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The Spanish Language Programme

The Spanish Language Programme for UK Studentswill take place during February and/or July of 2008. Each course will consist of 20 class hours per week. Courses will be complemented by at least 2 extracurricular activities per week and 1 daytrip.

The Spanish Language Programme for UK Students will include:

• Tuition, textbooks and student guide
  
  
• Accommodation  and full board with a Spanish family or in a student hall
  
  
• Two extracurricular activities per week and one-day excursion
  
  
• Transportation to and from the nearest airport
  
  
• Health and accident insurance
  
  
• Student ID card
  
  
• Grade report and certificate of completion.

Two levels of Spanish classes are offered—Foundation and Higher. Each student’s level will bedetermined by means of the test level exam given at the school he or she is to attend. The objectives of both classes are as follows:

• Skills development (reading, writing, speaking and listening,); mastery of the basic linguistic functions
  
  
• Strengthening of grammar skills adequate to the students’ level
  
  
• Enlargement of vocabulary, with special attention paid to sociocultural concepts

 

A minimum weekly class schedule will look as follows:

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY	SATURDAY	SUNDAY
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Classes	9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Classes	9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Classes	9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Classes	9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Classes	Day trip	Day off
Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
Extracurricular activity		Extracurricular activity

Once the course is over, students are asked to complete an evaluation of the programme (organization, classes etc.) and lodging; these evaluations help to improve all aspects of the program.

Course conditions

Students whose level either surpasses or does not meet the level for which they enrolled may join whichever general Spanish classes the school offers that is best suited for them and will receive an additional two hours of special tutoring per week aimed at preparing them for the GCSE Exam.

If fewer than five students participate in this programme at a particular school, these students will join the school’s regular Spanish classes and will receive an additional two hours of special tutoring per week aimed at preparing them for the GCSE Exam.

If none of the four schools selected by the student organizes a GCSE Spanish class during a given month, the student will be given the option of attending another school offering this programme. Students who do not wish to choose another school will be assigned to a Spanish class at their level in their first-choice schools. In this case the school may choose whether to offer GCSE tutorials.

Once students have been allocated to schools, enrollments have been completed and payments done, teachers who are going to be in contact with students may be required by parents, teachers or schools to produce a criminal record.