Eurolingua Spanish Homestay - Arenys de Mar

  Spain

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: Type of House: Luxury Beach Apartment

Teaching Qualifications and Experience
1983-88 University of Barcelona Degree in Romance Languages and Teaching Certificate. Preparing Masters in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language.

Hobbies and Interests
Swimming, reading, writing, travelling, cinema, theatre, art, sport, new cultures

Excursions and Local Attractions
Where I live (Arenys de Mar) in Costa del Maresme is near many places of historical and cultural interest. Also the famous Costa Brava is just 25 km.away.
1. BARCELONA. (just 40 km away, 45 minutes on the motorway, so much to see. Train and bus connections all day long every 30 minutes.
2. DALI MUSEUM FIGUERES - One of the world´s most talented painters was born in the very northern part of the Costa Brava and his museum, about one hour drive from Arenys de Mar is a must for most visitors
3. COSTA BRAVA. The famous holiday resorts, beaches, international hot spots over the decades for millions of international tourists from all over the world - Lloret de Mar, Tossa de Mar, Calella de Palafrugell, Platja d´aro, etc. I know the area very well and I can show you parts of this "brave" (wild) coast that you will never forget. From the French border down to Blanes, it has hundreds of magnificent small beaches of crystalline waters and magical sunsets, not to be missed any time of the year.
4. GIRONA
5. ARENYS DE MAR
6. COSTA DEL MARESME

Accommodation, Facilities and Local Area
A lovely, luxury beach apartment ( 82m² ) with 2 bathrooms, 2 bedrooms, a beautiful balcony with views over the Mediterranean sea, study room, free internet access, 25 meter swimming pool. A woman cooks and helps me in the house which is situated in a private residential area with 24 hour surveillance. I am single, outgoing, well-read, with friends from all walks all life, "addicted" to swimming, with regular visits to my parents, two sisters and four nieces who live in the centre of Catalonia (Manresa area) just one hour from ANDORRA - a skiing resort and tax free country in the Pyrenees.

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