Intensive Spanish Courses

Sessions

Cultural workshops

5 FREE: One extra free session daily, about the culture of the people who speak the language.

• Tapas route

  A tour in the city to get to know the Spanish and Mediterranean cuisine. It is very interesting and useful to understand the way of life in Spain.

• Flamenco

  Rhythm, music, lyrics, dance, history, in a short workshop to introduce you to the world of one of the most interesting music styles in the world.

• Invisible culture

  How do you say «thank you» in your language? How do you ask for something? What do you pay in a bar? Are you thinking of a gift for a Spanish family? What do you think is appropriate? How to gain confidence with Spaniards, how can you make them feel comfortable with you?.

• Famous Spaniards

  Cultural workshops about Hispanic celebrities as Dali, Picasso, Lorca, Buñuel, Manuel de Falla, Balenciaga… .

• Cinema in Almería

  Almería has, for many years, been the natural studio for a lot of films which are basics in the history of Hollywood movies. The most recent director to film here is Ridley Scott, who has shot scenes from his new film «The book of Exodus» with Christian Bale as Moses. The list of famous actors and directors who have worked here is endless: Clint Eastwood, john Lennon, Steven Spielberg, Sergio Leone, Anthony Mann, David Lean, Josepf L.Mankiewicz… with films like Lawrence of Arabia, Indiana Jones, Cleopatra and Mark Antony, James Bond, Conan the Barbarian, El Cid, and so on. If you like cinema, you’ll be surprised.

• Spanish accents

  We talk about Spanish in the modern world; varieties of Spanish pronunciation in different areas and countries; specific vocabulary of different Spanish-speaking countries. We practice pronunciation and oral comprenhension extensively.

• Spanish festivities

  A workshop covering typical festivities:

  -Sanfermines: a presentation of this world famous fiesta, the city, history and origin of the «sanfermines», orientation and advice on running with the bulls.

  -Semana Santa: «procesiones» and their origin, starting in the renaissance and baroque period, until today.

  -Christmas in Spain: Reyes Magos, Nochevieja, the grapes, the Belén…

  -And more! Fallas in Valencia, Tomatina in Buñol, Carnival, Feria…

  -Theatre and scenic arts in Spain: from the Roman drama to modern flamenco, through the baroque theatre (Cervantes, Calderón, Tirso) to the avant-garde (la Fura dels Baus, Salvador Távora…).

Price

This course gives you the ability to participate in a normal conversation in the Spanish language

General Conditions

-There are no registration fee for our courses.

-Price of text books not included.

-One Spanish lesson = 45 minutes.

-5 FREE: a workshop about a cultural topic every day; a free session, not mandatory, for all the students in the school.

-Level test to place you in an appropriate group.

-We provide a certificate with your level of Spanish and duration of the course.

-In the exceptional case that only 1 student is enrolled in a course, the school reserves the right to change a group course into One to One tuition. In this case, class hours will be reduced by 50%. The participant will be notified that there is a reduction in the number of lessons but they will be individual and without incurring any extra cost.