Standard programmes























Designed to fulfil the needs of a large number of our students with a proven and efficient combination of the Base Course, which is the same in all the courses, and a wide range of optional courses.

There are three types of courses available, depending on the number of optional courses you choose:
Base Course / 101
Lessons/week > 20 lessons
Course length > 2 to 36 weeks
Content > Theory and practice of Spanish language grammar structures
> Practice exercises to extend vocabulary and develop grammar usage
> Communication practice: listening comprehension and speaking practice techniques
> Written Spanish: reading comprehension, text analysis and composition
Intensive Course / 102
Lessons/week > 25 lessons
Course length > 2 to 11 weeks
Content > Base Course + 1 optional course*
Superintensive Course / 103
Lessons/week > 30 lessons
Course length > 2 to 11 weeks
Content > Base Course + 2 optional courses*
Optional Courses
 A1. Communication Practice
A2. Spanish Literature
A3. Latin American Literature
A4. Spanish Culture and Civilisation
A5. Spanish History
A6. Composition and Text Analysis

B1. English-Spanish-English Translation
B2. 20th Century Spain
B3. Present-day Spain and Spanish
B4. Business Communication
B5. Business Spanish
B6. Spanish for the Mass Media
B7. Spanish for Tourism
B8. DELE: Exam Preparation Techniques

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The student should choose the optional courses bearing in mind what level is required for each one.

A1 > from beginner
A2, A3, A4, A5, A6 y B7 > from pre-intermediate
B2, B3, B4, B5 y B7 > from intermediate
B1 > from upper-intermediate
B8 > depends on the level of the exam the student wishes to take
Type of student > Young people and adults who want to make fast progress in Spanish for academic or personal reasons, and who, in some cases, also need to study a specific field (literature, culture, Spanish for specific purposes, exam preparation…)
Level > Beginner to upper-advanced
> As well as division according to students’ knowledge of Spanish, we also try to separate by age so that the groups are made up of people with similar characteristics.
Students/group > Average 4 or 5 (maximum 8)
Dates > Almost every Monday of the year
Aims > Developing language skills (listening and reading comprehension, speaking and writing skills) in order to improve the student’s fluency and Spanish usage.
> Learning the information taught in the chosen optional course.
Teaching method > The courses focus on communication and systematically apply task-based learning, giving prime importance to the acquisition of speaking and listening skills.
> The teachers are first and foremost a learning stimulus for our students and put into practice both significative teaching and the inductive method.
> The classroom tasks and activities (practice of grammar structures, roleplays, acting situations, pairwork, presentations, discussions, dialogues…) include functional contents and real-life situations.
> The teaching materials include up-to-date written texts and audiovisual scripts.
> Students are required to play an active part in the optional courses, both inside and outside the classroom.
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