Spanish Courses in Benalmadena, Spain

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Dates: Year Round - Rolling Admissions

Description: Spanish Immersion Courses for college students and adults at Colegio Maravillas in Benalmadena, Spain.

Colegio Maravillas was founded in 1976 as a private Spanish school and it has been offering full immersion Spanish Language Courses since then. Colegio Maravillas is a member of the following national and international organizations: FIYTO (Federation of International Youth Travel Organization) , ALTO ( Association of Language Travel Organizations), Founder member of AEEA ( Asociación de escuelas de Español en Andalucia), ELITE ( Federation of European language Schools Associations) and FEDELE (Federacion de Escuelas de Español como Lengua Extranjera).

The school is situated on the top floor of a modern building with 13 large, bright classrooms, equipped with audio-visual facilities and air conditioning. There is also a library with a wide range of reading materials available, a multimedia room with free internet access, a 25-seat movie theatre used for conferences and seminars as well as for Spanish- version movies, a large shaded terrace with a small cafeteria (summer only), common room, teachers' room, etc.

At Colegio Maravillas modern teaching methods and equipment are accompanied by skilled, friendly teachers and efficient, caring administrative staff.
Their methods allow students to develop the four basic skills: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. The idea is to learn Spanish in a natural and spontaneous way, just as students have learned their mother tongue. Students speak Spanish right from the very first day, using it in typical real-life situations: the basic syllabus is supplemented by special exercises, such as, role-play, situational dialogues and project work with the of audio-visual facilities.

The "family" feeling is still the school's most important asset. Colegio Maravillas has approximately 60 students during the year and 180 students in the summer season from Europe, Asia and North America.

Highlights:
* Intensive Spanish (20 lessons per week) and Super Intensive Spanish (25 or 30 lessons per week) are offered year round for adult students (18+).
* Courses for Beginner level start at least twice every month. Courses for all other levels from Elementary to Advanced start every Monday.
* Flexible program lengths adapated to your individual needs: courses from 1 week to 36 weeks are offered.

* Andalusian Handicrafts, Flamenco and Cooking courses are also offered regularly for those students that are interested in exploring other aspects of the Andulusian culture.
* Accommodations in specially selected host families, apartment shares, student residences and individual studio apartments are offered by the school.

* A comprehensive activity and excursion program complements the Spanish language courses.

Cost in US$: from $432 per week

Credit Available: yes

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to American, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi, South African and Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Spain Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work in Groups of 10

Application Process Involves:

• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Written Application

Lingua Service Worldwide's Mission Statement: To provide high quality full immersion language traning around the world.

Year Founded: 1988