Spanish course - Spanish language course - 40h
General Spanish language course (40 h)
Spanish Language course, 40 hours.
Spanish language courses are adapted to the levels in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL) and programmes are based on the Cervantes Institute Curricular Plan (PCIC). In the classes, work on grammar points is closely associated with language practice, in a communicative, dynamic, flexible framework.
Hispanic Studies is a University of Barcelona institution that has focused on teaching Spanish language and culture to international students for over sixty years. Throughout the academic year, it offers a wide range of language and culture courses.
Group levels
Students will be put into groups at the five language levels, through a Spanish level test taken at the start of the course.
LEVELS
Hispanic Studies offers five language levels that are further divided depending on students' starting point and the time required to pass the levels:
- A1 (CEFR)
- A2.1 (CEFR)
- A2.2 (CEFR)
- B1.1 (CEFR)
- B1.2 (CEFR)
- B2.1 (CEFR)
- B2.2 (CEFR)
- C1.1 (CEFR)
- C1.2 (CEFR)
- C2 (CEFR)*Proficiency: particularly aimed at heritage speakers.
The syllabus of each level may be found here.
CREDITS (ECTS)
Hispanic Studies courses provide European Union university accreditation, based on the European Credits Transfer System (ECTS).
CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE
Students on intensive courses can ask for a certificate of attendance which includes the level of the language course and the number of the hours the student has attended. To be eligible for this certificate, it is necessary to have attended 80% of the classes.
EVALUATION SYSTEM
Taking the final exam is not mandatory for the intensive courses. However, if the student requests it, they will obtain a certificate of achievement with the level of the language course, its duration, the correspondent ECTS credits and a final mark that is the result of these percentages:
80% Written exam*
20% Continuous assessment (attendance, homework, class participation, etc.)
*The price of the exam is NOT included in the price of the course.