Rising Master (Level 3 — B1-B2)
This is our planned curriculum. Topics may be adjusted slightly to best support student progress.
SEMESTER 1
JANUARY — Planning the Future
Conversation: Talking about who you are now, your goals, and your plans for the year
Grammar: Future tense (simple & perfect), discourse connectors
FEBRUARY — Describing in Detail
Conversation: Describing people, places, and objects clearly
Grammar: Subordinate clauses, subjunctive in descriptions, indirect questions
MARCH — Delicate Conversations
Conversation: Emotions, misunderstandings, sensitive topics
Grammar: Subjunctive for emotion/doubt, pluperfect subjunctive
APRIL — Professional Life & Opinions
Conversation: Sharing viewpoints, work situations, reporting what others said
Grammar: Reported speech, subjunctive in opinions, advanced connectors
SEMESTER 2
MAY — Food & Culinary Culture
Conversation: Describing food, giving polite instructions, cultural comparisons
Grammar: Gustar-type verbs in past tenses, commands, verbal periphrases
JUNE — Travel & Experiences
Conversation: Hotels, transportation, storytelling, travel mishaps
Grammar: Polite conditional, past narration, future perfect/probability
JULY — Interests & Opinions
Conversation: Giving nuanced opinions, talking about preferences
Grammar: Subjunctive with impersonal expressions, concessive clauses
AUGUST — Hobbies & Free Time
Conversation: Habits, routines, personal interests
Grammar: Periphrases (seguir, acabar de, soler), adverbial clauses, passive “se”
SEMESTER 3
SEPTEMBER — Daily Life
Conversation: Routines, recent activities, everyday challenges
Grammar: Time expressions, pretérito perfecto, accidental “se”
OCTOBER — Customs & Culture
Conversation: Traditions, art, cultural comparisons
Grammar: Passive voice, verbs with meaning shifts, subjunctive for suggestions
NOVEMBER — Family & Relationships
Conversation: Family dynamics, emotions, connection
Grammar: Complex possessives, subjunctive of emotion/desire, idioms
DECEMBER — Health & Reflection
Conversation: Health, self-care, end-of-year reflections, goals
Grammar: Pretérito perfecto with time markers, future/conditional perfect