Just imagine: If Cervantes,Che Guevara, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Borges, Salvador Dali, Frida Cahlo, Picasso, Placido Domingo, Shakira, Pedro Almodovar, Penélope Cruz got together, they would definitely understand each other perfectly well speaking their mother tongue – speaking Spanish!
Today in the world of globalisation, when the state borders disappear, new travelling and job opportunities emerge, speaking Spanish is becoming not only interesting but quite essential.
The cultural heritage of Spanish-speaking countries provokes interest to these countries and raises the ratings of studies at universities in any of 22 Spanish-speaking countries. Speaking Spanish is your pass ticket to cultural treasures of peoples living in US California, Chile's Tierra del Fuego, Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean and Majorca in the Mediterranean.
Spanish-speaking countries are advantageous business markets. 500 million people living on 4 different continents are your potential business partners, colleagues or clients.
Step forward to the Spanish-speaking community together with ILTC and you will discover the amazing world of Spain and Latin America.
ILTC uses a very harmonious approach in teaching Spanish. This approach develops all essential language skills in harmony. During every class improve your listening, reading and writing skills, enrich your vocabulary and polish your pronunciation.
Spanish language study programmes:
· General Spanish for adults and teenagers.
· Spanish for specific purposes (preparation course for international language examinations D.E.L.E. (C.I.E., D.B.E., D.S.E.)and Business Spanish)
ILTC Enrolment Testing
Before you start you language classes, we need to assess your initial knowledge of the language you are planning to learn. In order to determine the initial level of language proficiency you need to take a written and an oral test. The ILTC testing is complimentary.
Evaluating Students' Progress
At the end of each level oral and written tests will be administered and only students successfully accomplishing the term's requirements and passing both tests successfully will be allowed to move on to the next level. Students failing the final tests can appeal their final results, in which case they must be re-tested by a different teacher. If a student passes the appeal test s/he may sign up for the next level, however, in this case the student is not allowed to skip practice levels. If a student does not pass the appeal test s/he has a choice to take the same level again, or take a break of one semester and be re-tested again.
Who is allowed to skip a practice level?
All students who have successfully fulfilled all term assignments (h/w, classwork, presentations, essays, etc.) can skip the practice level. Other eligible students are those who:
· can communicate effectively using familiar and newly learned grammar and vocabulary corresponding to their competence level;
· are able to self-correct;
· show excellent results in oral and written tests (over 85%).
Who should take a practice level?
Practice levels are compulsory for all students who have demonstrated progress in their learning;
are accurate but not quite fluent or vice versa;
do not actively new grammar and/or vocabulary;
are unable to self-correct;
show average results in oral and written tests (65- 85%).
Who fails the course?
All students who:
· demonstrate poor performance throughout the course;
· are neither fluent nor accurate;
· have missed six and more classes before the oral and written tests;
· show below average results in oral and written tests;
· drop out of the course.
