| Status: | Active, open to new members |
| Leader: | |
| Group email: | Spanish group |
| When: | On Mondays 1st & 3rd Mondays 10.30 - 11.45 |
| Venue: | Bishop Auckland Methodist Church |
| Cost: | Quarterly share of room hire/expenses |
The group meets at the Methodist Church Hall on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month.
The session includes some conversational Spanish, some grammar, and some Spanish culture, history, politics, or a news item. It starts at 10.30 and finishes around 11.30/11.45.
In February 2023 some members of the French and Spanish groups combined to celebrate Kate's special birthday.
Meeting room costs are shared between members and paid quarterly in advance for September-November, December-February, March-May, and June-August as advised each quarter.
New members are very welcome. Please click on the link to contact Kate to be added to the group member list.
Spanish lesson dates for 2025-26
| Q1 | 1st September | 15th September | 6th October | 20th October | 3rd November | 17th November |
| Q2 | 1st December | 15th December | 5th January | 19th January | 2nd February | 16th February |
| Q3 | 2nd March | 16th March | Bank Holiday | 20th April | Bank Holiday | 18th May |
| Q4 | 1st June | 15th June | 6th July | 20th July | 3rd August | 17th August |
News from the Spanish Group
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Spanish Summer 2023
Read more: Spanish Summer 2023This summer we have done role plays for train, metro and bus travel in Spain, revised numbers and verbs, holidays and form filling (including reporting a pickpocket experience), expressing opinions and describing people. The elections in July were interesting in that they showed a big shift to right wing parties which almost overtook the socialist…
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Spanish early 2023
Read more: Spanish early 2023We began 2023 by celebrating the new year Spanish style with Cava (fizzy lemonade) and the twelve lucky grapes eaten on the strokes of midnight on New Year’s Eve. We also ate the ‘rascon’ decorated with fruit and nuts. We revised pronouns and travel by bus and enjoyed looking at la República Dominicana. We discussed…
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