Spanish courses
Six-month Spanish courses
Each six-month course consists of a total of 390 hours divided into two sections:
- Spanish language:
- 300 hours
- Normally taught Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 12:00.
- Spanish culture:
- 90 hours
- Subjects on different aspects of Spanish culture of 15 hours each, taught between Monday and Friday from 12:30 to 14:00 and/or from 16:00 to 18:00.
Dates
Autumn six-month course
1 October 2024 - 18 March 2025
Spring six-month course
8 January - 6 June 2025
What does the enrolment fee include?
- Travel assistance health insurance.
- Teaching materials.
- Guided tours of the city, monuments and museums.
- Excursions to places in the province.
- Diploma accredited by the University of La Rioja.
- SIELE certificate.
- Help in finding accommodation. It does not include the cost of accommodation.
- Use of university services (library, computer rooms, sports facilities).
Diploma
At the end of the course, students who have successfully completed the course will receive a diploma indicating the level reached, the subjects taken, the hours received and the grade obtained.
Price
€ 2,725
Spanish Culture Subjects
Students will be able to take subjects on different aspects of Spanish culture with a threefold objective:
- To deepen and reinforce their training in the Spanish language
- To get to know different aspects of Spanish culture
- To obtain specific training in professional fields
Each three months, the following subjects of 15 hours each are programmed, adapted to the different levels of knowledge of Spanish:
This course is adapted to the level of each group and is aimed at those students who wish to improve their oral and communicative skills in Spanish. They will learn to communicate and interact in carrying out simple, everyday tasks requiring simple and direct exchanges of information on familiar or routine matters.
This course is aimed at beginners who wish to develop skills in the field of learning Spanish as a foreign language. Students will develop their skills in the interpretation of written and oral texts, in the production of written texts and will improve their communicative skills.
This course is aimed at beginners who wish to develop skills in the field of learning Spanish as a foreign language. Students will develop their skills in the interpretation of written and oral texts, in the production of written texts and will improve their communicative skills.
This course is aimed at beginners and intermediate level students who wish to approach Hispanic culture through music.
Music will be the ideal vehicle for conveying pragmatic and socio-cultural knowledge that students can learn through real, contextualised language samples.
This course is aimed at beginners and intermediate level students who wish to develop their linguistic competence through the world of tourism, at the same time as broadening their cultural knowledge of the Spanish-speaking world.
Esta asignatura, adaptada al nivel de cada grupo, está dirigida a aquellos alumnos que deseen hacer su primera incursión en el aprendizaje del español enfocado en el ámbito específico de los negocios.
Proporcionará al alumno un conocimiento general de los aspectos económicos más relevantes del mundo de la empresa y la economía.
This course is adapted to the level of each group and is aimed at those students who wish to make their first incursion into the learning of Spanish focused on the specific field of business.
It will provide students with a general knowledge of the most relevant economic aspects of the world of business and economics.
This course is aimed at intermediate and advanced students who wish to broaden their cultural knowledge of the Spanish-speaking world and integrate into it in a more conscious and profound way.
Students are expected to become aware and have an informed opinion on the major historical issues, cultural traditions and artistic movements in Spain in the 20th and 21st centuries, as well as to suggest hypotheses about the future of these issues.
This course is aimed at intermediate and advanced students who wish to develop their linguistic skills through knowledge of the mechanisms involved in the production of texts and a view of reading as an expression of a creative act. Written expression involves grammatical knowledge, cognitive processes and stylistic resources as well as communicative strategies.
Students will have the opportunity to express their experiences, interests and concerns in written text in a variety of ways, using methods such as imitation, modification, recreation and play.
This course is aimed at intermediate and advanced students who wish to deepen their knowledge of the regional cultural diversity of Spain, with the aim of bringing them closer to some of its most relevant aspects.
Therefore, the most significant regions have been selected, either for their historical importance or for their socio-cultural richness. In addition, it has been considered appropriate to introduce a unit corresponding to the Spanish region where the learner resides, taking into account the learning environment.
This course is aimed at advanced students who wish to make their first foray into the study of Spanish literature, focusing on the contemporary literary scene.
An overview of contemporary Spanish literature will be presented, showing its evolution in parallel with the socio-cultural changes that have taken place in Spain in recent decades.
This course is aimed at advanced level students who wish to develop their linguistic competence by reflecting on the power and influence of the audiovisual language of the media in our societies.
This course is aimed at advanced level students with the aim of providing them with socio-cultural knowledge of the most relevant aspects of present-day Spain through short films. Specific features and characteristics of the student's environment will be introduced and suggestions for discussion and reflection will be provided in order to develop not only listening comprehension and oral discursive skills, but also intercultural tolerance and respect.
Fundación de la Universidad de La Rioja
International Projects Department
Avenida de la Paz, 107
26006 Logroño. La Rioja. España
941 299 272
espanol@unirioja.es