Just Arrived. Catalan course for mobility students (A1)

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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.

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Aim and intended audience	Cultural 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.
Credits	1 ECTS credit. Credit recognition depends on the sending university.
Level	The course covers content at Level A.1 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
Certificates	A 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.
Fee	The course is subsidised and free.
Timetable and groups	Check the timetable and groups by center.
Enrol	Application form.
SALSA'M programme	This course is part of the activities in SALSA'M programme, the cultural and language reception mentoring programme.
Organisation	Just 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

Campus	Schools	Group	Session dates	Horari	Room	Lecturer

JUST ARRIVED INTENSIU CAMPUS NORD	FIB, ETSETB and ETSECCPB	84-25/26	2, 3 and 4 February	From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.	TBA	Marta Girabal
JUST ARRIVED INTENSIU CAMPUS VILANOVA	EPSEVG	85-25/26	5, 6, 12 and 13 Feburary	From 10 a.m. to 14 p.m.	TBA	Marta Lecumberri
JUST ARRIVED CAMPUS TERRASSA	ESEIAAT and FOOT	86-25/26	10, 11 and 12 February	From 10 a.m. 3 p.m.	TBA	Lia Ortiz
JUST ARRIVED CAMPUS NORD	FIB, ETSETB and ETSECCPB	87-25/26	9, 11, 16, 18, 23 and 25 February	From 3 to 5.30 p.m.	TBA	Oriol Lladó
JUST ARRIVED CAMPUS SUD	ETSEIB, FME, ETSAB and EPSEB	88-25/26	18, 23 and 25 February and 2, 4 and 9 March	From 9 to 11.30 p.m.	ETSEIB, Sala de Conferències (28.8)	Oriol Lladó
JUST ARRIVED CAMPUS DIAGONAL BESÒS	EEBE	89-25/26	17, 19, 24 and 26 February and 3 and 5 March	From 2.30 to 5 p.m.	TBA	Oriol 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.	TBA	Marta Lecumberri