WHY RLC COURSES?
EXPERIENCED TUTORS
Cultural Immersion
Learn Spanish through cultural immersion. Language is not a dry set of rules, but a living organism that exists and grows through customs, beliefs, history, cuisine and literature. This is all essential to learning Spanish and to being able to use it effectively in communication with native speakers. Understanding culture will give the right meaning to each new word you learn. Knowing why and how native speakers live and talk will increase your engagement and make your learning experience more memorable than solely learning about verb tenses, adjectives and conjugations. We'll teach you how to actively extract linguistic knowledge and learn from news, movies and other cultural content.
HONEST FEEDBACK
HIGH STANDARDS
REALISTIC OUTCOMES
UNDERSTANDING
Authentic Materials
Go further than textbooks and dictionaries! Immerse yourself in day-to-day Spanish. Notice expressions, word and grammar choices, tones, and different accents in movies and TV shows. We create unique visual and audio materials to optimize our students' engagement, support their learning and keep our lessons fun. All our materials are high quality and have didactic purpose. We combine many different sources and use our creativity to create tailored curriculum that is built with only one objective - to optimize our approach and help you learn Spanish.
Structured Learning
Our students are informed of every step in their learning journey. We believe that students' awareness of the process of learning - what is being taught, how and when - is a crucial part of their learning. Our group courses follow an international CEFR framework, developing skills within a well-structured and highly functional curriculum.
STUDENTS
Couples, families, friends, language enthusiasts, mature learners, university students..
CALENDAR
Every 4 months on a prescheduled schedule.
LEVELS
Work across all six CEFR levels: A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2
DURATION
Varies depending on the level
SIZE
max 6 students & min 5 students
PRICE
£12 per 75 minutes
Academic Approach
Learn Spanish with understanding. Gain an in-depth knowledge of language as a system of patterns and contexts. With Romance, you will learn to understand how the language functions and gain independence. It is our expertise to assist you on your journey towards fluency and to help you learn how to learn languages successfully. Our courses are built on realistic standards for language learning, following the Common European Framework for Reference.
Our method offers high standard education about linguistic concepts, grammar and culture, all while developing the 4 main skills that lead to proficiency: speaking, reading, listening & writing.
We do not support cramming nor do we give false promises and guarantees of proficiency. We are here to make your journey to mastering your target language easier by equipping you with in-depth linguistic and cultural knowledge necessary to develop and improve language skills at your desired level, however, we firmly believe that the only thing that will eventually lead to mastery is the hard work and time you are willing to invest.
Start your language learning journey with Romance Language Centre and we promise you only what we can control:
HONEST FEEDBACK
HIGH STANDARDS
REALISTIC OUTCOMES
UNDERSTANDING
Your progress is tracked and measured from session to session ensuring that your work informs tutor’s approach, and that you are continuously challenged.
We base my teachings on showing rather than telling – all steps in your learning journey will be taken by you with logic and understanding.
Every language has a specific way of representing and seeing the world. It is our job to immerse you in the native speakers’ frame of reference. Our method of language teaching includes a lot of questioning, scaffolding, interweaving, input-output, dual coding, and cultural immersion.
In our practice, we follow the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), an international standard for describing language ability and proficiency on a six-point scale, from A1 for beginners, up to C2 for those who have mastered a language.
Fill out our contact form and we will get back to you within 24 hours to arrange an online FREE Educational Assessment Meeting. At the meeting you will get to, among other things, meet your potential tutor, discuss your goals, assess your language level, ask any questions you might have for us and set targets. We will also discuss all your learning options and payment.
It is our priority to be transparent and to uphold professional standards as well as to cater to our students’ needs in the best way possible, therefore, we want to make sure that we would be the right fit for any potential students.
After the meeting, we will send you a Learning Offer, and if you choose to accept it, we will send you a Learning Agreement to sign, covering all our business policies, your schedule and our duties. Enrollment is confirmed once the payment has been received.
Our regular courses last for 16 weeks and run in the morning, afternoon and evening from Monday to Sunday. Each course consists of 64 guided learning hours.
Classes are given in groups of 5+ students. Courses start every 4 months or when enough students have enrolled.
Upon the signing of the Learning Agreement, we will issue an invoice for bank transfer. You can choose to pay in advance for a bulk of lessons or an entire course, or we can arrange payments in monthly installments.
Payments must be made in the arranged extent before the start of the first lesson. A discount of 10% is applied only for a bulk of 1-2-1 lessons or to families, couples and groups of friends.
Romance Language Centre reserves the right to cancel any course that does not meet the required number of students at any time up to 24 hours before the course begins. In the event of cancellation, we will offer you the option of a refund or credit which you can use for 1-2-1 tuition at our usual price. We can also hold your credit for maximum of 3 months, or up until the number of students has reached the minimum limit.
Once the classes have started, the fees will not be refundable under any circumstances, however, you can request a refund by email up to 48 hours before the start of the first class. You can request a refund via email at contact@romancelanguagecentre.com.
All courses require a minimum of 5 students to run. We reserve the right to change the timetable by giving notice in advance. Classes may also be cancelled at short notice in case of unforeseen circumstances.
We use the online platform Zoom to carry out our online courses. Zoom is the main international platform that allows teachers and students to be in the same virtual classroom, built to promote learning and to increase participation and memory retention. On Zoom, you will be able to follow our classes via videoconferencing, to communicate via audio and video, to access the whiteboard and to chat, sending and receiving video and audio files.
Once you enrol, your tutor will send you a welcome email and instructions. On the day of the lesson, your tutor will send you a Zoom invitation link by email 10 minutes before the beginning of the class, where you will be able to enter your virtual classroom.
Please ensure that you check your junk email and add our email to the safe senders list.
To participate in our online courses successfully, please ensure that you have:
- a computer with a web camera
- a stable Internet connection
- a functioning audio system
- Free Zoom software (downloaded and installed)
