Video Credit: Susana Siccardi- Nazioarteko mintzodromoa (international mintzodromo)
Thank you for your interest in Euskara through the Basque Museum & Cultural Center. We are very excited to be offering the following opportunities both in person and online. If you have any questions, please reach out to us.
Cost for classes is $175 per semester. If you are a member of a NABO-affiliated club, you can receive a discount of $50. We also have scholarship opportunities available for those interested. Please contact us for a discount code BEFORE you sign up.
We require 7 students minimum per class. If a class doesn’t meet the required minimum by the registration deadline, students will be contacted and given the option of shifting to another class or a refund (less credit card fees). Should any BMCC classes not work for your schedule, check out the online learning opportunities from NABO.
(click class title to access link to sign up for each class)
Are you taking euskara classes and you want to practice more? Are you acquiring the basis of the language or are you familiar with the language already and you want to socialize in euskara?
The ultimate goal in a language course is to be able to communicate so if you are studying Euskara at the moment or you have ever studied before or you are familiar with the language, do not hesitate to enroll in this MINTZA workshop in which you will meet people just for the fun and pleasure of talking to them in Euskara. Have fun, meet new friends and polish your fluency.
The groups will be divided into A1 and A2.
Prerequisites: some Euskara studies.
Schedule: Jan 26- April 20
This course offers you Euskara language skills you would want to have to travel to the Basque Country. Thoughtfully designed, this course introduces a new province each week while focusing on topics that will prove useful on your next visit such as travelling, shopping, ordering in a restaurant, understanding different Euskara dialects/accents.
Communicative projects in Euskara such as “penpals” and virtual meetings with other Euskara students and native people.
Learning Outcomes: Students will be able to communicate effectively with accurate vocabulary/grammar on travelling situations and ask for/exchange information in oral communicative activities.
Prerequisites: none
Schedule: Jan 26- April 20
This course offers you Euskara language skills you would want to have to travel to the Basque Country. Thoughtfully designed, this course introduces a new province each week while focusing on topics that will prove useful on your next visit such as travelling, shopping, ordering in a restaurant, understanding different Euskara dialects/accents.
Communicative projects in Euskara such a “penpals” and virtual meetings with other Euskara students and native people.
Learning Outcomes: Students will be able to communicate effectively with accurate vocabulary/grammer on travelling situations and ask for/exchange information in oral communicative activities.
Prerequisites: none
Schedule: Jan 26- April 20
This course is a continuation of mini course 1 or for students that have already acquired the skills of introducing themselves to others and basic skills such as exchanging basic information. Designed for students who already have the basis of the language (by attending or not mini course 1) this course goes deeper into the Basque culture, increasing the linguistic level through real life listening/videos activities.
Communicative projects in Euskara such as “penpals” and virtual meetings with other Euskara students and native people.
Learning Outcomes: Students will be able to interact with one of the key aspects of local traditions and go beyond Euskara by learning much more than the language itself. Surveys, competitions, games and awards included in the course.
Prerequisites: Euskal Herria Ezagutzen I, or mid A1.1 level of Euskara
Schedule: Jan 26- April 20
Have you heard about immersion language learning? In these experiences, students are immersed in the language 24 hours a day. 24 hours of study? Of course not. Living 24 hours a day in a single language means that it is the only language you use to communicate. You also play, walk, sing, dance… Is it possible to do it in Basque? Of course it is! In
Euskal Herria there are barnetegis that offer this specific service. In this course, we invite you to live a similar experience, which will make you feel as if you were really in one of them. It includes projects such as penpals to get in touch with Euskera learners from other parts of the Diaspora as well as virtual meetings with Euskera speakers.
Prerequisites: This course includes the completion of level A (A1 and A2) of the CEFR, and initiates you in level B, which implies the beginning of an intermediate level of the language.
Now that you have lived the barnetegi-like experience, you know that the fun and study hours are balanced. How much have you learned in level 6/7? How much fun have you had with games and songs? There is still a lot to learn and put into practice. We invite you to implement everything you have learned in previous levels in your daily use of the language. So, if you are ready to continue enjoying the fun/study combination, this level offers you the learning of more complex grammatical structures such as conditionals in all their forms, passive voice, synthetic verbs and much more. Projects such as penpals to contact Euskera learners from other parts of the Diaspora as well as virtual meetings with Euskera speakers are included.
Learning outcomes: students will be able to communicate in Euskara fluently among themselves and with native people.
Prerequisites: Euskal Herria Ezagutzen I – VII, or an intermediate level course, B1.1 level of Euskara.
Schedule: Jan 26- April 20
This course is for students with a few years of formal Euskara education or comfort at a basic conversational level. More advanced grammar concepts are taught through practical listening and activities.
Prerequisites: Euskara Gaur III or at least three years of Euskara studies.
Schedule: Jan 26- April 20
This course is for beginner students with no, or very little, Euskara knowledge or experience. Euskara Gaur I.2 is designed around the objective of content-based learning with practical skills.
Learning Outcomes: Students will learn the language through a functional approach with emphasis on communicative competences, with the goal of being able to introduce themselves and others, exchange personal information, describe places and express what they want/have to do while sightseeing/shopping, check timetables of events, ask about/give information about touristic places and express purpose. Students will be given exercises, listening/video watching activities, speaking activities, worksheets and more.
Prerequisites: No knowledge of Euskara is necessary to enroll in this course.
Schedule: Jan 26-April 20
This course is a continuation of level 1 and it is appropriate for students with basic vocabulary and an understanding of common verb patterns/expressions for social interaction. This course is designed to foster further communicative competences through speaking and listening skills.
Learning Outcomes: Students will learn how to express past/future actions as well as habits/routines, describe plans through conditional situations, and express likes/dislikes among other functional/social skills. Students will be given exercises, listening/video watching activities, speaking activities, worksheets, and more.
Prerequisites: Euskara Gaur I or a beginners’ course.
Schedule: Jan 26- April 20
This course offers you Euskara language skills you would want to have to travel to the Basque Country. Thoughtfully designed, this course introduces a new province each week while focusing on topics that will prove useful on your next visit such as travelling, shopping, ordering in a restaurant, understanding different Euskara dialects/accents.
Communicative projects in Euskara such as “penpals” and virtual meetings with other Euskara students and native people.
Learning Outcomes: Students will be able to communicate effectively with accurate vocabulary/grammar on travelling situations and ask for/exchange information in oral communicative activities.
Prerequisites: none
Schedule: Jan 26- April 20
Estropadak? Aizkolariak? Errugbia? Which one would you participate in? It is well known that in every Basque festival there are sports, and if you participate in a festival, you will surely enjoy some of them. Traditional rural sports and current ones known in and outside the Basque Country provide the appropriate framework for learning more complex verb conjugations, expanded vocabulary and structures that will enable you to communicate in a more refined Euskera. Projects such as pen pals to contact Euskera learners from other parts of the Diaspora are included as well as virtual meetings with Euskera speakers.
Learning Outcomes: Students will be able to communicate effectively with accurate vocabulary/grammar on travelling situations and ask for/exchange information in oral communicative activities.
Schedule: Jan 26- April 20
This course offers you Euskara language skills you would want to have to travel to the Basque Country. Thoughtfully designed, this course introduces a new province each week while focusing on topics that will prove useful on your next visit such as travelling, shopping, ordering in a restaurant, understanding different Euskara dialects/accents.
Communicative projects in Euskara such a “penpals” and virtual meetings with other Euskara students and native people.
Learning Outcomes: Students will be able to communicate effectively with accurate vocabulary/grammer on travelling situations and ask for/exchange information in oral communicative activities.
Prerequisites: none
Schedule: Jan 26- April 20