SPANISH COURSES FOR

Mini stays are courses scheduled for groups, with a minimum of 15 students, throughout the year.

This type of course, lasting 3 to 7 days, is ideal for getting to know the life and customs of our region and is aimed mainly at young school-age students as well as older adults.

Classes are held in the morning for 2 or 3 hours a day, with afternoons devoted to various cultural activities and excursions under the supervision of a guide teacher. Activities can be chosen from those proposed in the activities section of this website, and information on the economic conditions and organisation of the activities will be provided upon request from the group leader.

Summer Spanish courses take place during July and August, aimed mainly at schools, universities, travel agencies, tour operators, senior centres, etc., who decide to send groups of at least 15 people, with a minimum duration of two weeks.

These courses provide all students with a general study of the Spanish language, with special emphasis on practical communicative activities, both oral and written, with classes of at least 3 hours a day in the morning, devoting afternoons to cultural and sports activities, or visiting places of tourist interest. Activities can be chosen from those proposed in the activities section of this website, and information on the economic conditions and organisation of the activities will be provided upon request from the group leader.

These courses are aimed at people who want to start or improve their general knowledge of Spanish.

The methodology is mainly conversational, with great emphasis on phonetics and adapting the ear to the language, without forgetting the written and grammatical components.

All students will have a workbook to practise the knowledge acquired in class.

Before starting the course, students will take a level test to be placed in groups according to their knowledge.

We offer six different levels (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2) structured according to the COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK OF REFERENCE FOR LANGUAGES, which guarantees a practical way of establishing an international standard and objective measurement of the level to be achieved at each stage of teaching and in the evaluation of results.

• Beginner A1
• Elementary A2
• Lower Intermediate B1
• Upper Intermediate B2
• Advanced C1/C2

This course is designed for teachers of Spanish as a foreign language who need to update, increase or consolidate their level of knowledge.

It covers comprehensive topics such as: Spanish literature, language, geography and history.

During the classes, students will be able to practise the most current Spanish by reading and commenting on texts from newspapers and magazines, watching and debating television programmes or web pages, the history of Spain in its different periods, the remarkable rise of Spanish cinema in Anglo-Saxon markets, Spain within the European Union, etc.

For all of this, we use audiovisual methods and the most modern working materials.

Students may also opt for cultural and leisure activities including visits to museums, tourist villages in the area, sports activities, etc.

This course is aimed at people who, in addition to learning Spanish, wish to take advantage of their stay in Cantabria by living with the teacher, who, depending on their needs, helps them to integrate into the business, cultural and leisure environments of the region.

This course covers important topics such as: the history of Spain in its different periods, literature, art, religion, politics, geography, gastronomy, habitat and typical Spanish customs, all in a family environment, sharing daily life with one of our teachers.

It is mainly a conversational course, and one of the fastest ways to learn idiomatic expressions that only occur in this environment.

We offer six different levels (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2) structured according to the COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK OF REFERENCE FOR LANGUAGES, which guarantees a practical way of establishing an international standard and objective measurement of the level to be achieved at each stage of teaching and in the evaluation of results.

• Beginner A1
• Elementary A2
• Lower Intermediate B1
• Upper Intermediate B2
• Advanced C1/C2

These courses are aimed at people with prior knowledge of the subject and with real interests and needs in this area. Students are usually students or professionals with an interest in the fields of economics, business, foreign trade, marketing, etc.

The course aims to bring students and professionals closer to the business world. This course is designed so that they quickly learn the specific vocabulary of Business Spanish, developing all the skills of the Spanish language and the specific vocabulary of business.

They cover complex topics such as: business management, import and export, business lunches, foreign trade, labour relations, products, the stock market, banking, advertising, insurance, job interviews, telephone, commercial correspondence, the job market, etc.

These courses are aimed at people who need to function mainly in the workplace, with a specific language appropriate to each type of situation.

To this end, the communicative needs of their work sector are covered, using vocabulary specific to each topic and presenting the elementary functions we may encounter, as well as texts, documents and audiovisual material aimed at the understanding and acquisition of vocabulary related to the student's area of work.

Types of courses include:

• The tourism sector
• Administration
• Health services

These courses are directed by and for professionals in the business sector.

Nowadays, one of the main problems that professionals face when dealing with the need to learn or master a language is the limited availability of time.

Unilang Idiomas, with more than 45 years of experience in the business sector, has designed total immersion courses, with which we have achieved, with optimal results, a solution to the problem of time scarcity that plagues the business world.

Immersion courses are developed in a minimum reduced time, depending on the level and objectives, of six days, in which the teachers carry out super intensive work with the student, from breakfast to dinner.

We offer six different levels (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2) structured according to the COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK OF REFERENCE FOR LANGUAGES, which guarantees a practical way of establishing an international standard and objective measurement of the level to be achieved at each stage of teaching and in the evaluation of results.

• Beginner A1
• Elementary A2
• Lower Intermediate B1
• Upper Intermediate B2
• Advanced C1/C2

These courses aim to prepare students to obtain the Diplomas of Spanish as a Foreign Language (DELE). These Diplomas are official certificates accrediting the level of competence and mastery of the Spanish language, awarded by the Instituto Cervantes on behalf of the Spanish Ministry of Education.

These exams are aimed at all those who wish to certify their level of competence and mastery of the language, as well as a greater approach to the culture of Spanish-speaking countries.

DELE exams are divided into 5 parts (reading comprehension, written expression, listening comprehension, oral expression, and grammar and vocabulary). To obtain the DELE, the qualification of "PASS" is required in each of these five parts.

The exam registration fee is not included in the price of these courses.

DELE levels follow the structure of the six levels of the COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK OF REFERENCE FOR LANGUAGES:

• The Spanish Language Diploma Level A1 certifies sufficient linguistic competence to understand and use very frequent everyday expressions anywhere in the Spanish-speaking world, aimed at satisfying immediate needs.


• The Spanish Language Diploma Level A2 certifies that the candidate is able to understand everyday phrases and expressions of frequent use related to areas of experience that are especially relevant to them (basic information about themselves and their family, shopping, places of interest, occupations, etc.).


• The Spanish Language Diploma Level B1 certifies sufficient linguistic competence to understand and react appropriately to the most common situations of daily life and to communicate desires and needs in a basic way.


• The Spanish Language Diploma Level B2 certifies sufficient linguistic competence to handle the ordinary situations of daily life, under normal communication circumstances that do not require specialised use of the language.


• The Spanish Language Diploma Level C1 certifies sufficient linguistic competence to express oneself clearly without having to limit what one wants to say. The candidate has a good command of a wide lexical repertoire, including idiomatic and colloquial expressions.


• The Spanish Language Diploma Level C2 certifies the linguistic competence necessary to function in situations requiring a high level of language use and knowledge of the cultural habits expressed through it.