Immersion Courses in English
While Colegio Base attains remarkable results in all aspects of academic excellence as a Spanish school and through the Spanish language, in wishing to provide pupils with an essential preparation for the future, one of the prinicipal objectives of the school is that of ensuring that each pupil reaches a high level of proficiency in one or more foreign languages. English is the main target language, French or German the second language offered. The immersion system in foreign language acquisition used at the school means that all pupils on leaving at pre-university age can communicate with a high level of fluency in English and other languages and so gain a head-start for their future work and studies. Colegio Base was a pioneer school in Spain in the introduction of the concept of Immersion English in the general syllabus in its Primary section over 20 years ago. The English Dept of the school adapted the model of immersion from experiences in other countries, (in particular from the immersion in French for Englishspeaking school-children in Canada) and designed a syllabus that aimed to maximise an input in English within the context of a Spanish school by introducing content-based learning.