Levels and Progress
Students take a placement test before beginning their course. According to the results, the Academic Coordinator will place the student in one of the following levels:
| |
Spanish Introductory Course - SIC |
Student has no previous Spanish experience. No classification exam is necessary. |
|
| |
|
Student understands a few words or basic phrases in Spanish and speaks a little Spanish using a limited vocabulary. |
|
| |
|
Student understands and answers questions and can construct sentences about him or herself using basic vocabulary. He/she can speak and understand Spanish spoken at below normal speed. |
|
| |
|
Student can initiate, sustain and end simple conversations about everyday topics, understand the majority of questions and instructions spoken at below-normal speed, and use vocabulary related to his/her activities and preferences. |
|
| |
|
Student can hold conversations about a range of topics at near-normal speed and use present, past and future tenses. He/she is able to make requests and suggestions and can hold telephone conversations, although with some difficulty. He/she can write simple reports related to his/her activities. |
|
| |
|
Student can initiate, sustain and end a wide variety of complex conversations at normal speed, give rehearsed presentations to an audience, debate the pros and cons of different topics using specialized vocabulary and write a wide range of reports with few mistakes. He or she is able to understand most written texts and write reports. |
|
| |
| |
Superior (private classes only) |
Student functions at a near-native level in most or all language competencies. |
|
Progress Chart
Students following the intensive program (Monday to Friday, 9:00a.m. to 1:00p.m.) can expect to advance at the following rate:
| 1 week |
5 weeks |
5 weeks |
6 weeks |
6 weeks |
6 weeks |
| SIC* |
Basic |
Pre Intermediate |
Intermediate |
Upper Intermediate |
Advanced |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* 10 hours course
For Superior level we offer private classes.
Click here to see PROGRAMS AND COURSES | Click here to see our METHODOLOGY |
