Spanish
levels at IH Clic
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LEVEL
I - Beginners |
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Students
can express basic opinions, feelings
and needs related to daily life, mainly orally.
There will still be frequent errors in pronunciation
and ability to self correct but this will not
affect their ability to communicate.
In addition, they will be able to understand short
messages and texts. Lastly, they will be able
to ask for information, explanations and clarification.
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LEVEL
II - Elementary |
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Students can express basic opinions, feelings
and needs related to daily life orally and in
writing. Their errors are mainly due to
their need to communicate more than they are capable
of. They are capable of asking for something
as well as responding to something that is said
to them.
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LEVEL
III - Pre-Intermediate |
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Students
can express general opinions, feelings and needs
related to daily life both orally and
in writing. They make mistakes particularly when
using the past tense but this will not impede
their being understood.
They will also have basic notions about communicative
skills that will allow them to understand a normal
conversation.Their reading skills allow them to
understand informative texts and basic literature.
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LEVEL
IV - Intermediate |
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Students are able to express their opinions
both orally and in writing, they can
reason, summarise and paraphrase as well as try
to influence the opinions and reactions of others.
Their written skills allow them to write letters
to a basic standard. They will have a general
knowledge of Spanish society and they are able
to take part in formal social situations.
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LEVEL
V - Upper-Intermediate |
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Students are able to give detailed information
about general topics. They are also able
to use communicative techniques to organise their
ideas better. They are able to write texts
of a certain length and grammatical difficulty.
They will be able to understand general informative
texts as well as literary texts that require some
basic knowledge of the Spanish culture.
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LEVEL
VI - Advanced |
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Students are able to infer the opinions
of others and express their own opinion during
a conversation. As well as being able
to write texts of certain length and complexity,
they will be able to recognise the most frequently
used styles and perceive implicit elements such
as irony, metaphors etc.Their fluency
and pronunciatin will allow others to understand
them without difficulty.
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LEVEL
VII - Superior |
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The student will be able to maintain a fluent
conversation using discursive techniques
which will allow them to speak correctly. They
will be able to select the appropriate vocabulary
and forms for different situations. They
will be able to reformulate speech in order
to argue opposite points of view and try to
convince someone.They will be able
to read literature by contemporary authors that
make reference to specific cultural topics.
For written work they will be able to use different
creative styles.
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LEVEL
VIII - Proficiency |
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Students will be able to change their
style of speaking easily and will dominate
changes of speed and intonation thus helping
them to acquire a genuine Spanish accent. They
will learn different styles of speech such as
how to give conferences and presentations. They
will be familiar with more specific communicative
functions of the language and will recognise
different Spanish dialects.
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Optional
Courses |
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Students can choose 2 optional culture classes
a week at no additional cost. These courses
are given as talks and conferences and are illustrated
by images so that students of all levels can
follow them. Spanish history from Arab times
to modern day; History of Art, painting, architecture
and sculpture; Spanish cinema, with explanations
before the showing; Spanish cuisine, with tasting
of the dishes that are prepared in the class,
and 'Sevillanas' dance classes as the expression
of traditional Andalusian folklore. For students
with a very low level of Spanish we recommend
the phonetics and pronunciation classes. Each
week students can choose a different option.
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Certificates
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Upon completing a level, there will be a test
to evaluate the progress in the course, which
will be accredited by a school certificate
as well as a personal report.
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