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Spanish Courses in Spain in disguise!

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Georgina Howard
Thursday, 11 June 2015 / Published in Exercise and Learning, Learning Spanish in Spain, Teaching Spanish
Spanish lessons and laughter over Joxemi´s paella
Too often Spanish courses in Spain are associated with formal classes at established universities and Spanish language institutions. However, many adult students of Spanish work as well as study, and have limited holiday time to do both. This means that they often seek to combine a Spanish course in Spain with a holiday in the country
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Don´t take the Spanish people out of learning Spanish

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Georgina Howard
Tuesday, 29 January 2013 / Published in Bilingual Families, Learning Spanish in Spain, Teaching Spanish
Spanish conversations with Spanish people
I am always amazed at the number of Spanish language schools in Spain that boast about their highly sophisticated language labs full of the latest technology! Surely, (I have always thought) it is far better to learn languages with real people? Surely, the elderly señora with time to talk on the plaza, or a friendly shepherd bringing
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Spanish Language Courses at the Open University: their Perfect Summer Complement

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Georgina Howard
Tuesday, 22 January 2013 / Published in Learning Spanish in Spain, Teaching Spanish
Spanish courses in Spain with a difference
Open University Spanish language students enjoy our Spanish language courses and house-parties in the Pyrenees in Spain, and have done for over a decade; braving the 10 hairpin bends to our Pyrenean farmhouse to join us for a chat! Our total immersion Spanish language courses have always offered an ideal summer complement to years of distance learning where Spanish tuition is based primarily
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Spanish Courses in Spain – are they really necessary?

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Georgina Howard
Wednesday, 16 February 2011 / Published in Learning Spanish in Spain, Teaching Spanish
Spanish classes in disguise
Spanish language courses in Spain – which one do you recommend? Where should we go? Where is the best place to study Spanish in Spain? I hear the question again and again and I am usually quite baffled by the insistence on a formal Spanish course and the intent search for a formal Spanish school
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5 Ways Not to Speak Spanish in Spain

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Georgina Howard
Sunday, 09 January 2011 / Published in Learning Spanish in Spain
The personal touch
1.  Make a bee line for Spanish resorts full of other British people. Here, you will often find impatient English-speaking shopkeepers and waiters who find nothing amusing in waiting half-an-hour for you to mumble your order in broken Spanish, when a two-minute conversation in English would suffice. 2. Head for the large metropolises full of busy
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Spanish language course and Walking holidays – Green (and Blue) Exercise Boosts Mental Health

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Georgina Howard
Monday, 02 August 2010 / Published in Exercise and Learning, Learning Spanish in Spain, Walking in the Pyrenees
John, Paul, Sonja and David after a dip in the river near Arizkun
In defence of the Spanish language and walking holidays we run in the Pyrenees I remember an article on how living  near green spaces can be shown to improve mental health. Thanks Paul for routing it out for me!  Add these findings to those of a  previous article on my blog on how exercise is shown to aid mental agility and memory and it therefore makes
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