Intensive Spanish Courses in Salamanca, Spain

Tía Tula, Colegio de Español - Salamanca:
Tía Tula is a modern center of Spanish teaching, located in Salamanca, Spain which offers an effective method of learning the Spanish language with the best qualified teachers in a warm and personalized atmosphere. We focus on our students. Our team of professionals are extremely committed to meeting your individual needs and to ensure you fully integrate into the Spanish language and culture. Our objective is not only to teach you how to dominate the language, but that you gain an understanding of our habits and traditions, our way of thinking and living.

The method we have adopted is a balanced combination of classroom based exercises and extracurricular activities:

•It is an intensive program using an advanced method of teaching Spanish. Work groups are kept small (10 students maximum) to ensure you gain the most out of your lessons and student participation is encouraged during the course. You will be provided with all the necessary learning material and will have access to internet, multimedia and audiovisual support.

•The extracurricular activities run in parallel to complement classroom methodology. As part of the program you will enjoy excursions to the rest of Spain, enjoy free time and sport not only in the city but also in the countryside.

A personal touch. We want your stay to be unforgettable and to ensure this is achieved we take care of all the necessary arrangements and details. Your accommodation - we have an experienced and dedicated person whose task is to ensure that your safety, enjoyment and learning needs are met.

Our teachers have been selected on the basis of academic excellence, professionalism, and experience in teaching in order to guarantee the best results.

As part of their responsibilities the teachers of Tía Tula offer tutorials outside of class for those students who want to ask about any aspect of the course. What's more, the teachers meet regularly to keep track of their students' progress, because our objective is always the best quality of teaching.

Tía Tula's team of teachers are friendly, interested and concerned about their students. They really go far and beyond the call of duty, and are always ready to help with whatever the students might need.

The administrative/secreterial staff works hard to make the students feel at home at our school and in Salamanca and becomes a key support for them. They assist them with whatever they may need, give them information about the activities offered in Salamanca as well as the ones offered by Tía Tula, help them plan trips when necessary, etc... Since we are a small school, our staff knows all our students personally which results in a close, warm and familiar relationship.

And aside from the closeness and familiar atmosphere encountered at Tía Tula, almost all of our students comment on the great organization of our school in general: the academics, the extracurricular activities, the accommodation, and the overall management.

Tía Tula is situated in the pedestrian historical center of Salamanca: a privileged and unbeatable location. The area is filled with students and tourists, as well as surrounded by the city's historic monuments (the Cathedrals, the House of the Shells, the Palace Anaya...), the Pontifical University and the faculties of Humanities of the University of Salamanca: Literature, Translation and Languages. The famous historic façade of the University is a few meters away and the Plaza Mayor less then a 2 minute walk down the Rúa Mayor, one of the main streets of the historical centre and where we are located.

The school's installations reflect our concept of teaching: smart, pleasant, welcoming and friendly ambiences for small groups (maximum of 10 students). The classrooms in the school have the charm of classic European style: the rooms are spacious, outward-facing and bright, with views to historical and monumental landmarks, with large windows balconies and antique wooden floors, and all combined harmoniously with the most modern audiovisual and resource infrastructure (a screening room to watch movies and documentaries, a computer room with connection to the Internet, free WiFi connection throughout the school...).

The accommodation is one of the most important parts of your stay. We have a team solely dedicated to finding the best families for our homestay programs, so our students will feel at home and will make their residence a part of their experience and learning.

Accommodation is selected carefully by visiting all potential host families and monitoring the student's satisfaction during their stay. If at any time, a student is in a problematic situation not due to a misunderstanding that can easily be resolved, we quickly provide alternative accommodation. At the end of their stay the students fill out a survey of satisfaction about their host family. Their opinion is fundamental in the evaluation and rating of the host families.

We also offer the most comfortable and high quality alternative accommodation (such as apartments, studios, rooms in flats, hotels and hostels) for students to choose the way they want to live in Salamanca.