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. 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)
This course is for beginner students with no, or very little, Euskara knowledge or experience. Euskara Gaur I 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
Prerequisites: some or no Euskara studies.
Schedule: September 14- December 7
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: September 14- December 7
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: September 21- December 14
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: September 14- December 7
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: September 14- December 7
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: September 14- December 7
This course is a continuation of EHE 2 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: September 14- December 7
This course is a continuation of EHE 2 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: September 14- December 7
This course fosters communication in Euskara throughout content-based syllabi enjoying one of the key aspects of Basque culture: basque celebrations. Designed for students with a basis in the language, recycles topics learned in mini courses 1 and 2 (by attending or not mini courses) adding new functional based linguistic topics.
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 in Euskara among themselves and with natives through activities in which they will experience the very heart of Basque traditions. Surveys, competitions, games and awards included in the course.
Prerequisites: A1.2
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.
Schedule: September 14- December 7
This course fosters communication in Euskara through a content-based syllabus exploring different aspects of life in Euskal Herria and the contemporary Basque world. Designed for intermediate learners, the course develops students’ ability to communicate more independently while introducing new functional and linguistic topics related to everyday life, society, travel, work, relationships and personal experiences.
Communicative projects in Euskara will include interviews, surveys, presentations, problem-solving activities, role plays and virtual exchanges with other Euskara students and native speakers. Students will be encouraged to express their opinions, describe experiences, narrate events, make suggestions, compare different points of view and interact spontaneously in everyday situations.
Learning Outcomes: Students will be able to communicate independently in Euskara in familiar situations, participate in conversations, describe experiences and events, express and justify opinions, give advice, make suggestions, discuss plans and understand the main ideas of authentic spoken and written texts.
Prerequisites: B1