Spanish for International Trade and Commerce

International trade module

This module is aimed at students interested in a focus on trade.  Students will have the opportunity to get acquainted with, and learn, specific vocabulary and a variety of activities dealing with topics such as :

• Import/export
• Marketing
• The Spanish banking system
• Freight forwarding
• Customs
• Marketing and the Media

The Commercial Spanish lessons are taught in the Mini-group format of maximum 6 students per class. The course is offered on specific dates and while the complete programme is for 4 weeks it is designed in a modular format to allow you to take just the first or just the second 2 weeks. 

Chamber of Commerce Examinations

Examinations can be taken in Business Spanish and Tourism Spanish. Additional 1-1 classes would be necessary to prepare for these exams. Please ask for details.

Social programme

As an integral part of your Spanish learning process the school actively encourages you to enjoy some of the great sporting and excursion opportunities that are available. For some activities there is a small extra charge others are free.

Sports

The school provides you with all the information that you need to make the most of Málaga's excellent sports and social facilities. There is a huge range on offer:

• Fitness training at the school’s gym
• Tennis on the courts by the beach
• Hiking
• Golf and one of a number of nearby courses
• Jogging trails
• Aerobics classes in the dance studio

Excursions and activities

The school passionately believes that all these things help bring your Spanish alive. So do we ! We urge you to take the opportunity while you are in Malaga to learn about Spain, see the countryside of Andalucía, eat Spanish food, meet Spanish people and visit the great cities. The schools dedicated excursions team help you to do all this and more!  The school organises visits  to:   

• Cordoba
• Granada 
• Sevilla 
• Ronda 
• White-washed villages like Nerja and Frigiliana.

You can also go to Africa for the weekend and you will be able to see first hand a little of the modern-day Moroccan culture that in the past had such an influence in forming the traditions, way of life and architectural heritage that we see in Andalucía and Málaga today. 

The school offers a great range of other activities:

• Learning to cook real paella,
• Preparing a perfect Gazpacho, and understanding how to make the best Tortilla in Malaga
• Walking in the mountains
• Learning to dance the Sevillanas 
• Enjoying the sounds of the wonderful musicians and dancers that are regular visitors to the school for "fiestas"

Intensive Spanish module

This module is a four lesson per day programme of General Spanish. It is offered at all levels from total beginner to advanced and covers all aspects of the Spanish language:

• Reading 
• Writing 
• Speaking, 
• Listening, 
• Grammar structures 
• Vocabulary

Teaching programme

The teaching programme has been carefully designed to provide an intensive, progressive course, with a good balance between the various skills and continual practice of the new points introduced each day.

Teaching methodology

The school uses an eclectic, integrated method combining many aspects of the communicative approach with structured learning of grammar and syntax. Each day, according to the progress of each class and the school's detailed course syllabus, a new area of language is introduced and practised in a systematic manner.

This involves some elements of traditional teaching methods, as well as classroom activities such as language games, pair work and role-plays aimed at developing communicative fluency. 

Students are actively encouraged to speak in Spanish from the very beginning.

After class study

Integrated homework exercises are used to practise and reinforce the previous day's work and students are also encouraged to make use of the excellent self-access study centre either as a place to do the homework or as a resource facility for further study.