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Did you know...

Of the13.5 million people that live in a Catalan-speaking environment, over 9 million speak the language and 11 million understand it.

Cultural welcome programme

Ajuda'm!

Do you want to find out how to explain the customs in Catalan society to foreign students? Here is a collection of resources to help you welcome your new friends.

Cultural welcome itineraries

The cultural welcome pathways are intended as support for learning Catalan for beginner students who are taking classroom-based courses, using the self-learning centres or taking part in language exchange programmes.

Gràcies Programme. Introduction to Catalan

A Catalan survival course by Rovira i Virgili University for international students. The programme includes:

  • 10 hours of classroom Catalan lessons
  • 10 hours of conversation with a native Catalan
  • Session on Catalan culture
  • City visit

Gràcies Programme. Introduction to Catalan

Decalogue. Be linguistically sustainable

10 tips on how to be someone who is "linguistically sustainable" and committed to language diversity.

Do you know what this is?

Calçot

Green onion shoot specially grown to be eaten charbroiled on the grill.

Glossary

Experiences

Kate Cusack

England

"I enrolled for the Catalan course because I wanted to learn the language of Catalonia. I can also do a Catalan course when I go back to England, in the last year of my degree, and I wanted to know a little bit before I started."

Language exchange