Levels on our Spanish courses
We offer 8 levels which correspond to the levels set out in the new "European framework for language learning, teaching and evaluation". Each level corresponds to four weeks of course.
Following is a summary of the goals which are set for each level.
1 Beginners
Students can express basic opinions, feelings and needs related to daily life, mainly orally. There will still be frequent errors in pronunciation and ability to self correct, but this will not affect their ability to communicate. In addition, they will be able to understand short messages and texts. Lastly, they will be able to ask for information, explanations and clarification.
2 Elementary
Students can express basic opinions, feelings and needs related to daily life orally and in writing. Their errors are mainly due to their need to communicate more than they are capable of. They are capable of asking for something as well as responding to something that is said to them.
3 Pre-Intermediate
Students can express general opinions, feelings and needs related to daily life both orally and in writing. They make mistakes particularly when using the past tense but this will not impede their being understood. They will also have basic notions about communicative skills that will allow them to understand a normal conversation.Their reading skills allow them to understand informative texts and basic literature.
4 Intermediate
Students are able to express their opinions both orally and in writing, they can reason, summarise and paraphrase as well as try to influence the opinions and reactions of others. Their written skills allow them to write letters to a basic standard. They will have a general knowledge about Spanish society and they are able to take part in formal social situations.
5 Upper Intermediate
Students are able to give detailed information about general topics. They are also able to use communicative techniques to organise their ideas better. They are able to write texts of a certain length and grammatical difficulty. They will be able to understand general informative texts as well as literary texts that require some basic knowledge of the Spanish culture.
6 Advanced
Students are able to infer the opinions of others and express their own opinion during a conversation.As well as being able to write texts of certain length and complexity, they will be able to recognise the most frequently used styles and perceive implicit elements such as irony, metaphors etc.Their fluency and pronunciation will allow others to understand them without difficulty.
7 Superior
The student will be able to maintain a fluent conversation using discursive techniques which will allow them to speak correctly. They will be able to select the appropriate vocabulary and forms for different situations. They will be able to reformulate speech in order to argue opposite points of view and try to convince someone. They will be able to read literature by contemporary authors that make reference to specific cultural topics. For written work they will be able to use different creative styles.
8 Proficiency
Students will be able to change their style of speaking easily and will dominate changes of speed and intonation thus helping them to acquire a genuine Spanish accent. They will learn different styles of speech such as how to give conferences and presentations. They will be familiar with more specific communicative functions of the language and will recognise different Spanish dialects.
Spanish in Seville
Further information
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Cordoba, Madrid, Palma de Mallorca, Seville, San Sebastian, Valencia and
Vejer de la Frontera, Spain.
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