Summer term 2025: Tuesday 22 April - Saturday 26 July 2025 (May half term 26 - 31 May)
Courses
Note: we offer GROUP or PRIVATE for all of our courses
Preschool and Primary
Children follow our in-house curriculum, with each term introducing a new topic and a new unit of targeted vocabulary and communication. Children are supported outside the classroom, with access to songs, videos, stories, Spanish/English translations and even on-line games to further learning at home.
There is even an option to extend the fun and Spanish immersion time, by adding an extra Spanish fun extension class to your child’s weekly schedule.
And for children from Spanish speaking homes who have full comprehension of Spanish, we have our weekly Spanish community fun class where children participate in games and fun activities with other children of the same level. For primary age upwards of children being spoken to in Spanish at home, we strongly recommend adding an academic weekly private lesson on top of their weekly fun class.
Secondary
For secondary students we offer you tailored personal tuition catered to your starting level and end goals. We advise best resources and form a weekly plan with you to reach those end goals. Whether you would like support with navigating the school KS3 curriculum, you are prepping for your GCSEs or have a strong desire to become fluent in Spanish and are
prepared to put in the work required, we are the ones to help! As in all our lessons, the focus is always on communication. Spanish taught in Spanish. Two way speaking in Spanish in every lesson and getting to grips with grammar to further your speaking, comprehension, listening and writing skills.
Adult
Brilliant Bilinguals offer both group and private tuition for adults. Our highly experienced, native teachers support you in every step of your Spanish journey. We offer tuition from level A0 (complete beginner) though to level C2 (near-native proficiency). Class time concentrates on speaking and grammar instruction, reinforcing past and new material, following the CEFR. Spanish is taught in Spanish with the focus always on furthering communication. Classes are jovial and interactive with weekly homework to complete at home.
DELE for Young Learners
DELE diplomas, granted by Spain’s Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, are officially recognised certifications that quantify the degree of a student’s mastery and competence of the Spanish language.
DELE provides young learners age 11 to 17 years, the opportunity to gain diplomas in two levels, level A1 and/or level A2/B1. From age 18 students then move to the DELE mainstream diplomas, sitting
exams at level B2, C1 and C2.
The DELE exam for young learners consists of four parts, all of which require preparation and practice:
- Reading comprehension test
- Listening comprehension test
- Writing expression and interaction test
- Oral expression and interaction test
DELE diplomas are internationally recognised and valid indefinitely. We find that encouraging young learners to work towards and obtain recognition for their level of Spanish serves as a wonderful motivating factor!
TERM DATES
Note: Term dates are specific to group classes.
For private clients, arrangements can often be made to continue providing tuition in holiday periods.
Spring term 2025
12 weeks between Monday 6 January 2025 and Saturday 5 April 2025
No lessons during half term between Monday 17 February and Saturday 22 February 2025
Summer term 2025
13 weeks between Tuesday 22 April 2025 and Saturday 26 July 2025
No lesson on Monday 5 May and during half term between Monday 26 and Saturday 31 May 2025
Autumn term 2025
15 weeks between Tuesday 2 September and Saturday 20 December 2025
No lessons during half term between Monday 27 October and Sat 1 November 2025
SCHEDULE & FEES
MEET THE TEACHERS
Estefanía Espadas-Bernal
Teacher
Patricia Marchante-Guerra
Teacher
Hola, ¿Qué tal? Mi nombre es Patri. I grew up in the areas of Cádiz and Toledo in España before moving to the UK in 2017 and joining Brilliant Bilinguals in 2018. I moved back to Spain in 2023 and have continued teaching Spanish virtually ever since! I love teaching so much that I have two degrees in Early Years and Primary teaching as well as a masters in Technology and Education. In my spare time if I'm not teaching or studying, you'll find me at the gym, hanging out with my boyfriend & our dog, spoiling my niece & nephew, or at the beach!
Eglis Guttierrez-Matos
Teacher
¡Hola a todos! Soy Eglis. Since moving to the UK I have held roles in teaching Spanish and as a bilingual nanny. I joined Brilliant Bilinguals in 2021 and enjoy the opportunity to share my love of my language and culture with my young students through active songs and games. When I'm not teaching I enjoy practising yoga, walking, refurbishing furniture and decorating my flat. I love decorating so much that I am also studying interior design!
THE CEFR
All of our Spanish lessons follow the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) which is an international standard for assessing language ability. It describes language ability on a scale, from A0 for absolute beginners, up to C2 for those who have mastered a language.
- A0 – Intro to Spanish – An introduction for beginners that takes students on a journey of phonics, numbers, colours, basic grammar, greetings and personal details. This level is completed over the course of one term, at which point students have built the confidence to communicate regarding personal details (basics of name, age, family, profession, marital status etc).
- A1 – Beginner Spanish – Personal details; Building on the content of Intro to Spanish course, students expand their everyday language and learn to communicate about their family, appearance, personality and hobbies.
- A2 -: Low intermediate Spanish – Survival language: Family, shopping and routines. Towards the end of this level students learn to speak using past tenses.
- B1 – Intermediate Spanish – Practical language: work, school, travel. More complex grammatical structures.
- B2 – Upper Intermediate Spanish – Conversational language: in-depth discussion, opinions, spontaneity.
- C1 – Advanced Spanish – Proficiency: Complex communication, sub-text, near-fluency
- C2 – Near-native Spanish – At this level there are no lessons. You just need to keep up your regular speaking, to keep reading and listening and communicating with native speakers to perfect your level of near-native Spanish.