IAF

Spanish Courses

We offer individual and group classes, as well as special courses for business, conversation classes and preparation for international exams (CELU). Courses can be regular or intensive, depending on the level and the student needs. Classes are taught by native teachers trained in teaching Spanish as a foreign language, to make learning a pleasant and fun without losing academic rigor.

Individual and group classes
We give individual classes and group classes with a maximum of 7 students, which allows us to give personalized attention and ensures their active participation during the class.

Levels

• Starter:
  Level recommended for the students that are in contact with the language for the first time. They learn very basic structures and can only only use simple phrases. They prepare to start the levels described in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
  
  
• A1 Elementary: Basic User: Breakthrough
  Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type. Can introduce him/herself and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, people he/she knows and things he/she has. Can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.

• A2 Pre-Intermediate: Basic User: Waystage
  Can understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment). Can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters. Can describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.
  
  
• B1 Intermediate: Independent User: Threshold
  Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. Can deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken. Can produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest. Can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes & ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.
  
  
• B2 Upper-Intermediate: Independent User: Vantage
  Can understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialisation. Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party. Can produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options

• C1 Advanced: Proficient User: Effective Operational Proficiency
  Can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognise implicit meaning. Can express him/herself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organisational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.

• C2 Proficiency: Proficient User: Mastery
  Can understand with ease virtually everything heard or read. Can summarise information from different spoken and written sources, reconstructing arguments and accounts in a coherent presentation. Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in the most complex situations.