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Intensive Spanish Language Course (Standard)
| Duration: |
Enrol for as many weeks as you like. |
| Days of the week: |
Monday to Friday |
| Number of hours: |
4 hours tuition per day |
| Times: |
09.30 to 13.30, with a twenty-minute break. During July and August, some intensive courses may be scheduled to take place in the afternoons-evenings, from 16.00 to 20.00. If you attend afternoon classes, we have a special social programme of visits and activities that takes place in the mornings. |
| Size of classes: |
7-8 average, with a maximum of 10 |
| Levels: |
All levels, from complete beginners to very advanced |
| Ages: |
16+ |
Our most popular, 'Standard' Spanish course is taken by 90% of our adult students.
It consists of 20 hours tuition per week with classes normally held from 09.30-13.30, Monday to Friday.
Intensive-PLUS Spanish Language Course
| Duration |
Students may enrol for as many weeks as they like. |
| Days of the week |
Monday to Friday (extra hours begin Tuesday) |
| Number of hours |
They combine with a 4-hour intensive course in the mornings, to give you an extra 1.5 hours of Spanish conversation practice, on different aspects of Spanish culture, each afternoon from Tuesday to Friday, making a total of 26 hours of class a week. |
| Levels |
The minimum level of Spanish required to join these courses is Lower Intermediate. |
| Ages |
16+ |
| Start dates |
Our Spanish culture courses start every Tuesday and you can take as many weeks as you like. |
 Our Intensive Plus Spanish language courses are designed to give you the opportunity to take more than the standard 4 hours per day, 20 hours a week, on our normal intensive courses.
Course content
We look at a different aspect of Spanish culture each day. Subjects regularly covered include:
- Spanish social customs: An insight into the Spanish way of life and how it and its customs compare with those in your own country
- Flamenco: A course which looks beyond the music and dance to the
- culture of flamenco
- Architecture in Barcelona
- Spain's cultural diversity: The languages, gastronomy, geography and folklore of each of Spain's regional cultures
- Spanish music
- Ferran Adriá and Spanish nouvelle cuisine
- Spanish 20th century art: A look at a range of artistic styles including those of Picasso, Dalí, Miró and Tapies
- The Spanish media: Press, radio, television and the Internet and the language that is characteristic of each
- The Spanish Civil War: the causes, most important episodes and many consequences of the war
- A brief introduction to the history of Spanish literature, from the Middle Ages to the present day
- Spain's most popular fiestas: The Easter Processions, the Fallas, San Fermin, etc
- Spanish cinema
Courses start every Monday except for absolute beginners which start on the following dates:
Jan 11,25
Feb 8, 22
mar 8, 22
Apr 6, 19
May 3,17, 31
June 14, 28
July 12, 26
Aug 9, 23
Sep 6 20
Oct 4, 18
Nov 2, 15, 29
Dec 13, 27
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