Carrer de Mallorca, Eixample

Eight students to a class. Never nine.

Spanish and Catalan courses that start every month, taught by people who live here and teach the language people actually speak.

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Courses starting this term

All prices include materials and the end-of-course certificate. Enrolment closes a week before each start date.

Spanish A1 — Intensive

€680

20 hours a week for four weeks. Mornings, 9:30–13:30. Next start: 6 October.

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Spanish A2–B1 — Evening

€395

Two evenings a week for ten weeks, 19:00–21:00. For people with jobs and no spare daylight.

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Spanish B2 — Conversation lab

€210

One session a week, entirely spoken. Debate, negotiation, and arguing about football.

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Catalan for residents

€260

Ten weeks of practical Catalan for paperwork, neighbours and school runs. Subsidised places available.

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DELE exam preparation

€430

Eight weeks aimed squarely at the B2 or C1 paper, with two full mock exams.

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Business Spanish

From €1,150 per group

In-company or in-school, six weeks. Meetings, email register, and the phone call nobody enjoys.

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You start from nothing, or nearly. By the end of A2 you can order lunch, open a bank account, and follow a conversation aimed at you. Roughly 160 classroom hours across the two levels, and we do not do the subjunctive scare-mongering — it simply is not needed yet.
The plateau level, and the one people give up on. We break it with heavy speaking loads: at B1 you narrate and explain, at B2 you argue and hedge. B2 is also the level most residency and university applications ask for, so this is where the DELE preparation course pairs in.
Register, irony, regional variation, and writing that does not read like a translation. Small groups only — usually four to six — and taught by Núria, who marks essays with a brutality students later thank her for.
A separate track, not an afterthought. Taught for people who live here and would like to stop apologising in shops. A2 Catalan is achievable in a single term if you already have Spanish above B1.

The school in numbers

8

Students per class, maximum

11

Teachers, all resident in Barcelona

94%

DELE pass rate

2009

Teaching since

What students say

★★★★★ 4.8 from 312 reviews reviews on Google
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I did four weeks of the A1 intensive and could hold a real conversation with my flatmate’s grandmother by the end of it. Slowly, but really.
Tomas Lindqvist · May 2026 · via google
★★★★★
Núria’s C1 class ruined me for other language schools. She corrects everything and explains why, which nobody else had bothered to do.
Amara Diallo · March 2026 · via google
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Excellent teaching, cramped classrooms in the August heat. Bring a fan and take the evening slot.
Reuben O’Farrell · August 2025 · via google

Before you enrol

How do I know my level?

Take the free 20-minute placement test at the school, or online if you are not in the city yet. We place from the spoken part, not the grammar score.

Can you help with a student visa?

For courses of 20 hours a week or more we issue the enrolment letter the consulate asks for. We cannot promise you an appointment date — nobody can.

What if I miss classes?

You can sit in on the same session in another group that week, space permitting. Beyond four missed sessions we would rather move you to the next intake than have you struggle.

Do you teach online?

Only the conversation lab and private tuition. The group courses lose too much online, so we stopped pretending otherwise.

Enquire about a course

Tell us roughly where you are and what you need the language for. We answer within one working day, in English, Spanish or Catalan.

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The school

Address
Carrer de Mallorca 214, 3r, 08008 Barcelona
Phone
+34 93 000 00 00
Email
hola@aularonda.es
Hours
Mon–Thu 9:00–21:00 · Fri 9:00–15:00