Instituto Cervantes, the only official Spanish Government Language Centre, is a public institution founded in 1991 to promote Spanish language learning and knowledge of the cultures of Spanish speaking countries throughout the world. It is the largest worldwide Spanish teaching organisation, with over 60 branches in four continents.
Instituto Cervantes is a non-profit organisation whose purpose is to promote
the language and culture of Spain and Spanish-speaking countries. We offer affordably priced Spanish language classes; special courses for business, children and teachers; and cultural enrichment courses for those who wish to enjoy the cinema, literature, music and art of the Spanish-speaking world. Our Institute in Dublin is conveniently located at Lincoln Place, in the city centre area, between Trinity College and The National Gallery.
Our teachers are highly qualified, native speakers of Spanish and experienced in teaching Spanish as a foreign language. They are periodically retrained in the most up-to-date teaching methods. Our special courses are taught by experts in their fields. We offer day, evening and Saturday classes in our comfortable, wheelchair-accessible classrooms. Our small classes of 6 to 15 students provide ample opportunities to practice conversation.
COURSES
Morning, afternoon and evening classes at all levels
Conversation
Literature
Spanish for business
Spanish cinema
Spanish for travellers
English-Spanish translation
Courses for secondary school students: Pre-Leaving certificate, Pre-Junior certificate, Transition Year
Corporate (in-company) and individual language tuition
Language training for teachers of Spanish
Catalan, Basque and Galician
Summer courses
CERTIFICATES AND DIPLOMAS
Diploma de Español como Lengua Extranjera (DELE) – Inicial level (B1)
Diploma de Español como Lengua Extranjera (DELE) – Intermediate level (B2)
Diploma de Español como Lengua Extranjera (DELE) – Superior level (C2)
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Spring Term
31st March 2008 – 16th June 2008
Enrolment: 25th Feb – 7th April 2008
Summer Term
18th June 2008 – 27th August 2008
18th June 2008 – 22nd July 2008
23rd July 2008 – 28th August 2008
Enrolment: June 3rd to 20th
Autumn Term
September 2008 - January 2009
Enrolment: Mid September 2008
SPANISH COURSE ON-LINE (AVE)
You can take advantage of our Spanish on-line Course (AVE). Instituto Cervantes Spanish Virtual Classroom is an Internet-based educational infrastructure set up to provide Spanish courses. These can be completed in different ways: semi-attendance and distance.
The following resources are available to students:
A personal tutor to guide and advise students, provide them with reinforcement or motivational exercises and evaluate their work.
An automatic assessment system that collects data on completed exercises and to which students have access whenever required.
For further information on this course, please call Instituto Cervantes at 01-631-1524 or visit our web page www.ave.cervantes.es to see a demo of the course and take a placement test to assess your level.
Contact Us
Instituto Cervantes
Lincoln House-Lincoln Place Dublin 2 Republic of Ireland