Overview
What you will study
To help develop your fluency in the language, the course will focus primarily on speaking and listening skills, but will also include practice in reading and writing. You will have plenty of opportunities to practise the target language through hands-on collaborative class activities such as conversations and role-plays.
By the end of the Spanish - Beginners course offered by University of Oxford , participants will be able to:
- use very simple phrases and utterances to provide basic personal information, such as name, address, family members and nationality;
- interact in a simple way using a very basic range of language in routine everyday contexts;
- understand the gist of very short, simple written texts and audio/video excerpts containing the highest frequency vocabulary items and basic grammar structures;
- produce simple phrases and very short texts using basic structures and vocabulary items.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- Greetings, names, the alphabet, and class instructions
- Countries, nationalities and languages. Numbers 1-20
- Jobs, work places, and studies
- Addresses & phones. Numbers 21-100
- Greetings (2). Formal & informal uses of 'you'
- Families, marital status, and relationships
- Physical & character descriptions. Colours
- Objects. Coins and notes. Shopping
- Towns & cities. Directions and geographical locations. Big numbers
- Revision and games
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 3 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApplication deadline not specified.
Language
Delivered
Disciplines
Iberian studies View 20 other Short Courses in Iberian studies in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Student insurance
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- Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
- Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
- Liability
- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Other requirements
General requirements
- for complete beginners in the language and those who have acquired some expressions informally through travel or socialising
Tuition Fee
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International
251 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 251 GBP for the full programme during 3 months. -
National
251 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 251 GBP for the full programme during 3 months.
Living costs for Oxford
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.