Just Arrived. Catalan course for mobility students (A1)

Languages at the UPC
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If you are interested in... 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.


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 (just for bachelor's students)	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.
Further information	Queries.
Registration	Application form.
Salsa''m programme	This course is part of the activities in SALSA’M, 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 and the Plan to strengthen the Catalan language in the university and research system of Catalonia.

2023-2024 academic year

Timetables and groups

GROUP 47-23/24: for ETSETB students and students from other UPC schools
Activity	Sessions	Classroom	Lecturer
Curs Just Arrived. Catalan for mobility students (A1)	5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 February 2024 From 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m	Pending	Queralt Badia

GROUP 66-23/24: for ETSECCPB students and students from other UPC schools
Activity	Sessions	Classroom	Lecturer
Curs Just Arrived. Catalan for Erasmus students (A1)	7, 8, 14, 15, 21 and 22 February 2024 From 12 to 2.30 p.m	Pending	Oriol Lladó

GROUP 67-23/24: for EPSEVG students only
Activity	Sessions	Classroom	Lecturer
Curs Just Arrived. Catalan for Erasmus students (A1)	15, 21 and 29 February 14 and 21 March 4, 11 and 25 April From 4 to 6 p.m.	Pending	Mònica Batet

GROUP 68-23/24: for ETSEIB students only and students from other UPC schools
Activity	Sessions	Classroom	Lecturer
Curs Just Arrived. Catalan for Erasmus students (A1)	19, 21, 26 and 28 February 4 and 6 March From 9 to 11.30 a.m.	Pending	Vall Martí

GROUP 69-23/24: for EEBE students only
Activity	Sessions	Classroom	Lecturer
Curs Just Arrived. Catalan for Erasmus students (A1)	28 and 29 February 6, 7, 13 and 14 March From 12 to 2 p.m. on Wednesdays From 2 to 4 p.m. on Thursdays	Pending	Oriol Lladó

GROUP 71-23/24: For FME students and students from other UPC schools
Activity	Sessions	Classroom	Lecturer
Curs Just Arrived. Catalan for Erasmus students (A1)	14, 21 and 28 February 6, 13 and 20 March 3 April From 12 to 2 p.m. on Wednesdays	Pending	Vall Martí

GROUP 74-23/24: For ESEIAAT students only
Activity	Sessions	Classroom	Lecturer
Curs Just Arrived. Catalan for Erasmus students (A1)	6, 13 and 20 March 3, 10 and 17 April From 12 to 2.30 p.m. on Wednesdays	Pending	Vall Martí