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Spanish language and Culture
 
 

Student´s life :
> A new lifestyle
> Orientation
> Room and board
> Mediators
> Excursions
 

 

a new lifestyle
Total immersion of the students in the Hispanic culture brings for them a profound change in their lifestyles. They will establish new relationships, will take new classes, will try new meals, will live with strangers, will use new forms of transport and will experience different social situations.

It is of paramount importance for us to create the best possible conditions so that students may enjoy of the immersion process. This is why, besides the classes and apart from them, we have created the figure of the Argentinian “friend” who will accompany and help the foreign student. This is also why we advise students to  live with a local family, we organise activities where foreigners can interact with locals and we encourage students to participate in the excursions. All of this guarantees the acquisition of the level of knowledge of the culture and the confidence with the language that students expect.
 

orientation
In order to help the students feel at ease with their new surroundings and with the academic system, an orientation period is scheduled for the beginning of each program: two days for the intensive programs and one week for the semester programs. During this period, students do a placement exam to determine their language level.
 

room and board
Accommodation and food arrangements can be done with a local family or with other local students in an apartment. We believe that these are the best options if students want to acquire a good command of the language. Thus, the exposition to the second language and its continuous practise becomes an obligation and a daily routine. Interaction with people of various ages will expose them to different ways of using the language and help them consolidate what has been learnt in the classroom. The students become one more member of the “host family” and join in their customs and traditions. Hence, they learn to observe from within the society they have chosen to share temporarily with.
 
mediators
One valuable aspect of this program is the presence of the “friend- guide” or intermediary, a student from the host country who will make the linking between the foreign student and the social and cultural environment he or she chooses to relate to. This scheme allows the foreign student to learn quickly easily and without any fear, to insert himself or herself in the daily life of the city with all what that means: use means of transport, find the right shops, visit tourist sites, establish new social and cultural relationships etc.
 
Excursions/tours
Each program includes two one-day-long outings to places near Córdoba of historical or cultural interest such as: Alta Gracia, Carlos Paz, Santa Catalina, Jesús María, Mina Clavero, Nono, Dique La Viña, La Candelaria, Candonga, etc.
 
 
 
 
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