Clases!

•January 3, 2010 • Leave a Comment

I’m looking up Spanish classes to take. Mostly likely conversation classes…or at least, I’ll start out with conversation classes, and maybe by the summer or late spring take classes involving writing and reading. Right now, I feel my reading and writing abilities (not gonna lie, at first I wrote “abilidades” lol) are light years ahead of my speaking and in a completely different galaxy away from my listening abilities. The latter two are both improving, but it’s hard for me to know which level of formal classes to take, since my understanding of Spanish grammar is much more advanced than than my actual execution.

So the Beginner – Intermediate Conversation Class it is. Classes start very soon. I’m nervous, a little, but so excited. Just 8.5 more months until I leave.

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Los precios

•January 3, 2010 • 3 Comments


I always keep in my mind an approximate amount of how much the language immersion course will cost, but I usually think of it as a whole, about $9 – 10K, plus airfare. I think I should think of it in more exact terms-

Price of 24 weeks of lessons (20/week) for the 2010 year: $3535
Price of shared room, full board: $5927
Price of single room, full board: $6449
Roundtrip airfare from Chicago to Seville: Hopefully no more than $1500ish

AirIberia is about $1500, and goes from Chicago -> Madrid -> Seville. Ideally, no matter what carrier I take, I just want to connect in Madrid. I’ll connect in more cities if it’ll significantly lower the cost of the airfare. AirIberia would be nice, but really, somewhere cheaper but would be nicer.

Here’s all the stuff that I get with the program-

Books: included in fees
Included in fees: 8 conferencias per week on Spanish Art, Literature, Economy, History, the regions of Spain (6-8pm Mon-Thurs), guided tour of Seville, 4 Spanish film afternoons in school, 3 sports afternoons, intercambios (conversation exchanges) with local students
Optional extras: Full-day excursions each weekend. Two 3-day excursions once a month. Reduced price Flamenco (Sevillanas) dancing lessons and horse-riding.
Affiliations: American College Credits, Bildungsurlaub, CSN-Högskoleverket, CEELE

Not bad, huh?

Here’s the program I want to do

Good. Now everything that I always try to track down when looking at the prices, the program, and really, when I’m having a rough/boring/whathaveyou day and just want to daydream, is all on one page.

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El principio

•December 31, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Although this is the end of a decade, it’s the beginning of a new chapter in my life. Over the next few years I’ll be spending a lot of time overseas- mainly in Spain, doing a language immersion program and teaching English, possibly CELTA in Ecuador or Argentina, and traveling wherever I can while there.

I’m not sure how much updating I’ll be doing prior to leaving the U.S. I might comment on how I’m saving (or not saving) money for my adventures, and maybe my progress in the Spanish classes I plan to take, not sure.

Either way…nos vemos pronto!

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