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Study Abroad in Buenos Aires With Elebaires

women in buenos airesIn the heart of Buenos Aires, Elebaires offers Spanish immersion programs of varying lengths including both private and group lessons year round, excursions, support services, social and cultural activities, and skill workshops such as tango and photography.

The school provides local homestays with Argentine students or families, as well as internship and volunteer placements to complement courses. They offer special programs such as Spanish and Volunteer, Spanish and Medicine, and Spanish and Tango, as well as customized content courses for high schools. By emphasizing the importance of actually living in Argentina like a true porteño, letting students experience and participate in Argentine culture rather than just observing it, Elebaires really sets itself apart from other Spanish organizations abroad and is thus expanding considerably.

It is a Certified Spanish School by SEA (Asociación de Centros de Idiomas de Argentina) and has university accreditation to provide international transcripts for college or university students.

Spanish Abroad

Spanish Abroad has offered summer Spanish camps in Latin America and Spain for nearly two decades. During this time, different program options through partner language schools have been refined to include intensive language-immersion courses, fun activities, and housing options that meet the needs of children and families when parents come along to learn Spanish. The summer camp in Tamarindo, Costa Rica, is popular, with children from five to 13 years old taking part in intensive Spanish courses along with cultural and beach activities in the afternoon. In addition, they go on adventure tours, including zip-lining and visits to the monkey park. Intercambios are arranged to practice their Spanish with local children. The entire family can stay with a host family, and parents as well as teens can take Spanish courses and surf instruction at the language school located right on Tamarindo Beach. In Spain, summer Spanish camp options with children’s, teen, and adult courses are offered in San Sebastian, Barcelona, Salamanca, Marbella, and Madrid. Full summer Spanish camps are at local boarding schools with all-inclusive language instruction, activities, excursions, meals, airport transfers, and shared room and board. Private apartments can be arranged at any location.

Amistad Institute

Founded in 2003, Amistad Institute is an organization located in Heredia, Jaco Beach, Monteverde Cloud Forest, and Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica. Amistad’s founders have nearly 20 years’ experience in the language immersion and volunteer industry with specializations in language training, volunteering for social development, nonprofit administration, and tourism. They are a team of experienced professionals who are passionate about offering Spanish language, volunteer, and travel experiences in Costa Rica. Amistad offers a wide variety of volunteer opportunities for international students around beautiful Costa Rica.

AIP Languages

AIP Language Institute is an Instituto Cervantes accredited school located in Valencia. They boast:
– One of the biggest Spanish schools in Valencia with 20 fully equipped classrooms.
– Exciting excursions organized through their own travel agency devoted to organizing study and cultural tours for groups throughout Europe and Morrocco.
– Over 100 available internships and volunteer opportunities in all fields.
– 10 multilingual staff in addition to teachers, available to coordinate all the aspects of the student´s experience in Valencia.

AIP specializes in high school and college groups, and the school has received more than 2,000 US students in the last 10 years.

AIP offers a unique opportunity for cultural immersion on the Mediterranean coast of Spain; their urban summer camp in Valencia is ideal for 16- to 18-year-old teenagers, perfectly combining learning Spanish through fun workshops in the morning and recreational and cultural activities in the afternoon, with students from all over the world. The workshops are accredited by the Cervantes Institute, ensuring that children get the most out of the course offered. Spanish host families are selected carefully so that students feel welcomed and live in a safe environment. Valencia offers a perfect combination of cultural and recreational activities for teens in summer, such as sailing, dancing, cooking courses, and visits to the extraordinary City of Arts and Sciences, and students can fully enjoy the nearby beach.

For more, visit their website.

November 2014

November 2014 Cover

Elementary Practicals
Lisa Lucas discovers what we can learn from the UK’s mandating of world language education in all elementary schools from second grade

When Language and Learning Get Tough
John Carr offers strategies for identifying and serving the growing population of English learners with learning difficulties

The Play’s the Thing
Lori Langer de Ramirez recommends using suspension of disbelief and simulations as means of connecting to global communities

Italian Destinations A selection of schools representing the diversity of Italy

Italian Attraction
Dona De Sanctis explains why learning Italian is becoming more popular in the U.S.

Spanish Flavor
The distinct regions of Spain offer an array of choices for the language learner

Last Writes Richard Lederer demonstrates how animals are known by their deeds

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Sex, Chocolate, and Vocab

159291677Learning new words stimulates the same brain center as such long-proven means of deriving pleasure, as having sex, gambling or eating chocolate, according to a new study published in the journal Current Biology.
A team of researchers at Barcelona’s Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute and Germany’s Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg has found that successful learning of the meanings of new words activates the same core reward center in the brain as chocolate, sex, and drugs. The ventral striatum is a part of the brain activated by positive emotions.
“The purpose of the study was to find out to what extent learning a language could activate these pleasure-and-reward circuits,” study author Antoni Rodríguez Fornells told La Vanguardia, Barcelona’s top Catalan newspaper. “From the point of view of evolution, it is an interesting theory that this type of mechanism could have helped human language to develop,” added Rodríguez Fornells.

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British Language Festival Launches

uk lang festThe British Academy and the Guardian newspaper are currently hosting the 2014Language Festival with the Born Global Symposia at the Language Show Live in London. Running from 17 October – 28 November 2014, the UK-wide festival celebrates the importance of language learning and the UK’s diverse cultural heritage.As part of the 2014 Language Festival, schools can join the debate in a variety of ways, by: attending or hosting an affiliated event; engaging with interactive material such as the downloadable Language Festival packs on the Guardian’s website; participating in live online Q&A’s; and through social media. The downloadable packs have been designed to help schools join in the Language Festival by sharing creative ideas for events, promotional materials, and interactive games. Click here to download

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Lessons from the Ukrainian Conflict

Angelika Putintseva’s firsthand experience leads her to believe that language intolerance is the root cause of conflict on the shores of the Black Sea

Crimea is my motherland; I was born there. My roots and extended family are deeply connected to Crimea, the Ukrainian territory that recently voted to join Russia. Moscow is my second home, and I spent nearly a decade living, studying, and working in the Russian capital before immigrating to the U.S. This August, I spent a week in Moscow and a week in Crimea to see and decide for myself what has been happening there this year. What follow are my personal notes and conclusions as a Crimean-born, Russian-raised language teacher.

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Arabic Promotion Pact

200402641-001THE Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the United Arab Emirates has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with the Society for the Protection of the Arabic Language.

The MoU is designed to encourage communities to promote their association with the Arabic language which ties in with the Arabic language charter initiative, launched by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice-president and prime minister of Dubai, to encourage the use of Arabic in all fields.

The MoU argues that businesses and other organizations should look out for language errors in advertisements and correspondence. It also highlights the need to include Arabic content on websites, support Arabic language teaching initiatives for non-native speakers, and limit the use of Arabic slang words in different social media platforms.

Also mentioned is the desire to increase interest in the language through supporting related initiatives, and building strategic partnerships with stakeholders at local, regional, and international levels.

Sheikh Hamdan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, emphasized the need to achieve the strategic goals in line with UAE’s vision, which is that the Arabic language should regain its position as a vital and dynamic language to be used in all areas to express its Islamic and Arabic values.

Sheikh Hamdan also said that the UAE hoped to become a center of excellence for the language, hosting scientists and researchers, supporting the use of authentic Arabic, and translating international literary and scientific works into Arabic.

The Minister added that sustainability of the Arabic language and Arab identity is a top priority for the country.

 

Ebola Prevention Lost in Translation

Ijr620vIn the midst of the worst Ebola outbreak in history, and cases of Ebola turning up around the world, information about disease prevention is increasingly crucial. In the West African countries where Ebola continues to spread at alarming rates, not only is there a lack of adequate medical resources and trained professionals, but a lack of information about Ebola prevention in the many languages spoken in the region.

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