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Spanish Language Schools
Buenos Aries, Argentina

Spanish Courses in Argentina

NOTE: All of the following information regarding course descriptions is the same for all three locations: Buenos Aires, Cordoba and Patagonia (Bariloche). Our partner school offers you the possibility to continue your program in any of the three locations offering the same high quality methods, materials and teachers.

Method of the program:
Direct, active learning using language structures, vocabulary and idiomatic expressions in the context of areas most useful for attaining fluency as quickly as possible.

Materials:
Three books developed by their own Pedagogical Department, Cassette Latin-American Spanish, Exercises for Intensive Spanish Course, Intermediate Spanish, Talking Business in Spanish, a selection of material from the media (videos, newspapers, etc.), and Latin American novels and short stories.

Levels:

• Elementary level: 40 classes
  For students considered beginners (without previous knowledge) or students who in the placement evaluation show some initial knowledge of the language.

• Intermediate level 1: 40 classes
  For students who have mastered the elementary level of Spanish according to the placement evaluation.

• Intermediate level 2: 40 classes
  For students who have mastered the first intermediate level of Spanish according to the placement evaluation.

• Intermediate level 3: 40 classes
  For students who have mastered the second intermediate level of Spanish according to the placement evaluation.

• Advanced level 1: 80 classes
  For students who do not make mistakes in either the use of manners and verbal tenses, or in the syntactic construction of the phrases. Besides the correct grammatical forms, a student of this level should be able to produce oral and writing texts adapted to the communicative situation and to understand native speakers no matter which regional variety of Spanish they speak.

• Advanced level 2: 80 classes
  For students who have reached a proficient level of oral and written production of the Spanish language and are able to read and to analyze complex fictional and non-fictional texts. This level is for students interested in completing their studies of the Spanish language and reaching a high level of knowledge on Argentinean history and literature.

*All students must sit for a written and oral placement test upon arrival.

Spanish programs:

• Program A: Group classes (55 minutes per class, 6 students x class max.) 20 hours per week.

• Program B: Private classes (45 minutes per class.) 10 to 40 classes per week. You choose class frequency.

• Program C: Intensive - 20 group classes, plus 10 private classes (see options below) per week. All intermediate and advanced classes include workshops on Argentinean history, culture and politics. We can offer General Spanish private classes or you may take private classes on any of the following Spanish for Specific Purposes:

  • Spanish at Work
  • Spanish for Health Sciences
  • Spanish for Environmental Science
  *If you take more than 5 weeks of Program C you may choose up to two different Special for Specific Purposes courses.

• Program Tango: Five Tango classes per week at the best Tango academy in town. This option can be added to any program in Buenos Aires and Cordoba

Note 1: At the Cordoba and Patagonia (Bariloche) locations, classes are 60 minutes long.

Note 2: At the Patagonia (Bariloche) location the minimum stay for Programs A and C is two weeks.

Spanish for Specific purposes

MEDICAL INTRODUCTORY SPANISH COURSE
This program had been geared towards professionals in all health fields demanding for a basic conversational knowledge of Spanish.
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MEDICAL SPANISH COURSE
Medical Spanish is geared towards advanced students of Medicine or doctors with previous knowledge of the Spanish Language who have reached at least an Intermediate level.
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Commencement days of courses:

Any day, year-round. Report to the school upon arrival in order to evaluate your level of Spanish and receive materials. Because each school has on-going classes from all levels year-round, you will be placed in a suitable class upon arrival. Teachers:
All instructors hold a Masters degree in Education or Literature. Each is fully experienced in teaching the Spanish language.