Intensive Spanish Course

Canarias Cultural- Escuela internacional de Español

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Course description

The Intensive course is for students who want to maximize their language learning practice during their stay. There are 4 daily lessons of 45 minutes from 10 to 13:30 and focused on conversation, grammar, geography, vocabulary extension and idiomatic phrases. Depending on the level and level of knowledge, current topics from politics and society or the history of the Canary Islands will be treated as well.

Class schedule

Course duration
1-14 weeks
Start dates
Every Monday
Classes per week
20 lessons per week (each lesson lasts 45 min)
Class days
Monday - Friday
School holidays
06 Dec 2024, 25 Dec 2024, 01 Jan 2025

Canarias Cultural does not hold classes on the holiday dates above. The school does not compensate for these holidays, so make sure to choose your start date accordingly.

Class times

You can choose from the following class times:

Morning session
10:00 AM - 01:30 PM

Class schedule may change depending on availability and season.

Class level

All levels, beginner to advanced
You will take a placement test on your first day to determine your class level. You may also take this test before your arrival in Tenerife.

Class size

Average 5 students
Maximum 9 students

Student age

Age range 16 years old and older

Certificate

A certificate of completion will be issued at the end of the course.
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reviews

Reviews

89% recommend

based on 9 reviews
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"Very basic"

Petra Klein-Haardt, student from Germany

It’s a very small school, no possibility to meet other students from other classes. There wasn’t even a coffee vending machine.
I had private lessons without any additional leisure activities, but I guess the group courses didn’t have anything like this either.
In comparison to other language schools I attended in the past this one is very very basic.

The classroom I was taught in was terribly noisy because of the traffic right outside the window.

My teacher was nice.

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My ratings for this school

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Date of study
15 Jan 2024 - 19 Jan 2024
Would you recommend this school?
No
This is a verified review. This student has booked a course at this school through Language International.
José Gómez, Director and teacher at Canarias Cultural- Escuela internacional de Español responded to this review.
19 February 2024

Dear Petra,

thank you for taking your time to give your opinion about our school.

We take seriously your thoughts to improve and offer a better sevice in the future.

We are really sorry that you didn't have a nice experience.

In your case, you came one week and you took individual hours. Your schedule

was from 10:00 till 12:00. The intensive courses are from 10.00 till 11:30 They have

30 minutes break from 11:30 till 12:00 and then lessons from 12:00 till 13:30.

That schedule made impossible that you could join the other students and go with

them to take a coffee.. They always went together during the break.

If you would have told me I would have tried to change your shedule so you could

meet them.

Most of the students that take individual lessons are more independent so it was our

mistake to think that this was your case.

You are absolutely right about the classroom, the one where you were taught is quite

noisy when the window is open. Again it was our mistake to identify that it was

disturbing you that much. If we would have known that at that moment we would

have changed you to another classroom.

Thank you also for the nice comment about the teacher, we will tell him.

Best wishes.

"Best language school i ever been to"

Tomas Kocian, student from Czech Republic

Super good attitude
Absolutely undoubtedly best price
Super good manager and teachers
Always helpful, always there for you

Astonishing experience

Recommended to everyone!

Don’t hesitate.. this is the school you are looking for

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My ratings for this school

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Duration of study
2 weeks
Date of study
17 Jul 2023 - 4 Aug 2023
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
This is a verified review. This student has booked a course at this school through Language International.

"Great experience"

Nora Hase, student from Germany

The overall experience was amazing. The school is amazing, the people are great and welcoming and very professional. I learned a lot during this week. I also enjoyed my classmate a lot. I totally recommend this school. the only thing I hope they learn to do in the future is to protect their employees when they are sick and make them feel safe to take a day off. Especially nowadays we all should know that making them work while sick is not the employer you want to be. Don't risk your employees and your customers health. Capitalism is not your friend. I did not do any social activities so I cannot rate those.

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My ratings for this school

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Date of study
14 Nov 2022 - 18 Nov 2022
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
This is a verified review. This student has booked a course at this school through Language International.
José Gómez, Director and teacher ;) at Canarias Cultural- Escuela internacional de Español responded to this review.
13 December 2022

Hola Nora!
Thank you very much for your words!
It was really nice to have you as a student in our school, always with a smile and a positive mind!
On the other hand, I think you had a mistaken idea of our organization. In our school we are all teachers and we are all mates.There are no bosses. Nobody force anyone to work, and when someone for any reason can't teach we search for solutions.Also we do not risk our students health and during this difficult time we always followed the recommendations and never had a problem in this matter.
As teachers, no businessmen, we have also other priorities and we give importance to different things. As an example, we have collaborated with NGOs and also work with inmigrants or refugees here in Tenerife trying to help them without "capitalism" purposes in their learning of our language.

"Great: I was the only student because there was no other student on the same level."

Mervi Laitinen, student from Finland

I was a little bit surprised because I had no group. I have studied Spanish about one year now and earlier too. That's why they had to give me an own teacher, Edgar. Edgar was very good and instead of 40 hours in a group I got 1,5 hours pro day as private.

The location was very well, in the centre of Santa Cruz. Because there were not many students there was no activities for me.

Housing was like I expected. Senora was retired like myself and took good care of me. She also told me much about Tenerife and what I could do during my leisure time.

I was actually more on vacation that studying because I had only 1,5 hours lessons pro day. I had enough homework and learned most of structures and verbs.

Because I had so much time for myself it was really not what I expected. But anyway, I learned to listened Spanish and had a nice teacher. They could not do anything for it that I already knew Spanish better than starter on A1 level.

My opinion is that the level of a student should be tested before the student comes, not later. So it could be easier to plan the course. The could also have a starting package to the students including a map of Santa Cruz and information about public transport and tickets.

With best regards,

Mervi

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My ratings for this school

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Date of study
7 Nov 2022 - 11 Nov 2022
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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José Gómez, Director at Canarias Cultural- Escuela internacional de Español responded to this review.
17 November 2022

Thank you for your words Mervi!

They will help us to improve.

Unfortunately there were no other students of your level and we didn't want to place you in a group where you wouldn't feel comfortable. That's why we decided to give you 1,5 private hours per day ( instead 3 hours/day in a group).

We will notice your suggestion about the package and about social activities.

Greetings from Tenerife

"Excellent"

GN, student from France

3 perfect weeks. Very good school. Great involvement of teachers, attentive and caring.

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My ratings for this school

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Housing
Duration of study
2 weeks
Date of study
14 Feb 2022 - 4 Mar 2022
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
This is a verified review. This student has booked a course at this school through Language International.

"Spanish lesson in Santa Cruz de Tenerife"

Patricia Gobin, student from France

It was a good expérience, good teacher. I'm French and the teacher didn't speak French. So the Spanish words are explain in English. At the beginning, my level in Spanish was A1-. After 2 weeks my level is A2. Activities during the lesson: vocabulary, grammatical, exercises and discussion.

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My ratings for this school

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Duration of study
1 week
Date of study
14 Feb 2022 - 25 Feb 2022
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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"Excellent Spanish classes"

Laurel Chase, student from USA

I learned a lot from my Spanish classes at Canarias Cultural in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The teacher, Yurai, was excellent and very patient. In addition to being effective at Spanish language instruction, he was very knowledgeable about Spain, it’s culture and it’s history. I did not need to arrange housing as I already had a place to stay. The school is centrally located and I found it easy to get to by walking or public bus.

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My ratings for this school

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Duration of study
1 week
Date of study
5 Jul 2021 - 16 Jul 2021
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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"Really helped with my spanish!"

Franziska Kary, student from Germany

I thought the teacher Su really knew what she was doing and was able to answer all of my questions.

She also pushed me to speak more freely, which helped me a lot.
A thing would have liked better, would be having a say in when the lessons take place.

For example: My lessons normally went from 10 am to 1pm, which I thought was quite late if you wanted to go hiking or anything else in the afternoons.

Also my first lessons where together with a woman, who was definitely above my level of speaking, which was quite frustrating in the beginning.

However I think my Spanish has improved a lot.

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My ratings for this school

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Duration of study
3 weeks
Date of study
24 Aug 2020 - 18 Sep 2020
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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"A friendly environment, I learnt a lot."

Caroline Walton, student from UK

Jose the manager was helpful and friendly and the 2 teachers Lorenzo and Yeray were both great. It was nice to have a small class of only 5 students.

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My ratings for this school

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Date of study
27 Jan 2020 - 31 Jan 2020
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
This is a verified review. This student has booked a course at this school through Language International.
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Housing

Canarias Cultural offers the following housing types:
homestay

Homestay - Single-person room - No meals

NZ$ 249
weekly
Age range: 16 years old and older
Location: In the city center of Tenerife
Housing type: Homestay
Room type: Single-person room
Board type: No meals
Facilities: Kitchen
Distance to school: 5 - 20 minutes by train or subway
Availability: January - December
Check-in: Sunday, anytime
Check-out: Saturday, anytime
NZ$ 249
Includes: Phone, Towels, Bedding/linen, Shared bathroom.

Homestay - Single-person room - Breakfast

NZ$ 344
weekly
Age range: 16 years old and older
Location: In the city center of Tenerife
Housing type: Homestay
Room type: Single-person room
Board type: Breakfast (7 meals per week)
Facilities: Kitchen and other
Distance to school: 5 - 20 minutes by train or subway
Availability: January - December
Check-in: Sunday, anytime
Check-out: Saturday, anytime
NZ$ 344
Includes: Phone, Towels, Bedding/linen, Breakfast , Shared bathroom.

Homestay - 2-person shared room - No meals - 2 students must book together

NZ$ 363
weekly
Age range: 16 years old and older
Location: In the city center of Tenerife
Housing type: Homestay
Room type: 2-person shared room
Board type: No meals
Facilities: Kitchen and other
Distance to school: 5 - 20 minutes by train or subway
Availability: January - December
Check-in: Sunday, anytime
Check-out: Saturday, anytime
NZ$ 363
Includes: Phone, Towels, Bedding/linen, , Shared bathroom.

Homestay - Single-person room - Breakfast and dinner

NZ$ 459
weekly
Age range: 16 years old and older
Location: In the city center of Tenerife
Housing type: Homestay
Room type: Single-person room
Board type: Breakfast and dinner (14 meals per week)
Facilities: Kitchen and other
Distance to school: 5 - 20 minutes by train or subway
Availability: January - December
Check-in: Sunday, anytime
Check-out: Saturday, anytime
NZ$ 459
Includes: Phone, Towels, Bedding/linen, Breakfast & 1 dinner, Shared bathroom.

Homestay - 2-person shared room - Breakfast - 2 students must book together

NZ$ 612
weekly
Age range: 16 years old and older
Location: In the city center of Tenerife
Housing type: Homestay
Room type: 2-person shared room
Board type: Breakfast (7 meals per week)
Facilities: Kitchen and other
Distance to school: 5 - 20 minutes by train or subway
Availability: January - December
Check-in: Sunday, anytime
Check-out: Saturday, anytime
Restriction: 2 students must book together
NZ$ 612
Includes:Towels, Bedding/linen, Breakfast, Shared bathroom.

Homestay - 2-person shared room - Breakfast and dinner - 2 students must book together

NZ$ 803
weekly
Age range: 16 years old and older
Location: In the city center of Tenerife
Housing type: Homestay
Room type: 2-person shared room
Board type: Breakfast and dinner (14 meals per week)
Facilities: Kitchen and other
Distance to school: 5 - 20 minutes by train or subway
Availability: January - December
Check-in: Sunday, anytime
Check-out: Saturday, anytime
NZ$ 803
Includes: Phone, Towels, Bedding/linen, Breakfast & Dinner, Shared bathroom.
apartment

Shared flat- No meals

NZ$ 249
weekly
Age range: 18 years old and older
Location: In the city center of Tenerife
Housing type: Shared apartment
Room type: Single-person room
Board type: No meals
Facilities: Kitchen, wireless internet, tV room, and other
Distance to school: 5 - 20 minutes by train or subway
Availability: January - December
Check-in: Sunday, anytime
Check-out: Saturday, before 12:00 AM
NZ$ 249
. Apartments close to the school.
Includes: TV, Towels, Bedding/linen, Weekly cleaning, Access to laundry service, Kitchen, No meals, Shared bathroom.
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Visa support

We cannot apply for visas on behalf of students. The school is also not authorized to issue documents to support your visa application. If you need a visa, you have to apply for a visitor or tourist visa on your own.

Flights and airport transfer

Please note that we do not book flights for our students. If you are researching airfare costs, we recommend using Kayak.com, a search engine that lets you compare flight options from your home country to Tenerife based on your budget, schedule and preferences.

Travel insurance

Study abroad worry-free with Language International's health and personal effects insurance coverage. When you book a course with us, you can opt to purchase an international insurance plan that covers not only your health care cost but also loss of your personal belongings. You must book your insurance in advance when you register.

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