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Hello folks. I have found a number of people who have posted the same question but my search hasn't turned up anyone who has attended this specific course. I'm considering going on either the two or three week summer course "Espa�ol para extranjeros" at Complutense in july. Just wondered if anyone out there has attended these courses in previous years and is able to comment on the quality of teaching, whether they felt they learned a reasonable amount etc. A number of folks on here mention the large group sizes (the course secretary told me a maximum of 20 per group). This is obviously a lot larger than most academy group sizes, but is the style of teaching different?. I'm wondering if Complutense might be a good place to improve my currently feeble command of Spanish grammar! Mad
 
Posts: 9 | Location: cornwall, u.k. | Registered: 12 December 2003Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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Hey Shane!
I'm spanish so no "espa�ol para extranjeros" for me!!!
but for the complutense 20 people....well, just an example ...in law classes there are an avergage 400 students!!! (yes, four HUNDRED!) in every class, so 20 seems really good to me! Wink
But again, I've got no idea on the teaching method for spanish!!!
Cheers!!
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Posts: 132 | Location: madrid (but also from Mallorca) and now...LONDON! | Registered: 26 May 2004Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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Hi Starwarsfreak (hmmm.. the force is strong in this one..!) Yeah I heard about the huge numbers of students in the law faculty from a friend who is studying there too, she says it can be a bit impersonal studying there sometimes. Generally when studying a language, the smaller the class size the better, because you have more opportunity to practice the language presented to you. I guess you are in the middle of your exams at the moment, so good luck with them!
Just thought I'd post a link to the course I'm thinking of attending to see if anyone knows anything about it.
http://www.filol.ucm.es/est/TitProp/est_tp8.htm
All the best. Smiler
 
Posts: 9 | Location: cornwall, u.k. | Registered: 12 December 2003Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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I'm signed up to go to Complutense in the fall. The guy who helped me register said the classes can be up to 40 people, depending on the level (I think higher level classes might be smaller).

For smaller class sizes, he recommended Antonio de Nebrija University. It's a private university, and as such, more expensive, though not as much as most language academies. Not sure if it has a summer program.

You can compare some prices here:
unispain madrid page

Or check out the Nebrija site:

nebrija site
 
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