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Learn to speak Spanish - Activities week 12
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Learning by doing - the best way to learn to speak Spanish.
See below the after school activity program of the previous week. |
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SPAIN TODAY
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50 SPANISH WORDS AND ONE DESPERATE LETTER
A conference as an easy and enjoyable variation during the hard work of the acquisition of vocabulary.
Fifty words with lots of history, words that hide mistakes, taboos, political oppression, injustice, love, beauty and much more than the simple meaning that appears in any dictionary and especially in the dictionaries of students of a foreign language.
What relation has the word bigote with the German language?
What does Texas originally mean?
Is Sangria an English word?
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A student of a foreign language learns, more or less, about ten new words daily, from memory, but it seems much easier and complete if the student understands the history and stories that these words hide and their last meaning.
PROFILES
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A MAGICIAN
This week in =elemadrid= we will meet a young magician from Madrid, who will tell us about his training and experience in this business and about curiosities of the history and world of Magic: what kind of magic exist, how to become a magician, how is his daily life, which famous magician are there today...
Motivate yourself to participate in the incredible magic tricks he will show us while we are chatting with him! |
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DISCOVER MADRID
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ORIGINS OF MADRID
Madrid is the capital of Spain since 1561. In its ancient history we meet the Arabic Madrid, the Christian Madrid and the Madrid of the Austrians. During this excursion we will see those cultures reflected in some of the unique squares and streets of Madrid we are going to walk through. We will see the monuments representing the city like the rests of the Arabic wall, the Casa de la Villa and the Palacio Real. Ready for discoveries? |
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BON APPETIT
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LUNCH WITH THE TEACHERS
Every Thursday, the students have the opportunity to eat with the teachers of =elemadrid= and continue practicing Spanish. This week we go to a typical Madrilenian tavern very close to the school. You can check the menu of the day at school!
Madrid, besides having its own traditional dishes, is a city where you can easily find the great variety (do not only reduce it to the Valencian Paella and the Andalucian Gazpacho!) of the Spanish cuisine.
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MEDIA SESSION
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A MOVIE IN SPANISH: EL HIJO DE LA NOVIA
In =elemadrid=, you have the opportunity to discuss and analyse the great films of the Spanish and Latin American cinemas.
This week we will see El hijo de la novia, an Argentinian tragicomedy of 2001 that combines laughter and emotions and that was a great success in Argentina and Spain.
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"For an adult learner it is very difficult to match a program so well organized and executed.
One can find good teachers, and good books in many places, but to have these combined with a very interesting set of cultural activities every day..."
Soraya,1943, Retired Registered Nurse, USA, 2 weeks.
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- All levels
- Dedicated adult learners
- Healthcare sector
- Business
- Start every 2 weeks
- Duration 1-16 weeks
- Min age 20 years
- Full lodging program
- Extracurricular program
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