
Granada
Age : 13 to 17 for teenagers, from 17 for adults
Minimum length : 2 weeks for teenagers, 1 week for adults
Period : from June 8 to August 17 for teenagers, all year round for adults
For teenagers :
The arrival is on the Sunday before the start of the course (from 16.00 hrs.), and the departure, on the Saturday, just after the end of it (before 12.00 hrs.). Any arrival before or departure after that must be made clear to the school and the extra nights paid.
The host families are of total confidence and with experience. Participants' parents will receive in advance the address and the type of "family" where their children will live in. The Spanish family will have also all the information about the participants who are going to live with them before their arrival: nutritional habits, possible allergies, 24 hour telephone number for emergencies, "curfew" for night outings...
For adults :
If required, we can arrange accommodation acting as intermediary, with the guarantee that it will be ready for your arrival. We offers the following types of accommodation : shared apartment, homestay accommodation, shared apartment with Spanish people, hotel/hostel and individual apartment booking.
Our school offer a wide range of activities to enhance your learning experience. A daily programme that not only helps you to learn the language, but that also creates different contexts in which you can practise it, making easier the immersion in our culture and traditions.
This programme is complemented with different excursions in the week-end.
Moreover, there are always many things to do and see: concerts, festivals, museums etc. We will inform you about every event taking place in Granada during your stay.
Activities included in the course price :
- city guided tour
- welcome party (in summer)
- debates on current events
- excursions
Activities not included in the course price :
- Visits to some museums, monuments and shows with a guide of the school
- Paella on the beach, barbecue dinner with flamenco show, tapas' tour, international dinners
- Cooking Workshops
- Sevillanas courses, a typical Andalusian dance
- Guitar courses
- Horseriding
- skiing
etc...
Courses for teenagers:
In this programme, everything is included :
- intensive Spanish course of 4 classes per day (a maximum of 8 participants per class)
- leisure and cultural activities organized by the school and carried out by the monitor and long-experienced teachers. Examples of activities : cultural walks (historical centre), visits (the Alhambra, Royal Chapel, Science Park), social activities (music, cinema, tapas tour), sports (football, basketball, volleyball)…
- accomodation in a host family, full board and double room.
Courses for adults :
Every lesson has a duration of 45 minutes.
The lessons take place from Monday to Friday.
The classes will be timetabled either in the morning or in the afternoon / evening.
The classes will be carried out entirely in Spanish from the first day and in any level.
The maximum number of participants per class is 8.
On the first day of the course participants will have to undergo a language test to determine their level of Spanish and the most suitable classes or groups
Intensive course : 4 classes per day (2 of communicative grammar, 2 of vocabulary and conversation).
Intensive course II : 5 classes per day (2 of communicative grammar, 2 of vocabulary and conversation and 1 extra class of grammar review or communicative practice).
Super intensive course : 6 classes per day (2 of communicative grammar, 2 of vocabulary and conversation and 2 extra classes of grammar review or communication practice).
Combined course : 4 classes per day in group (2 classes of communicative grammar and 2 pf vocabulary and conversation) + 1 individual lesson per day.
One-to-one classes: Students can choose the number of individual classes per week they wish to attend. These individual classes can be combined with all the courses we offer.
Preparatory courses for DELE : IMSOL offers preparatory courses for the Diplomas de Español como Lengua Extranjera (D.E.L.E.) exams. This course has 5 classes per day specifically centred in familiarizing participants with the different tests involved in the exam (oral expression, reading comprehension, use of language, writing).
Senior courses : 2 classes per day. These courses are drawn up for people from 50 years old who wish to learn or improve their Spanish. All the 4 skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) are covered in the course with a class rythm and contents much more communicative and adapted to the real needs of these students.
Grammar courses : 2 communicative grammar classes per day.
Conversation and vocabulary courses : 2 vocabulary and conversation classes per day.