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City/State: Véjer de la Frontera, Cádiz |
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Country: SPAIN
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1221 South Mopac Expressway
Suite 100
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UNITED STATES
78746
Phone: 1-512-904-1121
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Program description: |
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Come to one of the world’s most unique corners to improve your Spanish language skills while gaining invaluable international internship experience in an area pertinent to your study field and interests. Participants will leave Spain not only having learned about Spanish language and culture, but with an improved resume that will provide an advantage in any future career paths. Finally, participants will be living in one of the most unique areas in Spain in a small city with an abundance of Andalusian charm and Moorish influence.
What you get:
The School
The school building dates from the middle of the nineteenth century and is constructed on top of the ancient Moorish town walls. Large sections of these walls, which were built in the eleventh century, have been preserved, including the watchtower, which overlooks the school’s garden.
The school also has two Andalusian interior patios, a garden with orange trees, jasmine and bougainvillea, a terrace facing south across rolling countryside and an enormous azotea or roof, with views in all directions—from Medina Sidonia in the north, to Morocco in the south. The school has Wi-Fi throughout the building as well as seated computer stations and a small library/ multi-media area—all these areas are available for student use.
Accommodations
Participants will be given the choice of 2 housing options:
Host family
Participants will be provided with their own rooms and will eat at home with the family. The living room and the bathroom will be shared with the other members of the family, although the kitchen is often reserved for the host mother who prepares food for everyone. Participants will also have access to the terrace, patio, balcony or azotea (the roof)—if the house has one. Laundry service is provided once every week.
There are different types of families: smoking and non-smoking, with children or teenagers at home, quieter families, vegetarian, with pets and without. Participants should tell AIDE their preferences so that we can make arrangements with a family that will make participants’ stay in Spain more enjoyable.
Shared apartment
This option entails living with other students from the school and town in typical Andalusian village houses, or in more modern flats. Participants will have a single room. Each house or flat can room anywhere from two to six people. The kitchen, living room, and bathroom(s) are all shared.
Each house or flat has one or two bathrooms, a living room, and a fully equipped kitchen with a washing machine (or access to one). Every room has a wardrobe or set of shelves, and bed linen is provided. Most accommodations have a television. The rooms will be clean and ready at check-in, after which day-to-day care is up to each individual participant. Cooperation is crucial in keeping communal areas clean and tidy, although the school will have these cleaned periodically.
Cultural excursions
All excursions will lead by a guide, who is also a professor.
Tour 1: Arab Roots in Spain: Morroco
Tour 2: Roman Past: Bolonia and the ruins of Baelo Claudia
Tour 3: Port to the World: Cádiz
Tour 4: The capital of Andalusia: Seville
Language Course
This course is made up of twenty 50-minute classes, plus 3 additional cultural learning classes with a study of the culture in real life situations. The classes are small, with no more than 12 students per class, and usually averaging 6 hours a day. Our team of teachers goes out of their way to help participants feel at home in the Spanish culture, to learn to speak Spanish correctly, and to be able to use the language in everyday situations. We have done away with hard and fast subject divisions so that grammar, vocabulary, and culture are all learned in the natural combination of listening and speaking. The teachers and the Head of Studies have years of experience and study to their credit and are specialists in teaching Spanish as a foreign language.
Internship placement
We offer internship placement in the following fields:
Business/General
Advertising
Design
Architecture
Finance/Accounting
Marketing
Environmental
Social – i.e. NGOs
Internship Program Structure
Participants begin with intensive Spanish language classes to begin their placement. They must take a minimum of 2 weeks of classes, though 4 is suggested. In order to better place participants so that they have a more fruitful interning experience, we request that they reach an A2 (Pre-Intermediate) level as a minimum though B1 (Intermediate) level is preferred.
While taking classes, participants also begin to settle into the culture, undergo orientation, and begin to study the culture through cultural activities and excursions. They will also meet with the Internship Coordinator to go over their placement site and will work on their CV in Spanish. Classes will not take place during the internship, unless both participants request to continue and the internship schedule permits this.
Participants are accompanied on a first visit to the placement site and introduced to the supervisor there, which may also constitute an interview (still accompanied by school staff). If all parties are in agreement, the placement site is confirmed. If not, then the school will look for another suitable placement.
Once the internship has begun, the school will check in periodically with both the participant and placement site to assure all is going well. The participant may also consult the coordinator for any needs, and the coordinator will act as a mediator on the behalf of the participant. At the end of the internship, participants receive a letter from the school and also from the placement site, on letterhead, attesting to the students work and tasks completed while there, as well as a global evaluation of his or her work.
Cultural Program and Additional Free Classes
The school has a weekly cultural program which offers a different activity every afternoon, including 4 extra culturally-orientated Spanish classes which are free for participants. One of these is always a dance class, and the rest may be on art history, Spanish history, Spanish cinema, culture or cuisine, phonetics and pronunciation, etc. Beach trips and sports activities like rock climbing, wind surfing, and kayaking are common. A full or half-day excursion is offered weekly, part of which will be the tours that participants will participate in as part of their program.
Arrival orientation
Participants will receive a guided tour of the city, as well as a general student orientation in the morning given by school staff. Often, the first contact participants have in Véjer is with their hosts or flat mates, as they arrive the day before classes begin (Sunday), but participants should not worry. All questions and doubts can be taken care of on the first day of school in orientation.
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General program information: |
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Program open to: Everyone
Travel to site: Independent Travel
Is opportunity more independant or group orientated: Independant
Living arrangements on the program: Varies, Group living, Home stays (living with local families)
How long does the program last?: 1-3 Months
What are the dates of this program: Saturday May 16th
Saturday May 30th
Saturday June 13th
Saturday June 27th
Saturday July 11th
Saturday July 25th
Saturday August 8th
Saturday August 22nd
Please contact us for the 2009 fall /winter and 2010 spring start dates.
** Minimum of 5 participants per start date.
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Benefits and advantages of the program: |
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* Pre-departure orientation materials
* Travel Medical Insurance
* Full-time local representative in Spain
* 24/7 personal support
* Certificate of completion (upon request)
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Cost or price of this program: |
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2 week language course + 6 week professional internship + 4 cultural excursions
Shared apartment: USD$ 2,900
Host family: USD$ 3,499
4 week language course + 6 week professional internship + 4 cultural excursions
Shared apartment: USD$ 3,400
Host family: USD$ 4,199
6 week language course + 6 week professional internship + 4 cultural excursions
Shared apartment: USD$ 3,950
Host family: USD$ 4,900
AIDE is a non-profit organization. Donations contributed in excess of the fair market value of the services you receive from AIDE may be tax deductible. Please consult your tax adviser for more information.
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Languages required besides English: |
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Spanish
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Qualifications required: |
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* Participants must be at least 18 years old
* Participants must speak intermediate Spanish
* Participants must be able to get a tourist or student visa to Spain
* Participants must have completed at least one year of university coursework
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