Learn Spanish with Europe's No. 1 Training Organisation

 

A Communicaid Spanish language training course will provide you with the ability to:

• Interact more confidently when visiting Spanish-speaking regions or dealing with Spanish speakers
• Build rapport and strengthen relationships with Spanish-speaking colleagues and clients through a show of interest in the Spanish language and culture
• Demonstrate goodwill and facilitate international communication at both a personal and organisational level

A Communicaid Spanish language training course is suitable for:

• Anyone planning to relocate to a Spanish-speaking region and wishing to attend a Spanish course in order to prepare in advance for their assignment
• Business professionals conducting business regularly with Spanish speakers who wish to build rapport and strengthen relationships by attending a Spanish course
• Government and non-governmental agency representatives working in Spanish-speaking regions who need to be able to communicate at all levels

If you have any questions or queries regarding our Spanish language courses then please don't hesistate to contact us and a member of our staff will be able to help you.

The content and format of your Spanish language lesson / course will depend on your profession, proficiency in Spanish and objectives. Whether beginner, survival, intermediate or advanced, key areas covered in all our Spanish courses include:

• Listening skills
• Pronunciation and accent
• Reading skills
• Spanish telephone skillsn
• Email in Spanish
• Sector-specific terminology
• Presentation & negotiation skills

Communicaid's Spanish language courses are available seven days a week, 365 days a year. Training takes place between 08:00 and 20:00 although courses are also available outside of these hours upon request.

Suitable tailored and published Spanish course materials will be used throughout, with recommendations on self-study material and extra reading made at the beginning and during your Spanish course.

If you want to learn Spanish we offer a variety of language training formats for your Spanish classes - from intensive, weeklong courses to extensive, modular lessons. Appropriate formats will be discussed during your diagnostic consultancy.

All Communicaid Spanish trainers are native speakers with at least 3 years' professional Spanish training experience. In addition to relevant academic and linguistic qualifications and experience, many of our Spanish trainers also possess considerable exposure and expertise in the professional world.

Your Spanish language course trainer will be assigned to you following the results of your diagnostic consultancy according to your objectives and areas of focus. Detailed below is a sample profile of a member of our Spanish training team.

JG

JG completed his Spanish language training qualification at International House in London. Since joining Communicaid in 2005 as a European Spanish language trainer he has delivered Spanish courses to a wide range of clients including the Department of Trade and Industry, Credit Suisse First Boston, the Department for International Development, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Bovis Lend Lease and National Express Group.

JG has a strong business background and has worked across a range of industries, including working as a conference organiser for the Meridien Piccadilly Hotel and working as a sales account manager for Jai Kudo Spain.

Spanish, also known as Castilian, is the official language of Spain and 21 other nations around the world. In total, it is estimated that there are over 360 million native speakers of Spanish worldwide. This figure is based on the population figures alone of nations which have designated Spanish as their official language. Added to this figure is a further 40 million speakers of Spanish who are located in countries where Spanish is not an official language, e.g. the USA, where it is estimated 32 million people are Spanish speakers. This combined figure makes Spanish the most widely spoken Romance language spoken in the world and alongside English and Portuguese, one of the most used global languages on the planet.

Spanish is from the Ibero-Romance family of languages and is most closely identified with Galician and Catalan. Among the more major languages, Spanish bears a close resemblance to Portuguese.

Over the centuries, Spanish has developed and evolved into varying forms and strains according to their respective regions. Within Spain, 2 major group of dialects exist: Castilian (which has served as the basis of standard Spanish) and Andalusian. In among the 19 nations in Latin America that hold Spanish as their official language, each has witnessed an evolution of their own respective dialect/regional variation with Mexican Spanish as different from Argentine Spanish as it is from Spanish Castilian.

Spanish is written using the Latin alphabet, with the addition of ñ and uses the acute accent to denote stressed vowels.