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RIGHT on the beach!

Brochure School Year 2013

INDEX

1

THE SCHOOL, THE CITY & THE
BEACH
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7

3

Why La Playa
The School
What do we offer
Facilities
Location: Malaga and
surroundings
When to come
Getting to Malaga

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

3.1

Life in Andalusia

3.2

Sports and the beach

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2

COURSES

2.1

Methodology

2.2

Type of courses

2.3

Course Levels

4

ACCOMODATION

4.1

Our spanish families

4.2

Apartments

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1.1 Why La Playa
- A unique location on the beach
- Authentic Spanish environment! Enables true immersion into Spanish language
- Experienced and trained teachers
- Small groups to suit your individual needs
- Best value for money – affordable prices

1.2 The School
-We are a cozy, family like school, managed by its owners
- We consider a direct relationship with our agents, teachers,
staff and students very important
- We apply a personal approach to all our students, to make sure
that their learning experience is satisfactory and the immersion is true
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1.3 What do we offer
- Spanish courses: professional approach, and quality teaching.
- Extracurricular activities, to enable your true insight into a
Spain and its cultural wealth

- Accommodation
- A personalized and friendly treatment
- The best environment to improve your Spanish

1.4 Facilities
- La Playa is a beach house, with the view of the sea from all the classrooms, with a vast green garden
with Mediterranean and palm trees, and a swimming pool surrounding it.
- We are a young, dynamic and active language centre, with 8 indoor and outdoor

classrooms equipped with all the necessary digital devices, and teachers trained to use them and make
your class an active and modern learning experience.
- There is free Wi-fi throughout the whole school and garden. Contact your friends and family around
the world and show off your newly acquired language skills!

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1.5 Malaga and surroundings
La Cala del Moral is a lively seaside town which preserves the taste of
Andalusian life, with its small fishing port, bars on the beach, relaxed
atmosphere and in a close proximity (10km) to Malaga city centre. Here
you will find warm and kind people, fabulous climate and magnificent
beaches and natural parks of the shire of Axarquia.

Malaga

- Tánger: 141 km | 3,5 hours
- Granada: 132 km | 1,5 hours
- Córdoba: 163 km | 1,5 hours
- Sevilla: 222 km | 2 hours
- Gibraltar: 134 km | 1,5 hours

La Cala del Moral

La Cala is a gateway to the East Costa del Sol: from here you are perfectly situated to further explore
Andalusia. You are an hour and half away from the main points in Andalusia: Granada, Cordoba, Ronda,
Seville, and Gibraltar.
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Malaga, the capital of the Costa two river valleys (Gualdalhorce interesting cultural wealth.
del Sol, with the third biggest and Guadalmedina); it is known The province of Malaga is not
airport in Spain, is a very to be a cosmopolitan, open city, only about the beaches though:
popular destination for learning with relaxed and hospitable it offers very nice white
atmosphere.
villages (pueblos blancos) and
Spanish in Spain; it combines a
summer vacation almost all The Alcazaba Arab palace-fort, beautiful natural areas like
year long, a very mild climate, the narrow streets of what once Natural Park of Serrania, El
was the medieval Jewish
Chorro, el Torcal de Antequera
with a diverse cultural,
neighborhood, the Cathedral; are
historical and natural just some of the most visited Natural Park, “Guadalhorce
mudfats” etc.
heritage.
historical monuments in Malaga.
The city lays on the coast, This in combination with a wide
between Malaga Mountains and diverse museum offer
(declared a national park), and
makes Malaga a city of very

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1.7 When to come

The hottest months are July and August,
Rainfall in Malaga
the average temperature varies between follows the seasons, with the most
25° and 33° and the coldest are usually abundant rains occurring in autumn and
December and February, when the winter (between December and March).
average temperatures vary between a
maximum of 22° and a minimum of 13°.

Despite being a coast city, Malaga
lives all year long. Different tastes
prefer different time of the year to
visit Malaga.
The busiest time in Malaga is in the
summer. The sun and the beach is
attracting great amount of tourists
every summer.
During the Feria, mid August, is a
fun period to come, the whole week
there are parties, concerts and
celebrations in the centre during the
day, and outside centre during the
night.
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During the Semana Santa,
Malaga turns into an
authentic tradition exposition,
and there are processions all
over the city. Malaga lives on
the streets during this week.

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If you come during the winter time, the climate is mild, temperatures vary
from about 13 ºC to about 23 ºC, so if you don’t like cold winters, Malaga is
the place for you in this period.
If you do like cold winter, you can combine your stay in Malaga with skiing in
Sierra Nevada, which is only 1,5 hours away, so escaping for ski weekend
is an easy option. The ski season in Sierra Nevada goes from early December
to late April.

1.8 Getting to Malaga
Malaga is the capital of La Costa del Sol, getting Apart from this it has a bus and a train connection
here is very easy. From Malaga’s airport there are to cities all over Spain, and it is connected to
more than 90 national and international
Barcelona, Seville and Madrid, with the fast train
connections.
(AVE).

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COURSES
2.1 Methodology
We offer professionalism and quality in teaching,
because we like to do things well. We carefully choose our
teachers, and we constantly do inside teacher training
(updating ourselves for new technologies, and new teaching
material).
Our methodology is based, on a personal approach and a
constant communicative practice:
We implement a personal approach, we work according
to your interests and needs, and our aim is that you learn like
you best do, that you feel comfortable!

like Spanish: the classes are adapted to your likes and interests.
We know you need Spanish: the teaching material is adapted to your needs.
We know you feel Spanish: we make sure you feel comfortable with a personalized approach and
We know you

a cozy atmosphere.
We know you

want to speak Spanish well: your classes are reduced, or minimized.

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COURSES

2.2 Type of courses
The School welcomes students throughout the year, arranging
high-quality Spanish courses for all ages and levels. All
courses run weekly starting every Monday.
Each Monday at 8.30am, an informal test can be taken in order
to allocate you in the group that best suits your skills.

Type of grouping:
Private/individual classes
Group class (7 students)
Mini group (3-5 students)

Semi-intensive course – 10 hours tuition per week, running 2 hours per day.
Intensive course – This is the most popular course. It is structured in 20 hours’ tuition per week
running 4 hours per day.

Super-Intensive Course – 30 hours tuition per week, running 6 hours per day.
DELE or Chamber of Commerce exam – 20 or 25 hours tuition per week will prepare you to
take the official DELE exam of Spanish as a Second Language certified by the Institute Cervantes or
Madrid’s Chamber of Commerce exam (Spanish for Business, Spanish for Health Sciences).
Combined Course – This course is a combination of Intensive course plus 5 to 10 hours' private
tuition linked to your profession, interests or a specific area of Spanish language or culture.
One-to-one course – We offer one-to-one courses which are tailored to suit your individual needs.
Teenagers Summer Camp – A Spanish course and a program full of activities for students of
Spanish from 8 to 17.

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All La Playa courses follow the same schedule, to create a balance between a conversation and
grammar in the morning as well as in the afternoon sessions.
Minimum
duration
(weeks)

Lessons
/week

Minutes
/lesson

Start

Levels

Students/class
(maximum)

Age
(minimum
required)

Teaching
material

Timetable

Semi intensive

1

10

50

Every Monday

All

7

16

Included

10-14

Intensive/standard

1

20

50

Every Monday

All

7

16

Included

10-14

Super intensive

1

30

50

Every Monday

All

7

16

Included

10-14

Combined course

1

20+5

50

Every Monday

All

7

16

Included

10-14

One-to-one

1

+1

55

Every Monday

All

-

16

Included

-

Taylor made course

1

-

50

Every Monday

All

7

16

Included

-

COURSE DETAILS

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2.3 Course Levels
To determine your level prior to the course, we ask you to do an initial test on line, through our website,
or upon arrival at the school.
We follow the official reference levels of the Common European Framework of Languages and the
Curricular Plan of Cervantes Institute. The levels are the following:

A1: Beginner
A2: Elementary
B1.1: Pre-intermediate
B1.2: Intermediate
B2: Upper Intermediate

C1: Advanced
C2: Proficiency

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EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

3.1 Life in Andalusia
La Playa offers a wide range of extracurricular activities. Some of them are included in your inscription,
and others you’ve got to pay a little.
The activities are thematically divided into:

Cultural activities: sightseeing, visits to museums and historical monuments, caves, natural parks,
excursions to the main cities of Andalusia

Party and going out: Flamenco nights, flamenco lessons, full moon parties on the beach, Tapas
around Malaga, concerts

Food and drinks: olive oil tours, wine tasting, Spanish cuisine lessons …

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3.2 Sports and the beach
For free (included with the inscription):

Outdoor gym,
football, basketball, voleyball, paddle, ping-pong, swimming. climbing, hiking.

Not for free (with discounts for our students): Mini-golf,
renting a bicycle, rollerskates, a boat, a kayak, a canoe, a pedal boat, playing
tennis, golf, practicing surf, paddle-surf, kite-surf, wind-surf (if the weather
conditions allow), paraglyding, snorkling, horse-riding. And of course, a live
Malaga C.F football game.

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ACCOMODATION
For every budget, close to the school (5-10 minutes walking) & well communicated

Options:
In a Spanish Family | In a Shared Apartment (Single room - Double room) | In a Private
Apartment | Hotel (***/****) | Bed&Breakfast
4.1 Our spanish families All our families are carefully chosen, and have previous experience in
accommodating foreign students. Come and meet Conchi and her
delicious tortilla, try the Manolo’s sangría, taste the Fermin and Ana’s
spectacular paella… And try to go back home without any extra kilos…

4.2 Our apartments

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Learning Spanish on the beach, following a method tailor made just for you, in a cozy and
relaxing atmosphere, in an interactive and dynamic classroom, in an authentic little costal
town on Spanish Mediterranean IS possible in

LA PLAYA ESCUELA DE ESPAÑOL

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