Array of Catalan courses for range of levels

cursos catalaThe Formentera Council, by way of its Linguistic Assessment Service, has opened enrolment for a series of Catalan courses to be given at the local Escola d'Adults (school for adults). Enrolment ends 3 October, just a few days before the first classes are scheduled to begin.

The classes were created with the goal of making Catalan study available to anyone interested. During the 2013-2014 academic calendar, the number of students attending classes or having attended at some point reached one hundred twenty. Students can enrol at the Citizen Information Office (la OAC) or either one of the Linguistic Assessment Service's two information points, located at the office of culture and the Escola d'Adults.

This year, there are a total of nine Catalan courses available. Timetables vary from morning to evening and all language levels are offered. The beginner's level course (A2) will be divided into three different groups as will Intermediate Catalan (B1-B2). Advanced Catalan (C1-C2) will be split into two different groups, and a conversation group will also be organised. The most exciting change this year is the coordination between the Linguistic Assessment Service and the school for adults.

The anticipated timetables for the different courses are as follows: Elementary Catalan (A2), Mondays and Wednesdays, [1] 5:15-6:15pm or [2] 8:15-9:15pm; or Tuesdays and Thursdays, [3] 9:15-10:15am. Intermediate Catalan – a combination of both the B1 and B2 levels – will be offered either as a mixed-level group Mondays and Wednesdays, 6:15-7:15pm, or as two split groups: (B1) Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:15-11:15am; and (B2) 11:15am-12:15pm.

As for the two mixed-level C1-C2 courses, they will be given Mondays and Wednesdays, 7:15-8:15pm, or Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:15-1:15pm. Finally, the conversation group will meet Wednesdays from 9:15-10:15am.

All of the courses are free, and, depending on the group, will start on either 6 or 7 October, while end dates are contingent upon the official testing schedules dictated by the Institut d'Estudis Baleàrics. At the present moment, two rounds of official Catalan exams are anticipated: one in February and one in May, 2015.