Originally Posted by Hondon Rock n Roll (Post 8435038)

Our town hall in Hondon de las Nieves used to provide free classes for foreigners in the past but the Valencian government wouldn't provide the funding for 2009/2010 because of the "crisis" and shortage of money. The teacher that did the free classes set up a private class running for 8 weeks @ €30 for the course and €30 for books. A school in Aspe runs a course for differents levels about 1 and half hours a weeks form September to June.
Enrolments for these courses are usually with the town hall at the beginning of September.

Originally Posted by matlab (Post 8435308)

thats an idea, about looking at the local schools to see if they offer any classes. I have also heard that the unversity may offer classes, perhaps thats something I should look into when i arrive.

Hondon: Do you know if this guy still offers these courses? €30 for 8 weeks seems true cheap to be true, no? Thats quite close to where I will be living for the first 10 weeks or so - near Monforte del Cid!

Originally Posted by missile (Post 8436258)

Don't know about Alicante, but there are free courses @ the town hall in Ciudad Quesada, with levels to suit beginner, intermediate and advanced.

Originally Posted by matlab (Post 8436269)

I guess I can visit all of the local town halls when I arrive in spain and see if any offer free courses. I will be going o nthe pardon when i arrive.

A quick question about the pardon: Do you register on the pardon of a city i.e. Alicante, or of a town/village like Novelda/Monforte? Also, If i do register in Monforte, and I move, can I just simply get change which place I appear on the pardon?

Originally Posted by AdrianTO (Post 8434841)

If you are a complete beginner check out Livemocha.com. The basic lessons are free and there is a very cool community of members that will correct your exercises and give you feedback. That should get you going till you move to Spain.

In Spain, take a look at the local schools in your area. Some of them offer free evening Spanish classes for non-Spanish speaking students and their parents. I don't know if you can still sit in if you don't have kids going to that school though. But, you can ask.

Originally Posted by missile (Post 8436258)

Don't know about Alicante, but there are free courses @ the town hall in Ciudad Quesada, with levels to suit beginner, intermediate and advanced.

Originally Posted by ForHotspot (Post 8441904)

Can anyone just turn up? Is there any specific age group? Thanks.

Originally Posted by ForHotspot (Post 8441904)

Can anyone just turn up? Is there any specific age group? Thanks.

Originally Posted by missile (Post 8441927)

Courses are open to all adults. They start in September, I don't think you would be allowed to join mid session. You have to register in advance.

Originally Posted by lynnxa (Post 8440750)

I've been having a good look at Livemocha the past couple of days. Yes, I can see it's great to get you started - but it is very South American Spanish & a lot of the vocab is completely different to Spanish Spanish;)

Originally Posted by missile (Post 8436258)

Don't know about Alicante, but there are free courses @ the town hall in Ciudad Quesada, with levels to suit beginner, intermediate and advanced.

Originally Posted by matlab (Post 8435308)

thats an idea, about looking at the local schools to see if they offer any classes. I have also heard that the unversity may offer classes, perhaps thats something I should look into when i arrive.

Hondon: Do you know if this guy still offers these courses? €30 for 8 weeks seems true cheap to be true, no? Thats quite close to where I will be living for the first 10 weeks or so - near Monforte del Cid!

Originally Posted by ForHotspot (Post 8683685)

Hi,
Can you please post the full address of the town hall in Quesada?
Thanks