Gran Canaria School of Languages · Spanish school in Las Palmas Gr.Canaria

The Gran Canaria School of Languages is specialised in the teaching of Spanish to foreign students since 1964. In all these years many thousands of students have attended the school and spread the good reputation the school enjoys all over the world. The teachers are highly specialised and have long experience.

The school owns 3 buildings near each other, only a few meters from the beach of Las Palmas (Canteras Beach). The school occupies one of the buildings; the other buildings are the residences.

The school building is a 2-storey construction with two Canarian patios used as a lounge connecting with offices, some classrooms and the computer room for internet access. On the second floor there are more classrooms, the library and the terrace, which can be used by the students as gathering and resting area. Each classroom is equipped with video and audio devices and a slide projector.

The methodology put into practice at Gran Canaria School of Languages gives special emphasis to the development of language skills, oral as well as written, while also teaching the grammar basics of the language. So it is a combination of the direct and traditional methods. The final goal is for our students to be able to communicate fluently and correctly in Spanish. Use of the language being studied and learned is an essential classroom requirement.

To achieve this goal and in view of the context of language immersion surrounding the student, the teacher must motivate his learning, emphasizing the functionality of the content acquired: What can what I am learning be used for? This way a direct bridge will be created between the learner’s environment in the classroom and the reality he will have contact with during his stay on the island.

The grammar backup characteristic of the more traditional method is also present in our courses. To this purpose there will be available activities and exercises of controlled practice that potentiate and develop the students’ linguistic competence.

• Intensive Spanish 20 hours
• Superintensive Spanish 30 hours
• One-to-one
• Spanish PC course under the supervision of a teacher
• Spanish for specific purposes: Tripulantes de cabina de pasajeros (Spanish on board)
• Spanish for specific purposes: Servicios de salud (Health services)
• Spanish for specific purposes: Negocios (Business)
• Cultura y civilización: la vida en España
• Pintura española renacentista y barroca
• Español coloquial
• Historia - Los Reyes Católicos
• Historia - La transición de la dictadura a la democracia
• Literatura - La Generación del 27
• Literatura - El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha
• La prensa
• Español de América

2013 Prices Euros	1 week	2 weeks	3 weeks	4 weeks	extra w.
Standard course/April-June	150	290	445		145
10 extra lessons/April-June	230	460	690
Standard course/Rest of year	170	300	450		150
10 extra lessons/Rest of year	235	470	705
Single room/Rest of year	290
Shared room/Rest of year	190
Double room/Rest of year	350
Offer 4 weeks Standard course + shared room + certificate				950
Offer 4 weeks Standard course + single room + certificate				1350

No enrolment fees. Tution material is not included in the tuition price: 25 Eur per level.

• 4 weeks Standard Course + shared room* + certificate = 1000 Eur
• 4 weeks Standard Course + single room + certificate = 1300 Eur

* For students under 30 years of age.

Transfers by taxi. Bus service almost reaches the accommodation door .
Own accommodation in student residences, single and double/shared rooms with private bathroom, just beside the beach and at walking distance from the school.
All rooms equipped with satellite TV, safety deposit box and free internet access.
Half board is included in the accommodation price: breakfast and lunch on class days. Only dinner on weekends and bank-holidays.

Bookings on-line at http://www.en.grancanariaschool.com/spanish_courses-booking.htm
Payment by bank transfer.