Single course
Spanish for Beginners 2
Content
Keep on practising and learning Spanish efficiently! Expand your knowledge and skills in this latter part of the beginners' course. It suits very well for refreshing your skills if you have studied some Spanish earlier.
You will enhance your Spanish language proficiency and understanding. You will acquire the ability to apply both written and spoken Spanish language skills necessary for everyday interactions, along with gaining insight into the unique aspects of Spanish culture and the Hispanic world in general:
Pronunciation
Communication: Describing your life, hobbies, travel, the weather, email, daily tasks, and lifestyle
Grammar: Present perfect (past tense) and common constructions associated with it, object pronouns, ordinal numbers, adverbs, reflexive verbs, continuous form (gerund) for ongoing actions
Cultural awareness: Distinctive aspects of Hispanic culture (focus on Spain and Argentina) and communication practices, knowledge of Spain as a country
Objectives
The object of the course:
You will continue to learn the basics of the Spanish language and the culture of Spanish-speaking countries. By the end of the course, you can use simple phrases and sentences in spoken and written production. You expand your vocabulary and knowledge of language structures needed in everyday situations. You will be able to act in accordance with the norms of Hispanic culture in typical communication situations.
Course competences:
The course prepares and equips you to act and work in an international and multicultural environment.
The learning objectives of the course:
You can interact in simple and routine everyday situations, although problems in pronunciation and pauses may hinder communication. You understand the main points of simple texts on familiar topics, both by reading and by listening. You can write a simple text using the vocabulary and structures studied on the course. Furthermore, you can apply and analyse cultural differences between your home country and Spanish-speaking world.
Starting level: A1.1 Objective: A1.2-A.2 (according to CEFR)
Implementation methods
Online course between 11.02. - 20.05.2026 (DDMMYYYY)
Lessons on Zoom every second Thursday at 13:00–14:15:
12.2. (mandatory), 26.2., 12.3., 26.3., 9.4., 23.4., 7.5. (mandatory), 21.5. (exam, mandatory)
Flipped learning.
Lessons, exercises and homework on Moodle, learning assignments, tests, final exam.
In order to pass, the minimum attendance is 4 lessons out of 7 and the exam.
Starting level: A1
Objective: A1.2 - A2
The teaching language of this implementation is English.
Description of required previous studies: for example, Spanish 1 course (5 ECTS) successfully completed, or successfully completed Spanish courses 1–3 at a Finnish high school. This implementation suits also if the student who wish to refresh or deepen their skills and knowledge of the Spanish past tenses.
Additional information
The teaching language is English.
The course code is BI00CP96-3002 . Use the code to view the course schedule at https://lukkarit.peppi.jamk.fi.
Enrolling on open studies requires a Finnish personal identity number and strong identification.
Make a strong identification in the suomi.fi service or with HAKA credentials when You do the enrollment. Otherwise, you will need either a valid passport or an EU ID card with a chip (according to the ICAO 9303 E-MRTD standard). In this case, please contact help.jamk.fi
Please notice, that degree students in Jamk who have enrolled for attendance in are not eligible to enrol as Jamk Open UAS students (instead enrollment in Peppi).
Read more about enrollment and study fees: https://www.jamk.fi/en/apply-to-jamk/jamk-open-university-of-applied-sc…
Further Information concerning the enrollment: [email protected]