Course options at Academia Latinoamericana de Español
Several different courses may be combined, minimum 1 week per course required. Course starting dates.....
Several different courses may be combined, minimum 1 week per course required. Course starting dates.....
20 hours of classes per week. All classes will be in groups of 5 students maximum at the same level of Spanish. The classes consist of highly structured grammar lessons, interactive activities, conversation and written exercises. Specific homework assignments are given daily and every student is evaluated and tested on a weekly basis.
| Program | Lodging |
|---|---|
| 1 | Host family |
| 2 | Student residence, single room |
| 3 | Student residence, shared room |
30 hours of classes per week: 4 hours in the morning with the group (5 students maximum at the same level of Spanish), and 2 hours in the afternoon on a one-to-one basis. The group classes consist of highly structured grammar lessons, interactive activities, conversation and written exercises. Specific homework assignments are given daily and every student is evaluated and tested on a weekly basis. In the one-to-one classes the student gets to focus on the topics in which he or she needs the most support, which will help him or her progress more quickly in a shorter time.
| Program | Lodging |
|---|---|
| 1 | Host family |
| 2 | Student residence, single room |
| 3 | Student residence, shared room |
| Code | Level | Credits | Week | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPA 111-112 | BEGINNING SPANISH I-II | 4 | 4 | 80 |
| SPA 212-222 | INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I-II | 4 | 4 | 80 |
| SPA 229 | INDEPENDENT STUDY | 3 | 4 | 80 |
| SPA 311-312 | SPANISH GRAMMAR I-II | 3 | 4 | 80 |
| SPA 313-314 | SPANISH GRAMMAR III-IV | 4 | 4 | 80 |
| SPA 315-316 | ADVANCED SPANISH LANGUAGE | 4 | 4 | 80 |
| SPA 335 | SPANISH FOR BUSINESS & COMMERCE | 4 | 4 | 80 |
| SPA 344 | REGIONAL LITERATURE OF HISPANIC AMERICA | 4 | 4 | 80 |
| SPA 352 | HISPANIC-AMERICAN CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION | 4 | 4 | 80 |
| SPA 364 | INDIGENOUS CULTURES | 4 | 4 | 80 |
| SPA 372 | HISPANIC-AMERICAN LITERATURE SINCE 1888 | 4 | 4 | 80 |
| SPA 374 | REGIONAL HISTORY OF HISPANIC AMERICA (Ecuador-Peru-Bolivia) | 4 | 4 | 80 |
| SPA 380 | SPECIAL TOPICS | 4 | 4 | 80 |
20 or 30 hours of classes per week: one-to-one classes allow the student to focus on the topics in which he or she needs the most support, which will help him or her progress more quickly in a shorter time. Specific homework assignments are given daily and the student is evaluated and tested on a weekly basis.
| Hours | Lodging |
|---|---|
| 20 | Host family |
| 20 | Student residence, single room |
| 20 | Student residence, shared room |
| 30 | Host family |
| 30 | Student residence, single room |
| 30 | Student residence, shared room |
Any tour ideas offered to you are only suggestions... will really give you a good idea of what we can do. Then... you'll have a million questions and we can adjust anything! Remember, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia are unique and different... like nowhere else on earth! Anytime during the year, students will live on a half-board basis in a family or at the student residence, enjoying social and cultural life, visits and excursions. Total immersion is guaranteed in those beautiful and unexplored countries.
For further information please feel free to contact us at the following email address: sucre.latinoschools@gmail.com or reservassucre@hotmail.com
The Business Spanish course is a specialized course aimed at ensuring rapid and complete progress, fostering the knowledge of economic and business reality, expanding the vocabulary and the use of specific terms of the business world in Spanish.
Speaking Spanish is, without a doubt, a good tool to strengthen THE professional profile. Every day Spanish is a more demanded language to work both in Europe and in Latin America, where there are increasing opportunities if you have the Spanish language knowledge, our programs are adapted to each student's profession or activity
If you are traveling through South America and are interested in feeling more secure, our school offers Spanish classes for Travelers that are designed for students who need to learn Spanish to move around the city and other Spanish-speaking spaces.
Without doubt the children have an incredible capacity to learn and our school offers Spanish classes for them with special programs and appropriate vocabulary according to atudent's age.
Whether you are interested in Spanish for academic or professional purposes, or simply whish to combine study with exploring Bolivia or volunteering, you will find a course to match your needs and interests. We offer all levels of Spanish Language Proficiency available for students, families, professionals, children and we run flexible morning and afternoon classes.
First Week
As soon as you arrive your family will be waiting for you at the airport and you will live with them one week.
The very first day of your Spanish lessons you will take an examination in order to set you in a group after identifying the level of the language you have.
You will also see that during the week there are extracurricular activities such as free salsa lessons, cooking lessons and sports.
Second Week
The second week you will move to the student’s residence and will start volunteering in one of the many social projects we work with.
You will also visit Tarabuco, a beautiful town where native people sell handmade (weaved) textiles of two different ethnics in a market organized every Sunday. It is located 64 km away from Sucre.
You will also see the show of Origenes Bolivianos.
Third Week
The third week you will be able to visit a wonderful indigenous town, Potolo, known for its complex weaved textiles, which show figurative abstract forms and zoomorphic and geometric designs; and the Inca Trail.
You will also travel to the city of Potosi, where you will see silver mines, The Saltflats in Uyuni, Colored Lagoons (Red and Green), Geysers and the Incahuasi Island, with thousands of cactus.
After this incredible experience you will arrive to the city of La Paz, seat of the Government, where your program will end.
The program includes:
First Week
As soon as you arrive your family will be waiting for you at the airport and you will live with them one week.
The very first day of your Spanish lessons you will take an examination in order to set you in a group after identifying the level of the language you have.
You will also see that during the week there are extracurricular activities such as free salsa lessons, cooking lessons and sports.
Second Week
You will move to the students’ residence, and stay there the whole week.
You’ll also start working as volunteer in a certain social project which will be assigned according to your interests and the level of the language.
You can work either in orphanages, kindergartens, day care centers, scholar support projects, mental hospital or institutions of disabled people.
Third Week
The 3rd Sunday you will visit an incredible town located at 64km from Sucre, a place which played an important role during the independence war, and now it has a beautiful native market.
You will travel to Potosi. It is from Potosí that most of the silver shipped through the Spanish Main came. According to official records, 45,000 tons of pure silver were mined from Cerro Rico from 1556 to 1783. Of this total, 9,000 tons went to the spanish monarchy. Indian laborers, forced by Francisco de Toledo, Count of Oropesa through the traditional Incan mita institution of contributed labor, came to die by the thousands, not simply from exposure and brutal labor, but by mercury poisoning: in the patio process the silver-ore, having been crushed to powder by hydraulic machinery, was cold-mixed with mercury and trodden to an amalgam by the native workers with their bare feet.
After visiting the mines, you will be taken to the Mint and will also walk around this beautiful and colonial city.
Trip to Uyuni. You’ll visit the salt flats, its original name is Thunupa Salt lake. 40.000 years ago the salt flat were a huge lake called Minchin. Nowadays it has 64.000 millions tons of salt and every year people extract at least 25.000 tons.
The Incahuasi Island is located in the middle of the salt lake. There you can find incredible cactus that are 10 meters high. The Red Lagoon, which has an area of 1 km2 it turns red due to the sediments of fito and zoo plankton. It houses 3 different species of flamingos. In Green Lagoon there is no life, it has magnesium, arsenic, copper and sulfur. On the road, you will get to see the Ollague Volcano, the only active volcano, it is located on the border line with Chile, and it has sulfur mines.
Trip to La Paz.
Fourth Week
Trip to Rurrenabaque, a town located where Beni river converges with the tropical Andes and the Amazonia plains.
It is one of the most biodiverse areas in the world and it is possible to come across wildlife and share local customs with rural and indigenous communities.
From Rurrenabaque there is an access to two important national protected areas: Madidi National Park and Pilon Lajas Biosphere Reserve.
You will travel to San Miguel del Bala by boat, and will spend the last week volunteering in this community. You will stay in with an indigenous family and help in all the daily activities.
A full day's fun is scheduled for this course that combines morning classes and lunch with your own tutor at local restaurants in the city of Sucre / Cusco / Quito tasting the local cuisine while you continue practicing your Spanish. This way you will be surrounded by the warmth and joy of a true Latin culture in a culinary celebration of art, history, music, and folklore. It is one of the most delicious and wonderful ways to experience a country in a most delightful way! The Andean region is a cornucopia of the international pantry and is impressive many times over: tomatoes, corn, potatoes, chocolate, exotic tropical fruits, corn and much more. Conversation and interaction soar around the table for everyone to share and enjoy, and will create fond memories of Andean cuisine. This is a true Spanish immersion.
There is a project in a little village with the community on the banks of the Beni River, located in Madidi National Park, famous as one of the places on earth with the widest biodiversity.
The project is only reached by boat 60 minutes upstream from the main town. The community has 235 inhabitants. The town has a small community of 32 families. They are Tacana Indians who have historically lived along the shores of the Beni and Tuichi rivers.
They live in harmony with their environment and from various small ommercial ventures such as handicrafts, fishing and agriculture. Now they also live from visits to their eco-tourism lodge that they have built and run themselves withthe financial and technical help of local authorities and several NGOs and the United Nations Development Fund.
A full day's fun is scheduled for this course that combines morning classes with private afternoon activities to museums, cathedrals, fruit markets, etc in Sucre / Cusco / Quito. All transportation costs and entrance fees for you and your teacher guide are included in the cost.