Intercat - Experience university in Catalan

Do you want to learn Catalan?

Do you want to learn Catalan? We make it easy for you! With your effort and our help, you can do it. We provide you with a series of courses, guides and activities that will let you attain your goal.

In addition, we will tell you how you can obtain an official certificate in the Catalan language and will show you the resources that exist for you to stay in contact with Catalan from outside Catalonia.

There's no excuse. Speak Catalan!

• Conversation guides

  

  Level: Beginners

  Aims: To help with first contact and to facilitate personal relations.

  Skills: Comprehension of the language.

  Mode of study: Online and paper format

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• Speakcat

  

  Level: Basic - Elementary

  Aims: To discover the basic grammar and vocabulary of the Catalan language along with practical aspects of everyday university life.

  Skills: Comprehension of the language.

  Mode of study: Online

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• TextOral

  

  Level: Basic - Elementary

  Skills: Oral and written comprehension

  Mode of study: Classroom learning

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• Gràcies Programme. Introduction to Catalan

  

  Level: Basic

  Skills: Oral and written comprehension

  Mode of study: Classroom learning

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• Romanica Intercom

  

  Level: Acquisition of level A1 oral comprehension and between B1 and B2 written comprehension.

  Aims: : To develop independence in the reading of general texts in Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan, Italian and French in a very short time, between 30 and 40 hours, developing reading strategies that enable the rapid use of linguistic bridges between the different Romance languages.

  Skills: Reading comprehension of four Romance languages.

  Mode of study: Online

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• FontdelCat

  

  Level: Basic

  Aims: To develop comprehension of spoken and written Catalan.

  Skills: Comprehension of spoken and written Catalan.

  Mode of study: Online

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• Argumenta

  

  Level: Competence - Advanced - Intermediate

  Aims: To improve linguistic and communication skills in the academic and professional environment. Most of the contents of Argumenta are applicable to Catalan, but also to other languages.

  Skills: Production of all type of formal oral and written texts as required in the university environment and attainment of an optimum skill level for any communication situation.

  Mode of study: Online

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• Parla.cat

  

  Level: Basic - Elementary - Intermediate - Competence

  Aims: To publicise educational resources, tools and materials linked to the teaching and learning of the Catalan language.

  Skills: From understanding simple texts and writing short texts using basic vocabulary, to the comprehension of texts with a specific line of argument on various subjects, oral fiction texts, the oral outlining of arguments in formal situation and the correct production of texts with a line of argument that are coherent, cohesive and appropriate for the communication situation.

  Mode of study: Free: the course allows fully independent study as the materials are free access.
  With tutor: students are supported in their learning by a tutor. There is a fee for this mode of study.

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• Paraules.cat

  

  Level: Basic - Elementary

  Aims: Vocabulary building.

  Skills: Language comprehension.

  Mode of study: Online

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• Class-Talk UPC

  

  Level: Intermediate

  Aims: To aid comprehension of the phraseology frequently used in university classrooms in Catalan, Spanish and English.

  Skills: Comprehension and production of oral and written expressions common to the educational environment.

  Mode of study: Online.

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