{"id":85354,"date":"2017-03-28T13:41:31","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T11:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=85354"},"modified":"2017-03-24T13:41:41","modified_gmt":"2017-03-24T12:41:41","slug":"official-school-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/official-school-language\/","title":{"rendered":"The Official School of Languages of Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong>EOI<\/strong> or <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eoibd.cat\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"broken_link\">Escola Oficial d&#8217;Idiomes de Drassanes<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(Official Languages School)\u00a0is a\u00a0public learning center\u00a0for adults who wish to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/intercambio-learn-spanish-the-fun-and-cheap-way\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>learn a new\u00a0language<\/strong><\/a>. But this school doesn&#8217;t only aim to give their students the basic tools of understanding a language, they want the students to be able to use the language effectively in personal or business situations and also want to help people understand and respect the linguistic and cultural differences there are in the world.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/official-school-language\/#Languages_taught_and_types_of_courses\" title=\"Languages taught and types of courses\">Languages taught and types of courses<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/official-school-language\/#Who_can_study_at_EOI\" title=\"Who can study at EOI?\">Who can study at EOI?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/official-school-language\/#When_should_you_enroll\" title=\"When should you enroll?\">When should you enroll?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/official-school-language\/#Practical_information\" title=\"Practical information\">Practical information<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Languages_taught_and_types_of_courses\"><\/span>Languages taught and types of courses<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_85361\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85361\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-85361\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/woman-notebook-working-girl-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-85361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo via Pexels<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong>EOI<\/strong> offers 15 official language courses where they teach the three main <strong>languages<\/strong> spoken in Spain, which are Spanish, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/difference-spanish-catalan\/\" target=\"_blank\">Catalan<\/a> and Basque, and also the main <strong>languages<\/strong> spoken around the world, which are English, French, Chinese, German, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, Arabic, Dutch, and Greek. The official l<strong>anguage courses&#8217;<\/strong> lessons last 2 hours and a half.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They offer <strong>4 types of official courses<\/strong>: Standard Courses (5 hours per week, 130 hours in total), Blended-learning Courses (2 and a half\u00a0hours per week, 130 hours in total), Intensive Courses (10 hours per week, 130 hours in total), and Flexible Courses (5 hours per week, 70 hour in total).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They also offer <strong>non-official programs<\/strong> in which they teach Darija (266\u20ac), Galician (320,08\u20ac), Persian (320,08\u20ac), Polish (320,08\u20ac), Romanian (320,08\u20ac), Swedish (374,80\u20ac), and Czech\u00a0(374,80\u20ac). The price of the <strong>non-official programs<\/strong> does not include the materials that will be needed in class.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can also take <strong>B2+<\/strong> or <strong>C1+ courses<\/strong> at\u00a0<strong>EOI<\/strong>, which cost 320,08\u20ac or 227,20\u20ac if you prefer to take your classes online. To be able to access these courses, you need to have a certificate that indicates your level of knowledge of the language or take a skill test at the school.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>EOI<\/strong> also offers <strong>Professional Development for Teachers<\/strong>, with language courses and teacher training.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/language-bookstores\/\" target=\"_blank\">Language bookstores<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_can_study_at_EOI\"><\/span>Who can study at EOI?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Anyone over the age of 16, or 14, if you want to learn a <strong>language<\/strong> other than the first foreign language you have studied in High School.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_should_you_enroll\"><\/span>When should you enroll?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>EOI<\/strong> offers extensive and intensive courses. The enrollment period for both of them is between August and September of each year, with the intensive courses having a second enrollment period for the second term in January.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/practice-spanish\/\" target=\"_blank\">1-to-1 Language Exchange: Alandum<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Practical_information\"><\/span>Practical information<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_85360\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85360\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-85360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/pen-writing-notes-studying-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-85360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo via Pexels<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The\u00a0<strong>Escola Oficial d&#8217;Idiomes<\/strong> is located in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/ciutat-vella\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ciutat Vella<\/a>, at Avenida de les Drassanes, 14, right by the end of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/las-ramblas-a-tourist-epicenter-in-barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\">Las Ramblas<\/a>. You can easily get there by taking the green line (L1) of the metro and exiting at Drassanes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Office hours are from Monday to Friday from 10:30 am to 1 pm during June, July and September. The school is also open during the afternoon on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from October to May, from 4 pm to 7 pm.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-left \"\n    data-id=\"85354\"\n    data-slug=\"\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 132.5px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-legend\">\n            <strong class=\"kksr-score\">4.5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\/<\/span>\n        <strong>5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">(<\/span>\n        <strong class=\"kksr-count\">2<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\n            votes        <\/span>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The EOI or Escola Oficial d&#8217;Idiomes de Drassanes\u00a0(Official Languages School)\u00a0is a\u00a0public learning center\u00a0for adults who wish to learn a new\u00a0language. But this school doesn&#8217;t only aim to give their students the basic tools of understanding a language, they want the students to be able to use the language effectively in personal or business situations and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":85359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[834],"tags":[6877,7168,7167],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85354"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85354"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85364,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85354\/revisions\/85364"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}