Eurolingua Spanish Homestay - Santander, Cantabria

  Spain

• All Other Areas: 
Gijon,  Oviedo
• Santander: 
Santander

Dates: Year round

Description: One-to-One Homestay, living in the tutor's home, including private room, individual and customized tuition, full-board (all meals), participation in family life and activities, cultural visits and excursions. Pick-up/drop-off at the nearest airport/railway station. A fantastic linguistic and cultural experience!!

Eurolingua One-to-One Homestay Programmes are available all year and are suitable for students of any age (16 - 75 years) and language level (beginner to advanced). Ideal for personal interest, business, travel or examination revision purposes. All Eurolingua tutors are fully-qualified teachers and native speakers, experienced in teaching their mother tongue as a foreign language.

The unique Eurolingua One-to-One Homestay Programme will ensure that you make maximum progress in the shortest possible time, whatever your starting level, beginner to advanced. You live full-board in the home of your fully-qualified foreign language tutor, receiving 4 hours per day (20 hours per week) of individual language tuition, specifically adapted to your own level, learning pace and interests, whether for business or pleasure!! The rest of the time you benefit from lots of conversational practice by participating in the usual everyday family activities of your personal tutor and family and by meeting people in the local community. You may, of course, have as much independent time as you wish. You acquire an authentic accent, total confidence and real fluency in the language.

Make spectacular progress in the shortest possible time. Individual tuition adapted to your own requirements, full-board accommodation (private room, all meals), local excursions and lots of fun!

Highlights: Type of House: Apartment

Teaching Qualifications and Experience

1991/1992,1992/1993, International Baccalaureate. C.O.U (University Training Course, Grad. with Honours). June 1993: Degree of Camp Leader/Instructor. Experienced teacher.

Hobbies and Interests

English: High level, oral and written. First Certificate. French: 2 years at International Baccalaureate. Computer systems and engineering. Photography and video. Contemporary dance, cinema, modern art, concerts, playing pool and cards, fitness, aerobics, going out with friends.

Excursions and Local Attractions

Santillana del Mar : Historical and cultural town, Guggenheim museum in Bilbao, Magdalena Castle and Zoo in town, cinema, shopping, water sports during summer and gym or excursions to the mountains in winter.

Accommodation, Facilities and Local Area

A cosy apartment in the town centre 10 minutes from the nearest beach (there are 4 beaches in town). It has two bedrooms, large kitchen, living room, shower and toilet. It has views over the bay in all the rooms. Only 5 minutes walk from the main shopping streets, city hall, university, library, pubs and restaurants. Friendly neighbours.

Santander is a permanently changing modern city that has known how to adapt to the new times. A city which, day to day, is open to the sea with renewed spirit and which, historically, is open to the visitor. From the Bay of Santander, considered one of the most beautiful in the world, the landscape is impressive. From next to the Palacete del Embarcadero (small palace by the quay), boats cross the Bay continuously, to arrive at the beaches of El Puntal (The Headlands) and Somo, allowing you to contemplate the spectacular view of Santander. Continuing the walk along the quay, you reach El Paseo de Pereda (the Pereda Walk), the most emblematic boulevard in the city; it has countless buildings of great architectural beauty. Located in front of the bay of Santander, we find the Palacio de Festivales de Cantabria (Festival Palace of Cantabria). Every summer this building, designed by the architect Sáenz de Oiza, welcomes some of the most important domestic cultural shows, the International Festival of Santander.

The cultural activity of the city finds an ideal complement in the Prehistoric and Maritime museums. The architectural group integrated by the menéndez Pelayo Library and Museum and the Municipal Museum of Fine Arts of Santander are also really outstanding.

Among the summer festivals we can mention "The Wave Baths". They remind us the onset of the sunny vacations by the beach from 1847. During this time, Santander acquires new vitality and it presents a wide programme of sports, cultural and festival activities. When July arrives, the Wave Baths, Apostle Santiago's festivity and the affluence of visitors fill the city with music and fireworks. It is in this month when the main bullfighting figures come to Santander, to participate in the notorious "Fair of the North".

Minimum Education: High School

Cost in US$: 1600

Credit Available: yes

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Spain Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Written Application

Post-Program Services Include:

• Exit Debriefing Abroad
• Job and Internship Network

Eurolingua Institute's Mission Statement: The Eurolingua Institute provides group and individual customized tuition in modern languages, paid work experience programmes, internships, and unique immersion programmes living in the teacher's own home. The Eurolingua Institute currently teaches 11 languages at over 70 schools in 40 countries and at over 150 homestay locations worldwide.

Year Founded: 1993