Inglés

El inglés es la lengua materna de alrededor 375 millones de personas y es lengua oficial o privilegiada en más de 75 países, con una poblacion total de más de 2000 millones.

El número de usuarios del inglés como segunda lengua (alrededor de 750 millones de personas) supera netamente el de los hablantes nativos.

Uno de cada cuatro personas en el mundo habla el inglés hasta cierto punto, y la demanda del idioma de los 3/4 restantes es creciente. El inglés es el principal idioma de libros, periódicos, instituciones internacionales, asi como la principal herramienta de comunicación en los negocios internacionales el mundo académico, científico, diplomático, deportivo, musical, etc.

De los 200 millones de usuarios estimados de internet, un 66 por cien se comunica en inglés.

De este modo, el inglés se revela como una auténtica lengua franca en expansión.
Barna House, consciente de la importancia de este idioma, imparte clases desde hace más de 25 años, siempre dotado de un entregado equipo de profesores nativos seleccionados con esmero.

El método de enseñanza del inglés se articula, a largo plazo, en 9 niveles para adultos, además de 3 niveles específicos para niños y 2 niveles exclusivos para jóvenes:


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Descripción de los niveles (en inglés)

Level 1A
Starting at the very basics, this course takes students from an elementary level- learning numbers, basic vocab and present tense, right up to a level where the student feels comfortable in basic conversation and comprehension and can express themselves in past, present and future about a variety of topics.

Level 1B
For those who have found themselves studying elementary english time and time again, this level allows the student to skip the absolute basics and begin slightly further down the beginners course.
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Level 2
A pre-intermediate level which takes students with a basic grasp of English and widens vocabulary across many topics, increases comprehension of varying accents, consolidates basic grammar and extends knowledge to include more advanced tenses (conditionals / perfect etc) and brings the student´s conversational skills to an intermediate level providing them with more confidence.
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Level 3
This intermediate course teaches students vocab across topics such as health, money, family, work, the home, fashion and many other subjects. Students are challenged further by higher level listening exercises, short stories prepared for this level and finish the course with a more than adequate level for day-to-day use of English.
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Level 4
Level 4 is an upper-intermediate level which begins to delve into the more advanced aspects of English such as subjunctive expressions, speculation, talking hypotetically, advanced conditional tenses, while simultaneously widening vocab and exposing students to visual and audio programmes to increase comprehension skills. In this course, in depth conversations and debates feature widely due to the high level of conversation possible.
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Level 5
During a level 5 course, a student can expect to begin a 2 year preparation course for first certificate, perfecting pronunciation and eliminating any written or spoken errors. Students improve their spoken presentation skills and are also able to write in suitable English for any given situation, should that be an informal letter, a complaint, a report etc. By the end of this course students are ready to begin their final months of study before sitting the 1st Certificate exam.

Level 6

At this level, many students are preparing to sit the Cambridge First Certificate course. During the course, all aspects of the first certicficate exam are covered; students follow a pre-set booked desgined specifically to help students pass this exam and regular mock tests taken from real exams from previous years are provided with invaluable feedback given by the teaching team which no doubt led to our 100% pass rate in 2003/2004.

Level 7

The Cambridge Advanced Examination confirms a very high level of fluency among those skilled enough to take it, and this course carried students towards the exam, exposing them to all areas needed to sucessfully carry it out (once again including real past papers). A near perfect pass rate at this level also confirms the success of the course.


Level 8

The Cambridge proficiency level is for those studying English at the highest level. Desgined for those who wish to completely perfect their English, this level finishes with the Cambridge Proficiency in English exam and concludes the courses at Barna House. Once again, we are proud of our 100% pass rate achieved in 2003/2004.


Level 1N (Children)

For children aged 7 and above, this fun but invalulable course consolidates English learnt at school and introduces children to further aspects of English that they would normally not learn for another 2 - 3 years.

Level 2N (Children)

Following on from the 1N level, children are now able to communicate more openly, and the combination of children at this age with a native teacher results in a native accent for all children attending these levels.

Level 3N (Children)

Level 3N prepares children in basic tenses and gets them ready to move to a young person´s level where conversation with greater levels of fluency is possible. On finishing this level, students are capable of speaking at a minimum in past, present and future and can do so about a wide range of subjects.

Level 2J

This level prepares teenagers to take the step towards an adult level of English and by the end of the course, these students can speak at an adult intermediate level. A fun, down-to-earth course, the materials and activities are designed for teenagers but still maintaining the necessary contents to ensure that the student´s level of English is raised considerably.

Además existen niveles especiales de preparación de los exámenes oficiales.

KET (Key English Test)

PET (Preliminary English Test)

FCE (First Certificate in English)

CAE (Certificate in Advance English)

CPE (Certificate in Proficiency English)

BEC (Business English Certificate)

Nuestros alumnos se pueden presentar al FCE con garantías a partir del 4º nivel. Para la preparación del CAE, del Proficiency y del BEC, hemos diseñado cursos a medida y que requieren un dominio general elevado.