Learn Spanish in Malaga, Spain

Malaca Instituto, Malaga:
Malaca Instituto, located in the heart of Málaga in southern Spain offers intesive Spanish Courses for all levels. We have spent the last 30 years developing our teaching philosophy and evolving an approach to teaching Spanish which we believe is innovative and effective. The beauty and culture of Malaga guarantees each student the experience of a lifetime. The extremely positive feedback from our students confirms this. Our professional approach has enabled us to assemble an impressive list of quality guarantees : Accredited Centre of the Instituto Cervantes, EAQUALS, EFQM, CEELE, etc. Leading American universities and other national and international institutions also use our services. Whether studying Spanish for school or university, for work or purely for the pleasure of knowing another language and its culture, you will find that we offer the course you need.

* Mini-campus environment: with its 110-bedroom residence (Club Hispánico), the school buildings form a mini-campus creating an extremely welcoming and friendly environment.
* Serious academic approach: Malaca Instituto, has over 30 years experience in teaching Spanish to overseas students, in creating its own teaching materials and developing its teaching philosophy.
* Range of courses: MI offers an extremely comprehensive range of courses. There are some 12 different courses in total – you should be able to find the one for you!

Málaga is currently the most popular destination in Spain for studying Spanish. Located on the southern, Mediterranean coast of Spain it benefits from the famously moderate “Mediterranean climate” and all the cultural heritage and influences (history, architecture, music, dance, gastronomy, etc.) of the many different peoples of the region.

The major defining characteristics of Andalucía, the southern region of Spain in which Málaga is found, are the result of the 800 years of occupation by arabic peoples from Africa, which continued until 1492. They brought with them their music (the roots of flamenco), their palaces and white-washed villages, fountains and flowing water, books, libraries and universities – all this at a time when the rest of Europe was in the savage depths of the Middle Ages.

The objective is to help realise or exceed every students’ expectations. We aim to do this by creating a relaxing environment which puts the student at ease and in the right frame of mind to study and then providing excellent tuition via our enthusiastic and well-trained teachers and our self-access learning facilities.

The approach which we have evolved over the years is an eclectic one, taking the best aspects of the communicative approach and adding this to structured learning of grammar and syntax.

Each day’s teaching unit in our textbooks therefore has a grammatical theme. However, the objective is not to teach grammar but to improve the students’ abilities to communicate in Spanish: to develop the 4 skills of reading, writing speaking and listening and the vocabulary and confident usage that gradually lead to communicative fluency.

Intensive Spanish Courses; Superintensive Spanish Courses; Group Spanish Lessons; Private Spanish Tuition; Spanish for Business; Spanish for International Trade and Commerce; DELE Preparation; Spanish for Tourism.

The quality of your teachers is probably one of the most important determining factors in the success of your language course.

We believe that one of the main reasons that our students are so satisfied with our courses is that we ensure that your teachers are:

* Speakers of spanish as their mother tongue
* Educated to a high level
* Trained and experienced in teaching Spanish
* Well versed in our teaching philosophy
* Enthusiastic and highly motivated
* Interested in all their students
* Professional but friendly

All the services and facilities offered by Malaca Instituto from the tuition to the student activities programme are subject to regular independent inspection and we can thus show external and independent proof of our high quality. We are accredited by EAQUALS, Instituto de Cervantes, IALC, EFQM and CEELE.

The choice of the right type of accommodation for you is one of the most important decisions to make with regards your stay in Spain. We understand that people have differing needs and interests. For this reason we offer a wide range of accommodation options enabling each student to choose the most appropriate type:

* Residential accommodation on our Mini-campus in the Club Hispánico
* Shared student apartments offering an independent lifestyle at very affordable prices
* Host family accommodation providing the maximum opportunity to get to know the Spanish way of life and practise your Spanish

While you are studying in Málaga, Andalucía, you will want to get to know the city itself, the other cities of Andalucía and the peoples and their customs. You will also want to get to know your fellow students and enjoy participating in activities with them. You may want to keep fit, playing your favourite sport, or walk in the mountains. You may be interested in the opera, in classical music, in Flamenco or in rock.

All of these and many more are possible and easily available in Málaga. Our Activities Department organises many events and activities themselves and at other times it is their job, and indeed their pleasure, to provide you with the information you need to enable you to participate.