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| JimC Senior Member United Kingdom tinyurl.com/aberdeen Joined 5545 days ago 199 posts - 317 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 1 of 6 05 June 2012 at 6:58pm | IP Logged | ||
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Does anyone know anything about this course?
Spanish Language Course It's attraction is the opportunity to get a "recognised" qualification. Is this indeed a recognised course? Is the UNED really the same as the Open University? Does anyone know if it is possible to simply take these exams, without the course? It would appear that the exams can be taken remotely, unlike the DELE which would require me to travel to a centre. Any help appreciated? Thanks Jim 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| anamsc2 Tetraglot Groupie United States Joined 4557 days ago 85 posts - 186 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Catalan, German Studies: French | Message 2 of 6 05 June 2012 at 8:28pm | IP Logged | ||
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I don't know what Open University is, but I would say UNED is relatively well-regarded and recognized in Spain. However, I don't need to tell you that the website looks kind of fishy (although Spanish websites sometimes do). I find it especially weird that they're calling the UNED the "Open University of Spain," since that is not its official name in Spanish or in English.
To be safer, you could look into taking the actual UNED course. http://portal.uned.es/portal/page?_pageid=93,154330&_dad=por tal&_schema=PORTAL 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| tractor Tetraglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5451 days ago 1349 posts - 2292 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, Catalan Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 3 of 6 05 June 2012 at 10:40pm | IP Logged | ||
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As far as I know, UNED is the Spanish equivalent to the Open University in the UK.
I agree with Anamsc2; go to the official UNED site to be safe. Edited by tractor on 05 June 2012 at 10:40pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| dbag Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5020 days ago 605 posts - 1046 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 4 of 6 07 June 2012 at 5:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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I would be careful. Looking at the course content, it looks incredibly basic. Surely no
where near the claimed B2? 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6149 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 5 of 6 08 June 2012 at 11:01am | IP Logged | ||
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I just looked at the course content as well. The course barely reaches A2 towards the end.
14.IN A MEXICAN RESTAURANT-IRREGULAR VERBS IN THE INDEFINIDO-IMPERFECT VS. INDEFINIDO. 15.TALKING ABOUT PLANS INTENTIONS-PREPOSITIONS OF TIME. 16.TRAVEL AND HOTELS-COMPUTERS AND INTERNET-ON THE TELEPHONE. If I was considering a distance learning course, I would go with Aula Virtual de Español (AVE). This is the Cervantes Institute's online accredited course. 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| iguanamon Pentaglot Senior Member Virgin Islands Speaks: Ladino Joined 5260 days ago 2241 posts - 6731 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Creole (French) | Message 6 of 6 08 June 2012 at 1:41pm | IP Logged | ||
I wholeheartedly agree with @DaraghM. Don't waste your quid. AVE is excellent. I think it's also important to supplement a self-taught course with native interaction. You can hire a private tutor in Guatemala for about $10 US an hour over skype. A couple of classes a week, or even one hour a week, will do wonders for your Spanish, as a supplement to any course you do: Nulengua.com Proyecto Lingüístico Quetzalteco de Español. There's also italki: italki. Lenguajero.com is a community where you can write in Spanish and be corrected by natives- it helps to reciprocate by correcting their English. Many Spaniards frequent this site and you can arrange an on-line language exchange and maybe make a friend or two along the way. You can do just as well with Assimil or FSI supplemented with reading, speaking to natives and interacting with the language. This route may not be for you. Some people require more structure. There are many options out there for learning Spanish. Pick one or two and be persistent. You'll get there. To get a "qualification" you can take a test through the Cervantes Institute on your own at any of their locations in the world, including the UK. Where there's a will, there's a way. Whatever you decide to do, whichever route you go, I wish you good luck! Edited by iguanamon on 08 June 2012 at 1:58pm 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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