Our Spanish language courses in Bilbao are run all-year-round at different levels, from complete beginner to proficiency.

Generally, the classes are from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., from Monday to Friday. The classes last 55 minutes each. Afternoons are filled with a wide variety of courses along with fun activities, outings, fiestas, barbecues, concerts, cinema and sports. You will have the chance of meeting Spanish people, making friends, and practicing what you have learned through contacts provided by our school.

In all our courses we try to study individually and then integrate the four language skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening. In addition to these skills, we also emphasise grammatical structure so the student can eventually reach the threshold of communicative proficiency. Learning a language is a dynamic process in which the students live within the Spanish culture while being totally immersed in the language itself. In order to broaden the students general perspective, we offer the possibility of studying many different aspects of the Spanish culture including history, art, civilization, literature, cinema, etc.

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Our Spanish language school in Bilbao is accredited by the "Instituto Cervantes".

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We offer following Spanish language courses in Bilbao:

>> Course 20h: 4h / day
Mo-Fr 9:30-13:30

An intensive course of 4 lessons per day from Monday to Friday. Each lesson is 50 minutes long. The course consist of 2 classes of grammar and 2 classes of conversation a day.

The first session focuses on the study of grammar and practicing reading and writing skills.

Grammar: linguistic elements and the grammatical structures necessary for a better understanding and better communication in Spanish, taught in a simple and effective way.

Reading: we use subject-specific material that may be academic or non-academic, which will help you to better your understanding of the language, to acquire vocabulary and to get you moving in Spanish in a range of different scenarios.

Writing: letters, emails, application forms: whatever excuse is a good enough to practice this skill. A magnificent opportunity to revise the grammar learnt in class and to acquire new vocabulary.

The second part of the morning concentrates on speaking and listening skills.

Listening: we use both academic and non-academic material. We use adapted listening sequences, audiovisual material, film extracts, songs and other such elements that make learning a language easy and motivational.

Speaking: Dramatizations, games, presentations and rhythm and pronunciation exercises are some of the proposed ways for practicing your spoken Spanish in the classroom.

>> Course 20+5h: 5 h/day
The course consists of 4 lessons in a group and 1 individual tuition a day.

>> One-to-one: intensive individual training
Individual lessons adapted to suit all personal requirements.

>> D.E.L.E. course: 5 h/day
D.E.L.E. stands for Diploma de Español como Lengua Extranjera ("Diploma of Spanish as a Foreign Language"). It is the only certificate officially recognised by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science. This internationally accepted diploma is very useful for those who want to officially demonstrate their level of Spanish.
The exams are held in May and November at Spanish Universities.

>> Bussines Spanish: 4 hs/day
The course indludes: 8 hours of business Spanish, 4 hours of grammar and vocabulary, 4 hours of conversation and 4 hours of reading and writing.

Courses starting every Monday throughout the year. Minimum 1 week stay. 40 hours: Certificate awarded. 80 hours: Diploma awarded.

Levels

Our school makes sure that the levels of language competency adopted by our school correspond to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, in order to facilitate the equivalence of students assessment and students certificates.

There are 3 levels available according to your previous experience in the language:

Beginner: For those who have very little or no prior skills in Spanish. Unable to communicate in everyday situations.

Intermediate: You have an acceptable level of Spanish, but there are still basic grammatical and lexical errors requiring improvement.

Advanced: You are familiar with a wide range of grammatical structures, but you still have some practical problems in applying them. Special attention is paid to typical errors, as well as to colloquial and literary expressions.

On the first day at our school in Bilbao you will be asked to do a placement test which will reflect your current level of proficiency and enable us to assign you to one of the groups.

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