Seven years in Valencia
The school opened in 2019 and has run without a break since. Our programmes have taken 2000+ adult students through them, and the Google rating holds at 4.9 stars based on reviews from real graduates.
FUNDAE · training paid from the company credit
Spanish for your team
Relocated staff to Spain? We get the team speaking Spanish at work, at the bank and through paperwork, from everyday phrases to dealing with a contractor. The teacher comes to your office or teaches online, on a schedule built around your shifts.
Up to 100% fundable through FUNDAE.
Why YLC
A language school in Valencia. We train adults and company teams in Spanish and English, from scratch to working confidently in the language. We do one thing only: real speaking practice for people who need the language at work.
We teach working adults
Our students hold jobs: engineers, doctors, team leads, business owners. The programme, the pace and the homework are built for people with 2 to 4 hours a week to study, not a whole free day.
Native and bilingual staff
Our teachers are native speakers and bilinguals with experience inside international companies. We measure the level before the start on the CEFR scale, A0 to B2, and carry on from exactly that point.
Spanish and English
One school covers both languages: two programmes, a single contract. If part of the team needs Spanish to live in Spain while another needs English for clients, there is no hunting for a second provider.
FUNDAE-accredited centre
The school is accredited to deliver subsidised training, which means up to 100% of the hours covered by the state. We prepare the application, the reporting and all the closing paperwork ourselves.
You can see what happens
We measure every employee at the start, then send an attendance and progress report every 8 weeks. HR sees who turns up and who is falling behind, without having to ask for it or chase anyone.
We take on all the FUNDAE paperwork — from you, just the list of employees and one signature from management. We file the application on time, keep the record of hours and attendance, prepare the closing documents and answer the fund’s queries. HR never has to learn the rules or watch the deadlines.
Common challenges in corporate training
Over seven years we have built corporate groups for dozens of teams and keep seeing the same six problems. Here is what breaks training most often and how we close each of those situations down.
Classes over the lunch break
A lesson in the break eats the only rest of the day: after a month the group arrives drained, after two it stops coming. We schedule before work, after it or inside the shift, but never in the break.
Content that misses the job
A purely technical course suits two people in every ten; the rest need meetings, email and phone calls. So we build the groups around the work profile instead: general, commercial or technical.
Mixed levels in one room
When a beginner and an advanced speaker share a lesson, both are bored. Before the start we test everyone and split the intake by level, A0 to B2, so the pace matches what the group can really follow.
People miss classes for work
Trips and crunch weeks break the routine: someone falls behind and quits. We hand over the material from the missed lesson and a place in another group at their level, or the option to join the class online.
No sign of any result
With nothing measured, training looks like a pure cost line. We record the starting level, track attendance and send a report every 8 weeks on each employee’s progress, with figures and a teacher comment.
The course never finishes
Half of all corporate programmes fade out by the third month. We hold the group with a schedule that does not fight the working day, 60-minute lessons and a teacher people get used to over the course.
None of these six situations is a reason to call off the training — we have met every one of them and know where to adjust. Usually it takes moving the class an hour earlier, rebuilding the groups by level and agreeing what happens during business trips. We settle that at the first meeting, before signing.
Why companies stay with us
Contracts get renewed not because of a discount but because training stops being a headache: people show up, reports arrive on their own and the FUNDAE paperwork is ready on time. Eight reasons clients name themselves.
The teacher comes to you
Classes run at your office, in a meeting room or any free space. The team loses not one minute commuting and never drops out of the working day: the lesson ends and everyone is back at their tasks.
Small groups by level
We do not push everyone into one stream. We split by level and work profile, up to 10 people offline and 5 online, so each person speaks out loud in every session instead of listening for a whole hour.
A schedule around your shift
Before work, after it or inside the day, whatever suits operations. 60-minute lessons, 2 to 8 hours a week. If the company calendar shifts, we move the classes around rather than your own people.
Training funded by FUNDAE
We are accredited for subsidised training: we file the application, keep the records and prepare the documents. The state covers up to 100% of the hours from the company’s annual credit, with no extra cost to you.
Reporting built for HR
Every 8 weeks we send a summary: who attends, what progress has been made and where support is needed. HR sees the return on budget in figures, not in a teacher’s general impressions of the group.
Missed classes are not lost
A trip or a crunch week is no reason to lose what has been paid for. The employee gets the material and can join any group at their own level or dial into the class online from anywhere with internet.
Pause without losing anything
Over summer, through holiday season or in a busy stretch the course can be paused and picked up later. Paid hours never expire: the group reassembles unchanged and carries on from exactly the same point.
One manager to talk to
The company gets one person who answers for everything: scheduling, teacher cover, documents, FUNDAE questions. A reply within 1 business day — no writing to different people and explaining it all again.
Everything above is included and carries no extra charge: the teacher travelling to you, the placement test, the study materials, the reports for HR, catching up a missed class and pausing the course. Only the number of groups and weekly hours is counted separately — that is what the quote is built from after a short call.
What we adapt to you
We have no standard corporate course: we assemble one for each company. Four parameters you set yourself, and we shape the programme and the class calendar around them.
Schedule
You pick the day, time and frequency: 2 to 8 hours a week, in 60-minute lessons.
Group make-up
General, commercial or technical profile. Up to 10 people offline and 5 online.
Location
Your office, our school by the City of Arts, or online from anywhere.
Reporting
Every 8 weeks: attendance and progress per employee, for HR and management.
These four parameters can be changed mid-course, not only at the start. The company grows, people switch shifts, someone moves faster than the rest — we rebuild the schedule and the groups without terminating the contract. A message to your manager is enough, and the new setup applies from the following week.
We will price it for your team
Tell us the headcount and the format you need — we will come back with a quote and schedule options within 1 business day.
Companies that trust YLC
We work with international and local companies across sectors — technology, energy, sport, logistics — always shaping the programme around what the team actually needs, rather than handing everyone the same course.
RingCentral
Cloud communications for business. International distributed team.
BrainRocket
Technology and product development. Offices across several European countries.
Iberdrola
Energy: one of the largest operators in Spain and worldwide.
Valencia Basket
Valencia’s professional basketball club, competing in European tournaments.
For every one of these teams we built the programme from scratch: some needed English for calls with head office, others Spanish for dealing with local contractors and paperwork. We have no general course handed to everyone — we have formats from which a solution is assembled for each particular company.
FUNDAE: up to 100% state funding for employee training.
Every company paying social security contributions has an annual training credit. We handle all the FUNDAE paperwork, so the company carries no extra cost.
- Up to 100% of the hours covered by the state
- We take care of filing and reporting
- For companies with a Spanish legal entity