Semi Intensive Course

Our semi-intensive general Spanish course is the option with which you will learn the language the fastest. You will have dynamic classes lasting 1 hour and 40 minutes, in a trusting environment with plenty of understanding and empathy towards the student. Our method follows a communicative and task-based approach. You will learn Spanish to be able to communicate in real-life contexts: in a bar, on the street, in a store, at the doctor’s, in a job interview, etc. Therefore, in the semi intensive course some of our classes are held outside the classroom to put what you have learned into practice.

What does it include?

• Level test.
• Didactic material.
• Free weekly socio-cultural activities.
• Access to the library and media library.
• Internet access (WIFI) throughout the school.
• Certificate of attendance and achievement upon completion.
• 15 minutes of tutoring per week.

Conditions

*If the minimum group size is not reached, the student or the two students can have a daily class of 100 minutes until the required minimum number is reached. If you do not like this option, you can pause your classes. The class hour is 50 minutes. The minimum age to participate in these courses is 18 years. In case of absence, students will not lose the missed lessons as long as they have notified 7 days in advance or in the case of a justified medical cause. If they notify within the indicated time, they can make up those classes in the future. In case of an unjustified delay of more than 20 minutes, the school reserves the right to cancel the class and it cannot be made up.

Levels and content

Our Spanish courses are adapted to the Common European Framework of Reference for Foreign Languages (CEFR) and to the Cervantes Institute Curriculum, which means that we have 6 different levels of Spanish, ranging from A1 to C2.

LEVEL A1

• Introduce yourself and meet other people.
• Talk about the weather, people, objects, places or general situations.
• Express your tastes and hobbies.
• Talk about your plans and obligations.

LEVEL A2

• Describe and report past experiences and events.
• Give instructions on how to do something.
• Use formal language and give advice.
• Talk about the future.

LEVEL B1

• Talk about experiences, anecdotes, stories and past events.
• Express your wishes and feelings.
• Hypothesise.
• Express and justify your opinions.

LEVEL B2

• Participate in debates.
• Report other people´s words.
• Express real and unreal conditions.
• Talk about tastes, personal experiences and make descriptions in more depth.

LEVEL C1

• Express yourself fluently, spontaneously and effectively in social, academic or professional contexts.
• Make jokes and use double meaning or irony.
• Be able to understand a great variety of discourses: literature, films, academic articles, television, etc.
• Make a clear, fluid and well-structured speech with a controlled use of discourse markers, connectors and cohesive devices.

LEVEL C2

• Take part in any conversation or debate effortlessly.
• Be able to easily understand practically everything you hear or read.
• Use idioms, set phrases and colloquial expressions.
• Express yourself fluently and convey nuances accurately.
• Learn how to get around communication traps.

• *** If you wish to get further details of the contents of each level, you can download the original edition of the CEFR from the Cervantes Institute website here.

(*) Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment. Strasbourg: Council of Europe, 2001. MARCO COMÚN EUROPEO DE REFERENCIA PARA LAS LENGUAS: APRENDIZAJE, ENSEÑANZA, EVALUACIÓN