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Standard or Intensive?
Standard Course: 20 hours per 50 min. per week
Intensive Course: 30 hours per 50 min. per week
You can choose either the 4 hour per day Standard Program or the 6 hour per day Intensive Program. The advantage of the programs is that each period is taught by a different teacher offering you diversity of style in the classroom. If you opt for the Standard Program, you will enjoy 2 different teachers during the week. If you are looking for more intense study, opt for the Intensive Program, with up to 3 teachers during the week.
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Classes in Mini-group or One-on-one?
In mini-groups a minimum of two to a maximum of six students, with a similar level of proficiency*, study together. This, however, is not always possible. If there is no group according to your level of proficiency, they offer you 12 hours of one-on-one classes instead of 20 hours of classes in a mini-group.
One-on-one classes offer flexibility and are tailored to your individual requirements in every regard. You can determine yourself the content and rhythm of learning - if you want more conversation or more grammar, vocabulary related to a specific field of interest or everyday speech; the teachers there capture fast how they can best serve your needs. You also can decide your teaching hours.
*based on the results of the placement test taken on your first day.
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How and with what material do we teach?
Be it one-on-one classes or mini-groups, they work with interactive and diverse methods. The team of qualified professional teachers has compiled their own textbook and resources for the basic level. For all other levels they have a large variety of textbooks and resources which are adapted to the individual interests and previous knowledge and level of the learner.
In addition to that you can borrow books in the private library that has readings and literature in Spanish, with a difficulty level ranging from simple to medium.
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... and the teachers?
To provide the highest quality in the classroom, the teaching team is made up of eight permanently employed Spanish teachers, who are highly qualified and undergo continuous training. In cooperation with the Argentinean Association of Spanish Teachers ACUPARI has financed an additional qualification training that is a prerequisite for teaching at ACUPARI. Even though the predominant language in the classroom is Spanish, some of the feedback they received underlines that the teachers’ knowledge of English has been especially helpful.
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Quechua classes
Quechua is primarily a spoken language and difficult to approach with traditional and academic methods. For this reason only a small part of ACUPARI Quechua classes take place in the classroom and only in one-on-one classes. Important is the conversation and being together with the Native Quechua speaker in their social environment. The Quechua learners go with their teachers to visit markets and village communities to practice by direct communication. A prerequisite is good knowledge of Spanish.
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