Provincial council offers free online Spanish courses for foreigners
The nine-month course is open to all registered foreign residents of the province of Alicante.
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Thursday 10th June 2021 – Compiled by MIKE SMITH
The Alicante Provincial Council is offering a FREE online course in Spanish to all foreign citizens registered as a resident in one of the municipalities of the Province of Alicante.
The online course last approximately nine months and is available for learning 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The course is adapted to the level of each student – you will be required to take a level test within the first of receiving the access codes – and the course can be customized according to the student’s interests and progress. There is also an opportunity to work off-line by downloading the units beforehand.
During the first month of course, students must complete a minimum of ten hours online training; failure to do so will result in the student being withdrawn from the course without warning. To receive a course certificate, the student must complete at least 50 hours of online training.
PC access is recommended with the following minimum specifications – LINK. Mobile phones and tablets can be used but not all the features of the course will be available. Technical assistance is available in English and Spanish via email.
To register FREE, you must have a Google account and you must be able to provide a copy of the municipal registration certificate issued by your local council (certificado de empadronamiento) dated no earlier that March 2019 in your application.
Places are limited and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis based on the date of the receipt of the application. The registration period will remain open until Wednesday 30th June 2021 or until all the available places are filled.
Click HERE for more information and link to the registration form.
