Do you want to improve your language skills and communicate more easily and effectively in Spanish? This free course, Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around, concentrates on Spanish as a tool for communication, but it also provides some insights into Hispanic societies and cultures through authentic printed and audio materials. This OpenLearn course focuses on public spaces and how to get by in a Hispanic city.

After studying this course, you should be able to:

• describe places in Spanish
• give and understand directions in Spanish
• talk about urban transport in Spanish
• navigate around a building in Spain.