Jane Cronin - Welcome to my Website!

I have been living in San Pedro del Pinatar, Murcia, Spain since 2001 working throughout the Costa Blanca and Costa Cálida areas.

During this time I have touched the lives of thousands of people with my unique teaching style and communication skills.

Take a look round my site where you will find out more about my work, learn more about living in Spain, improve your Spanish and keep in touch with all my latest news.

Torrevieja Autumn course  information  

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 JANE CRONIN’S SPANISH COURSES

Level one - Survival.  A foundation course covering pronunciation rules, numbers, basic phrases and situational language, also basic everyday and cultural information about living in Spain.
 
Level two - Essential.  Sentence building to give confidence, starting with phrases like "I like", "I want" "I'm going to .." and linking them with simple words to make full sentences.  We then make "you" and "he or she" sentences laying the basis of verb conjugation whilst keeping grammar terms to the minimum. 

Level three - Practical.  More basic grammatical concepts are introduced, starting with the recent past tense, (I have made) present continuous (I am making) and then detailed look at present tense conjugations.  We introduce reflexive verbs to talk about daily routines and discuss likes and dislikes.

Level four - Grammatical.  We now tackle a range of verb tenses - simple imperatives, two past tenses, future tense and revision of reflexive verbs.  Direct and indirect object pronouns and the use of “por” and “para”.

Level five – Logical.  Revision of past tenses and when they are used.  Revision of future and conditional tenses.  Uses of past participles including past perfect tense.  Conditional tense. Present subjunctive and its uses. 

Level six – Successful.    Use of texts to revise all tenses and a range of grammatical words.  Informal speech.  Sayings.  Commication activities.   Introduction to imperfect subjunctive and passive voice.

Each course lasts a total of 24 hours and is taught in the form of a presentation using Powerpoint to an audience of students.

At all levels - grammar is applied to everyday conversational situations, pronunciation rules are explained and listening skills developed.  Where possible students are involved in speaking activities and helped with individual queries.  No one is obliged to speak in public.  The language of teaching is English.