Just Arrived. Catalan course for mobility students

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Having your first contact with the Catalan language. Learning basic expressions: saying hello, introducing yourself or asking for information. Preparing to follow classes in Catalan. Being able to understand basic communication in your environment and interact in simple terms in Catalan.

 Course general information

Aim and intended audienceCultural and language reception of Erasmus students and students on other mobility programmes who have just arrived at the UPC.
Duration and delivery

25-hour blended courses:

  • 15 hours of face-to-face group sessions with a tutor.
  • 10 hours of independent virtual learning.
  • 2 weeks, 6 face-to-face sessions lasting 2 hours and 30 minutes each.
Credits1 ECTS credit. Credit recognition depends on the sending university.
LevelThe course covers content at Level A.1 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
CertificatesA PASS mark is awarded if 80% of attendance is achieved and compulsory assignments are completed. In these cases the Language and Terminology Service issues a course certificate.
FeeThe course is subsidised and free.
Timetable and groupsCheck the timetable and groups by center.
EnrolApplication form.
SALSA'M programmeThis course is part of the activities in SALSA'M programme, the cultural and language reception mentoring programme.
OrganisationJust Arrived is organised by the Language and Terminology Service of the UPC, in collaboration with the International Relations Bureau and in accordance with the objectives of the 2022-2025 UPC Language Plan y el Plan to strengthen the Catalan language in the university and research system of Catalonia.

 

Timetable and groups Just Arrived. Catalan A1 course for mobility students 2025-2026

CampusSchoolsGroupSession datesHorariRoomLecturer
JUST ARRIVED INTENSIU CAMPUS NORDFIB, ETSETB and ETSECCPB84-25/262, 3 and 4 FebruaryFrom 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.TBAMarta Girabal
JUST ARRIVED INTENSIU CAMPUS VILANOVAEPSEVG85-25/265, 6, 12 and 13 FeburaryFrom 10 a.m. to 14 p.m.TBAMarta Lecumberri
JUST ARRIVED CAMPUS TERRASSAESEIAAT and FOOT86-25/26

10, 11 and 12 February

From 10 a.m. 3 p.m.TBALia Ortiz
JUST ARRIVED CAMPUS NORDFIB, ETSETB and ETSECCPB87-25/269, 11, 16, 18,  23 and 25 FebruaryFrom 3  to 5.30 p.m.TBAOriol Lladó
JUST ARRIVED CAMPUS SUDETSEIB, FME, ETSAB and EPSEB88-25/2618, 23 and 25 February and 2, 4 and 9 MarchFrom 9 to 11.30 p.m.ETSEIB, Sala de Conferències (28.8)Oriol Lladó
JUST ARRIVED CAMPUS DIAGONAL BESÒS EEBE89-25/26 17, 19, 24 and 26 February and 3 and 5 MarchFrom 2.30 to 5 p.m.TBAOriol Lladó

JUST ARRIVED CAMPUS NORD

Open to all UPC schools

Also open to UNITE!, PHD and master's students

90-25/26 3, 4, 10, 11, 17 and 18 March 

From 3 to 5.30 p.m.

 TBAMarta Lecumberri