Frequently asked questions

In Granada, Spain. The city is part of the method: you learn Spanish while living the Alhambra, the Albaicín, the flamenco of the Sacromonte and the tapas culture. Much of the content is also available online.

No. We start with a diagnosis that places your level (A1 to C2 on the Common European Framework) and from there we prescribe content tailored to you. If you start from zero, we start from zero.

For foreigners who want to really learn Spanish in Granada: Erasmus students, university students, professionals, expats and travellers looking for more than a course — real cultural immersion.

It’s not just a course: it’s an integral experience. We combine grammar and vocabulary (the Language Pharmacies) with Granada culture, city routes, film, writing and a local language partner. Plus an AI that adapts your journey to you.

The Clinic issues its own certificate of completion when you finish your journey. For now it is not an official qualification from a public body, but a recognition of the work done at the Clinic. The Clinic is working to establish partnerships with official institutions; if they are formalised, the certificate will carry that endorsement and we will announce it here.

You can start online from anywhere: the diagnosis, the Language Pharmacies, the Vademécum and La Doctora (AI) all work remotely. The full experience — routes, tapas, language partner — makes complete sense when you’re in Granada.

It is our safe space against harassment and violence, part of the project’s founding proposal and present at every activity: at each one, the person in charge is your support contact. Inside the app it gathers Spain’s official help resources (112, 016 — which leaves no trace on your phone bill —, 024) and the local ones in Granada and the UGR, clearly explained for international students. Equality and respect are part of the programme, like grammar or tapas.

Online enrolment is open: the Consulta plan from €14.90/month (€149/year) with the whole platform and AI, and the Tratamiento plan at €49/month (€490/year), which adds teacher time. Single teacher sessions cost €20 (or €15 as an extra on the Tratamiento plan). Full details and the launch free month are on the programme page.

Quite a lot. Signing up for free gets you the full language diagnosis (your CEFR level and an AI analysis), 3 consultations with La Doctora, your first piece of writing corrected by AI, one sample pill in every pharmacy and one surgery operation, plus the cultural routes. You’ll also see the rest of the content, but it unlocks when you enrol.

They are micro-credits for AI consultations when you’re not enrolled: they let you retake the diagnosis or have a piece of writing corrected by AI beyond the free allowance. They come in a 5-pack (€2.99) or a 10-box (€4.99), and each plaster gives 3 uses. With any enrolment plan, AI is included and you don’t need tiritas. Tiritas never pay for teacher corrections: those go through tutoring or a single session.

Both, depending on the case. Your first piece of writing is corrected instantly and for free by the AI. After that you choose: keep going with the AI (with a tirita, or included if you have a plan) or send it to the teacher’s queue for a hand correction. A teacher correction uses a tutoring session from your plan or a single session (€20; €15 as an extra on the Tratamiento plan), purchased inside the Clinic.

For stays of more than 90 days, non-EU students usually need a student visa, applied for at the Spanish consulate in your country. When you enrol, the Clinic issues the enrolment documentation you need to support your application. Write to us before enrolling and we’ll guide you according to your country.

Very much so. Granada was the last capital of al-Andalus and that heritage is alive: there is a Great Mosque in the Albaicín, plenty of halal options (restaurants and butchers, especially around the Calderería area), and the tapas ritual works perfectly without alcohol, because the tapa comes with whatever you order at the bar (a mosto, a soft drink, a sparkling water). Besides, Spanish is full of words of Arabic origin, so part of the vocabulary will already feel familiar.

No. The Clinic’s method works from Spanish and towards Spanish: content adapts to your level from A1, and La Doctora (AI) can help you taking your mother tongue into account. The public website is in Spanish and English, but the learning never passes through English.

Let’s be honest: it depends on your mother tongue, your starting point and how much you expose yourself. What we can say from experience: speaking (badly, and that’s fine) from day one and living Granada’s immersion, within a few weeks you can handle everyday situations, and one CEFR level per term is a realistic pace. What doesn’t work is waiting until you «feel ready» to start speaking — which is why our method has you talking from the very first dose.

They are two different, complementary kinds of care. The language partner is a local from Granada you practise real Spanish with, out in the street and without academic correction: conversation, plans, the city (included in the LC Insurance, with a session quota). Tutoring with a teacher is an academic session: it reviews your progress, solves grammar doubts and adjusts your treatment plan (included in enrolment packages: 2 sessions/month on the online Tratamiento plan, 2 on the in-person monthly plan and 8 on the full course). One gives you fluency; the other, direction.

Yes — it’s designed for that. In-person sessions are concentrated in three slots (Tuesday and Thursday mornings, Wednesday afternoons), and the whole digital clinic — pharmacies, La Doctora, Vademécum, routes — works at your own pace, any time. If an in-person slot clashes with your faculty timetable, tell us: attendance can be adjusted, and the pay-as-you-go plan (by the hour) exists precisely for complicated schedules.

Then you’re at the best possible moment. The diagnosis will place you at A1 and the treatment starts exactly there: survival phrases (ordering, greeting, finding your way), everyday vocabulary and La Doctora explaining the basics from your mother tongue. Besides, in Granada zero doesn’t last long: your first tapa is already ordered in Spanish. Nobody is born knowing the subjunctive; every C2 at the Clinic was once an A1.

Completely normal, and it’s not your ears’ fault. Granada speaks Andalusian: the final “s” is aspirated (“loh niñoh”), the “-d-” drops (“pescao”) and endings get eaten. It’s a variety of Spanish as correct as any other, spoken by millions, that classrooms rarely teach. You train it with exposure: listen, ask “can you say that again?” without embarrassment, and use the Film Lab, with scenes and real material. There’s a full guide to how Granada speaks on the blog.

No. Granada is a walking city: almost the whole centre is done on foot (wear comfortable shoes — there are hills and cobbles). For the Alhambra, the Albaicín or the Sacromonte there are minibuses (C30, C31, C32, C34), paid with the Credibús card or a bank card. For day trips, the high-speed AVE and intercity buses. There’s a transport guide on the blog, with the vocabulary you need to ask at the stop.