The curriculum at Espanole International House Valencia offers structured and progressive learning, aligned with the CEFR. It includes an initial and final assessment to measure the student's progress. Each level is organised into didactic units with a communicative and practical focus, integrating pragmatic, grammatical, lexical and cultural content. The coherence between levels and the personalised follow-up guarantee an effective and complete training.
Beginner level for students with no previous knowledge. Focuses on basic communication: introducing oneself, talking about tastes, everyday objects and linguistic survival situations.
Estimated duration: 4 weeks (80 hours).
At this level, the student can deal with everyday situations and relate simple personal experiences. Topics such as housing, the body and health are expanded upon.
Estimated duration: 4 weeks (80 hours).
Self-assessment units 1 to 8 and change of level.
Introduces structures for narrating in the past tense, expressing emotions, talking about habits and relating experiences. It reinforces oral comprehension and production in personal and professional contexts.
Estimated duration: 4 weeks (80 hours).
Self-assessment units 1 to 8 and change of level.
Consolidates what has been learnt in B1.1 and allows you to deal more fluently with topics related to work, feelings, hypotheses and the media.
Estimated duration: 4 weeks (80 hours).
Self-assessment units 1 to 8 and change of level.
The student begins to use Spanish with greater autonomy. Focuses on the expression of complex opinions, formal situations, social norms and indirect language.
Estimated duration: 6 weeks (120 hours).
Self-assessment units 1 to 6 and change of level.
Develops a more elaborate discourse. Work on formal registers, argumentation, advanced structures such as passive and conditional sentences, with high grammatical accuracy.
Estimated duration: 6 weeks (120 hours).
Self-assessment units 1 to 6 and change of level.
Facilitates fluent and structured expression. Students become familiar with different registers and genres, learn to nuance their speech and participate in debates with accuracy.
Estimated duration: 12 weeks (240 hours).
Consolidates all that has been learnt. Focuses on complex discourse skills, deep understanding of texts, written production with style and adaptation to the communicative context.
Estimated duration: 9 weeks (180 hours).
Advanced level with no time limit. The student achieves a complete command of the language with the ability to distinguish nuances, irony, registers, express him/herself spontaneously and understand all types of texts.
Duration: Unlimited, depending on the student's needs.
Classes follow a practical and communicative approach: the aim is for students to use Spanish from day one in real-life situations.
The whole class is conducted in Spanish, the vehicular language, in order to favour a complete linguistic and cultural immersion. Everything is designed to make learning dynamic, participative and useful.
In each session we work on the different language skills (speaking, listening, reading and writing), with a variety of activities such as games, conversations, comprehension exercises, debates, presentations and group work.
The teacher guides and adapts the contents to the pace of the group, encouraging active participation and an atmosphere of trust. In addition, cultural aspects are incorporated to better understand how people live and communicate in Spanish-speaking countries.
A course book is used in class, which is handed out on the first day. If the student changes level, he/she will have to buy the next book (approximate price: 25 €).
The book is supplemented with materials created by the teachers.
As a support, all students have free access to Campus Diffusion, the book's digital platform.
They can use it to reinforce what they have learned, do extra exercises and access audios, videos and interactive activities from any device. Its use is optional, but highly recommended.
