Spanish specific purpose courses in Granada

200. Specific purposes courses

201. Commercial & Business Spanish

General information

Levels: B2, C1, C2

Duration (semanas): 1-8

Classes per week: 10

Classes per day: 2

Schedule: Between 8:30 pm to 2:35 pm (Depending on other chosen courses.)

The purpose of this course is to familiarize the student with this particular aspect of the Spanish language by using continued practice-analysis, exercises and conversation based on materials and hypotheses taken from real situations in the economic and business world. This includes business correspondence, specialized vocabulary, texts and conversation. Most students combine this course with a general course or other specific purposes course.

It is also possible to arrange an internship in a company through us, for a period of 4 to 24 weeks.

Program

The purpose of this course is to familiarize the student with this particular usage of the Spanish language, by continued practice-analysis, exercises, and conversation on material and hypotheses taken from real situations, from the economic and business world.

Specific content:
– Commercial correspondence
– Analysis and practice of vocabulary*
– Analysis of texts
– Planned conversational themes*

*Subjects covered:
marketing / publicity / tourism / taxes / commerce / imports and exports / foreign investment / stock market / finances / multinationals / crises / etc. with documentation and complementary material.

Fees 2022

WEEKS	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
TOTAL CLASSES	10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80
EUROS	259	472	638	802	982	1133	1321	1510

National Holidays: January 6th, February 28th, April 15th, June 16th, August 15th, October 12th, November 1st and December 6th.

Dates 2022

Jan.	Feb.	March	April	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.
3	7	7	4	2	6	4	1	5	3	7	5
17	21	21	18	16	20	18	15	19	17	21	19

National Holidays: January 6th, February 28th, April 15th, June 16th, August 15th, October 12th, November 1st and December 6th.

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202. Culture y Society

General information

Levels: B2, C1, C2

Duration (weeks): 1-8

Classes per week: 10

Classes per day: 2

Schedule: Between 8:30 pm to 2:35 pm (Depending on other chosen courses.)

History, art, politics, society, film, music, fashion, sports, etc. This course is designed to provide information about contemporary Spain and South America, taking into account the particular interests generated through discussion with students who already possess a good knowledge of Spanish. We try to explore all ideologies and visions. Most students combine this course with a general course or another specific purposes course.

Program

This course aspires to give knowledge about present day Spain, taking into account the interest that it provokes in whoever already possesses an ample knowledge of the language. The ideology that guides us is that of expressing all ideologies, of giving a vision of all visions

Contents

Introduction (4 classes): Spain and its environment. Historic summary. Administrative Political division (autonomies/historic regions).
Present Politics (12 classes): The Transition (social value). Introduction to the present political situation. Spanish politics of special interest in domestic and foreign affaires.
Economic and social situation (6 classes): Agriculture, industry, tourism. Terrorism, unemployment, crime.
Means of communication (6 classes): Press, Radio, Television.
Culture (12 classes): Art, design, fashion, cinema and theatre, music, bull fights, sport

This culture and society course is complemented by the following activities, the programme of which can be adjusted to the subjects covered in class:

Debates
Video projection
Musical and radio listening sessions
Organisation of exhibitions and attendance at others
Lectures given by specialists of the subjects dealt with films

Fees 2022

WEEKS	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
TOTAL CLASSES	10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80
EUROS	259	472	638	802	982	1133	1321	1510

National Holidays: January 6th, February 28th, April 15th, June 16th, August 15th, October 12th, November 1st and December 6th.

Dates 2022

Jan.	Feb.	March	April	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.
3	7	7	4	2	6	4	1	5	3	7	5
17	21	21	18	16	20	18	15	19	17	21	19

National Holidays: January 6th, February 28th, April 15th, June 16th, August 15th, October 12th, November 1st and December 6th.

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203. Spanish Literature & Literary Criticism

General information

Levels: B2, C1, C2

Duration (weeks): 1-8

Classes per week: 10

Classes per day: 2

Schedule: Between 8:30 pm to 2:35 pm (Depending on other chosen courses.)

This course is an introduction to the history of Spanish literature as a specific use of the language. It is a detailed study of two different programs of books and authors. A special focus is made of these periods:

The Golden Age
Second half of the 19th Century
Realism and Generation 98
First half of the 20th Century, Generation 27, the Civil War and Post-war

Program

Week 1. Golden Age
Authors: Cervantes/Quevado/Calderon/Lope
Suggested reading: ANONYMOUS; Lazarillo de Tormes.

Week 2. Second half of the 19th century
Authors: Galdos/Clarin
Suggested reading: PEREZ GALDÓS, Benito; Misericordia

Week 3. Realism and Generation 98
Authors: Baroja/Unamuno/Azorin/Machado/Inclan
Suggested reading: BAROJA, Pio; El Arbol de la Ciencia

Week 4. First half of the 20th century
Authors: J.R.Jimenez/Lorca/Salinas.
Suggested reading: GARCIA LORCA, Federico; La Casa de Bernarda Alba

The program of ONE WEEK has the following study plan:

Introduction (Principal period and the preceding period)…….. 3 classes
Commentary of texts (fragments)………………………………………. 3 classes
Commentary of texts (Study of planned reading)…………………. 4 classes

Fees 2022

WEEKS	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
TOTAL CLASSES	10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80
EUROS	259	472	638	802	982	1133	1321	1510

National Holidays: January 6th, February 28th, April 15th, June 16th, August 15th, October 12th, November 1st and December 6th.

Dates 2022

Jan.	Feb.	March	April	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.
3	7	7	4	2	6	4	1	5	3	7	5
17	21	21	18	16	20	18	15	19	17	21	19

National Holidays: January 6th, February 28th, April 15th, June 16th, August 15th, October 12th, November 1st and December 6th.

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204. Course for spanish teachers (ELE)

General information

Levels: B2, C1, C2

Duration (weeks): 1-4

Classes per week: 10

Classes per day: 2

Schedule: Between 8:30 pm to 2:35 pm (Depending on other chosen courses.)

Designed for those who are teaching or planning to teach Spanish in their home countries. The objective is to improve the didactic and linguistic contents of their teaching and to provide an opportunity for intensive discussion of trends in teaching, as well as offering practice in the Spanish language and discussion about Spanish culture.

Program

DESTINADO A
Profesores de español, universitarios y titulados que quieren orientar su futuro profesional hacia la enseñanza del español como segunda lengua.

OBJETIVOS GENERALES

Adquirir técnicas y conocimientos que faciliten la actividad en clase de los profesores de español para extranjeros.
Dar a conocer los distintos procesos implicados en la adquisición de capacidades en las cuatro destrezas comunicativas.
Analizar los contenidos gramaticales que mayor interés tienen en el aprendizaje del español y adquirir técnicas que facilitan su enseñanza.
Analizar y elaborar actividades de clase.
Valorar y familiarizarse con diferentes recursos, materiales didácticos y fuentes documentales: materiales, Internet, biblioteca, TV, vídeo, música, etc.
Contrastar los conocimientos adquiridos en el curso y practicarlos bajo la coordinación del equipo docente del centro. Realizar prácticas reales en clases con alumnos de diferentes niveles y perfiles.

OBJETIVOS ESPECÍFICOS

Los propios de las actividades programadas según los siguientes contenidos.

CONTENIDOS DEL CURSO

Perspectivas metodológicas.
Cuestiones curriculares.
Las cuatro destrezas lingüísticas: análisis y elaboración de actividades de clase y criterios de análisis de recursos didácticos.
La enseñanza de la gramática.
Fuentes documentales: lengua y recursos para la clase E/LE. Materiales didácticos.
La evaluación: métodos y técnicas de evaluación, evaluación del currículo y evaluación del proceso de enseñanza.
Aspectos culturales en la enseñanza del español.

PRÁCTICAS

Los asistentes a este curso tienen la opción de presenciar las aplicaciones didácticas reales en clases de diferentes niveles e impartir clases prácticas coordinadas por un tutor en estos grupos.

ACTIVIDADES EXTRACURRICULARES (opcionales)

PROGRAMA GENERAL (2 semanas)

Con el fin de aunar las cuestiones didácticas con otras lingüísticas es conveniente una inmersión cultural. Con este objetivo Castila ha diseñado 54 actividades diferentes que facilitan la integración en un estilo real de vida española. Son actividades con formatos variados: desde las tardes temáticas (con diferentes contenidos: vinos, política, economía, Cultura, actualidad) a ciclos de cine, conferencias y audiciones de pop o flamenco; otras más lúdicas, desde las fiestas y comidas (paella en el jardín de la escuela, cenas formales, barbacoas) a las visitas (Alhambra, museos, exposiciones), excursiones o deportes (fútbol, voleybol), etc., que se alternan en programas de dos semanas.

ACTIVIDADES ESPECÍFICAS FORMACIÓN ELE

Los asistentes a este curso podrán participar en las actividades de formación permanente que Castila organiza anualmente para sus profesores que coincidan durante la estancia.

ACREDITACIÓN Y CERTIFICADOS:

Los estudiantes reciben un Certificado de Asistencia.

Se certifican 10 horas de clases presenciales por semana + 10 horas de prácticas opcionales por cada dos semanas de curso realizado.

Comisión Europea – Comenius. El programa de este curso reúne los requisitos necesarios para obtener las becas y ayudas Comenius ofrecidas por la Unión Europea a través del actual Programa de Aprendizaje Permanente (2007-2013).

Fees 2022

WEEKS	1	2	3	4
TOTAL CLASSES	10	20	30	40
EUROS	259	472	638	802

Accredited Spanish Teacher program: 4 weeks, 80 hours (40 lectures and 40 hours classroom practices observing and teaching).

Dates 2022

Jan.	Feb.	March	April	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.
3	7	7	4	2	6	4	1	5	3	7	5
		21								28

National Holidays: January 6th, February 28th, April 15th, June 16th, August 15th, October 12th, November 1st and December 6th.

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200. Specific purposes courses

201. Commercial & Business Spanish

202. Culture y Society

203. Spanish Literature & Literary Criticism

204. Course for spanish teachers (ELE)

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