Note: A placement exam will be required when you arrive on site.

Intermediate

This course is designed for students who have completed or tested out of a minimum of two semesters (or three quarters) of college-level Spanish. However, students must take a placement exam to determine the course level into which they will be able to enroll.

Advanced

This course is designed for students who have completed or tested out of a minimum of four semesters (or six quarters) of college-level Spanish. However, students must take a placement exam to determine the course level into which they will be able to enroll.

A practical introduction to the day-to-day social, economic and cultural life of Barcelona. The topics of the course are organized as an itinerary to help students to get to know the city.

In each of the sessions, we will focus on communicative functions and language items in context.

The course will use texts and audiovisual materials to develop oral skills in the classroom.

Program (first quadrimester)

• Shopping. Shops of all sorts. Markets and street markets.

• Coffee shops, breakfast and “meriendas”. Restaurants. Where to find cheap restaurants. “De tapas” in Barcelona.

• Holidays, festivals and annual events.

• The city’s neighbourhoods: a short history. Public transport.

• The city at night. Drinking. Dancing. Ten points to remember when going “de marcha” at night.

• Interesting spots to go cycling, walking...

Program (second quadrimester)

• What Barcelona is NOT. Exploding the myths.

• Barcelona: a cosmopolitan and multicultural city. Barcelona, a bilingual city.

• Excursions near Barcelona. Day trips outside the city. The beach and the mountains.

• Leisure. Sports: street sports, sports clubs and university sports services, town/community sport centres. Schools and associations of interest for lovers of dancing, cooking and other activities.

• A day outdoors: Collserola Park, Garraf Natural Park, Ciutadella Park, Güell Park, and so on.

BASIC READING LIST

GENERAL: Reading pack El día a día en Barcelona (Photocopies with texts, maps, pictures … to follow in class)

SPECIFIC:

BARBA, C., (2004), Rutas desde Barcelona en un solo día, Barcelona, �"ptima. BONAFONT, R.- BERENGUERAS, J.R., (2004), ¿Conoces Barcelona ?, Barcelona, Asociación Lectura Fácil, Mediterrània.

PAÍS, El (collective work), (2002), De tapas por Barcelona, Madrid, Aguilar. PUIG, M., (2003), Donde nunca te han llevado cuando anochece en Barcelona, Barcelona, �"ptima.

PUIG, M., (2005), De compras por las tiendas más originales de Barcelona, Barcelona, �"ptima.

QF (Guía), (2005), COMER, BEBER Y DIVERTIRSE, Barcelona, Guías QF?, La Vanguardia.

RBA (Guía), (2004), BARCELONA PARA ESTUDIANTES EXTRANJEROS, Barcelona, RBA.