Why our school?
- Over six years of experience in the field of Spanish language learning established and internationally recognized.
- Native, University trained teachers – experts at helping you master Spanish in small classes of a maximum of eight students.
- Authentic Spanish atmosphere – you will be speaking in Spanish the moment you walk through the door.
- Carefully prepared program of social activities from tapas tours of the city to cooking classes.
- Mini modules (MTs) – extra free classes every day from improving your pronunciation to learning more about Spanish art.
- New courses start every Monday of the year – complete flexibility.
Why our school in Alicante?
- Right in the center of the city one minute from the main shopping street and ten minutes from the beach.
- Large modern classrooms, fully air conditioned, comfortable and fully equipped facilities.
- Extensive programs of social activities – tours of the city, visits to port and castle and participation in all local fiestas.
- High quality accommodation in center of the city – students apartments, holiday homes and Spanish families.
- Extensive student facilities in large open rooms, library, multimedia room, student lounge and seven classrooms.
Course Program & levels: Our school offers 6 levels, in accordance with the European Union system of the Common European Framework of languages:
* Breakthrough (Beginner) - Can express ideas in a basic form related to habitual and immediate environment.
* Waystage (Elementary) - Can maintain simple conversations in an informal manner and in daily situations, expressing ideas in the present, past and future.
* Threshold (Intermediate) - Can develop, without difficulties, conversations with unspecified themes.
* Vantage (Advanced) - Can communicate orally and in written form in a fluid manner with a wide range of general and professional topics
* Proficiency (Superior) - Has an expansive knowledge of Spanish and Spanish culture. Uses the language with great flexibility and efficiency.
* Mastery (Mastery) - Expresses with fluidity and spontaneity without difficulty, use of language in all its structures and variations.
We offer a wide range of courses, workshops, and seminars for specific purposes for teachers and students.
- General Courses:
* Intensive: Practicing all aspects of the language from grammar to vocabulary with the main emphasis on speaking, 4 classes a day in a group.
* Super Intensive: Intensive course plus 2 extra classes a day to go into more detail on what has been previously learned.
* Semi Intensive: Two classes a day concentrating on the essentials of the language.
* Combined destination course: For all students who wish to study at least three weeks of an Intensive or Super Intensive course in both of our centers (ie three weeks or more in our school plus three weeks or more in Malaga). We offer an extra one week semi intensive course for half price!
- Combined - an intensive course plus one individual private class with one of our teachers each day.
- Private Intensive - four private/individual classes each day with one of our members of staff.
- Private Super Intensive - as with the private intensive but with six daily classes instead of four.
- Specific Courses:
* Intensive + Tourism: Intensive course plus one special class each day about the world of tourism (vocabulary, tourism in Spain, role plays of situations in hotels and travel agencies, customer care, tourist guides, web pages etc.) In courses of more than four weeks students can, if they wish, carry out part of the course in Malaga (Andalucia, Costa del Sol) and the other part in our school in Alicante (Comunidad Valenciana, Costa Blanca).
* Intensive + Flamenco or Salsa: Intensive course plus four practical classes from expert teachers on the arts of dancing flamenco or salsa.
* 50+ Mature Students: Semi intensive course for students over 50 years old who wish to study or improve their Spanish and learn more about Spanish culture and customs. Includes the possibility of excursions to neighbouring cities (Seville and Granada from Malaga or Valencia and Murcia from Alicante) museum visits, flamenco and Spanish cookery classes.
* Intensive + Work experience: Intensive Course plus work experience during a period of 3 to 6 months in different companies.
* Spanish + Mini stays: Three classes a day with accommodation in a Spanish family, half board. Offered at specific times of the year.
* Spanish + Aupair: Intensive course of four weeks of classes before beginning to work as an au-pair.
* Self Studies on line: Intensive course available for all levels – A1to C2. Includes grammar explanations, exercises, direct written and oral communication with teacher and classmates by messenger service, audio visual comprehension practice, etc.
- Accommodation:
* Shared apartment: You share accommodation with other students during your course. "Living together" is an excellent way to make new friends quickly in the city where you are studying, and you might even get the chance of training the local language in your leisure hours as well!
The apartments consist of a fully equipped kitchen, bathroom, sitting room and 3-4 bedrooms or more. You can live in a single or double room. Double rooms are for two people who enroll at the same time. If there are several people who want to live together in the same flat, this can be arranged. (Do not forget to specify this on the enrollment form.)
Blankets and bedspreads are provided but the students must bring their own sheets, pillow cases and towels, but the student can always buy a bed set in the Administration office at a reasonable price of 28 Euro.
- Student comments: "The involvement of the staff is exceptional, these people take their job seriously, they organized parties and showed the students the spanish culture." Jürg Walchli, 27, Switzerland.
"The teachers' skills were very good. We were not allowed to speak any English, I like that, even if it was tough sometimes. I like this kind of teaching. It was great that it wasn't more than 8 students per class." Anonymous greeting in our guest book
"I'm gonna take home really good memories of this school, the classes are dynamic, funny and effective." The Brazilian.
"The teachers and principal treated us wonderfully, they made us feel like home"… "the school is a wonderful place with a beautiful garden and a pool. The classes were small, so we learned a lot." Elisabeth Forseth.
"Very friendly people, good organization, very good teachers." Italian, 23.
"Everybody were very nice and helpful, just like a big family"…" I like that it was few students in our class and it was also easy to get a good relationship to the teachers." La Sueca.
"It´s a beautiful school and wonderful teachers even outside the classroom" Malin Hagert, 19, Sweden.
Faculty Information:
All our teachers have long experience and training in teaching Spanish to overseas students. With exquisite teaching skill, they take great pains to adapt their teaching to suit individual needs and ensure that you get exactly the education you need. The school's teaching materials are modern and are approved by the Spanish Ministry of Education.
The process of learning a foreign language is an active process which largely depends on the student's personal situation, his/her motivation, devotion to study, the amount of time he/she devotes to the new language, and last but not least, the language environment during the course. Our school offers the student high quality human and technical resources in addition to the experience we have gained in more than the ten years that we have been in the language travel business.
We are convinced that success in the new language is a direct result of close collaboration between teacher and pupil. The teacher must always be available to the student as a resource and aid in the student's daily work. A balance is required between in-depth studies of the structure of the new language and its application in concrete situations. Learning progresses in a continual dialectic process, through repeated attempts at creating true-to-life linguistic situations. Success is guaranteed.
Other Activities:
The beach - the place for relaxation: Few cities can boast such a wide selection of fine, sandy beaches and interesting rocky coves within its municipal limits, and practically all of these have been granted blue flags by the European Union for the quality of their water, their cleanliness and beach facilities.
Within walking distance from the school is the Playa del Postiguet, located close to the city center, with an attractive promenade flanked by palm trees. Of note here is that since 1999 a tramway connects Postiguet Beach with Albufereta Beach, up to the ruins of the Roman site of Lucentum, making a very scenic trip along the seafront.
The school offers a wide and varied programmed of out-of-school activities with welcome parties being held twice a month, visits to the city, museums, trips to areas of historic and cultural interest, spanish films, etc. The students are only charged cost price for the trips and other activities. The school also has the necessary information available for those students who want to take part in sports such as golf, swimming, squash, sailing, surfing, horse riding, gymnastics, paragliding, balloon trips, etc
- Tapas tours;
- Local sightseeing to castle and port;
- Trips to neighbouring cities and participation in local fiestas.
Facility Information:
Our school is located in the city center, 2 minutes walking from the Corte Ingles and the lively area that surrounds Maissonave Avenue. The school is housed in the first floor of a modern building facing the city’s main street. We have 8 classrooms, fully air-conditioned, an Internet room, language laboratory, library, performance and cinema room, dancing room, teacher’s room and a big resting area.
The school is located within walking distance from the famous “Explanada”, the Renfe Train Station, the Central Market, etc. Many of the students live within walking distance of the school.
Member discount:
10% discount for InfoHub customer. Request a free gift certificate.
Notes:
Intensive Courses from 1 week upwards, small cost increase in summer please contact school for quote for a course designed with your travel plans in mind.
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