Eurolingua Spanish Homestay - Cordoba, Spain

  Spain

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Cordoba

Dates: All Year

Description: One-to-One Homestay, living in the tutor's home, including private room, individual and customised 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: Your Eurolingua tutor, Ana Maria, is a well-travelled, open, tolerant person who enjoys contact with people. Her family consists of her husband and her 6 year old son. Preparation for DELE, tourism, Spanish and Latin American literature.

Teaching Qualifications and Experience:
BA degree Department of Arabian-Islamic Philology, University of Granada, Spain (1983-88). Certificate of Pedagogic Aptitude (1987-88), Certificate of Proficiency in English. Masters in Information Science and Librarianship, University of Castille-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain. Course in Archive Management. Experienced one-to-one Spanish as a foreign language tutor.

Hobbies and Interests:
Languages (Spanish, English, Arabic, French), nature walks, swimming, ceramics, cinema, theatre, literature, travelling. If you wish, you may attend a ceramics workshop and learn Spanish at the same time.

Excursions and Local Attractions:
Cordoba cathedral/mosque (La Mezquita), museums (archeological, bull-fighting, fine arts, history of Cordoba), Cordoba Old Town (Jewish quarter), Alcazar (historical Royal Palace), Medina Azahara (ruins of ancient Arabian city), visit Granada, Seville and other attractions.

Accommodation, Facilities and Local Area:
A comfortable 3-bedroomed apartment with 2 bathrooms and all modern conveniences, situated in an old and tranquil part of Cordoba with its white-washed houses, old churches and cobbled plazas and patios, and just 10 minutes walking distance from the commercial centre and the more touristic parts of town.

Cordoba is rich in artistic and historical treasures, with a unique blend of cultures as diverse as Roman, Jewish, Arabic and Christian. A large part of the Old Town has been declared " Heritage of Mankind" by UNESCO. It also offers hiking in the 'sierras' around the town and in the many nearby Nature Reserves. It is well communicated with Seville (train: 40 minutes), Madrid (train: 2 hours) and Granada. The province has many places of interest to visit and enjoys a warm sunny climate, even in winter.

Semana Santa (Holy Week) in Cordoba is among Spain's most spectacular. May offers various colourful 'fiestas' such as 'The May Crosses', 'The Patio Competition' and the local 'feria'.

Minimum Education: High School

Cost in US$: Inquire for more information.

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