Catalan Language and Culture: a Practical and Fun Course

From 28.58 £ /h

Catalan is a romance language used by more than 11 million in Europe. Nowadays Catalan is fashionable because of its social movement in Catalunya, the fame of Barcelona and the multiple touristic attractions. In this course, the learning process is practical and combined with an immersion on the Catalan culture.

My method is based in creating visual scenarios in which you will discover the words to use and the right way to make sentences in that situation. Once we can have a small conversation in that scenario, we will repeat it at the next meeting and it will be included in our "refresh quarter" which is a 15 minute revision on all the words and ways of saying that you keep learning. My focus is on connecting the language to your needs and wishes to make sure the learning is well grounded.

Extra information

!/ You can prepare a list of themes you would like to talk about, or the situations in which you wish to be able to talk.
2/ I will invite you to a Google Drive Sheet where you can do more exercises and choose what to practice.
3/ We will follow the official language learning program by the Generalitat de Catalunya.

Location

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At teacher's location :

Willem Buytewechstraat, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Online from Netherlands

About Me

At the age of 36 I was making documentaries when a Media School asked me if I could give a workshop and a new adventure started with the discovery of teaching. To my surprise (I always thought I wasn't good enough to teach) the students made more short videos and reports than ever in the previous years of the school. It seemed that I was good for them and to share my knowledge and skills was a great experience.
Nowadays, I give workshops and short courses or lessons, and I am developing games for education too. I am a passionate person who loves whatever I do because I like to know more, to have challenges and to work with others.

Education

Masters Degree Cinema and Television, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, 2007-2008.
Philology Degree, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
Bachelor of Audiovisual and Media, EMAV, Barcelona.
English for Teaching Purposes, Coursera Online Course.
Design and Development of Games for Education, MITx Online Course.

Experience / Qualifications

Documentary Filmmaker. Game Designer.
Lecturer at Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya. 2005-2016. Started teaching at Audiovisual Communication Studies and ended with a full-time job, completely devoted to my students and dedicated to creating new study projects and to the needed research. Meanwhile, I directed 18! Final Thesis Projects.
Guest Lecturer at International Institutions and much more.

Age

Adults (18-64 years old)

Seniors (65+ years old)

Student level

Beginner

Intermediate

Duration

60 minutes

The class is taught in

English

Spanish

Catalan

Skills

Catalan

Availability of a typical week

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New York

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