Spanish for Travellers
Group lessons (up to 5 students)
Course length: one week (15 hours a week – 3 hours a day)
Start every Monday
BSL Travellers’ Program combines lessons at school with real experience. Every morning, lesson divides into two:
During the first two hours, students learn new vocabulary and useful phrases. They practise them through role-plays and group activities.
In the last hour, they go out with their teacher to have “hands on experience” of what they have learnt. They go to stores to buy things, to the bus station to take a ticket or to a hostel to book a room. With the help of a teacher they communicate with locals and acquire self-confidence in everyday situations.
The aim of this program is that students get the basic tools to handle the language with relative independence in Spanish speaking countries.
Price: Consult us
Spanish for Families
Studying a language whit the family is a rewarding experience that bind parents and kids together towards one same goal.
At BSL we use a special didactic approach for children and teenagers. Through games, music, dancing and art, they learn and practise the language in a natural and fun way.
Parents can choose from taking group, private and semi-private lessons.
Even Though parents and children work separately, they eventually join for playing games or doing certain activities so that they can share the experience of learning Spanish.
Price: Consult us
Preparation for DELE / CELU examinations
Course length: min. 3 weeks, depending on the level of student.
20 hour per week – 4 hours per day
DELE (Diploma de Español como Lengua Extranjera) is the official diploma issued by the Ministry of Education and Culture of Spain to prove the competence and command of the Spanish Language. It is internationally acknowledged.
In Argentina there are 5 authorized examination centres.
BSL Spanish School prepares students for theDELE exam, using material given by the Cervantes Institute from Spain.
CELU (Certificado de Español, Lengua y Uso) is the only examination offically acknowledged by the Argentinean Ministry of Education and the Argentinean Ministry of International Relations and Cult. Internationally, it is aknowledged by the Governments of Brasil and China.
While you enjoy your stay in Bariloche, you can prepare for one or both examinations. BSL will inform you about exam dates and will help you with booking formalities.
Price: Consult us
Business Spanish Program
Private or Semi-private lessons
Course length: min. 2 weeks
20 hours a week – 4 hours a day
The BSL Business Spanish Program develops contents in the specific business and trade context. All materials used focus on the matter: newspapers, audiovisuals (TV and radio programs).
Minimum Spanish level required: Initial B (see Levels)
Price: Consult us
Medical Spanish
Private or Semi-private lessons
Course length: min. 2 weeks
20 hours a week – 4 hours a day
Medical Spanish is increasingly becoming essential for many health care professionals.
For this reason, BSL has designed a special program for doctors, medical students, nurses, dentists and other health professionals. The goal is to provide them with specific vocabulary and phrases so they can get to know patients, understand their symptoms and give them effective treatment.
For a broader experience, it is possible to combine this program with volunteering at the Bariloche Public Hospital (see Volunteer work)
Minimum Spanish level required: Initial A (see levels)
Price: Consult us
Spanish for Ski Instructors
10 hours per week – 2 hours a day
Spanish is obligatory for instructors who wish to work during the winter season at the nearby Cerro Catedral Ski Resort. For them, we have designed a special course with useful phrases and technical vocabulary that allows them to learn in a more practical, efficient way.
Price: Consult us
Spanish for New Residents
This is a special course for those who are planning to reside in Argentina. Methodology varies depending on students’ age (adults, teenagers and children), but in all cases it emphasizes a broader approach to Argentinean culture, history and customs so that students can easily integrate into the local community.
Price: Consult us
Argentinean Culture & History
Private or Semi-private lessons
Course length: 2 weeks
20 hours per week – 4 hours a day
At BSL we believe that teaching a language is more than teaching grammar and vocabulary. It is to transmit the local culture, history and traditions.
For this reason, BSL has designed a program dedicated to teaching LatinAmerican and Argentinean history and culture. It is aimed at advanced Spanish students that are willing to improve their linguistic skills: oral and written production and listening comprehension.
Throughout the course, we use authentic material (history documents, literary productions, movies, documentals, radio and TV programs, etc.). Students Students acquire vocabulary and practise their skills while they discover the real historic and social context of the language they are learning. Students decide whether they prefer to study Latin American culture in general or to focus on a special period or country.
Minimum Spanish level required: Advanced II (see levels)
Course length: 2 weeks
Price: Consult us
Patagonian Indigenous Communities
Private or Semi-private lessons
Course length: 1 week
20 hours per week – 4 hours a day
This program has been designed for intermediate and advanced Spanish students. It is based on learning the history, culture and fundamental traditions of the original Patagonia indigenous communities of Patagonia.
Using specialized bibliography, documentals and audiovisual materials as sources of information, students practise and improve their linguistic skills while they learn about the indigenous’ culture and traditions.
This special program is combined with educational excursions to experiment and see what students have learnt: trips to caves (old indigenas’ refuges), cave paiting sites, museums and visits to mapuche communities to taste traditional curanto (meat and vegetables cooked underground), and share some of their ancestral customs.
Price: Consult us
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