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Training in Avilés Bridge Year Spanish Program for Health Sciences

DISTRIBUTION: 2 Semesters
DURATION: September - May
TOTAL HOURS: 640 hours
HOURS PER WEEK: 20 hours
HOURS PER DAY: 4 hours
MINIMUM PLACES: 15 students
INITIAL LEVEL: Minimum A2
IN-PERSON: Mandatory attendance
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Make your Spanish the key to your future​

Start university with the confidence to follow lessons in Spanish from day one. Reach level B2, master the specialist vocabulary of the Health Sciences and obtain official certification (DELE, SIELE or ACLES).​

Objectives

  • Improve Spanish proficiency: achieve B2 level in comprehension and oral and written production.
  • Develop academic and professional communication skills for university and social settings in Spain.
  • Familiarize with official Spanish exams and acquire strategies to pass them.
  • Facilitate integration into university and cultural life in Spain.

Study Plan

Study Plan (640h)

  • Intensive Spanish (grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation)
    Duration: 320 h (10 h/week x 32 weeks) 300 h
  • Professional and Academic Communication
    Duration: 80 h (5 h/week x 16 weeks) 80 h
  • Strategies for DELE, SIELE, or ACLES
    Duration: 40 h (2.5 h/week x 16 weeks) 40 h
  • Practical and Cultural Activities
    Duration: 40 h (2.5 h/week x 32 weeks) 60 h
  • Specific contents in health sciences
    Duration: 160 h (10 h/week x 16 weeks) 160 h

Schedule

Day 9:00 - 11:00 11:00 - 11:30 11:30 - 13:30
Monday Intensive Spanish Break Professional and Academic Communication
Tuesday Intensive Spanish Break Exam Strategies
Wednesday Intensive Spanish Break Professional and Academic Communication
Thursday Intensive Spanish Break Exam Strategies
Friday Intensive Spanish Break Practical and Cultural Activities

Activities and cultural trips

Trips, tours and discoveries across northern Spain.

Surfing, yoga and a walk in Salinas

Arnao Mine, Atlantic Route

Visit to Oviedo

Visit to Avilés and the Niemeyer Centre

Visit to Gijón and the University Laboral

Visit to the Gijón Botanical Gardens

Surfing and yoga session

Excursion to León

End-of-year excursion

Surfing, yoga and a walk in Salinas
25/09
02/10
Visit to Oviedo
Arnao Mine, Atlantic Route
23/10
20/11
Visit to Avilés and the Niemeyer Centre
Visit to Gijón and the University Laboral
04/12
26/03
Excursion to León
Visit to the Gijón Botanical Gardens
16/04
30/04
Surfing and yoga
End-of-year excursion
14/05
Actividad 1
Actividad 2
Actividad 3
Actividad 4

Speak like a future professional​

Improve your speaking skills with practical workshops

Learn from native speakers​

Language exchanges to build your confidence every day​

Get to know your future working environment

​Visits to hospitals and institutions linked to the health sciences​

Get your B2 certificate​

Practise with real DELE, SIELE and ACLES exams.​