Permanent Activities at BCNLIP

Cultural Immersion Program

At BCNLIP Language School, we encourage our students to use Spanish in real-life contexts and to develop skills that allow them to be autonomous in their learning. The school follows the guidelines of the Instituto Cervantes and the latest trends in language teaching. Below, you’ll find more information about the program.

Barcelona Immersion: dive in, discover, and tell your Barcelona

With the Barcelona Immersion program, in addition to the general course —where we use Spanish textbooks adapted to each group’s level— students take part in classes and activities that help them dive ever more deeply into the language and local culture. From Monday to Thursday, students have classes focused on cultural and linguistic immersion, which they must record in a self-study workbook. Here, they learn to discover the city in Spanish. The goal of the program is for students to be able to explain Barcelona as if it were their own city, create guides, and write feature articles.

In addition, from Monday to Thursday, students also have half an hour of daily autonomous group work. On Fridays there are tutorials, cultural outings, and cultural and language workshops.

• Tutorials — In these sessions, a teacher answers the group’s questions and helps them with the self-study workbook.
• Cultural outings — Guided routes where the teacher accompanies the group through Barcelona’s neighborhoods, explaining their history and sharing interesting facts about the city (starting september 12).
• Cultural and language workshops — Classes that address topics such as writing and film (starting September 12).
• Events — Students are invited to take part in the school’s cultural agenda, and they should also record these activities in their learning notebooks.

Weekly workload summary:

• 8 hours of general course + 8 hours of immersion (includes 2 self-study hours): 16 fixed hours.
• To reach 20 hours per week, students can choose among tutorials (2 hours), outings (4 hours), workshops (2 hours), and events (4 hours).

The Barcelona Immersion cultural program includes different stages according to the student’s level:

• The arrival: Living in Barcelona (A1) — Learn to introduce yourself, ask for simple information, find your way around, go shopping, and use public transport. Gain confidence to handle basic everyday situations.
• First steps: Living in Spain (A2) — Move toward autonomy: make appointments, carry out simple procedures, and understand rules and services. Write short messages and emails in the proper format.
• Deep exploration: Spain in depth (B1) — Understand and explain key aspects of history and culture. Summarize essential information and express opinions clearly.
• Discovery: Barcelona in depth (B1/B2) — Investigate neighborhoods, compare options, and manage plans. Produce guides and reviews that help people make informed choices.
• Integration: Barcelona in the first person (B2) — Design and lead small activities as a guide. Recommend routes and describe the city accurately, adapting to different audiences.
• Narration: Chronicles of Barcelona (C1/C2) — Create chronicles and reports about the city, integrating multiple sources. Moderate complex conversations and act as a bridge between perspectives.

Assessment in the immersion program

• At least 80% in-person attendance is essential.
• In the general course, assessment is based on the final exam.
• In the immersion program, classwork and the personal notebook are evaluated.
• Attendance at workshops, tutorials, and events also counts toward assessment.

With this program, students not only learn and improve their Spanish, but also learn to live it and enjoy it in Barcelona. Each week, a topic is explored from linguistic, cultural, and social perspectives, while moving forward along the learning path.

Ongoing activities

At BCNLIP, we believe that learning goes beyond the classroom. That’s why we organize ongoing activities all year round, designed for our students to get to know the school and their classmates, interact interculturally, discover local culture, and fully integrate into life in Barcelona.

We offer two free, recurring events that are especially valued by our students and open to the entire educational community. The events are supervised by a teacher or monitor.

🥐 Welcome breakfasts

Each month, we welcome new students from all disciplines with a special breakfast. It’s an opportunity to meet the team, understand our mission, and share expectations in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere.

🎶 Flamenco Sessions at Las Brujas

We also organize monthly private flamenco sessions at the Las Brujas gallery in the Gothic Quarter. These sessions are coordinated by Jero Férec, a flamenco guitarist with a notable career in Spain, who manages the space and collaborates with top-tier artists from the local flamenco scene. An authentic, high-quality experience, up close to live art.

Both events are free with limited capacity. Reservation information is shared a few days or a week in advance via social media and WhatsApp groups.

More videos of our events on YouTube

Photos from past events

Excursions

At BCNLIP, we always offer exciting excursions that give you the opportunity to get to know the areas around Barcelona and enjoy the best festivals held throughout Spain. We offer unique experiences at unbeatable prices. Here are some of our trips for this year, but don’t forget to ask at reception and check our social media, as we’re always open to new ideas and flexible to students’ needs and wishes. At BCNLIP, excursions are part of our program, so students who want to go deeper into their learning experience can join an additional activity. The school provides a free guide for students, and the only thing participants need to pay is transportation, which is usually around € 20.

Take a look at our most recent excursion

BCNLIP Cultural Agenda

At BCNLIP we place great importance on extracurricular activities as part of the training and integration process for our students. Our students have their own agenda with different activities, most of them academic in nature, but also parties and other recreational events. Likewise, all school students can attend the events organized by, or in which, the BCNLIP Foundation participates — another center in our network — and they can also take part in all the excursions offered by Mamut Hiking exclusively for our students.

BCNLIP students can attend those events and excursions offered by the BCNLIP Foundation, our center focused on teaching Spanish from a social and humanitarian perspective and on community work and activities. The Foundation’s agenda is as follows:

🤝 In collaboration with the BCNLIP Educational Foundation

These activities are part of our collaboration with the BCNLIP Educational Foundation, whose mission is to connect migrants and foreign residents with local culture and to serve as a bridge for intercultural communication.
For this reason, much of our cultural agenda is aimed at creating shared spaces between BCNLIP students, learners from other schools, and local people through cultural events, solidarity initiatives, and popular celebrations.

👉 For more information, check the Foundation’s cultural agenda here: BCNLIP Foundation – Culture (website)

Academic cultural agenda at BCNLIP UP – Neptú

At BCNLIP UP, we believe learning goes beyond the classroom. That’s why our campus on Neptú Street offers a cultural agenda with an academic focus, designed to enrich your educational experience. Throughout the year, we organize activities such as the Cervantes-themed route in May, guided visits to the Natural Science Museum and CosmoCaixa, orientation sessions to attend educational fairs like the Saló de l’Ensenyament, as well as visits to universities and higher education centers. You can also take part in our intellectual Quiz with prizes — ideal for testing your knowledge in a fun environment. On top of all this, you’re also invited to the permanent cultural events we organize at BCNLIP.