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BARCELONA

ESCUELA MEDITERRÁNEO

COURSES

LocationServicesAccommodationMethodology/ staff

Types of course and timetableOrganization of the coursesAnnual Calendar

STUDENTS PICTURES AND OPINIONS

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BARCELONA IN THE WORLD

HOW TO GET TO BARCELONA

THE HISTORICAL CENTRE AND THE RAMBLAS

Capital of Catalunya, Barcelona is the second most important Spanish and European city in the Mediterranean area. Perfectly located by the sea and near the Pyrenees, Barcelona is well-communicated to the rest of Europe and all the other Mediterranean countries.With its well known cultural and architectural heritage, Barcelona counts 22 centuries of history and its main centres of interest are just near Escuela Mediterráneo.The official languages are both Spanish and Catalan, but as it always happen in the big cities you can easily hear and talk all the languages of the world.

Barcelona is reachable with all means of transport: by plane, train/car or by sea as well and even if it's a quite big city, moving and visiting this town is extremely easy, you can walk, use the bike or the public transports (metro and buses).

One of the most known places is certainly the Ramblas, a long walk located in the city centre that offers a great variety of bars, restaurants as well as flowers and newspapers shops, and other amusing entertainment as street actors. Walking along the Ramblas, you can appreciate interesting buildings such as Virreina Palace, the colourful Boqueria Market and the Big Liceo Theatre. Lateral streets are very interesting as well and among some, there's a one leading to the beautiful Plaza Real, an attractive square with palm trees and porch buildings.The Ramblas continue down to the old port and right at its end you can find Christopher Colombo statue, Escuela Mediterráneo is located in this area.In the city centre you can find many other interesting places which are worth to be visited like for instance The Cathedral and the big San Jaume Square, hosting the city hall of Barcelona and Catalunya government head office, as well as the Raval and gothic barrios with their lively tiny streets.

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CATEDRAL DE BARCELONA

FIESTAS POPULARES DE BARCELONA

PLAYAS

LAS RAMBLAS

LAS RAMBLASBARRIO GOTICO LAS RAMBLAS PALAU DE LA MUSICA CATALANA

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THE PARKS

MONTJUICH AND TIBIDABO

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ARCHITECTURE

The most known parks are Park Güell, designed by Antoni Gaudi, Montjuich Park, located on the mountain of the same name and Ciutadella Park.

In order to enjoy a spectacular view of the city, you can go up to one of these two mountains: Montjuich is the mountain located near the harbour, where you can visit the Olympic Lluis Companys Stadium together with the Olympic Museum and San Jordi Palace. The other place where you can have an amazing view of Barcelona is Tibidabo Mountain, situated in the uptown area.

Barcelona offers a huge variety of museums: The Joan Miró Foundation, The Picasso Museum, The Catalunya National Museum of Arts, The Contemporary Art Museum of Barcelona, The Contemporary Culture Centre, The Antonie Tàpies Foundation, The CaixaFòrum and The Science Museum.

Everybody knows Barcelona as the capital of Modernism. You can visit some of the main Antonio Gaudi oeuvres such as The Sacred Family, which was left unfinished and is still under construction. The Güell Park, The Milà House which is also named The Pedrera and The Batlló House. Among this immense variety of Modernist Catalan works of art, it's highly recommended to visit San Pablo Hospital and The Catalan Music Palace by Lluis Domènech i Montaner or the Macaya palace and many other works of Josep Puig I Cadafalch.Next to Escuela Mediterráneo you can visit the medieval works of the Gothic Neighbourhood as the Santa Eulalia cathedral and Santa Maria del Mar Church.Among the contemporary architectural works of art you should never leave Barcelona without seeing Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Building, Joan Miró Foundation by the Catalan architect Josep Lluis Sert, The Contemporary Art Museum of Barcelona (MACBA) by Richard Meier, The Agbar Tower by Jean Nouvel or The Railway Triangle Tower by Frank Gehry.

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INTERESTS WEBSITESwww.bcn.es www.barcelonaturisme.com www.gencat.netwww.spaintour.com www.barcelonabynight.com www.tmb.net

HERITAGE OF HUMANITY SITESCasa Batlló - Casa Vicens - Casa Milà (La Pedrera) - Hospital de Sant Pau - Parque Güell - Palacio Güell - Palacio de la Música Catalana - Portal de la Natividad y Cripta del Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia

PARQUE GÜELL

FUENTES DE MONTJUÏC

SAGRADA FAMILIA

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ESCUELA MEDITERRÁNEO

LOCATION OF THE SCHOOL

Escuela Mediterráneo is a school specialised in teaching Spanish as a foreign language and accredited by the Cervantes Institute. It was set up in 1996 by a group of Spanish teachers graduated in Philology, with Masters in teaching Spanish as a foreign language from the University of Barcelona.Escuela Mediterráneo offers both a great quality of teaching Spanish and highly professional and skilled teachers together with a practical location, which helps the student to get fully overwhelmed by the city and its culture.

The school is in the heart of Barcelona (www.barcelonaturisme.com, www.spaintour.com), next to the Rambla and in front of the port in an old quarter called Casco Antiguo. Most of the main cultural places are in this area (el Liceo, la Catedral, la plaza Cataluña, el Palau de la Música, etc.), which also offers a lot of necessary services: exchange houses, restaurants, hotels, youth hostels, cybernet etc.Another attraction of this part of Barcelona is the variety of things to do (the beach is only a fifteen-minute walk from the school and there are all types of shops to suit all tastes). Regarding the famous night life of Barcelona, you can find, within a few metres of the school, restaurants, fashionable bars, tapa bars, discos etc.

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EXTRA ACTIVITIES:

ACCOMMODATION

The school is in an old rehabilitated building 20m from La Rambla and the Colon statute.The school has 7 rooms with windows, equipped with 2 boards each, chairs adaptable for right-handed and left-handed, stereos, World and European maps and pictures of paintings of Spanish and Latinamerican painters. We also have audiovisual equipment (TV and DVD), projector with laptop, digital tape recorder, etc.The school also offers :- A library area with a large collection of simplified readers, books adapted to different levels, Spanish and South American literature as well as films, (VHS and DVD) in Spanish which you can take away. To borrow them, you only have to give us your details and a deposit which you will get back when you finish your course.- A spacious area with 4 large tables for studying- 5 PC's with free Internet access for the students.- A Photocopy machine for the students activated by an specific card.- A coffee machine of fair trade (provided by the NGO Setem), a drinks and snacks machine.- 4 bathrooms, one of them provided with access for disable people.- 5 paper and plastic recycling bins.- air conditioning- Wi-Fi Zone

The school works together with Discovery, a company that offers cultural activities, trip tours, dancing classes etc. People who are interested in participating to these activities can sign up at the secretary.

For those students who are looking for an accommodation in Barcelona, Escuela Mediterráneo deals with Housing Service for Students, an agency that provides foreign students with the opportunity of finding an accommodation of all sort. Besides, the school offers a specific area where the students can put ads to look for someone to share a flat with..

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METHODOLOGY

1- The conception of the language:

2- The levels structure:

3- The teacher:

4- The activities:

5-The evaluation:

With the teaching method of this school the student will be able to communicate in Spanish from the beginning.The study program of Escuela Mediterraneo is planned for the actual use of the language: the student will learn how to use Spanish in order to invite someone, to go shopping, to write CV's, to complain about a service, to tell an anecdote, to express opinions and feelings.Our purpose is to enable the student to put into practice all these functions through the four skills (talking, listening, reading and writing) and through useful and relevant activities.The main aspects where our method is based on are the following:

Escuela Mediterráneo thinks about the language as both a system and a social communication ability. Right for this purpose all the activities that teachers suggest in the class are thought and organized in order for the student to get overwhelmed by the society whose language is the one he currently studies.The lesson itself is focused on the action and thought to be developed through different activities: oral and written comprehension, oral and written expression, oral and written interaction and in some cases mediation as well.

Escuela Mediterráneo follows the levels' organization used by the European Reference System and divides the classes in two big different groups according to the needs of the students:- general language course: these are courses where the student will progressively assimilate all the linguistic contents.- skills courses: these are the courses where the student will need to use and adapt all the linguistic contents according to the context and the communicative situation.

- is fully aware of the difficulties of the learning process and of those reflected by the subjects proposed;- decides about the activities in the class and adapts them to the needs, interests and expectations of the students;- wants the students to participate actively

- are communicative activities that involve an aim;- are thought to be developed in a concrete communicative situation;- involve directly the student;- satisfy the needs and the interests of the student;- are thought to support the student in “learning how to learn” and structured to enable the student to be self-sufficient and continue the learning process outside of the school context.

It aims to evaluate the student not only from a strictly linguistic perspective (exams) but also to measure his organization and methodology skills.

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STAFF

MANAGEMENT

CUSTOMER SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATION

TEACHERS

Escuela Mediterraneo's staff is formed by a team of highly qualified and skilled people. The school's staff always guarantees a professional, kind and efficient relationship with the students.

Emilia Molero and Rocío Vilaró have been managing the school since its incorporation. They are graduated in Philology, with Masters in teaching Spanish as a foreign language from the University of Barcelona and with teaching and managing courses. They also have a large experience as teachers and supervisors of the organization of the school.

The staff that will receive you at the secretary and administration speaks four languages and they have a large experience in the coordination of students, customer service, secretary and administration.

All teachers are highly qualified in teaching Spanish as a foreign language (graduated in Philology, Master in teaching Spanish as a foreign language E/LE, specific courses) and a large experience in the teaching of Spanish to foreigners.

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GENERAL LANGUAGE COURSES

LANGUAGE COURSES + 4 SKILLS (speaking, listening, reading and writing)

In these courses the student will learn grammar, its functions, the pragmatic aspect, vocabulary and other social-linguistic aspects in a communicative way. The student will also learn strategies in order to improve his verbal and written comprehension.

COURSE of 4h/week (48 hours approximately)Timetable: 2 hours per day, 2 days per week (Monday-Wednesday, Tuesdays-Thursday) 9-11, 11-13, 17-19, 19-21 or 4 hours on Fridays from 9-13, according to level. There are 8 levels: A1, A2, B1.1, B1.2 , B2.1, B2.2, C1.1, C1.2.

COURSE of 8h/week (96 hours approximately)Timetable: 2 hours per day from Monday to Thursday 9-11, 11-13, 13-15, 15-17, according to level. There are 5 levels: Basic 1(A1-A2), Basic 2 (A2+), Pre-intermediate (B1), Intermediate 1 (B1+), Intermediate 2 (B2).

COURSE 16 h/week for 1 month during summer only (64 hours total)Timetable: 4 h/day Monday to Thursday 9-13, 15-19 according to the level.

This combination is thought for those students who want to improve even more their communicative abilities: at the language class the student will learn the linguistic resources and at the skills class how to use such resources in a specific context and communicative situation. The student will practice the verbal expression and comprehension.There are 6 levels of skills: Skills 1, Skills 2, Skills 3, Skills 4, Skills 5, Skills high.

COURSE of 8h/week: 4 h language + 4 h skills (96 hours approximately)Timetable: Monday to Thursday 2h or 2 days 4h 9-11, 11-13, 13-15, 15-17, according to level.

COURSE of 10h/week: 8 h language + 2 h skills(120 hours approximately)Timetable: Monday to Thursday 9-11, 11-13, 13-15, according to level.

COURSE of 12h/week: 8 h language + 4 h skills (144 hours approximately)Timetable: Monday to Thursday 9-13 or 15-19, according to level.

COURSE of 16h/week: 8 h language + 8 h skills (192 hours approximately)Timetable: Monday to Thursday 11-15 or 13-17, according to level.

TYPES OF COURSES/TIMETABLE

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ORGANIZATION OF THE COURSES

Beginning of the courses:

Textbooks:

Number of students in the class:

Most of the students sign-up at the beginning of the course, but you may also sign-up for a course that has already started. First you have to do the level test. A new course (Basic 1) may start at the beginning of every month provided that there is a minimum of 5 persons.

To follow the course it is obligatory that you have the textbooks. You can buy your books in the school. We do not provide copies of the books. If you are enrolled in a course for less than one month, subject to availability, you can rent them from the school by leaving a deposit of 25 EUR (twenty-five euros) per book, which will be refunded when you return the books in the same condition as you received them. If you return the books more than two weeks after the end of your enrolment period, the school does not refund the deposit.

Minimum 5, Maximum 15.If a group ends up with less than 5 students in it, the school may cancel it and transfer the students to another group or refund them the corresponding amount. If a group has been studying for more than 2 months with less than 5 students, the school does not refund the proportional amount corresponding to the third month.

PREPARATION COURSES FOR D.E.L.E

(Diploma de Español Lengua Extranjera)

8 h/week (32 hours approximately)

Preparation courses for the official diploma in Spanish D.E.L.E Intermediate and Superior exams.In these courses the student will practice all the different parts of the exam, therefore the students is required to have the adequate linguistic skills for each level (we suggest the student to complete B2 level for the Intermediate course and the C2 for the Advanced level).

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ORGANIZATION OF THE COURSES

Courses timetable:

Timetable changes:

Level changes:

Holidays:

Absences:

Exams:

Diplomas and certificates:

If you study several consecutive courses:

COMPLAINS

The courses start 3-4 minutes later than the scheduled hour and finish 2-3 minutes earlier (for instance, for a 9-11 class, the lesson will start at 9.03 and end at 10.57).There's a break of approximately 5 minutes in between the two hours.

If you need to change the timetable of your course, in case there is another timetable option in the same level and type of course (subject to availability), you may change only once per course.In case there is no other timetable option or there is no availability or the available timetable is not suitable for you, the school does not refund you or postpone the course.

If you want to change your level during the course, your teacher first has to confirm it and you have to do a specific exam for admission in a higher level.

Holidays are those officially established and therefore are included in the prices. It's not possible to recuperate such holiday's days unless the student decides to pay by week. Year 2009: 1/01; 1 and 24/06; 15/08; 11 and 24/09, 12/10 and 8/12.Holidays periods are not included in the prices (Easter from 6yh to 13th April, Christmas from 24th December 2009 to 6th January 2010).

- Attendance is taken daily. If you need a certificate of attendance it will reflect your actual attendance.- If you miss the class for any reason whatsoever the school does not refund or reschedule the missed class.- If you miss 3 consecutive weeks, your level will be revised and it will probably change.

All courses have a final exam. There is one official date and an extraordinary date one week before. You may not do the exam after such official date. For obtaining the diploma the exam is mandatory. Admission in the next level depends on your final score. There is an exam mid-way through the 3-month courses.

To obtain the diploma for the course you have to pass the final exam and have a minimum attendance of 70%. If you do not conclude the course, if you have an attendance of less than 70% or if you fail the final exam, you will receive a certificate of attendance without a final score.The diplomas and certificates will be available from the following month.

The school does not assure the same timetable each trimester for all courses. You may reserve the time you prefer for the next trimester before ending your current course.- Admission in the next level depends on your final score.- If you want to sign-up in several consecutive trimesters and you have a high level, the school does not assure courses of your level until the end of the period in which you are enrolled.

Official complaint books are available at the secretary for all the students of the school.

THE SCHOOL RESERVES THE ADMISSION RIGHT

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ANNUAL CALENDAR YEAR 2009

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Holiday's days or period are officially established by the Spanish annual calendar, therefore it's not possible for the student to catch them up later or to be refunded.

Calendar of Holiday days of Barcelonahttp://w3.bcn.es/V07/Home/V07HomeLinkPl/0,2488,1653_71874_1,00.htm

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CHRISTINE COOPS, HOLANDA (PREINTERMEDIO) 18/5:

“The teachers teach the grammar in a very clear way. I also attend skills classes and I like them very much. My class mates are as funny and nice as my teachers who are extremly patient as well. Classes are thaught in a very communicative way, that's why I find it easy to remember everything and put into practice what I learn. I really feel at ease at this Spanish school and the atmosphere is very relaxed. You do not only learn Spanish but

many other cultural aspects from Spain and other countries. To speak and learn Spanish is difficult

but very funny at this Spanish school”.

SVETLANA KIRILLOVA, UKRANIA (INTERMEDIO 1)

18/5:

NATALIA FOMENKO (INTERMEDIO 1) 18/5:“I'm very happy to do a Spanish course at Escuela Mediterraneo

because the teachers are very nice and qualified”.

NICK PATTISON, INGLATERRA

(INTERMEDIO 1) 18/5:

“ I like this Spanish school very much, we study topics of

nowadays and we learn a bit of Spanish history as well. The

teachers and the administration staff are very pleasant and

always willing to help you with anything you need for your

course and extra activities (to rent DVDs. and books from the school's library etc.). I do learn a lot at this Spanish school!

MARIELLEDEBETHUNE,

FRANCIA (BÁSICO 2) 17/5 :

“The teachers of this school really know the difficulties foreign students have when they learn a new language and they know how to teach it in a funny and

clear way”.

DANIEL HOCHMAN, ESTADOS UNIDOS

(AVANZADO) 18/5:

“All the Spanish teachers are so nice, the school has really cheap prices and people are friendly. I'm very satisfied with my timetable as I go to my Spanish class in

LARISSA ARARIPE, BRASIL

(PREINTERMEDIO) 18/5:“I'm always so motivated to come to study to this Spanish school. Spanish

classes are fabulous and people are so nice. I'm really happy to study Spanish

SVETLANA KIRILLOVA, UKRANIA (INTERMEDIO 1)

18/5:

“ I'm very happy because I study at the best Spanish school with the best teachers. Mediterraneo, I love

you so much!”.

“ I'm very happy because I study at the best Spanish school with the best teachers. Mediterraneo, I love

you so much!”.

NATALIA FOMENKO (INTERMEDIO 1) 18/5:

“I'm very happy to study at Escuela Mediterraneo because the teachers

are kind and qualified”.

JUTTA HÜBENER, ALEMANIA

(INTERMEDIO 2) 23/5:

“A very modern and pleasant atmosphere, small groups with

students from all over the World as well as funny and qualified

teachers. What else can anyone desire from a language school? I especially like the fact that there are many different levels and

people are always very pleasant. I like learning Spanish very much!

CHRISTOPH BITTENBINDER, ALEMANIA (BÁSICO 2) 22/5:

“Students are offered the possibility to choose the timetable that suits them the most. The school is located in the city

centre, prices are really competitive and the atmosphere is great!”

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