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The college's key concern is to get you to speak!

Of course you will cover the four core skills, in order to develop all the essential Spanish language skills. The courses are designed to develop a solid global command of the language, starting from your current level of ability. The curriculum is structured on eight theoretical language levels, with a natural duration of between four and six weeks at each level.

Classes are divided into two distinct segments. The first covers the language itself, the structures and the communicative functions. The second part deals with concrete cultural themes in order to develop all the skills i.e speaking, listening, reading and writing through grammar study, oral and written exercises, practice with video and audio material and conversation drawing upon a variety of cultural themes. 

	Common European Framework		School Level Descriptions		General Descriptions		DELE exams		Number of wks
	A1 Breakthrough/       Beginner		1/ Beginner  2/ Elementary		No competence Limited competence				4-6 wks
	A2 Waystage/       Elementary		3/ Pre Intermediate		Survival competence				8 wks
	B1 Threshold/       Lower       Intermediate		4/ Intermediate		Limited competence		DELE Intermediate		6 wks
	B2 Vantage/       Intermediate		5/ Superior      Intermediate		Medium competence		DELE High intermediate		8 wks
	C1 Effective       Operational       Proficiency/      Intermediate+		6/ Advanced		Broad competence				10 wks
	C2 Advanced I      Advanced II		7/ Improvement 8/  Superior		Pre-bilingual Mastery		DELE Superior		10 wks+ 10 wks+

 The methodology is the result of years of experience in teaching Spanish. Special importance is given to the communicative aspect of the language and its use in everyday life. For this reason, the college encourages students to speak Spanish in class, and whenever possible out of class as well.

A student of average linguistic ability should allow at least four weeks to complete the Beginner or Elementary level, covering key conversational abilities and basic grammar structure to enable students to communicate in everyday situations.

Approximately four weeks will be required to complete each of the Intermediate levels (12 weeks in total) with emphasis on further development of Spanish grammar with reference to the past tenses and conversation skills (and at Intermediate level, introduces the subjunctive).

An additional 10 weeks covers the Advanced level (dealing with commonly confused structures, word building, and the elimination of any errors and any deficiencies in grammatical structures, encouraging fluency in conversation.

Finally, the Proficiency level looks at colloquial and literary language and slang expressions, according to student need. In reality students chose to attend a short course or a longer "Languages for Life" course, according to their linguistic goals, personal wishes and time constraints.

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