Spanish Language Immersion in Chile

Escuela de Idiomas Violeta Parra - Tandem Santiago:
Established in 1992 in Santiago, Chile, we at Escuela de idiomas Violeta Parra pride on providing top qualiy Spanish Courses in a magical environment.

Why is the school called "Escuela de Idiomas Violeta Parra"? Because through her art, music and poetry, Violeta Parra, a woman of many talents brought to life the true spirit of the nation. Because, for us, this popular figure best represents the people of Chile.

Our purpose is to offer modern, fast spanish language learning programms to our clients, which entitle them to envolve themseves in the shortest time in any spanish speaking country.

We offer Spanish immersion courses at the school, in three intensities using a communicational method. Our Spanish courses differ from those of other language schools in Santiago in terms of progression and, related to this, the short duration. We work with seven different levels. Each level has 1 week of duration, which means, that we pass the fundamental Spanish grammar in only 7 weeks, whereas other schools take 3 month for the same offering only a three level structure! This is your fast track to the Spanish language.

Spnaish Group Courses; Private Spanish Lessons; Intensive Spanish Classes; DELE Exam Preparation Courses; Spanish for Professionals.

We offer carefully selected accommodation of many different kinds for the time you are taking a course and also absolutely independent form the booking of a course. We classify lodgings in private households (shared apartment and Family homestay), Hotels and furnished apartments/studios.

With our field trip program and our excursions, we want to give our Spanish students a deeper insight to the Chilean society. We offer a big number of activities every week. We have a welcome reception with empanadas and wine every Monday after the morning classes, Tuesdays we make a free guided field trip, Wednesdays takes place our Tandem lunch and in the afternoon the Tandem group interchange. After the Interchange we offer an outing to Bellavistas nightlife.

Field trip program:
* Visit of a vineyard with a wine tasting.
* The museum house of Pablo Neruda.
* Visit of the pre columbian museum.
* Visit of the Archeological Museum
* Visit of the Museum of fine Arts

Santiago has a population of 5 million people and is located in the central valley at the foot of the Andes. It is a safe and modern city with good public transportation and a warm mediterranean climate In the evenings it cools off comfortably. Spring already starts in the middle of August with the flowering of the fruit trees. In the nearly rainless santiago cathedralsummer period between October and March, the average daytime temperatures are 80-85 degrees F (29 °C). It always cools of comfortably during the night. The winter is short and mild. 95% of the 330mm yearly rain, falls between April and December. June and July are the rainiest month in the year. Nevertheless there are more sunny than rainy days in these month and temperatures during a sunny day can reach (16-20ºC). When it is cloudy or rains 8-10ºC are normal. In Santiago we rarely have light frost and then only during a few hours early in the morning. Between June and October we can ski in the Andes.