Beginners Level (A1 - A2)
Season
All year round for groups with a minimum of four students
July and August: individual students
Aimed at
Youths (secondary level and university students, vocational education students)
Price
Two-week course + accommodation + work placement: €365 per student
Three-week course + accommodation + work placement: €500 per student
Four-week course + accommodatin + work placement: €625 per student.
Individual student: an additional €50 per week is payable (four teaching hours a day (see PDF below))
Arrival days: Sundays or Mondays
Departure days: Fridays or Saturdays
What we offer
Example of a four-week course:
- Four-week course: three lessons a day (60 hours)
- A maximum 10 students per classroom (minimum 4 students)
- Work placement in a Spanish firm (hotel, tourist office, travel agency, university, shops, Local Authority, etc)
- The participants will get a grammar booklet and classroom material
- Accommodation in double and triple bedrooms with bathroom at the Hostal Posada Huécar or in flats
- Free accommodation for the accompanying teacher (10 or more students)
- Attendance and work experience certificate
- Access to common/ leisure areas
- Some afternoon activities
- Photo gallery
Level
Básico (A1 - A2)
Remarks
- We organise special courses such as Bilingual Office Worker, Vocational education students, University students
- The accompanying teacher will get our full support both on planning the trip and throughout the stay.
- With 35 years experience, we are well acquainted with the common linguistic difficulties of the students.
- There are also two and three-week options
- Photo gallery: Courses and work-placements 1998-2009:
Objectives
- Grammar: presente, perfecto, futuro, imperfecto + indefinido, imperativo, pronombres personales, presente del subjuntivo.
- Vocabulary and conversation: Students´ needs will be attended to from day one. They prepare to carry out different business language tasks by means of short texts and dialogues. We work on a topic every day, such as “on the phone”, “customer service”, “workplace relationships”, etc. In a similar fashion there will be short translations related to the different topics we deal with in the classroom. Students will get a start in the field of written correspondence. In addition, tourist related terms and expressions will be studied.
Additional services
€10 per student: reception or leaving dinner such as paella.
€80 per student: a weekend in Madrid or Valencia including accommodation (double or triple rooms), guide, return tickets for train or regular service coach (for small groups) and material.
Alternatively Madrid or Valencia could be visited on the arrival or departure dates, avoiding the trips to and from Cuenca.
€20 per student: one day trip to Madrid by regular service coach or train. www.avanzabus.com o www.renfe.es
Examples of expenses per activity
- €3.50 per student: cinema ticket followed by tapas (1€ per drink)
- €2.50 per student: Entry to the National Spanish Abstract Art Museum
- Free: Entry to the Science Museum
- Free: Entry to the Antonio Pérez Art Foundation gallery
- €6 per student: to purchase food for a barbecue prepared by the students
- €40 per student: Trip to Cuenca’s Hills including sport activities (e.g. Gorge walking and traversing the river - with appropriate materials and guides); transfers included.
Full coaches
- €380 per group: an excursion by coach (e.g. Cuenca’s Hills, La Mancha Plains, Toledo
- €410 per group (each way): transfer from the airport to Cuenca. Another option is to travel by train or regular service coach (€10 per student each way)