Do you want to travel to Spain during summer but do not know how to finance your stay in the country? If I were you, you should not worry since there is a program for you that will surely make your summer interesting!

Don Quijote has two well-structured and unique programs which will allow you to study and work in Spain at the same time. You can choose to study and work either in Spanish hotels or in the beautiful Marabella seaside. The first module of both programs is the Spanish language learning part and all levels of Spanish language learners are welcome! You can have a Spanish course with a minimum of four weeks if you are not a total beginner in the Spanish language; beginners however, are encouraged for a longer course so that they will be able to learn more ways in communicating in Spanish. Students who have a better command of the Spanish language will have better chances in having more interesting and better income generating job positions.

The first option is the program which is available to students from the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, together with states which are members of the European Union; is the Study and Work in Spanish Hotels program. You can study in any of the don Quijote schools in Spain for at least four weeks and you can put your Spanish language skills to good use while working in a hotel or country house either in mainland Spain, or the Balearic or Canary Islands. You will be provided with meals and accommodation during your work placement and you will be able to earn a small monthly allowance to shoulder your expenses while you live in Spain.

The other option available for you will be the Study and Work in Marabella program which is available to students from Norway, Switzerland and Iceland and EU member states except those from Bulgaria and Romania. The program will allow you to study in either of the don Quijote schools in Spain for at least four weeks and after that, work in the hospitality or retail business in Marabella, a famous beach resort in Costa del Sol. You will be able to earn a monthly salary during your working period to cover your primary expenses while you stay in Spain.

Once you have chosen your desired program and accomplished your intensive Spanish language course, you will then be assisted to your chosen kind of work. Transfer and accommodation to your workplace will be organized as well as the organization of job interviews, guidance meeting and job orientation. In order to be able to work in Spain, you will need a Social Security card and the Número de Identificación Extranjeros or NIE but don’t worry too much about that since you will be assisted in obtaining those requirements. Aside from that, don Quijote has a twenty-four hour helpline which you can contact whenever you have some concerns.

The don Quijote Study and Work programs in Spain will surely make your summer remarkable and worthwhile. You will be able to learn and polish your Spanish language skills, work in a magnificent country, and make memories that will surely last a lifetime!

The school year is almost over and you keep wondering how are you going to spend your summer?  Do you want to have an interesting and educational summer experience?  Why don’t you try to learn a foreign language in a country where it is spoken and have a chance to work why you learn?

ACCORD Language School in Paris, France has a French language program that combines language learning and the opportunity to work in France!  The original program of the school is composed of two stages; the first one is the French language preparation course while the second stage will be your work experience in the city!  The program however requires that you are not a complete beginner in the French language.  Well since, you might have taken French in school maybe you already have a better head start right?

What is so interesting with the program is that you will have a great time learning French in Paris through an intensive course which will last for a minimum of four weeks depending on your level of proficiency.  You can start on any Monday in summer since this program is offered by the school all year round.

In order to start with your work experience in Paris, the school will gauge your French language skills; you need a minimum level of intermediate French in order to be given permission to work.  The duration of the internship will be from four to eight weeks and the job that will be given to you will be in the ACCORD Language School or at the ACCORD French summer campus.  You will be able to work in the administrative department of ACCORD and enhance your French language skills by communicating with the people around you in the language.  If ever you will be granted to be part of the internship program where work will be only on afternoons, you can still follow the morning intensive French language course with twenty-six lessons per week and here is the best part, the LESSONS WILL BE FREE OF CHARGE!  Now tell me, where else can you get a better offer where you can work and have free language classes?

Once your summer internship will be over, ACCORD Language School will give you a certificate with a detailed evaluation and description of the content and success of your internship.  You will have a written proof that you indeed spent your summer in France and the best proof that you can show your family and friends when you are back at home is your better command of the French language!
What I can tell you now is do more research about the program, better yet contact the language school, and make up your mind fast because summer is just around the corner!  You will surely have an interesting and rewarding summer when you spend it wisely and have a marvelous experience learning French and working in France!

What are your ways to learn more things around you? Do you have any wise alternative to get yourself more knowledgeable? Wat are those? How about your way of learning other languages? Do you have any interesting, and idealistic ways to learn them? Do you know that there are some other ways to learn them? They are less expensive, and more idealistic then!

One of the videos in You Tube ,posted a very good example of the idea I’ve laid down above. There is this boy selling in the sidewalk. There was a man interviewing him. The lad was proudly said that he could speak eight languages: Italian, French,Persian, Arabic, Japanese, Russian ,German and English. Wow! What kind of brain this boy has? The man asked him for example from him to use languages. And he spoke then about his product in different languages. That was really impressing. And do you know what is the most remarkable about this lad? When the man asked him how and where did he learn those languages, he said that he learn it through listening his different different nationals costumers. It’s very inspiring to hear a kind of this lad does learn those language by just listening and observing his so rounding.

This lad is one of the proofs that could persuade people to learn more. Through him, the essence of learning foreign languages has proven- POSSIBLE! Yes, it’s not that hard and a burden to learn them. There are still other ways to learn them. How about the way the boy was doing-Observing and listening? It helps too much! Also, there are tendencies, wherein,chances to get one self educate and live with the language could be at hand.

As one of the experiences I have. Chatting is also a help to improve one’s utterances. In it, you could chat with different people with different languages. The most I had chatted with were Afghans and Egyptians. Most of them (whom I chatted only) are not so aware nor expose with the other languages basically, ENGLISH.

But through chatting, according to them, they gradually learn to understand and use the English language. It’s true. It’s good to know that people are using the net as means of learning foreign languages. The great point here is that, they could learn and use them instantly. If you would chat, naturally, exchanges of ideas is there. Of course, they could talk too about there languages, they even give and exchange speeches and give translations. Thats’ why there is learning through net chatting.

These ways are very ethical, though its not in formal learning. It’s impressing that though we our having fun and spending our time facing the computer, at the same time , we are learning. The most one is that, it’s not that expensive compared to enroll in any learning institution, folk!

What I am saying here is that, lets be more observant, outstanding listeners and learners to the things around us. Let’s utilize everything we have,which could still help us to become better communicators,and communicatees. Let’s be more resourceful!