Complete Catalan Beginner to Intermediate Course

Anna Poch Gasau is a native speaker and an experienced teacher of Catalan to adults. She has been teaching at universities and schools in France and England since 1996. Alan Yates is former Professor of Catalan Studies at the University of Sheffield and has recently received a prize for his services to the teaching of Catalan.

: Introduction and Pronunciation guide
: Introduction and Pronunciation guide
: Introduction and Pronunciation guide
: Unit 1   Benvingut!  Welcome!
: Unit 1   Benvingut!  Welcome!
: Unit 1   Benvingut!  Welcome!


: Greetings and introductions;
: Greetings and introductions
: Greetings and introductions;
: Attracting someone’s attention;
: Attracting someone’s attention
: Attracting someone’s attention;
: Saying and askin where someone is from
: Where are you from?
: Saying and askin where someone is from


: Unit 2   On vius?  Where do you live?
: Unit 2   On vius?  Where do you live?
: Unit 2   On vius?  Where do you live?


: Introducing other people;
: Introducing other people
: Introducing other people;
: Exchanging personal details;
: Exchanging personal details
: Exchanging personal details;
: Talking about your family;
: Talking about your family
: Talking about your family;
: Asking and saying where places are (I)
: Asking and saying where places are (I)
: Asking and saying where places are (I)


: Unit 3   Una cita    An appointment
: Unit 3   Una cita    An appointment
: Unit 3   Una cita    An appointment


: Making an appointment;
: Making an appointment
: Making an appointment;
: Asking and telling the time;
: Telling the time
: Asking and telling the time;
: Making a simple call;
: Making a simple call
: Making a simple call;
: Asking and saying where places are (II)
: Asking and saying where places are (II)
: Asking and saying where places are (II)


: Unit 4   Anem a comprar   Let´s go shopping
: Unit 4   Anem a comprar   Let´s go shopping
: Unit 4   Anem a comprar   Let´s go shopping


: Asking about prices and paying for purchases;
: Talking about opening and closing times
: Asking about prices and paying for purchases;
: Asking about opening and closing times;
: Asking the price and paying for purchases
: Asking about opening and closing times;
: Describing quantities, size and weight
: Talking about quantities
: Describing quantities, size and weight


: Unit 5   Què fas?   What are you doing?
: Unit 5   Què fas?   What are you doing?
: Unit 5   Què fas?   What are you doing?


: Talking about what you are doing now;
: Asking and saying what you are doing now
: Talking about what you are doing now;
: Discussing your daily routine;
: Discussing your daily routine;
: Talking about your daily routine
: Saying how often
: Saying how often you do something
: Saying how often you do something


: Unit 6   Al restaurant   At the restaurant
: Unit 6   Al restaurant   At the restaurant
: Unit 6   Al restaurant   At the restaurant


: Talking about preferences
: Talking about preferences;
: Talking about preferences;
: Ordering meals and drinks;
: Ordering meals and drinks;
: Ordering meals and drinks
: Asking for and giving suggestions
: Asking for and giving suggestions
: Asking for and giving suggestions


: Unit 7   Els transports    Transport
: Unit 7   Els transports    Transport


: Catalan food


: Unit 7   Els transports    Transport


: Booking a train or plane ticket;
: Booking a train or plane ticket;
: Expressing opinions about people or things;
: Expressing opinions about people or things;
: Booking a train or plane ticket
: Expressing your opinions
: Making simple comparisons
: Making simple comparisons


: Unit 8   De vacances   On holidays
: Unit 8   De vacances   On holidays


: Making simple comparisons


: Unit 8   De vacances   On holidays


: Asking for or booking a room in a hotel;
: Asking for or booking a room in a hotel;
: Identifying different kinds of accommodation;
: Identifying different kinds of accommodation;
: Booking a room in a hotel
: Identifying different kinds of accommodation
: Hiring a car
: Hiring a car


: Unit 9  Gira a la dreta  Turn right
: Unit 9  Gira a la dreta  Turn right


: Hiring a car


: Unit 9  Gira a la dreta  Turn right


: Identifying public places;
: Identifying public places;
: Asking for and giving directions;
: Asking for and giving directions;
: Identifying public places in a city
: Asking for and giving directions
: Giving instructions and distances
: Giving instructions and distances


: Unit 10   Vaig néixer a Eivissa   I was born in Ibiza
: Unit 10   Vaig néixer a Eivissa   I was born in Ibiza


: Giving instructions and distances


: Unit 10   Vaig néixer a Eivissa   I was born in Ibiza


: Talking about key events in your past;
: Talking about key events in your past;
: Saying how long ago something happened;
: Saying how long ago something happened;
: Talking about things from the past
: Talking about how long an event lasted
: Talking about someone's job/profession;
: Talking about someone's job/profession;
: Greeting someone on a special occasion
: Greeting someone on a special occasion
: Personal information


: Unit 11  Quin vestit més bonic!   What a nice dress!
: Unit 11  Quin vestit més bonic!   What a nice dress!
: Unit 11  Quin vestit més bonic!   What a nice dress!


: Talking about clothes in a shop and trying them on;
: Talking about clothes in a shop and trying them on;
: Describing clothes in a shop
: Talking about sizes and fit
: Talking about sizes and colour;
: Talking about sizes and colour;
: Describing a person's physical appearance
: Describing a person's physical appearance
: Describing people (appearance)


: Unit 12  Festa major  Local festivities
: Unit 12  Festa major  Local festivities
: Unit 12  Festa major  Local festivities


: Talking about events in a recent past;
: Talking about events in a recent past;
: Talking about events in a recent past
: Talking about events or accidents in the city
: Talking about incidents in the city;
: Talking about incidents in the city;
: Talking about your pastimes
: Talking about your pastimes
: Enjoying a town festival


: Unit 13  Treball i temps lliure   Work and spare time
: Unit 13   Demà plourà!    Tomorrow it is going to rain!
: Unit 13   Demà plourà!    Tomorrow it is going to rain!


: Talking about projects and events in the future;
: Talking about projects and events in the future;
: Talking about jobs
: Obligations, responsibilities and activities in a job (Internet)
: Talking about the weather;
: Talking about the weather;
: Asking for services in a bank;
: Asking for services in a bank;
: Talking about spare-time activities


: Unit 14   Una entrevista    An interview


: Replying to an invitation;
: Replying to an invitation;
: Sending apologies
: Sending apologies
: Talking about your professional experience
: Asking and saying what someone has to do


: Unit 14   Oferta de treball    Work opportunity
: Unit 14   Oferta de treball    Work opportunity


: Discussung requirements for and details of a job;
: Discussung requirements for and details of a job;
: Giving and asking for instructions (II)
: On the telephone (II)
: Talking and writing about obligations and responsibilities
: Talking and writing about obligations and responsibilities


: Unit 15   No em trobo bé    I don’t feel very well
: Unit 15   No em trobo bé    I don’t feel very well
: Unit 15   Demà plourà!    Tomorrow it’s going to rain!


: Expressing events in the future
: Expressing moods and physical feelings;
: Expressing moods and physical feelings;
: Saying what is wrong with you;
: Saying what is wrong with you;
: Duration of things (II)
: Talking about the weather
: Giving and listening to advice;
: Giving and listening to advice;


: Unit 16   Això no era així    It wasn't like this before
: Unit 16   Això no era així    It wasn't like this before
: Unit 16   Busco pis   I am looking for a flat


: Asking for information in an agency
: Discussing how things used to be;
: Discussing how things used to be;
: Asking for and giving opinions
: Asking for and giving opinions
: Inspecting a property
: Explaining how something works (household appliances)


: Taking it further
: Taking it further
: Reference tables
: Reference tables


: Describing things (material, weight, size...)


: Unit 17   No em trobo bé    I don’t feel very well
: Key to exercises
: Key to exercises
: Catalan-English Vocabulary
: Catalan-English Vocabulary


: First Aid
: At the surgery


: English-Catalan Vocabulary
: English-Catalan Vocabulary
: Index
: Index


: Talking about the human body
: Physical and emotional sensations


: Unit 18   Era millor abans  The good old days


: Comparing past and present times
: Explaining how something was in the past
: Preferences (II)
: The media


: Key to exercises
: Catalan-English Vocabulary
: English-Catalan Vocabulary
: Grammar summary
: Taking it further
: Index