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A friend knows I am active on Fodors and asked if I could help her with a little research.
Her daughter is a junior in high school and is looking for a Spanish immersion program for a month or so in the summer in Argentina. (The daughter's Dad is from Argentina and still has relatives there but he didn't want to send her there to her cousins for a summer of just beach and shopping but something more serious.)
She would consider just a study program or perhaps a volunteer program. She would like a homestay. She is a very mature and serious girl who has grown up in Manhattan and has traveled to BA a number of times with her family but she is not necessarily wedded to a BA program.
Her Spanish is quite advanced but not fluent.
Would appreciate if anyone has any suggestions either for a specific program or ideas of how to select one. There are zillions on the internet if you do a google search but how to tell the quality or reputation or whether it is suitable for her?
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I MAY have a good idea for your friend's daughter.
If you wish, write to me to albertovgalloATyahoo.com
www.saexplorers.org BsAs
for me best resource for language schools
and volunteering ops...comprehensive info and reviews
www.donquijote.com one of my favs
if she is not particular about countries
and wants a very good experience...
Ecuador/Peru are the best places
to pick up dialect free spanish...
My colleague's daughter just completed a 2-week course in Buenos Aires and I think they were happy with it. I'll ask.
Thanks everyone -- and frog please do let me know about that program.
My colleague says the school's name is ECELA and that her daughter, who was studying in the summer before her junior year, thought it was a very good program. This is the second or third time she's taken an immersion course and I'd guess that she's probably at the high intermediate/low advanced level. My colleague is a fluent, non-native speaker of Spanish whose work focuses on Latin America - so I find her endorsement persuasive. I googled the school name and it looks like it's located in Recoleta, which I believe is a very upscale and safe neighbourhood. ECELA also has a school in Bariloche, Argentina.
frog, thank you so much.
I'm obviously ignorant on the subject of schools which teach Spanish to foreigners, since I'm a native Spanish speaker, but I entered ECELA's website and found their English substandard. Hopefully, their Spanish is better. LOL!!
Did you get my two e-mails laurie_ann?
avrooster, thanks again for your help!
I can recommend you „NICE“ in Córdoba. They mediate volunteerings and internships in Argentina and also they offer Spanish courses in their language school in Córdoba. Their mentoring is really good which means that they help you with any problem. Furthermore they also organize accomodation with locals – in a host family, with local students or young working people.
The website of their language school is www.nice-spanish.com and the website about volunteerings and internships is www.nice-internships.org.
I hope this helps you!