Learning Spanish in Barcelona!

18.04.2012 10:17

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You want to combine your stay in Barcelona with learning the language? Where else you can learn the Spanish language better, than in a Spanish speaking environment themselves. Participating a Spanish Course in Barcelona, the second largest city of Spain, the capital of Catalonia and one of the most touristic cities in Europe, would be one of the options.

Barcelona offers many high qualified language schools, in which you can improve your Spanish while staying in Barcelona. You can find a variety of courses that can be adapted to your own interests and needs, while managing your own time. Furthermore you can follow short term, but also long term courses.

The generally provided courses are:

General: In this course you will learn the grammar, the vocabulary, the functions and the social aspects of the language through a communicative method. This is a perfect way to work on your oral and written skills.
Grammar: In this course you will learn the most important aspects of the Spanish grammar of all levels, which are very useful for completing the language in a successive way.
Conversation Course: For those who just want to improve their oral skills, by maintain or enhance the fluency and confidence by using the language in spontaneous and more natural conversations. This course is perfect for those who already have reached an intermediate Spanish level.
Business Course: Do you need to speak Spanish in a work context? And do you have reached an at least intermediate Spanish level? Than you can participate a specific Business Spanish course, where you will improve specific vocabulary related to different professional fields.
DELE Preparation: What is better than having an official diploma of Spanish as a foreign language? Prepare yourself while taking a DELE preparation course and sign up for the exam. The examinations are held in May, August and November every year, and are divided in the following levels: inicial, intermedio and superior.

Another alternative is a language exchange, in which Spanish speakers offer the Spanish language in exchange for another foreign language. Most of the time they prefer English speakers, but they are also willing to learn more foreign languages.

How it works:
On the internet, there is a wide range of websites, where you can register in order to join the language exchange database and be accessible to other people who are looking for a language exchange partner.
There are of course other options. You can also join free language exchanges in several pubs and bars in Barcelona, in which several people from different countries meet once or twice a week, or even in the weekends on specific times, to exchange their languages. This is fun and for free! And improving your Spanish skills is guaranteed!

Learning Spanish in Barcelona is not only improving your language skills, but at is also a good way to meet new people from all over the world and make friends. And sometimes these friendships are even for life!

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