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How to choose a language school in Spain
In Spain, except for a few international business schools, most colleges and universities teach in Spanish. Therefore, learning Spanish has become an essential and extremely important step to study in Spain. Learning Spanish well is a necessary condition for studying and working in Spain, so it is particularly important to choose a good language school to learn Spanish. The following is a brief description of several aspects that need to be paid attention to when choosing a Spanish school. First of all, choosing a language school is to compare and consider the cost performance between several schools. Here, from the teaching quality, curriculum arrangement, teaching environment and other aspects to elaborate. First, the quality of teaching Spanish schools are basically divided into two types: first, the language college under a public university or a college of a public university has a department responsible for language teaching; Second, private language schools. It should be noted that the students admitted to the Language Institute of public universities are not equal to the registered students of public universities, and may not be able to use the facilities of the university headquarters for free; Similarly, in terms of teachers, it is not taught by Spanish professors, because the language problems studied by Spanish native students and the life and work to be studied by foreign students are two different teaching fields. When comparing the teaching quality, we should pay attention to whether the teachers in the school have rich teaching experience and whether the teachers are mobile. This is difficult to understand in China, but one thing is certain-the size and operational stability of the school-which can be reflected by the financial resources of the school, which is an important indicator of gathering excellent teaching resources. Secondly, you can consult seniors or professional consultants who have experience in studying in the West, and then compare them with public reputation. However, it should be noted that language teaching in both public universities and private language schools is independent, that is to say, it is a commercial activity, and its language schools cannot be equally measured by the education quality and reputation of the universities themselves. Second, curriculum arrangement Curriculum arrangement is actually an important standard to measure the cost performance of language schools. The most important thing is the number of class hours. Sometimes we can see that a language course costs only 1 2,000 euros for eight months, but if we look closely, the class hours are only 300. Anyone who can do division should be able to see the truth behind the propaganda. Here I make a table for you to understand intuitively: total class hours (9 months), average cost (EUR/ class hours), school a 4500 EUR 500 EUR 9/ class hours, school b 4500 EUR 720 EUR 6.25/ class hours, school c 4500 EUR 900 EUR 5/ class hours, school d 6480 EUR 720 EUR 9/ It is not difficult to see from the chart that school C has the best cost performance. In addition to the number of class hours, language schools with many branches can choose to study abroad in different branches, which is beneficial to improve their spoken English. The most important thing is to keep their mood in a state of learning new things in a new environment. But if you are a beginner in Spanish, maybe you should lay a solid foundation in a fixed place. Third, the teaching environment The teaching environment refers to both the language environment and the learning environment. Language environment mainly refers to the atmosphere in which standard Spanish is used inside and outside the school. Most people think that choosing Castilla in central Spain will have a better language environment. That's right. Castilla's written and spoken languages are close to standard Spanish. But language is actually reflected in reading, listening and speaking, and most parts of Spain will have a good language reading environment; Speaking of language environment, in fact, in your main living area (school, residence), big cities all over Spain are similar. The areas with poor Spanish language environment are as follows: the areas with poor reading environment are in turn: the areas with poor listening and speaking environment are in turn: Catalonia Exetremadura Galicia Murcia Basque Andalusia Navarra Basque Murcia Catalonia. It should be noted that the language environment of big cities in non-Castilian-speaking areas is often better than that of small cities in Castilian-speaking areas, because the increase of immigrants from big cities has promoted the popularization and application of standard Spanish. Because of its academic atmosphere, university town should be the first choice for reading. But as mentioned above, as long as the quality of school teaching is good, the language environment in the street is not important, just like foreigners learning Chinese in Shanghai. It is worth noting that you need to take the initiative to speak, so that others will speak Spanish to you, not dialects. The learning environment mainly refers to the school, including the school's software and hardware facilities, students' sources, students' attitudes towards learning, etc ... Don't go to a school where China people gather, or don't go to a school with a bad learning atmosphere ... These are the judgment concepts that most applicants have, so we should collect information from various sources and screen them according to past experience.