Intensive Plus Spanish course
Our Intensive Plus Spanish courses are designed to give you the opportunity to take more than the standard 4 hours per day, 20 hours a week, on our normal intensive courses.
| Duration | Students may enrol for as many weeks as they like. |
| Days of the week | Monday to Friday (extra hours begin Tuesday) |
| Number of hours | They combine with a 4-hour intensive course in the mornings, to give you an extra 1.5 hours of Spanish conversation practice, on different aspects of Spanish culture, each afternoon from Tuesday to Friday, making a total of 26 hours of class a week. |
| Levels | The minimum level of Spanish required to join these courses is Lower Intermediate. |
| Ages | 16+ |
| Start dates | Our Spanish culture courses start every Tuesday and you can take as many weeks as you like. |
| Price | Add €60 per week to Intensive Group Course fees. Price per week up to 4 weeks: €255 Note that there is no registration fee for our courses. Price includes registration, level test, classes, all course materials, certificates, our programme of social and cultural activities, student card, access to all the school facilities. |
Course content
We look at a different aspect of Spanish culture each day. Subjects regularly covered include:- Spanish social customs: An insight into the Spanish way of life and how it and its customs compare with those in your own country
- Flamenco: A course which looks beyond the music and dance to the culture of flamenco
Architecture in Barcelona, including Gaudí (shown, right, Gaudí's Casa Batlló) - Spain's cultural diversity: The languages, gastronomy, geography and folklore of each of Spain's regional cultures
- Spanish music
- Ferran Adriá and Spanish nouvelle cuisine
- Spanish 20th century art: A look at a range of artistic styles including those of Picasso, Dalí, Miró and Tapies
- The Spanish media: Press, radio, television and the Internet and the language that is characteristic of each
- The Spanish Civil War: the causes, most important episodes and many consequences of the war
- A brief introduction to the history of Spanish literature, from the Middle Ages to the present day
- Spain's most popular fiestas: The Easter Processions, the Fallas, San Fermin, etc
- Spanish cinema
Alternative courses
As an alternative to an "intensive plus" course, you can also take our new Spanish and Creative Arts program.
Note that you can also "add on" one-to-one tuition to your intensive Spanish course.
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