6 October 2026
Stop giving away the Catalan C1: a pilot test and a manifesto
DocentsCAT is running a pilot test this school year to find out what level of Catalan pupils really have when they finish compulsory secondary school (ESO). And the Professors de Secundària (aspepc·sps) union is collecting signatures so that the C1 is no longer awarded automatically with the ESO certificate.
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5 October 2026
I'm taking the CDL's course on the new Catalan grammar
This school year I'll be taking «Nova gramàtica catalana per a filòlegs i per a no filòlegs», an online course run by the Col·legi de Doctors i Llicenciats (CDL) and taught by Núria Martín Comes. The first part runs from 5 October to 27 January.
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5 October 2026
Step by step: the Xarxa de Docents per la Llengua
Through the teachers' groups I belong to, I've received the poster of the Xarxa de Docents per la Llengua, a network that wants to bring together teachers who are worried about Catalan in schools. And the Assemblea Educativa de Catalunya has made a video to get more schools to join Treu la llengua.
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5 October 2026
I support Treu la llengua and the Repte per la llengua
Two teacher-led initiatives want Catalan to be the language of the classroom again: Treu la llengua, from the Assemblea Educativa de Catalunya, and the Repte per la llengua, by teacher Ester Vilà. As a Catalan teacher, I support them and I'm sharing them here so they reach more schools.
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19 September 2026
The school year opens with syllables on the board
At the start of term I taught «La teoria de la síl·laba®» to my Year 9 and Year 11 groups. These are the boards and the notebooks that came out of it.
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15 September 2026
The .cat domain turns 20 — and this site is one of 118,000
The .cat was the first internet domain granted to a language and a culture rather than to a state. It has turned twenty, and cursosdecatala.cat is one of its 118,000.
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15 September 2026
Sara, invited to Creafest 2026
On Saturday 7 November, La Violeta de Gràcia hosts Creafest, the festival for creating and sharing Catalan-language content on social media.
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6 September 2026
The official C1 and C2 results are out (and the phone didn't stop)
On 2 September the results of the official Catalan exams from the Direcció General de Política Lingüística came out. I'll tell you how that day went.
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6 September 2026
A letter to the editor that any of my students could have written
A letter to the editor got me thinking about what I hear in class every week: that speaking Catalan in Barcelona has become something you have to decide to do.
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6 September 2026
«Gelats d'altura»: the wordplay I came across on a walk
In Calella de Palafrugell there's an ice cream shop called l'Enxaneta that sells «gelats d'altura». Four words, and a very neat piece of wordplay inside them.
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4 September 2026
The last September university entrance exams: from 2027, the second sitting moves to July
This week I am sitting on a PAU examination board in Barcelona, and it is a historic session: there will be no more September sittings. From 2027, the resit will take place in July.
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31 August 2026
What language is worth in our society
Language runs through every human context, and it is a teaching tool that reaches far beyond the classroom.
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29 July 2026
Online Catalan classes: how they work and how to get the most out of them
All my classes have been online, one-to-one and tailor-made for years. Here is what they look like from the inside, who they work for, and what you should demand from any online Catalan class worth paying for.
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29 July 2026
Why you make spelling mistakes in Catalan (and how to eliminate them in 4 hours)
Most spelling mistakes in Catalan do not come from not knowing the rules, but from not seeing the syllable. Here is the mechanism behind my registered method.
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29 July 2026
How to prepare for the Catalan C1 exam: a guide from an official examiner
Eighteen years teaching Catalan and years examining the three official C1 tests in Catalonia have taught me what separates a pass from a fail. This is my honest guide.
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27 July 2026
The Royal Castle of Collioure will adopt the Catalan guide corrected by Sara
The Pyrénées-Orientales heritage department calls it «remarkable work»: the guide for Catalan visitors will be published with Sara's corrections.
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27 July 2026
Sara appointed to the September 2026 PAU exam boards
Official appointment to invigilate and mark this September's university entrance exams.
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10 August 2017
Dicció-Nari!
Would you like to book a private Catalan lesson in advance with a teacher?
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12 December 2014
Who am I?
I am someone in love with words, with nature, with animals and with sport. I like my work — teaching — above all when I have students who…
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28 July 2013
Set phrases: the difference between Spanish and Catalan speakers
A language is far more than a code for passing on facts and thoughts. Languages are an intrinsic part of our culture, and every one of them has its own turns of phrase.
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20 December 2011
La Viquilletra: teaching and learning to read in Catalan (for secondary teachers)
My Year 9 students at Institut Vila de Gràcia have won an award in the 2011-2012 Viquilletra for «the activity that went deepest into the character».
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11 December 2011
Catalan exercise book
I have uploaded quite a few documents today, but I would single one out: the «Catalan exercise book».
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23 November 2011
Catalan exercises to practise with
There are plenty of exercises in the «Exercises» section to practise and work through.
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