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Colegio Maravillas |
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The Organization
Colegio Maravillas was founded in 1976 as a private Spanish school. In 1978, the Language School was opened in a independent building.
The company has later grown bigger with the opening of the associated travel agency Maravillas Travel and both are now considered to be one of the leading youth organizations in the south of Spain and member of the following national and international
organisms:
FIYTO : Federation of International Youth Travel Organization - since 1992
ALTO :
Association of Language Travel Organizations
Founder member of AEEA
( Asociación de escuelas de Español en Andalucia )
ELITE :
Federation of European language Schools Associations
FEDELE :
Federacion de Escuelas de Español como Lengua Extranjera
The school is recognized by the UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCALÁ for the CEELE
Certification ( Calidad en la Enseñanza del Español como Lengua Extranjera )
Colegio Maravillas is open all year round, from Monday to Friday, from 09.00
a.m. to 08.00 p.m.
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The school facilities
The Language School is situated on the top floor of a modern building with 13 large, bright classrooms, equipped with audio-visual facilities and air conditioning. There is also a library with a wide range of reading material available, a multimedia room with
free internet access, a 25-seat cinema used for conferences and seminars (projector) as well as for Spanish- version movies, a large sunshade terrace with a small cafeteria ( summer only), common room, teachers’ room, etc,
At Colegio Maravillas modern teaching methods and equipment are accompanied by skilled, friendly teachers and efficient, caring administrative staff.
The “family” feeling is still the school´s most important asset. Colegio Maravillas has approximately 60 students during the year and 180 students in the summer season from Europe, Asia and North America.
Extra features are : flights and hotel reservations, car rental, week-end excursions and other services are also available thanks to our sister company,
Maravillas Travel Agency with their offices next to the school. |
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FIRST DAY OF THE COURSE
On the first day of the course, students have to be at the school by
08:30 a.m.
All students will be given a both written and oral test. According to the test results they are place
at 09:30 a.m. in appropriate classes and a textbook is distributed. The first lesson will start at 11h30
Please see our starting dates for beginners. All other students - elementary to advanced level -may start on any Monday.
On arrival the students will receive a “welcome pack” containing maps, tourist information on Benalmadena and Andalusia, other useful information, ( emergency telephone numbers, bus / train timetable, local restaurants) and full details of the weekly activities which are offered free of charge or at low prices to enable them to participate in as many optional visits as possible
TEACHERS
Our team of teachers has been carefully selected after considering academic qualifications, previous teaching experience and personalities. All our teachers are native speakers and university graduates with experience in teaching Spanish to foreigners.
The teachers’ duty is to understand the students’ objectives and help them to achieve them.
At the weekly meeting new programmes are planned and discussed, individual student´s progress monitored and a general forum held for new ideas and initiatives.
TEACHING METHOD
Our method allows students to develop the four basic skills: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. The idea is to learn Spanish in a natural and spontaneous way, just as students have learned their mother tongue.
Our students speak Spanish right from the very first day, using it in typical real-life situations: the basic syllabus is supplemented by special exercises, such as, role-play, situational dialogues and project work with the of audio-visual facilities.
THE CLASSES AND LEVELS
The classes are small, with an average of 8 students per group and a maximum of 10. This help ensure personal attention and the opportunity for self expression. Our programme is based on 5 different levels : from beginners to advanced level students |
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SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
ADULT COURSES
We offer a full and varied programme of cultural visits, sports, social outings and excursions throughout the year. Details vary from week to week and from season to season.
Every week we offer a wide range of activities, most of them free of charge: Spanish movies, conferences on Spanish arts, history or literature, local visits to museums, Flamenco (Sevillanas) dance lessons, evening outings to tapas bars, restaurants, cinemas, Sangria parties etc.
Once a week we offer “tutor lessons” where the students can have a
30-minute sessions with a teacher to further discuss grammatical structure, vocabulary or other subjects.
Also popular are our weekend excursions, to Seville, Granada, Ronda, Cordoba, weekends to Tangier (Morocco) and other destinations.
Additional sports activities are also offered. These include: horseback riding, golf, sailing, windsurfing, outdoor tennis, badminton, volleyball and beach volleyball
Our staff are always available to offer advice and help with arranging any activity which are of special interest to individual students. |
STUDENTS’ OPINIONS
Somers Charlotte –
Belgium 20 years.
“Unas vacaciones estupendas! La familia era muy agradable y simpatica”
Verónica Stark – Sweden 24 years
“Todos los profesores que he tenido son maravillosos y me han enseñando mucho!”
Yukiko Kamiya - Japón 22 years
“Me gusta esta escuela. Me encanta el curso con Julio y Fran quienes son muy amables y agradables.”
Veronique Bellot –
Canada 32 years.“Que agradable fue el tiempo aqui!”
Gomard Lars - Denmark 55 years
“He participado en todas las actividades porque dan la oportunidad de practicar el español “
Tuija Malinen – Finland 45 years
“Me encanta estar en este curso, pero una semana es muy poco tiempo. Quizas vuelva el año que viene con más tiempo” |
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Mr.
Francisco Perez Navarro
Ms. Paola E.
Vecchi
Mr. Enrique
Gomez
Ms. Mariana
Macri
Ms. Satomi Hayashi
Ms. Raquel Serrano
Mr. Pedro Gomez
Mr. Sergio
Invernizzi
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President
& Founder
Executive Vice
President
Head Office
International
Registrar
Japanese Marketing Assistant
Head of Studies
– Adult course
Head of Studies – Teen courses
IT/Design |
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