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Spanish Lessons in Cochabamba, Bolivia

Duration

1 - 12 weeks

Language requirements

None

Availability

All year

Age

16+

Price starts with

320 EUR

Type of program

Language Lessons

Whether prior to or while doing a volunteer assignment or internship, or purely for language learning, we organize Spanish language classes at a professional language school in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba. The classes can be individually tailored to your type of stay and interests.
Description

One-on-one Spanish language lessons in Cochabamba, Bolivia

From the beginning, the focus is on communication, employing techniques such as dialoguing, phrasing, conversation, exercises, pictures, radio, television, and other media. The teaching is direct, active, and requires intensive student participation. It is taught at all levels, from beginner through intermediate and advanced levels, including all the intermediate stages. An initial assessment of the current level is done at the beginning.

During the course of the program, you will have a one-to-one teacher. Only in rare cases are small groups taught together. There is a permanent rotation of the teacher, which means your teacher will change almost every day. The school has had good experiences with this approach because every teacher has their own teaching style and tools, besides varying professional backgrounds and life experiences. In this way, you have to adapt to a variety of speakers and methods, which the school found to be very useful. For beginners, teachers are chosen who also speak another foreign language that the student is familiar with, such as English, French or German, to be able to give instructions and explanations to people who don’t speak any Spanish.

Most of the teaching materials have been developed by the school itself. The director has been developing teaching methods for Spanish and Quechua for more than 30 years. The material provides insights into life in Cochabamba, Bolivia, and Latin America. Sources include texts written by the director, history books, oral traditions, Bolivian and Latin-American literature, ethnology books, and various publications.

Following the specific interest of the student, special topics can be included in the teaching material, for instance, ecology, western and traditional medicine, Bolivian, Latin-American, and Spanish history and literature, technology, religion, geography, local culture, social, political, or economic questions.

The school also offers language lessons in the indigenous languages of Quechua and Aymara. These languages are very useful if you volunteer or do an internship with indigenous communities in rural Bolivia.


Weekly schedule of the language lessons

Typically, lessons are taught 20 hours per week, 4 hours per day from Monday to Friday (8:15-12:15 p.m. or 1:30-5:30 p.m. including a half-hour break). Alternatively, it is possible to do only ten hours per week and be flexible about the times, allowing for language lessons besides your internship or volunteer work. There are also super-intensive courses of more than 20 hours per week.

The school is open throughout the year, and lessons can start on every weekday, including Saturday. It is closed on official holidays, but lessons are given on alternative days in this case.

Program details

Rates

Who can join

Everyone can join. No previous knowledge is needed.

Program start

Flexible

Getting there

You book a flight to Cochabamba (CBB) and provide us with your flight details. We will pick you up in Cochabamba and take you to your accommodation.

There are often cheaper international flights to Santa Cruz de la Sierra (ViruViru Airport, VVI) or to La Paz El Alto (LPB). You can fly there and separately book a flight from there to Cochabamba with BoA (Bolivia de Aviación) (40-50 EUR/USD).

Visa

For most citizens except US Citizens, no Visa fee applies for a stay of a maximum of 90 days per calendar year. You need to apply for your visa though beforehand. If you exceed 90 days within a calendar year, you simply need to pay a fee of 20 Bs. (approximately USD 3/EUR 2.80) per day upon departure for the extra days you stayed.

For US citizens a visa fee of currently 160 USD applies.

Accommodation Options

You can book accommodation through us, but you don't have to. Alternatively, you can organize accommodation yourself, for example, in a hotel. We offer the following accommodation options:

Shared Accommodation

The shared apartment is centrally located in Cochabamba, about one kilometer from the language school. It features two rooms for single or double occupancy, a shared bathroom, and a fully equipped kitchen. Additionally, there is a washing machine and Wi-Fi.

Host Families

A stay with a Bolivian family provides insight into their way of life and offers the opportunity to practice and improve your Spanish language skills. The rooms typically include a bed with a bedside table and lamp, storage space for clothes, and a desk with a chair. The family provides three meals a day (breakfast, lunch - the main meal in Bolivia, and dinner), takes care of room cleaning, and handles laundry. Please note that not every host family has WiFi available.

Extras

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Additional hour of Spanish language lessons

+ 12.00 €

1 week host family accommodation (single room) on full board

+ 110.00 €

Airport pick-up upon arrival

+ 20.00 €
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What is included?

VM_WHAT_IS_INCLUDED?
  • One-to-one lessons with a professional language teacher
  • Teaching materials
  • A local contact person who takes you to your booked accommodation, accompanies you to your first language lesson, and is available for other matters during your time on-site
  • 24-hour emergency availability of the local support team
  • CO2 compensation of your long-haul flights: Costs for 10 seedlings of indigenous trees that we plant on the slopes of Kilimanjaro

Not included?

VM_WHAT_IS_NOT_INCLUDED?
  • Accommodation (can be booked separately)
  • Travel to/from Bolivia (you book it on your own; we can assist you)
  • Insurance (Travel Health Insurance, Liability Insurance, Travel Cancellation insurance; you book it on your own, we can assist you)
  • Personal Expenses
  • Vaccinations
  • Local Transport

INSIGHT

5 REASONS why to join
this program
 

Language lessons individually tailored to your language skills

 

Flexible in terms of times

 

Possible to combine with volunteering and internships

 

Attractive location in the "City of Eternal Spring"

 

Flexible weekly amount of hours

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Questions?

your consultant for this program is

Nicole Hantzsche

(she/her)

 

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