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Parallel to your German course (Standard or German for Life 1), you take music tuition at the Vienna Conservatorium.You have individual instrumental and singing lessons, and between one and three theoretical subjects per week, such as musical history, composition, acoustics or instrumental studies.Practice facilities at the Conservatorium and in orchestra, chamber music and choir are available.

Location:Vienna
Course duration: 4 weeks - 12 months.
Intensity: standard course or German for life 1 (20) + music lesson (1) + special interest lessons (5) per week.
Participants: 8-12
Minimum  age: 16
Start dates: 2002: Jan. 7 / Feb. 4 / March 4 / April 8 / May 6 / June 3 / Aug. 26 / Sept. 30 / Oct. 28 / Nov. 25
Price: 1286 € = 2 weeks

This programme has been created for everyone (over 18 years old) who wishes to combine intensive French courses with the discovery of French culture in its belgian setting. The course consists of the three distinct parts which allow a more diversified approach to the wealth of the French language:

Location:Brussels
3 hours intensive course / day.
2,5 hours more specialised workshops / day.
6 cultural visits per 3 months

Mornings: a minimum of 3 hours of French tuition at France Langue school per weekday. The course offers activities, such as visits to museums, wine tastings, french cousine, and french history. There are other types of french courses that might interest you. These course is very popular among the dutch, since they like to experiment culture when learning a new language. EF is one of the schools that offer these types of courses. If you would like more information regarding "cursus frans", as the dutch say, please visit the EF site.

Location: Paris
Course duration: 2 weeks.
Price: 483 € per 2 weeks course (60 hrs).

This theory course is dedicated to those who are interested in the language of food and wine as a hobby or for professional reasons. The program focuses on the language of these two important sectors of the Italian economy, aiming at providing students with the basic vocabulary and technical expressions that are most often used. The course analyses the main recipes of nation-wide and regional Italian cooking, describes the typical products and most often used preparations, reviews the most important old and modern cookbooks, and provides a short history of Italian cuisine. In the area of wine, a region-by-region review is given of the most important wines with a focus on different technologies.

Location: Florence, Rome, Siena
Course duration: 2 weeks
1 tuition hour: 45 minutes (UK),  60 minutes (NZ)
Intensity: 30 classes/week
Participants: 15
Start dates: every 2 weeks

Learn Spanish while enjoying Spanish wines! In this course, you will learn to appreciate and evaluate the many varieties of Spanish wines. You will study the various wine making regions and techniques and get to know the different characteristics they produce. In addition to tasting these wines, you will also learn their historical, economic, and social significance to Spain.

Location: Salamanca
Course duration: 2 weeks
Spanish Intensive Course: (4 hours/day) Minimum duration 2 weeks.
Spanish course: Intensive course of 4 hours a day, open groups, depending on the students' level of Spanish.
Wine tasting course: 19:00h - 20:30h, Thuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Participants: minimum 3; maximum 16.
Start dates: March 19th, April 30th, May 21th, June 18th, September 17th, October 15th and November 12th
Price: Intensive Spanish course (2 weeks)
Wine tasting course
Excursion
Special all-inclusive price ----------- €610

This Spanish and Specialisation course about the great artist Federico García Lorca allows to discover the work of the poet and his life; it consists of a specialisation seminar and visits to the significant places where he spent his tragic life.

Location: Granada
Course duration: 3 weeks Intensive Spanish course (4 hours a day).
Participants: minimum 8
Start dates: 6 May, 5 August, 4 November.
Price:
Enrollment Fee: 31 €
- 3 weeks intensive course: 483 €
- specialisation course: 83 €

This program was especially developed for young learners throughout the academic year. Courses are on a closed-group basis and consist of English language tuition and Home stay accommodation combined with a rich program of social and cultural activities. In the price included are: tuition, airport transfer, accommodation, full social program, talks and lectures

Location: Vancouver, Dublin
Course duration: the typical package is usually a 1 or 2 week stay
Start dates: from September till May

The English plus Sport program combines an English language course with your favourite sport or leisure activity! In the mornings, participants study in one of our group English courses. In the afternoons, our students receive instruction with expert coaches.

Location: Miami
Course duration: 15 lessons per week and an activity program
Starting dates:
Course Length:

In this course you will study the sounds, rhythms and intonation of North American English. This course is dedicated to help you reduce your accent and improve pronunciation. In the lab, we analyze speech from American films and music to give you real examples of everyday English. On the computer you will analyze your own speech by recording your voice so you can compare it with the speech of a native speaker. The best and most exiting way to correct your speech!

Location: New York
4 hours of instruction per day, five days per week
Starting dates:
Course Length: 8 weeks

To maximize your learning experience while living in New York City, Zoni provides topical, cultural seminars to help you learn more about the city, the country, their history and their culture.

Accord Language School offers several interesting workshops to improve your French. You can choose between these topics: Reading and Writing Proficiency, and Grammar; Listening and Speaking Proficiency; Theater, texts and Improvisations; Introduction to the TCF & TEF; Introduction to the DELF & DALF; Business French; Preparation for the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry examinations (C.C.I.P.) with specialist teachers; Reinforcement and Parisian Culture et Civilisation.

Location: Paris
3 hours per week
Timetable: Thursday, from 2.15 p.m. to 5.15 p.m.
Course length: from 4 weeks
Group size: from 10 to 14 students maximum.

Leysin, with its 60 km of trail and various activities, is the answer to every snowboarder’s and skier’s dream. In Spring, those who want to discover this “Little White Corner of Heaven” can combine the language courses with three half-days of skiing or snowboarding per week.

Location: Switzerland
3 half days per week
Course length: from 4 weeks
Group size: from 10 to 14 students maximum.

Students fond of horse riding will enjoy this new exciting programme that combines language courses and horse riding. This programme takes place in the “Manège de Leysin” where very good facilities are offered. It even allows us to arrange full-board accommodation for private horse.

Location: Switzerland
3 half days per week
Course length: from 4 weeks

This course is specially made for people that are enjoying their second spring. This course is a great opportunity to study Spanish in a group of people with the same age and get to know and enjoy the Spanish way of life? The course is really nice and interesting combination of culture, language, visits, food and drinks and much more.

Location:Tenerife
Course length: 2 weeks
Group size: maximum 8 students per class ( minimum 3)
Required level from elemental
Minimum age: 50 years old

Don Quijote makes learning Spanish nicer by combining the language course with a Spanish gastronomic course. This is the perfect way to find out more about the Spanish cuisine while learning the language. The cooking course, which is giving by a professional teacher, includes ingredients, tasting and talk about the dishes.

Location: Salamanca
Spanish Intensive course: 4 hours daily, minimum duration 2 weeks.
Spanish cooking course: 2 weeks (3 classes per week)
Level required: basic knowledge.
Group size: minimum 4; maximum 14.

Learning Spanish in combination with learning how to play is thanks to Don Quijote Valencia a fact. The golf course is situated in the Albufera Nature Park on the shores of the Mediterranean, just south of the city of Valencia. It is laid out on terrain dotted with pine trees and sand dunes, and has been designed with 18 holes and outstanding fairways and ample greens. It has been classified among the top-ranking European courses, and it is listed as number 29 on the world level, a part from hosting a number of Spanish Opens.

Location: Valencia
Duration of the Spanish course: at least 3 weeks.
Characteristics and duration of the golf course: 2 classes per week during 3 weeks.
Group size: minimum 2 students

Have always wanted to know what Christmas is like in Spain or how Spaniards celebrate New Year's Eve? Than this is the perfect chance to spend an unforgettable time during these days in Spain! How? Take part in the Christmas courses either in Granada, Seville or Tenerife. This course includes a farewell dinner, Saturday excursion (27/12), 2 extra classes weekly on various topics of cultural interest and one excursion.

Location: Granada, Sevilla, Tenerife
Course duration: 2 weeks.
Intensity: 16 classes per week (morning classes).
Levels: all
Group size: maximum 8 students per class.

Flamenco is an ancient and profound art through which the people of Southern Spain have expressed their deepest sentiments for several centuries. Don Quijote now offers you the chance to experience and learn both the practical skills of the flamenco art and the Spanish language. Don't miss this unique opportunity!

Location: Sevilla
Spanish course: Intensive Spanish course of a minimum length of 2 weeks.
Flamenco course: 3 weekly sessions of 1 hour and a half each.
Group size : minimum of 2 students; maximum of 12 students.
Level of Spanish required: basic knowledge.

If you are an adventurous person this course is definitely something for you. This Spanish special programme includes an intensive language course and a half-day scuba diving course. The scuba diving course can also be combined with any language course the student wishes. This course includes all standard don Quijote services, full insurance against accidents, all equipment, Diploma and P.A.D.I. certificate of Open Water Diver and transport from the school to the immersion places. There is also an advanced diving course available for those who already have a P.A.D.I cerfitficate.

Location: Tenerife
Course duration: 2 weeks
Intensity: Intensive Spanish course (4 hours per day). 5 day theory course in Spanish in a don Quijote classroom (approximately 2,30 hours daily), 2 days immersion in swimming pool (approximately 4 hours daily, including general overhaul), 3 days sea immersion (approximately. 4 hours daily, including general overhaul), 1 day final test with immersion

In this course, you will learn to appreciate and evaluate the many varieties of Spanish wines. You will study the various wine making regions and techniques and get to know the different characteristics they produce. In addition to tasting these wines, you will also learn their historical, economic, and social significance to Spain. All written and audio-visual didactic material is included in the price: videos, slides, guides and reference book as well as the wine and ingredients for Spanish recipes. Above all this course includes a visit to the renowned Castel-museum of Wine in Castilla y León for a special wine tasting and sight-seeing in the village.

Location: Salamanca
Maximum number of students: 16
Minimum number of students: 3
Duration: 2 weeks
Level of Spanish required: from elemental
Spanish course: Intensive course of 4 hours a day, open groups, depending on the students' level of Spanish
Wine tasting course: 19:00h - 20:30h, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays

Total Russian Immersion Courses are One-to-one Courses with 20 weekly lessons run outside the school. The lessons are given by one of our teachers who sees the student where he lives, typically at his host family. The teacher and the student jointly determine the exact content of a Professional One-to-One course. The student is invited to specify his/her fields of interests by completing our need analysis, which allows us to pre-select material, establish a study-plan and prepare a specific vocabulary.

Location: St- Petersburg
Intensity: 15, 20, 30 or 40 lessons per week
Course length: minimum one week (Participants may also book additional 5-lesson-
modules as a supplement to any One-to-one or Group Course)