The Course
Learn Spanish in Ecuador
Arrival and Orientation
Students need to fly into Quito on the first or third Saturday of each month. There you will be met by the GVI project manager and shown to your hotel in Quito, where you will spend one night. The next day you will be driven up to Otavalo, stopping at the Mitad del Mundo (Spanish for Middle of the World) – a 30-metre-tall monument constructed to show the Equator. You will also sample typical food in a local restaurant and can explore the museum. You will arrive late afternoon in Otavalo, to be introduced to your host family, with whom you will have supper.
On Monday, your host family will take you to the school, where you will commence classes. These will be four hour long, one-on-one classes, and will suit whichever level you are at. The lessons are dynamic, with plenty of grammar teaching mixed in with conversation and games. Homework will be set for the afternoons. The school is authorised by the Ministry of Education in Ecuador and certificates can be given at the end of your course.
First Week
The first week will focus on basics and personal identification, paying close attention to the phonetics of the language and pronunciation.
Areas of grammar to be covered are the following:
- The alphabet
- Gender and number
- Definite and indefinite articles
- Nouns and plural of the nouns
- Adjectives
- Simple affirmative and negative statements
- Simple present of Ser, Estar and Haber
- Possessive adjectives
- Simple present tense of regular verbs.
You will learn vocabulary covering the following subjects:
- Short dialogues, expressions and introductions
- Parts of the house
- Cardinal numbers
- Days, months, seasons
- Colours
- The family
- Parts of the body
- Animals.
The second week will reinforce the areas you covered in the first week and you will start short conversations.
Areas of grammar to be covered are the following:
- Simple present tense of irregular verbs
- Reflexive verbs
- Simple past tense of regular verbs
- Direct and indirect object pronouns
- Forms of the verb Gustar
- Simple past tense of irregular verbs.
You will learn vocabulary covering the following subjects:
- Articles of clothing
- The city and the bank
- Food and drink
- Buying and selling
- Family relationship
- The weather
- Ordinal numbers.
Third Week
During the third week you will review what you have done so far, and then apply the grammar focusing the oral expression with short compositions and dialogues.
Areas of grammar to be covered are the following:
- Imperfect preterit tense
- Differences between the indefinite and imperfect tenses
- Past perfect tense
- Pluperfect past tense
- Future tense
- Conditional.
You will learn vocabulary covering the following subjects:
- Geographic directions
- Transportation system
- How to make and receive telephone calls
- Banks, schools, churches, shops, libraries etc.
- Sports
- Nature and the environment.
Fourth Week
During the fourth week, students will be able to speak and understand a basic Spanish.
Areas of grammar to be covered are the following:
- Imperative form
- Prepositions a/de/con/por/para
- Simple present of subjunctive
- Imperfect subjunctive tense
- Past perfect subjunctive form.
You will also learn vocabulary covering the most common idiomatic expressions.
For those who are intermediate or advanced level, the lessons above will briefly be covered and further focus will be on Latino-American Literature.
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Duration and Costs
| Duration | Cost |
|---|---|
| 1 Weeks | £195 |
| 2 Weeks | £315 |
| 3 Weeks | £430 |
| 4 Weeks | £535 |
| Group Size |
|---|
| Minimum one student. |
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