Centro Humboldt
Language school in Barcelona, Spain
Humboldt, Business Communication Training (Centro Humboldt) is a language training centre founded in Barcelona in 1986. It teaches languages and intercultural skills to companies and individual learners. Its Barcelona centre is on the 11th floor of the Edifici Auditori in the Fira BCN district. Courses are offered in person at the centre, at company premises (in-company) and as live Face-to-Face online classes with a teacher, supported by a virtual learning platform powered by Google.
- Language courses for individuals in mini-groups or one-to-one, intensive or extensive
- Corporate language training and on-the-job language coaching
- Project-based learning in the target language
- Cross-cultural training and professional skills seminars
- Mobility projects to work and train in Germany
Since 1993, Humboldt has run mobility projects for young professionals with governments, chambers of commerce, job agencies and more than 150 partners, helping young people with completed vocational training (FP) to obtain the German dual vocational qualification. For companies in Spain, all courses can be funded through the Fundación Tripartita. For students who come to Barcelona, the school can arrange host families, a student residence, flats or hotels.
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Programmes
- Languages for individuals: mini-group and one-to-one courses, intensive or extensive
- Languages for companies: online, in-company or at the Humboldt centre
- Intensive courses to progress quickly or work on speaking, listening or pronunciation
- Training on the job (private language coaching at the workplace)
- Project-based learning in a group
- Cross-cultural training seminars
- Professional skills seminars on presenting, negotiating and leading meetings
- Mobility projects to work and train in Germany
All courses are available in person or as live Face-to-Face online classes with a teacher; tutored online self-study is also offered.
Housing
The school can arrange several types of accommodation in Barcelona:
- Homestay with a Spanish host family selected by the school, mostly in central Barcelona and well connected to the school by public transport, with bed and breakfast or half board
- Student residence: single or double rooms at the partner Residencia Roca (Ciutat de Balaguer 65), 40 minutes from the school by public transport
- Flats and hotels
Accommodation is booked from the Sunday before the course starts to the Saturday after it ends.
Subjects taught
- Philology, Languages, Literature
- Language Courses
- Language Courses and Cultural Immersion Programs