1. Listening

• Understanding Highly Complex Speech: Students will be able to understand virtually everything heard, including abstract, complex, and specialised topics. This includes lectures, debates, and discussions, whether the speech is delivered in a clear or less organised manner.

• Comprehending Various Forms of Media: Exposure to a wide range of media formats, including academic debates, high-level documentaries, and specialised podcasts. Students will practise discerning and interpreting nuanced arguments and sophisticated rhetoric.

• Listening for Nuanced Details: Ability to detect and interpret subtle distinctions, implied meanings, and intricate details in spoken Spanish, including recognizing varied registers, tones, and cultural references.

2. Speaking

• Engaging in Complex Discussions: Proficiency in engaging in discussions on complex and abstract topics with ease, including academic and professional subjects, with an ability to formulate and express nuanced opinions and arguments.

• Delivering Detailed Presentations: Capability to deliver detailed and well-structured presentations on specialised topics, including the use of sophisticated language and complex argumentation.

• Expressing Subtlety and Nuance: Ability to express subtle shades of meaning, irony, and sophisticated emotions with precision and appropriateness, adapting language style to different contexts and audiences.

• Achieving High Fluency: Near-native fluency in spontaneous speech, including precise pronunciation, natural intonation, and the ability to manage complex linguistic tasks seamlessly

3. Reading

• Understanding Complex and Specialised Texts: Ability to read and comprehend a broad range of complex texts, including literary works, academic papers, and highly specialised content, with full understanding of implicit meanings and intricate arguments.

• Critical Analysis and Interpretation: Skill in critically analysing and interpreting texts, including evaluating sophisticated arguments, understanding nuanced themes, and recognizing subtle rhetorical techniques.

• Reading for Deep Comprehension: Practice in extracting and integrating detailed information from dense and highly specialised texts, including complex data, abstract concepts, and advanced discourse.

4. Writing

• Producing High-Level Texts: Practise writing complex, detailed, and well-structured texts on abstract and specialised subjects, including research papers, critical essays, and formal correspondence.

• Mastering Style and Tone: Ability to adapt writing style and tone to fit various sophisticated contexts, including academic, professional, and creative genres, with a focus on precision, clarity, and appropriateness.

• Achieving Writing Precision: Emphasis on achieving a high level of accuracy and sophistication in grammar, vocabulary, and sentence structure, including the use of advanced rhetorical techniques and idiomatic expressions.

5. Grammar and Vocabulary

• Mastery of Advanced Grammar: Mastery of advanced grammatical structures, including various uses of the subjunctive mood, advanced passive constructions, and intricate clause relationships.

• Highly Sophisticated Vocabulary: Use of a rich and varied vocabulary, including idiomatic expressions, technical terminology, and nuanced lexical choices suitable for specialised and abstract topics.

• Complex Sentence Structures: Ability to construct and deconstruct complex sentences, including advanced use of relative, conditional, and adverbial clauses, and sophisticated discourse markers.

• Precision and Subtlety: Focus on achieving precision and subtlety in language use, including conveying complex ideas and emotions with exactness and nuance.

6. Cultural Awareness

• In-Depth Cultural Mastery: Extensive exploration of cultural, historical, and social contexts of Spanish-speaking countries, including understanding and analysing cultural influences, global issues, and historical developments.

• Critical Cultural Evaluation: Engagement in critical evaluation of cultural phenomena, including in-depth analysis of literature, art, and media, with an emphasis on understanding cultural impact and significance.

• Global Cultural Perspectives: Ability to discuss and compare cultural practices and perspectives on a global scale, including the impact of globalisation, cultural exchange, and international relations.

7. Functional Language Skills

• Managing Complex Interactions: Mastery of handling complex, high-stakes interactions, including formal negotiations, advanced problem-solving, and managing delicate or sensitive topics with sophistication.

• Professional and Academic Excellence: Proficiency in using Spanish for high-level professional and academic purposes, including leading research projects, delivering academic lectures, and participating in high-level professional discourse.

• Expressing Complex Ideas and Hypotheses: Ability to discuss and articulate complex ideas, hypotheses, and theoretical concepts with clarity and depth, using advanced language structures and sophisticated argumentation.

8. Assessment

• Listening and Speaking Tests: Comprehensive assessments including participation in complex discussions, delivering detailed presentations, and understanding sophisticated spoken material, with evaluation of fluency, accuracy, and advanced language use.

• Reading and Writing Tests: Detailed assessments focused on reading comprehension of complex and specialised texts and writing sophisticated essays, reports, and research papers, with emphasis on precision, coherence, and argumentation.

• Ongoing Progress Evaluation: Regular evaluations through assignments, projects, and class participation to assess progress in advanced language skills, with detailed feedback for ongoing improvement and refinement.

This detailed curriculum overview for Spanish Level C2 is designed to enable students to achieve the highest level of proficiency, allowing them to communicate effectively and effortlessly in the most complex and demanding situations. By the end of this level, students will be able to use Spanish with near-native fluency and precision, handling specialised, abstract, and sophisticated language tasks with ease.