Complete guide to taking Spanish as a foreign language classes to learn like a native of Spain

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What budget do you need to learn Spanish?
ELE: what level is recommended to live in Spain?
How long does it take to perfect your Spanish?
How to work the Spanish accent?
“A language is manufactured to express again in its own way that which has been understood with the soul.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
Many international students dream of learning Spanish around the world : Spanish language and culture enjoy an international aura, under a national heritage that seduces and attracts.
However, learning Spanish for foreigners requires time, motivation and budget, especially if you come to learn Spanish in Spain.
Mexico and the United States are the countries that contribute the most to the speaking of the Spanish language : since 2010, the number of Spanish speakers as a second language in the world has increased by 17%.

What budget do you need to learn Spanish?

When one goes abroad to study, the question of budget is always a fundamental question for all students .

How much does it cost to learn Spanish? Will it leave you with empty pockets?: Complete guide to taking Spanish as a foreign language classes to learn like a native of Spain

However, studying in Spain, in addition to the costs of the language school or the registration fees in a Spanish university, will entail many expenses, because the cost of living is medium-high.
Here are some questions that you should take into account if you decide to learn the language in Spain:

Enrollment fees in a language school.
Accommodation.
Energy bills.
Transportation: metro, bus, tram, taxi.
Food.
Social security (it will depend on your country of origin).
Unnecessary expenses and leisure activities.
In a previous article about the price of language training in Spanish , we mentioned some of the places where you could take Spanish classes in Spain: the FEDELE website has more than 100 centers for teaching Spanish as a foreign language.
There are Spanish universities and centers to learn the language in many cities: Santiago, Santander, Bilbao, Zaragoza, Barcelona, ​​Tarragona, Castellón, Valencia, Teruel, Valladolid, Salamanca, Madrid, Ciudad Real, Alicante, Seville, Granada, Córdoba, Malaga, Murcia…
In these cities, the language teaching places that you can find are Cervantes Institutes, language schools, ELE academies, among others, and the training offer is quite wide: oral expression, written expression, written comprehension, listening comprehension, preparation for official Spanish exams (DELE), etc.
Along with the classes at these centers, it calculates around € 20 on average per hour of private classes with a Spanish teacher at Superprof.
Thus, the sum can range from € 290 per week to € 1,010 / week depending on the chosen offer, depending on the cities:

Price
Academies of Spanish as a Foreign Language Between € 250-1,000 per week
Cervantes Institute Between € 800-1,250 per month depending on the city
Classes at Superprof Between € 15-20 per hour depending on the city
Spanish Universities Master: € 800
Degrees: € 850
Monthly budget in Madrid More than € 1,000
Monthly budget in other cities Between € 500-1,000
In short, the university curriculum, from undergraduate to doctoral school, is still the least expensive solution: from € 270 per academic year (not counting students’ school insurance).
However, to learn Spanish at university, it is necessary to certify language skills and an intermediate level of language: often, it is required to have at least a B1-B2 language level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages ​​(CEFR) .
Therefore, non-Spanish speaking students must pass the Spanish exam (DELE) (sometimes an online exam) to continue their college education.
If you choose to take intensive classes to accredit an A2, B1 or B2 level, if there is a particular university degree that attracts you a lot, it can be effective to resort to our Superprof courses.
Why?
Because with a private teacher, you can take night classes, take an intensive course, to benefit from a quality linguistic improvement before requesting registration at the Faculty (Modern Letters, Philosophy and Letters, Language Sciences, etc.)
By the way, if you read and understand these lines, it is because you already have a good written comprehension in Spanish!