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Spanish
General Course
Morelia, Mexico
1 Week from $205
course only
Spanish General Course (20 lessons per week)
Morelia School
 This is the most popular group course and runs throughout the year at all levels from beginners to advanced. Classes focus on the four main language skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing, combined with aspects of local culture. This course is recommended for those who wish to learn the language at a steady pace and attracts students of all ages and backgrounds. Classes usually take place Monday to Friday in the morning, although in high season they make take place in the afternoon.
Course Summary
| Lesson Length |
50 mins |
| Class Times |
08.00 -> 14.00 or 16.00 -> 21.00 - Your exact timetable will be confirmed at start of course. |
| Testing Methods |
On First Day |
| Course Materials |
Included in the course fees |
| Age Range |
18 to 100 |
| Average Class Size |
4 |
| Maximum Class Size |
6 |
| Nearest Airport |
Morelia Airport |
| Language |
Spanish |
| Course Type |
General Course |
| School |
Morelia
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| Location |
Morelia, Mexico |
Important Information
Please note that books are not included in the price, they need to be purchased on arrival.
Activities
A number of activities are available alongside this course, including the sample activities listed below. Please not these may vary and be chargeable.
The school organises approx. 2 activities per week during the busy season. Activities include a walking tour of the city, and visits to historic sites. The school also occasionally organises trips to plays, restaurants and bars, although students are required to pay for themselves. An intercambio with Mexicans also takes place most evenings at the school between 6pm and 7pm. The school also organises excursions almost every weekend between June and August, and twice a month throughout the rest of the year. The most common destinations include Guanajuato, San Miguel de Allende and Quiroga (indigenous craft village). The price for these excursions can vary considerably but a 2 day trip including transportation, accommodation and a guide costs around $130.
Accommodation Options
Prices are per person, per week and include course and accommodation. Supplementary nights may be available. Accommodation prices may vary with season. See step 1 of the booking process for the final price.
 Host Family
You will have your own single room and share 3 meals each day with your family. If on any occasion you do not want to eat at home please just notify your family in advance. Most families will give you a key to the outside door and you will be able to come and go as you please.
Your host family respects your beliefs and we ask that you show the same respect for their beliefs. You can discuss anything with your teacher but some subjects regarding religion, culture, or politics may be inappropriate to discuss with your family. It is a good idea to bring some pictures of your family, friends, house and even a map that shows where you live. These can be useful prompts to begin discussions with the family.
Supplementary nights - $27 pp per night
The School - Morelia
School facilities
     The school is located in a remodelled colonial house close to the city centre and only a few minutes walk from the main plaza, the post office, various banks and a number of cafes. There are 13 classrooms and a number of outdoor patios where students also take classes and can relax. The school caters to about 80 students a day when full. The school has a very strong academic programme and caters to a wide range of ages and levels, including advanced students. Teachers use a dynamic, communicative approach to enable rapid language learning, and are also highly educated in many other subjects besides Spanish.
In the afternoons most students take part in the intercambio programme, whereby they pair up with Mexicans and take turns to practice their Spanish / English - and excellent way to practise the language and meet the locals!
Please note that, unlike other schools with whom we work, the cost of the course book and other materials is not included in the price of courses here. You can purchase materials at the bookstore and supply shop at the school.
Out and About
As to be expected of a fine colonial city, it all starts in the zócalo and it all sits in the shadow of a magnificent cathedral - this time dating from the 17th century, and with two intricately-carved towers looking out over the bustling main square. But while you can see cathedrals almost anywhere, you’d be pushed to find the brightly coloured masks of the Museo de la Máscara, the magnificent collection of handicrafts of the Casa de las Artesanías, or the mouthwatering display of sweets at the Mercado de Dulces, elsewhere. And all these within short distance of the city’s most popular restaurants, peaceful inner courtyards and beautiful plants only adding to the ambience. Outside the town, however, no visitor should miss the Santuario de Mariposas El Rosario, a dazzling display of monarch butterflies from cooler northern climes, or the attractive colonial town of Pátzcuaro, where traditional butterfly nets can still be seen catching fish (and sometimes tourists’ pesos) in the nearby lake.
More on Morelia School
Best Time to Go
Morelia enjoys a year-round warm and dry weather. The rainy season runs from April through November. Rains tend to be fierce and brief in the late afternoon, leaving the evenings dry and cooled off. Winters in Morelia can be cool and even quite chilly from November through February.
Nationalities represented at this school
70% of the students are from the US., 30% are from Europe and Asia
What other students have said...
"The school is absolutely excellent; there is a strong concentration on grammar, but it is taught beautifully in small, bite-sized chunks, which make the programme very manageable. I learned more in 5 weeks than I did in 5 years in England. Of all the Spanish schools I’ve been to, this is the best. At no point during the programme did I ever feel confused or out of my depth; the teachers do a great job of making sure you don’t feel small or stupid when you make mistakes... instead they steer you towards the right answer and explain it clearly.
Morelia is charming, with a very traditional "Spanish-style" downtown, with cathedrals, galleries, theatres, cinemas and covered markets. It’s small enough that you can walk to most places, yet big enough to have a really dynamic energy. I would recommend visiting the bars in the early evening - there are literally hundreds of extremely cool, contemporary bars hiding away in the side streets and on the roof terraces, which give fantastic views over the city, and of the architectural gems.
I’m not a hugely social person, but I made lots of really close Mexican friends during my trip... Travelling with them has been the highlight."
(James Coyle, August 2006)
"Highly professional run institute in a great athmosphere with perfect service for the students, perfect teachers and perfect host family
Highly recommendable!!! Morelia is a very beautiful city with a lot of history and interesting buildings. I reccommend everyone to learn something about Mexicos history in advance to get a better understanding of the speciality of this place. I stayed with a very nice host family near the city center. I liked the family athmosphere and the possibility to speak Spanish after school."
(Sebastian Koetter, January 2005)
"It is very organised and welcoming school. Teachers are very nice, and they know their job, and they speak excellent english. Morelia is good balance for eg. big Mexico-city, good place to study, and there's very European atmosphere in the city. I stayed in host family, they were also very nice people, I felt like part of family. Staying in family is also very good for studying and practising new language. The whole experience was great, I think I enjoyed most meeting mexican and learning about their culture and of course some spanish -week is definetly too short for that!"
(Pauliina Tamminen, Nov 2004)
"I was going to fill in the evaluation sheet that I printed off the computer but I will let you have the details now which saves me having to send the form in!! Anyway, I loved the school and was sorry to leave. I found the other activities organised by the school very good too. I particularily enjoyed the trips with Eugenio as guide as he is very imforative and knowledgeable. I also went to the conversation classes, which were a bit daunting at first particularily as there were always many more spanish students (learning english) than english speakers.
My Spanish improved enormously, especially as I could not speak very much at all when I got there. I can now understand most of what is said, find the talking a bit of a struggle sometimes to remember the tense, the person and the vocabulary - but certainly feel more confident in being able to get what I want and travel alone. In fact with some travellers we speak Spanish together as it is the easiest common language - there are a lot of french people here in Mexico for some reason and I find it confusing to try and talk french with them and keep mixing up the words between spanish and french so it is easier to just talk spanish!!
Anyway, I will not ramble on any more. I would be happy to take another course with cactus - maybe another Spanish course or a french course so I can get back my french which has been lost somewhere in the spanish!!"
(Elena Allen, May 2002)
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Booking information
Public Holidays for this school
2010
September 16
September 30
November 2
Airport Transfer Options
Nearest Airport Morelia Airport
An airport transfer service is available. $52 pp one way.
Choose the option in step 2 of the booking process.
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