The course contains 3 hours’ recorded material. The text and the recording are combined, and you simply press ’play’ to hear the course. The course consists of the following 37 sections:

1. Common expressions -when meeting someone

2. Numerals -cardinal numbers

3. Numerals-ordinal numbers

4. The time

5. Days of the week

6. The months

7. The seasons

8. The weather

9. Colours

10. By train

11. By plane

12. At the airport

13. At passport control/customs

14. At the hotel

15. Breakfast

16. Renting a car

17. At the garage/at the petrol station

18. By bus

19. By underground

20. By taxi

21. Road information

22. General phrases – when needing help

23. The bank

24. At the post office

25. Telephone

26. General phrases – when in company

27. At the restaurant

28. Food

29. Drink

30. Purchasing and shopping

31. At the doctor

32. At the pharmacy

33. General phrases -in emergencies

34. On the beach

35. Entertainment

36. Trips

37. Sport

You will learn approximately 800 new words.

People use between 500-1,500 words in active everyday speech.

After completing this course, you will have attained level A1 on the Council of Europe’s foreign language proficiency scale.

This means that you will be familiar with most common words and phrases in your immediate surroundings.

You are also able to read and understand common names and simple sentences, and you can hold a conversation if the other person speaks slowly and clearly.

You can complete simple forms.