself and others confidently - and handle simple questions about day-to-day life.
To start with this level, you are expected to have little to no prior knowledge of Spanish.

Stephen Sovenyhazy · March 18, 2024

Looking to get started with the basics of Spanish?
Take the first step in your journey to fluency with Part 1 of our Beginners Course as we take you through level A1.1.
Start understanding everyday expressions and using basic phrases! Among many other things, you’ll learn to introduce yourself and others confidently – and handle simple questions about day-to-day life.
To start with this level, you are expected to have little to no prior knowledge of Spanish.

How Does it Work?

These levels are classified as A1 for beginners, A2 for elementary, B1 for intermediate, B2 for upper intermediate, C1 as advanced, and C2 as mastery.CORE Languages, like many other language schools, splits these levels in half to accommodate students’ time and budget planning (e.g. level A1 is split into A1.1 and A1.2). This framework is one of the best to learn Spanish for beginners.To start with level A1, you are expected to have no knowledge of Spanish.

What Does it Mean for You?

After completing level A1.1, you’ll be able to:

  • Understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type.
  • ​Introduce yourself and others and ask and answer questions about personal details such as where they live, people they know and things they have.​
  • Interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.

The purchase of the paper Book includes a Premium digital License that gives access to the eBook and the digital extension of the manual. Purchase Here Includes:

  • Student's book .
  • Extra resources in the ELEteca (available for 18 months from the moment of activation): auditions and interactive practices for each unit.

The Student Book is available in paper and digital eBook formats. Book structure: The book consists of twelve independent units but which collect grammatical, lexical and functional content from previous units (feedback).

  • Each unit is developed taking into account multiculturalism (cultural content), the integration of skills , grammar , presented in an inductive and deductive way , and the student's self-assessment .
  • At the end of each unit, the cultural section We Know Us is included , bringing the student closer to the Hispanic reality.

About Instructor

Stephen Sovenyhazy

Stephen is the President of CORE Languages having founded the company in 2007. His focus is on empowering those with a need for community, culture and communication. For over a decade, CORE has helped businesses achieve their strategic international goals by empowering employees to learn and find joy in communicating in a new language and cultural context. With our online instructor-led courses, we now bring this to community members across the globe. A quote from Stephen. "When I started teaching, I sought to bring that same energy, dedication, and sense of purpose into my own classrooms. I founded CORE Languages to expand that vision, seeing the growing need for language training options designed to meet the unique needs of business environments. For over a decade, CORE has helped businesses achieve their strategic international goals by empowering employees to learn and find joy in communicating in a new language and cultural context. With our online instructor-led courses, we now bring this to community members across the globe. It’s a privilege to do what we do and share what we love with you.”

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Course Includes

  • 9 Lessons
  • 27 Topics