miércoles, 21 de enero de 2009


CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CAMBRIDGE
WELCOME

CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CAMBRIDGE is today’s response to those people interested in learning real life Spanish well and professionally in a permanent immersion ambience. Our classrooms are exciting learning places where you will find top-notch teachers working with multimedia equipment with high speed Wi-Fi Internet connection that makes learning Spanish and other languages exciting and effective. Other benefits you will only find at Centro de Estudios Cambridge for your comfort and the attainment of great results in speaking Spanish well are: flexible schedules, fun cultural, sports and recreational activities, the best textbooks and materials and equipment, and the best location in Manizales on Santander Avenue, Milán, carrera 23 72-49. tel 8868850. We also have branches in two other major Colombian cities: Pereira and Santa Marta.

SPANISH PROGRAMME







“Bienvenido a colombia”
(Welcome to Colombia)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmWdAP2GUhU&feature=related


That´s what you will hear from us when you arrive in our country and our representative picks you up at the airport. We have a super intensive four-week programme designed to give you the best time of your life in the country that has the happiest people in the world:

http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/blog-344772.html

So you´re in the right place and with the right people. Centro de Estudios Cambridge has a pull of professional teachers and personnel that care for the students and give their best to make your stay in Colombia unforgettable and a unique learning opportunity.

Come to Colombia and let us treat you with a cup of the richest coffee in the world : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHQAAfVvvOU&feature=related

We offer you two weeks in the center of the country, the coffee zone. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLTFtEwfoos

with one week in the city of Pereira http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSyE0HTcLM4

and one more in the city of Manizales http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hgy2lDyVG_g

Then you will fly to the Atlantic coast of Colombia where the beautiful Caribbean city of Santa Marta awaits you with its superb beaches and people.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avXQwPDyS5k&feature=related
FIRST WEEK
City: Pereira





Learning and Social Activities include sightseeing, visits to museums, market place, handicraft markets, national parks, ecological treks, night life activities, parties and carnivals, theater presentations and obviously classes in the morning.



SECOND WEEK
City: Manizales








Learning and Social Activities include sightseeing, visits to museums, market place, handicraft markets, national parks, ecological treks, night life activities, parties and carnivals, theater presentations and obviously classes in the morning.





THIRD AND FOURTH WEEK

City: SANTA MARTA

Learning and Social Activities include sightseeing, visits to museums, market place, handicraft markets, national parks, beaches, ecological treks, night life activities, parties and carnivals, theater presentations and obviously classes in the morning.

SPEAK REAL LIFE SPANISH IN ONE MONTH

DESCRIPTION:

Cambridge Corporation offers you the possibility to learn Spanish through an intensive course during 100 hours scheduled in 4 weeks. The course is made up of 25 sessions, two hours each, designed to learn the theoretical concepts of the language. After finishing the sessions you will have 25 similar sessions to practice and reinforce the four skills: Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing.



This intensive course is structured within a pedagogical model characterised by:

· Individual class sessions: The course has 25 two-hour sessions for a total of 50 direct hours in constant communication and practice.
· Group class sessions: The course has 25 two-hour sessions for a total of 50 direct hours for exciting practice of Spanish with other peers and native speakers in real life situations.
· Sessions of Super-Learning studying techniques designed to let the student learn the correct usage of study habits, phonetics, reading skills and internalization of grammatical aspects.
· Use of user-friendly materials and cutting edge technologies designed for meaningful, efficient and exciting classes.


ADVANTAGES OF THE PROGRAM:

* Since the very first class the student is using the concepts of the
language.
* The student is the exclusive centre of the class.
* Professional and experienced teachers with proficiency on the
language and on the methodology.



SUPERINTENSIVE AND PERSONALISED PROGRAMME

Centro de Estudios Cambridge offers you the possibility to learn to speak Spanish effectively though our super intensive personalized methodology. In the first 50 hours you become acquainted with the basic grammar of the language and master a vocabulary base of the most common 1,000 words so that you can develop communicative capabilities from the very start. Then you study in small groups of no more than eight students for another 50 hours, 100 hours total of complete immersion in the language. Our methodology is active, which means you will learn Spanish by doing, not in a traditional boring classroom. Our class activities involve experiencing outdoors, market and museum visits, hikes, sports activities, cultural presentations where you can be either part of the audience or the star under the spotlights, parties, plays, coffee hours, etc. You will always be active, learning, travelling, and living our warm tropical Colombian culture.

Our Spanish Programme features:

Personalised sessions for the full practice of the students in class.
A proven and effective psycholinguistic method that lets you internalize grammar structures and vocabulary so that you can speak the language quickly and easily.
Development of study skills that let you master grammar structures and memorise vocabulary the moment you come in contact with any new language form.
Remedial work with the guidance of a teacher on Saturdays for students who may have missed a class or failed a test.
Extended and continuous practice in our language lab, in out coffee hour sessions and other social interaction activities regularly scheduled: language through music, movie time, immersion outings, internet chats, lectures, cultural events and arts expositions.
Our classes are supported with high speed wi-fi internet connection that lets our teachers hook up with the real world and bring it into the classroom for a natural and exciting practice of the language.
Our students receive multimedia applications for further practice and learning at home.
We offer you studies abroad in any language through specialised language schools.

WHO WE ARE

PURPOSE
Contribute to the continuous improvement of both personal and professional possibilities of our students by means of high-quality teaching practices and an on-going feeling of commitment and efficiency to provide them with tools that enable them to achieve a thorough linguistic and cultural command and understanding of our language and nation.




VISION

To become a prestigious modern educational institution for work and human development that manages change and favours innovation in the constant search of excellence where our students discover and develop their language skills through an active humanistic methodology based on being, doing, learning and learning to learn.




OUR EDUCATIONAL POLICIES


Academic excellence
Global projection
Contextualised education with an integral and social purpose
Education for life
Learning to learn
Participation in community, cultural, artistic and recreational activities

Staff









Director
Carlos Man Ospina



Spanish Programme Coordinator
Lina Llanos






Contact us

www.estudioscambridge.com

Contact person:
Carlos Ospina
cminnova@yahoo.com

Lina Llanos
linallanox@yahoo.com

tel (57)(68) 868850 868832 8868836