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SPAIN : Madrid 

The school is in the district of Salamanca, a street away from El Retiro park and in a walking distance of the Prado museum . 2  subway lines are near. The school has 20 classes with air-conditioning , a conference room, a video room, a library.

The school is accredited by:

Tuition Programs

• 1 lesson: 45 minutes
• Schedule: (9:00 AM -12:30 PM) and (3:30 PM - 7:00 PM).
• Minimum age: 17 and 21 for GROUP 5
• All levels available
• Teaching material
• 9 students maximum per class
• Guided tour of the museums (Entrance not included)
• 2 days of excursion per month
• Social activities 2 times a week and welcome party
• 30 lessons intensive PLUS per week: 20 in group and 10 private.
• GROUP 5: 5 students maximum per class, 20 or 30 lessons per week, excursions every Saturday, entrance not included
• DELE exam: 12 or 16 weeks preparation. Exam taking place, either May 14 or November 19, 2004. Exam fee to be paid on the spot: 113 to 154 Euros (€).
• 30 super intensive lessons per week: Course covering all aspects of the language, written and oral, with a particular specificity on the verbal communication. Recommended for those having not enough time and wishing to make fast progress.
• Test and certificate of linguistic training

Starting Dates

Dates below available for all courses except in June for 30 lessons SUPER intensive per week only . Will be not available at that time. 

 * Courses for 12 or 16 weeks will not start at those dates

  ** These dates are recommended for a 16 weeks program in order to prepare the DELE exam. Exam May 14 / November 19

   *** These dates are recommended for a 12 weeks program in order to prepare the DELE exam. Exam May 14 / November 19
    + October 11, course of 10 weeks maximum : special price: 1014 Euros
     ++ D.E.L.E. preparation exam also available at theses dates for a 5 weeks preparation.

 Private courses: every Monday from  January 5 to December 12, 2004 

School closing dates

 Available options

• Airport transfer at arrival: 60 €
• Additional day:
      Family: 30 €. If 3 days or more, 1 week will be then taking in account
      Residence: 30 €
• Tuition and accommodation in teacher's home upon
   
• Our prices are available from January 1st to December 31,2004. These prices never include the plane ticket.

RATES

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Accommodation in family, student room, studio apartment, hotel.

• Arrival on Sunday.
• Departure on Saturday. 
• In family, single or double * occupancy, 2 meals per day from Monday to Friday, all meals during the week end. Laundry service not included. Around 20 to 25 minutes by public transport from the school
        Per week and per person: 159 € in double or 181 € in single occupancy.
   
• Student room in a shared apartment, single or double occupancy. Per 2 weeks term location. No meal.
        Per week and per person: 100€
   
• Studio, full equipped, 5 minutes walking distance from the school. No meal. Facing the national library.
        Per studio:  1 week: 453€    2 weeks: 779€     3 or 4 weeks: 1173€
   
• Hotel (Don Ramon), 20 minutes walking distance from the school. Very clean, friendly atmosphere. Highly recommended. Breakfast included. Prix per day, per room.  70€ .
  
  * double occupancy for 2 people arriving and departing together.

Our greeting families are recruited with great care. The criteria of selection are very rigorous and each family must satisfy a precise schedule of conditions: excellent morality, desire to communicate with their host, satisfactory social standing. We should specify that the families will only speak with you the language of the country where you will be. It is the principle of the immersion courses!
 

City information

 Capital of Spain and very largest city in New-Castille. Its name would come from the Arab word Magerit, itself from the word "materia" meaning wood, a reference to the forests which pushed in the area when Mores built a fortress in the IX century there. Madrid was conquered by Mores in 1083 and became the capital of Spain in the place of Valladolid under the reign of Philippe II, in 1561. Far from all, it became the largest city in the country only in the XIX century with the appearance of the railroad. The city undergoes many bombardments during the civil war (1936-1939). Today, it is the second industrial center of Spain after Barcelona; aeronautical construction, electric and agricultural hardware, leather. The royal family resides in it. Of all its museums, the most remarkable is Prado.

Madrid is a capital of more than 3 million inhabitants. The city is consisted various districts, well and defined differences between them and others having simply a particular characteristic: there are Madrid de Goya, that of Prado, romantic Madrid, that of Isabelle II: that of the novels of Perez Galdos, there is picturesque Madrid of the rastro, the bullfighters, the dancers of flamenco, Bailaores, the antique dealers, the artists.
Madrid has a great number of museums where are presented the greatest Masters of Spanish and universal painting. The museum of Prado is most known but there are also the museums of art of the Queen Sofia, royal arms manufacture and the museum of Carosses and many others...
At night, the diversity of the spectacles proposed will make you love Madrid. You will also like the gastronomy of Madrid with its famous Cocido, composed of chickpeas, of chorizo, meat, potatoes (sausage or pepper) of rolled, chicken and seasoning. The tripe of Madrid is a culinary specialty of the capital. One prepares them with white wine, cognac, red pepper, ham and spices. The roasted pig, the soup of Tio Lucas asparaguses, and the cutters of Aranjuez are also justifiably appreciated .

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