SPANISH FOR INTERMEDIATE LEARNERS · EL ZONTE, EL SALVADOR
B1 Spanish curriculum
Build the range and confidence to handle longer conversations and more complex situations. Our B1 Spanish curriculum guides intermediate learners through 30 practical lessons in El Zonte, El Salvador.
Join on any weekday and practise the topic currently being taught. After Lesson 30, the rolling cycle begins again.
30 lessons · 6-week rolling cycle
100 minutes of teaching per class · 2 × 50 minutes + a 10-minute break
Monday–Friday · 1:00–2:50 PM
Local time in El Salvador · In-person classes in El Zonte
What you will practiCe
Tell stories with clarity
Connect past events, describe what had happened and keep a longer conversation flowing.
Communicate at work and beyond
Discuss your experience, explain plans and handle professional, social and travel situations.
Express opinions and find solutions
Share wishes and doubts, give advice and propose solutions to everyday and social issues.
Speak with greater independence
Build clear arguments, pass on messages and bring your skills together in an extended conversation.
Explore the curriculum by week
Each lesson consists of 2 × 50 minutes. Review lessons turn the previous topics into real-life communication practice.
Open a week, then select a lesson to see its grammar, vocabulary and conversation goals.
Week 1 · Lessons 1–5
Lesson 1 · Personal stories and learning goals
Historias personales y metas de aprendizaje
Grammar
- Key A2 tense review: present, pretérito perfecto and indefinido
- Question forms and follow-up questions
Vocabulary
- Personal background
- Language learning
- Interests and goals
Conversation
- Interview another student
- Summarize your partner's story
- Set a personal B1 goal
2 × 50 min
Lesson 2 · How long have you...?
¿Desde cuándo...?
Grammar
- desde, desde hace and desde que
- hace ... que
- llevar + time + gerund
Vocabulary
- Life stages
- Studies
- Work and relationships
Conversation
- Explain when an activity started
- Talk about duration
- Interview someone about their life
2 × 50 min
Lesson 3 · Changes in life
Cambios en la vida
Grammar
- empezar a, volver a and dejar de + infinitive
- acabar de and terminar de + infinitive
- seguir and llevar + gerund
Vocabulary
- Life changes
- Habits
- Personal milestones
Conversation
- Describe recent changes in your life
- Talk about interrupted and continued activities
- Compare life experiences
2 × 50 min
Lesson 4 · Actions in progress in the past
Acciones en desarrollo en el pasado
Grammar
- estar + gerundio in pretérito perfecto, indefinido and imperfecto
- estar + gerundio in pluscuamperfecto
- Background actions vs. completed events
Vocabulary
- Past-time markers
- Ongoing activities
- Unexpected events
Conversation
- Describe what was happening
- Tell a story about an interrupted action
- Infer the context of a past event
2 × 50 min
Lesson 5 · Weekly review
Repaso y práctica en situaciones reales
Grammar
- Review of Lessons 1-4
Vocabulary
- Personal history, duration and change
Conversation
- Life-story interview
- Sequence important milestones
- Tell a story with an action in progress
- Give and receive feedback
2 × 50 min
Week 2 · Lessons 6–10
Lesson 6 · Work and careers
El mundo laboral y la trayectoria profesional
Grammar
- Past-tense review for professional experience
- Expressions with conseguir, hacer, dar and montar
Vocabulary
- Jobs and employment
- Contracts and salaries
- Company departments
Conversation
- Describe your career path
- Explain professional responsibilities
- Discuss what makes a suitable job
2 × 50 min
Lesson 7 · Professional communication
Comunicación profesional
Grammar
- Polite questions and requests
- Formal vs. informal register
Vocabulary
- Telephone language
- Digital tools and online communication
Conversation
- Make and receive a professional call
- Leave and take a message
- Write and discuss a clear email
2 × 50 min
Lesson 8 · Applying for a job
Solicitar un empleo
Grammar
- Sequencing education and work experience
- Formal connectors and para + infinitive
Vocabulary
- Job advertisements
- Qualifications
- Strengths and weaknesses
Conversation
- Analyze a job advertisement
- Present your qualifications
- Take part in a job interview
2 × 50 min
Lesson 9 · Talking about the future
Hablar del futuro
Grammar
- Futuro simple: regular and irregular verbs
- Present and ir a + infinitive vs. futuro simple
- Future forms for probability and prediction
Vocabulary
- Predictions
- Technology
- Personal plans and time markers
Conversation
- Make predictions about El Salvador and the world
- Discuss personal plans
- Express different degrees of certainty
2 × 50 min
Lesson 10 · Weekly review
Repaso y práctica en situaciones reales
Grammar
- Review of Lessons 6-9
Vocabulary
- Work, digital communication and the future
Conversation
- Job-interview role-play
- Professional phone and email task
- Present a five-year plan
- React to future predictions
2 × 50 min
Week 3 · Lessons 11–15
Lesson 11 · Rules and prohibitions
Normas y prohibiciones
Grammar
- se prohíbe, no se permite and no se admite
- estar prohibido or permitido
- no dejar + infinitive
Vocabulary
- Public signs
- Rules
- Appropriate behavior
Conversation
- Interpret public signs
- Explain rules in your country
- Agree on house or classroom rules
2 × 50 min
Lesson 12 · Obligations, advice and habits
Obligaciones, consejos y hábitos
Grammar
- tener que, hay que and deber
- es obligatorio or aconsejable + infinitive
- soler + infinitive
Vocabulary
- Customs
- Daily habits
- Social behavior
Conversation
- Compare customs in El Salvador and your country
- Give practical advice to a visitor
- Discuss what is required or recommended
2 × 50 min
Lesson 13 · How much and how many?
¿Cuánto y cuántos?
Grammar
- Quantifiers: todo, la mayoría, alguno, poco and ninguno
- Agreement and use with nouns
- Impersonal statements about groups
Vocabulary
- Population
- Society
- Education and everyday statistics
Conversation
- Describe general trends
- Compare two communities
- Conduct and present a class survey
2 × 50 min
Lesson 14 · Education and debate
Educación y debate
Grammar
- Expressions of opinion and certainty
- Expressions for agreement and disagreement
- Connectors for supporting an argument
Vocabulary
- School and education
- Technology
- Tests and assessment
Conversation
- Discuss school rules
- Debate uniforms and phones in class
- State and support an opinion
2 × 50 min
Lesson 15 · Weekly review
Repaso y práctica en situaciones reales
Grammar
- Review of Lessons 11-14
Vocabulary
- Rules, customs, quantities and education
Conversation
- Visitor advice challenge
- Present a Salvadoran symbol or custom
- Education debate
- Solve a problem involving rules
2 × 50 min
Week 4 · Lessons 16–20
Lesson 16 · Who gave it to whom?
¿Quién se lo dio a quién?
Grammar
- Direct- and indirect-object pronouns
- Combined pronouns: se lo, se la, se los and se las
- Pronoun placement with infinitives, gerunds and commands
- Personal a and common verb-preposition patterns
Vocabulary
- Everyday objects
- Transactions
- Favors and messages
Conversation
- Exchange and return objects
- Explain who gave what to whom
- Solve a misunderstanding
2 × 50 min
Lesson 17 · Linking ideas and events
Conectar ideas y acontecimientos
Grammar
- Sequence: de repente, entonces and al final
- Cause and consequence: porque, como, así que and de modo que
- Contrast: pero, aunque and sin embargo
Vocabulary
- Events
- Causes and consequences
- Reactions
Conversation
- Tell a connected anecdote
- Ask for and add missing details
- Retell another person's story
2 × 50 min
Lesson 18 · Giving instructions
Dar instrucciones
Grammar
- Affirmative and negative imperative
- Regular and irregular tú, usted and ustedes forms
- Pronoun placement and written accents
Vocabulary
- Household tasks
- Cooking
- Practical instructions
Conversation
- Explain how to make pupusas
- Give and follow instructions
- Write and discuss a household note
2 × 50 min
Lesson 19 · Advertising and persuasion
Publicidad y persuasión
Grammar
- Imperatives in advertising
- Descriptive and evaluative expressions
- Structures for purpose and recommendation
Vocabulary
- Advertisements
- Products and services
- Features and slogans
Conversation
- Describe an advertisement
- Identify its audience and message
- Create and present an ad for a Salvadoran product
2 × 50 min
Lesson 20 · Weekly review
Repaso y práctica en situaciones reales
Grammar
- Review of Lessons 16-19
Vocabulary
- Objects, stories, instructions and advertising
Conversation
- Retell a Salvadoran legend
- Relay objects and instructions
- Present an advertising campaign
- Respond to questions from the group
2 × 50 min
Week 5 · Lessons 21–25
Lesson 21 · Wishes and demands
Deseos y reivindicaciones
Grammar
- Present subjunctive: regular and irregular forms
- querer, necesitar, pedir and exigir que + subjunctive
- Infinitive vs. subjunctive with one or two subjects
Vocabulary
- Wishes
- Public needs
- Change and improvement
Conversation
- Express hopes for your community
- Request a change
- Negotiate priorities with a partner
2 × 50 min
Lesson 22 · Doubt, emotion and evaluation
Duda, emoción y valoración
Grammar
- Subjunctive after emotion, doubt and negation
- Impersonal expressions with indicative or subjunctive
- Review of present-subjunctive forms
Vocabulary
- Feelings
- Reactions
- Value judgments
Conversation
- React to news or music
- Express certainty and doubt
- Explain and justify your feelings
2 × 50 min
Lesson 23 · Society and solutions
Sociedad y soluciones
Grammar
- debería, se debería and habría que
- Subjunctive in proposals and demands
- Connectors for explaining and justifying solutions
Vocabulary
- Politics and society
- Public services
- Social problems
Conversation
- Identify an important social problem
- Propose and defend solutions
- Present a short letter to a public official
2 × 50 min
Lesson 24 · Passing on messages
Transmitir mensajes
Grammar
- Indirect speech for statements and questions
- Changes of tense, person and reference words
- Reporting orders, requests and advice with the subjunctive
Vocabulary
- Reporting verbs
- Phone messages
- Requests and recommendations
Conversation
- Relay a phone message
- Report an interview
- Clarify and correct a misunderstanding
2 × 50 min
Lesson 25 · Weekly review
Repaso y práctica en situaciones reales
Grammar
- Review of Lessons 21-24
Vocabulary
- Feelings, society, solutions and messages
Conversation
- Take part in a community forum
- Report another group's proposals
- Interpret and discuss a Salvadoran song
- Agree on a shared recommendation
2 × 50 min
Week 6 · Lessons 26–30
Lesson 26 · What had happened?
¿Qué había pasado?
Grammar
- Pretérito imperfecto for habits, descriptions and background
- Pluscuamperfecto for an earlier past event
- Contrast of perfecto, indefinido, imperfecto and pluscuamperfecto
Vocabulary
- Life events
- Childhood and memories
- Past-time markers
Conversation
- Sequence the events in a life story
- Explain causes and background
- Reconstruct what had happened
2 × 50 min
Lesson 27 · Travel problems and anecdotes
Problemas de viaje y anécdotas
Grammar
- Past tenses in connected narration
- Sequence, cause and consequence connectors
- Prepositions in common travel expressions
Vocabulary
- Tourism and transport
- Airport and accommodation
- Complaints
Conversation
- Discuss what type of traveler you are
- Handle a lost-luggage complaint
- Tell a travel anecdote
2 × 50 min
Lesson 28 · Describing people and things precisely
Describir personas y cosas con precisión
Grammar
- Relative clauses with que and donde
- Preposition + article + que
- Indicative vs. subjunctive in relative clauses
- Superlatives and gradatives
Vocabulary
- Personality and relationships
- Objects and features
- Positive and negative evaluations
Conversation
- Describe a person or object for others to identify
- Evaluate products or accommodation
- Discuss what makes relationships work
2 × 50 min
Lesson 29 · Hypotheses and the environment
Hipótesis y medio ambiente
Grammar
- Conditional simple: regular and irregular forms
- si + present + future or imperative
- Future and probability expressions for hypotheses
- Infinitive vs. subjunctive in evaluations
Vocabulary
- Environment
- Sustainability
- Recycling and consumption
Conversation
- Discuss sustainable habits
- Formulate hypotheses about environmental problems
- Propose practical actions for El Zonte
2 × 50 min
Lesson 30 · Final communication project
Proyecto final de comunicación
Grammar
- Integrated review of key B1 structures
Vocabulary
- Personalized review of the six-week cycle
Conversation
- Tell a connected personal or travel story
- Handle a practical problem
- Express and support an opinion
- Relay a message or request
- Propose a sustainable community project
- Hold a 10-15 minute guided conversation
2 × 50 min
Ready to take your Spanish further?
Choose a package of 5 or 10 B1 group classes and select your dates in the booking window. Classes run Monday–Friday, 1:00–2:50 PM, in El Zonte.
You can join on any weekday. The six-week curriculum shows the learning cycle; your package determines how many classes you book.