I'd suggest you find a place that you can comfortably walk to. You'll also want a place that looks like it will have air conditioning that WORKS all Summer. UBA might be prestigious, and it might be cheap, but they didn't have heat during the winter. My next school had heat, and organized many social activities designed to get you interacting in Spanish. Therefore, if you'll be staying near it, ECELA gets my vote.
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It's true. You will need a coat and scarf in winter and light clothes in summer, UBA is a funny old building and so if it's comfort you want you will have to pay more.
Social outings are a factor too, it's true. UBA don't organise any for you but in fact I found it more sociable than other schools because students organise their own social life. Students at UBA are generally staying in BA longer than those who attend the other schools and often have an Argentine partner or are studying and working partly in Spanish. Because the students are from all over the world I found when we did socialise the common language was Spanish which was good for conversation practice and I have been invited to a lot of places off the beaten track.
UBA admin is a nightmare though and the website is useless, it's amazing they manage to fill their classes every term. UBA take up to 12 students per class too and the more expensive schools are more like 6 yet another consideration!
Good luck weighing up the pros and cons!
Social outings are a factor too, it's true. UBA don't organise any for you but in fact I found it more sociable than other schools because students organise their own social life. Students at UBA are generally staying in BA longer than those who attend the other schools and often have an Argentine partner or are studying and working partly in Spanish. Because the students are from all over the world I found when we did socialise the common language was Spanish which was good for conversation practice and I have been invited to a lot of places off the beaten track.
UBA admin is a nightmare though and the website is useless, it's amazing they manage to fill their classes every term. UBA take up to 12 students per class too and the more expensive schools are more like 6 yet another consideration!
Good luck weighing up the pros and cons!
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Since everyone's throwing their favorites out, here is mine: Ibero Spanish, in a few blocks from Teatro Colon on Uruguay and nearly Ave de Mayo I think, right off Subway line B and close to D. http://www.iberospanish.com/
I went there one and off for a total of 8 weeks when I first got here, I didn't know any Spanish, and I'd say at the end of it I could communicate and converse pretty well. I think the best thing they have going for them is their text book: it is an intelligent, intuitive composition filled with lots of informative summaries and I did a lot of home study from those books after the course finished. As far as I know they are the cheapest in the city, in addition to being excellent, often doing deals for USD 100 per week (a girl I work with recently went for that price). Right now their site has a deal going for USd 330 for three weeks. The classes were always small and the teachers well-trained. They also organize trips and things like that.
In comparison, I tried private classes at Alem school, and it really was not good. Much more expensive, I learned a lot less, and their textbook was awful.
As a side note, I recommend reading children's books (new reader level). I learned quite a bit of my Spanish this way.
I went there one and off for a total of 8 weeks when I first got here, I didn't know any Spanish, and I'd say at the end of it I could communicate and converse pretty well. I think the best thing they have going for them is their text book: it is an intelligent, intuitive composition filled with lots of informative summaries and I did a lot of home study from those books after the course finished. As far as I know they are the cheapest in the city, in addition to being excellent, often doing deals for USD 100 per week (a girl I work with recently went for that price). Right now their site has a deal going for USd 330 for three weeks. The classes were always small and the teachers well-trained. They also organize trips and things like that.
In comparison, I tried private classes at Alem school, and it really was not good. Much more expensive, I learned a lot less, and their textbook was awful.
As a side note, I recommend reading children's books (new reader level). I learned quite a bit of my Spanish this way.
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Hi,
I think that it is a good idea to join English-Spanish exchanges groups. You practice Spanish for free and, at the same time, have the opportunity to meet people (foreigners and locals).
Regarding group classes, I reccommend you to check Verbum Spanish school
They are close to Palermo.
Enjoy your time in Buenos Aires!
I think that it is a good idea to join English-Spanish exchanges groups. You practice Spanish for free and, at the same time, have the opportunity to meet people (foreigners and locals).
Regarding group classes, I reccommend you to check Verbum Spanish school
They are close to Palermo.
Enjoy your time in Buenos Aires!
How r u?
I don´t know how much u want or are able to pay, but in my opinion a good teacher for less than $50 pesos an hours is really hard to find. I´d say that somebody who charges $30 has not much to give.
Check my blog, u can see all information about me. Right now i have quite a few students and have time for one more.
http://recopado.otrosbuenosaires.com
I love having activities and games in group, actually i´d do that for free for all my students, but they come and go (some don´t live here, so they take classes for a month or 2), and then we have to coordinate a good time for everybody.
Thso activitiers are good to put in practice what you learn. but if your Spanish needs some grammar and u still need to have clear concepts in order to put words together in the right way and have a good conversation, I suggest you take prvate lessons.
OK, have a nice day,. good luck! Paula
I don´t know how much u want or are able to pay, but in my opinion a good teacher for less than $50 pesos an hours is really hard to find. I´d say that somebody who charges $30 has not much to give.
Check my blog, u can see all information about me. Right now i have quite a few students and have time for one more.
http://recopado.otrosbuenosaires.com
I love having activities and games in group, actually i´d do that for free for all my students, but they come and go (some don´t live here, so they take classes for a month or 2), and then we have to coordinate a good time for everybody.
Thso activitiers are good to put in practice what you learn. but if your Spanish needs some grammar and u still need to have clear concepts in order to put words together in the right way and have a good conversation, I suggest you take prvate lessons.
OK, have a nice day,. good luck! Paula
shane boyle said:hey there, my name's shane boyle, i'm 26 and from london, i'm here until late february and i'm looking for a group spanish calss to join. it has to be a group class to keep the costs down, if anyone has any info that would be great
much obliged
shane
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soul said:
I was actually really disappointed in the Spanglish Exchange -- felt too much like a gimmick, and there weren't enough Spanish speakers to match with the English speakers. Plus, only 5 minutes with each partner means little chance of progressing beyond small talk (in either language.) I can see it being a good way to meet new people, but as conversation practice, kind of a waste of time.
You might want to place an ad for a Spanish-English intercambio on Craigslist (30 minutes of English for 30 minutes of Spanish.) I did that, and was bombarded with responses from locals. I ended up with a great intercambio partner who is actually a Spanish teacher by profession, so she has tons of materials and resources.
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shane boyle said:hey there, my name's shane boyle, i'm 26 and from london, i'm here until late february and i'm looking for a group spanish calss to join. it has to be a group class to keep the costs down, if anyone has any info that would be great
much obliged
shane
Shane,
It's Shaun, the dude you met at the Spanglish pub quiz back in November. I'm back in BA until mid March. What have you been up to, mate?
Hi every1:
I wonder if some of you would like to create a Spanish learning group in Palermo. I've seen that many are looking for affordable lessons and since I'm an interpreter, translator and tutor with more than 15 years of experience in the different levels of the educational sector I'll be more than glad to know that I can be of help to you. I thought about the learning group as a way to reduce the cost and besides I love love working with expats, honestly because me and my family will be expats as well and I would love to meet nice, friendly and reliable people. Everybody is welcome. PM me if you are interested in this project.
Warm regards
Laly
I wonder if some of you would like to create a Spanish learning group in Palermo. I've seen that many are looking for affordable lessons and since I'm an interpreter, translator and tutor with more than 15 years of experience in the different levels of the educational sector I'll be more than glad to know that I can be of help to you. I thought about the learning group as a way to reduce the cost and besides I love love working with expats, honestly because me and my family will be expats as well and I would love to meet nice, friendly and reliable people. Everybody is welcome. PM me if you are interested in this project.
Warm regards
Laly
I'm taking classes at Vamos and enjoy it. The students in my class range in age from 23-30. Our instructor is similarly young, so she's happy to teach us whatever additional words or phrases we want to know as it relates to the class topics. For example, we got a lot more details on clothing terms since a few of us are interested in shopping and "pants" isn't specific enough to get what we want - so she gave us more terms, plus colors and fits and fabrics. Love it.
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