Archive for March, 2011

City break, an interesting option for Spanish students

Friday, March 18th, 2011

City break tourism means making a short trip, normally from 2 to 4 days, to a city with a certain tourist charm, be it cultural events, shows or simply to escape for a week end.

This type of travel can be very interesting for students coming to learn Spanish in Spain, as they can live many experiences in a short period of time thanks to the increasing number of low cost airline companies. This joined with the internet boosts this type of travel more every day, since it is on the Net where you can find a majority of offers, be it flights or hotels, this form of urban tourism will have an important growth over the next years.

Seville is a great choice for city break

La Torre del Oro in Seville

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Spring, an appealing season to learn Spanish

Tuesday, March 15th, 2011

On March the 21st we left the cold winter behind us and spring started, one of the most longed for seasons, as with it comes the good weather, longer days and we are more willing to go out.

Spring always comes with a multitude of festivities celebrated all over Spain all along the season during which, every year, different concerts and music festivals come together which students can enjoy during their Spanish learning term.

The Holy Week is one of the most spectacular celebrations that can be seen during Spring. It is one of the country’s cultural marks and it is celebrated in all villages and cities, many of them being declared of International Tourist Interest. Holy weeks from cities such as Cuenca, León, Malaga, Salamanca, Seville, Granada or Valladolid stand out.

The Bando de la Huerta in Murcia

The Bando de la Huerta in Murcia

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Idiomatic tourism gets strong in Spain

Friday, March 11th, 2011

Spain has always been a country where tourism simply meant sea and sun, but some years ago other forms of tourism have begun to grow, such as the idiomatic one. To come to Spain to study Spanish while being a tourist is an incentive for many foreigners who want to learn the language. It is the second most spoken in the world for number of people have it as mother tongue and the third most spoken language considering the ones who have it as first or second language. Also, Spanish is the second most studied language after English, and the third most used language on the internet (7,8% of total); it is expected that by 2050, 10% of the world’s population will speak Spanish.

In other countries such as Germany, France or the United Kingdom this conception of language learning as a tourism resort is already widely used.

A group of foreign students of Spanish

A group of foreign students of Spanish

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