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Rainbow Immersion:
your colorful bridge to Spanish society! The inclusion of Rainbow
Immersion is an integral and essential part of all of the Spanish school's
Spanish courses. It provides practical learning experiences and
offers insight into Spanish customs, culture, economy, art and
society.
Rainbow Immersion utilizes
multi sensory learning modules, which activate, strengthen and
complete linguistic knowledge. The activities are interesting,
instructive, exciting, social events. Everything is communicated
in Spanish, but you are seeing, feeling and experiencing colorful
real life Spain. Rainbow Immersion boosts efficiency because it
gives you multi sensory exposure to the Spanish language. This
combined emphasis on both theoretical and practical aspects of
language learning boosts motivation, and whatever your level,
experience has shown us that this methodology increases language
acquisition and confidence which results in significantly improved
ability to master real life situations.
Please
note that additional info (prices, activities, etc) are found
to the right of this pages. 
At the end of your course you
will not only take away a significantly improved level of Spanish
but also innumerable and long lasting memories.
The following 3 inter-active
performances are held in the afternoon after regular Spanish classes
three times a week. Participation in Rainbow activities is free
of obligation and included in the price of all Spanish courses.
Profiles:
(1-1,5 hours / week) Characteristic personalities (e.g. actor,
TV-speaker, flamenco dancer, university professor, taxi driver,
foreigner, gipsy, bullfighter, etc.) come to the Spanish school for presentations.
These classes are moderated by a native Spanish teacher, which
enables you to gain personal impressions of how Spaniards live,
work, and think.
Spain
Today: (1-2 hours / week) These lessons offer qualified
information and practical experiences in a number of selected
areas of contemporary Spain's culture, politics, and economy (e.g.
history of Spanish language; flamenco dance, Mediterranean diet,
local products: saffron, olive oil, cork; fashion in Spain; and
more).
Discover
Madrid: (2-3 hours / week) Guided tours provide insights
into the Spanish culture, history, art, and economy (e.g. the
Royal carpet factory, tapas restaurants, modern/old Madrid, bullfighting
training center, police station, local markets, typical high school,
Flamenco school, Prado art museum, etc.).
Full back up material such
as information booklets that accompany Excursions, compilation
of lecture notes, and summaries of the interviews are available.
Cultural
Activities
All these optional courses
are part of an efficient language learning system: they supplement
the teaching concept of "carefully dosed immersion"
in the Spanish language and culture, they are flexible in regard
to times, and they are attuned to different stages of Spanish
proficiency. They facilitate getting in contact with Spaniards
and, thus, considerably accelerate the language learning process.
Once more, they are fun!
Spanish
Dancing Classes --Tango -Salsa
- Merengue - Sevillana - Flamenco. All dancing classes
are held by professional dancers both, at the Spanish school and at dancing
schools in Madrid. They start in the afternoon or evening after
regular Spanish classes and must be booked and paid for separately
upon arrival.
Art
Seminars
Spanish Art Seminars are held after regular Spanish classes or
during the weekends and take place either at the Spanish school or at other
locations. You may register for these seminars after your arrival
in Madrid. Options are announced at the school and depend on student
interest. The school's art teacher is a native Spanish speaker.
He is a professional painter and an expert on Spanish art. During
the week (after regular classes) or on weekends he holds:
Painting
classes: an excellent opportunity to get background information
about painting, to learn more about painting techniques, materials,
colors, or simply find out how creative and relaxing painting
can be.
In a painter's studio: you
will have a chance to talk to a professional painter at his work
place and see what materials and techniques he uses and how a
piece of art comes into being.
Guided
art excursions & museum tours: to the Prado, Thyssen,
and Reina Sofia in Madrid, to the art museum in Ciudad Real, to
Toledo or to the Guggenheim museum in Bilbao (all guided by the
art teacher).
Spanish
Conversation
After regular Spanish lessons or over the weekend you may want
to improve your conversational skills.
Free conversation with Spaniards:
waiting for you to contact them. You will share the time between
your and their mother tongue. Check out our list of names of Spaniards
interested in conversation.
Meet professional colleagues:
physicians, architects, lawyers etc. are interested to converse
with colleagues from all over the world. We arrange appointments
for a small fee.
Leisure
Activity Courses
Have you always wanted to be
initiated into the secrets of wine tasting? Want to find out more
about flamenco or sevillana? Want to learn to cook Mediterranean
specialties? All Leisure Activity Courses are part of an efficient
language and culture immersion program. The focal point falls
on interest in a specific subject and social collaboration with
Spaniards who share your interests.
The sessions are held in the
afternoon or evening and are conducted by guest speakers both
in school and at other locations. Note: These courses must be
booked in Madrid and paid for separately. Numbers in brackets
indicate the recommended minimum level of Spanish proficiency:
(1) Initial
(2) Elementary
(3) Lower intermediate
(4) Higher intermediate
(5) Advanced
Please
note that additional info (prices, activities, etc) are found
to the right of this pages.
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