E.I. News: "New Residence Accommodations available in Alcalá de Henares"

Escuela Internacional is happy to announce that our Spanish programs in Alcalá de Henares have expanded!  Accommodations at a student residency on the campus of the Cardenal Cisneros University are now available to students who choose to study at this E.I. Spanish language school.  To learn more about the student residency, please click on this link:  http://www.escuelai.com/aloj-e-in.html#ACC5 

Taking advantage of this very unique opportunity, you can study Spanish in a professional and accredited Spanish language school, while enjoying the freedom and advantages of living in a university residence. Make friends with both international students, from many different countries, and Spanish university students, receive meals at the campus cafeteria, and use the numerous on campus facilities: indoor and outdoor courts for various sports, a new swimming pool, a library, an interior courtyard, assembly hall, and common living spaces with television and video.  Pleasant open spaces and gardens located around the residence are great for studying, relaxing, or spending time with international friends.  There is no better way to immerse yourself completely into Spanish university life.

In addition, we are now preparing the Junior Spanish Course option, which we have been successfully running for many years in Malaga and Salamanca, for this university campus in Alcala de Henares for this summer. The unique thing about this course in Alcalá de Henares is that there will be a program for Spanish youth running simultaneously onsite. So the students will be mixed with Spanish young students in social and recreational activities and in the residency. We expect a fun and fantastic learning experience for all.

Please click here for more details.

Festivals and Holidays: "Celebrate in Spain this summer"

E.I. News: "Spanish courses in Spain this summer"

Escuela Internacional offers a variety of Spanish courses in Spain; which include intensive Spanish language courses, specialized courses, exam courses, summer Spanish courses, business Spanish and courses for Spanish Teachers.

Come to study Spanish at Escuela Internacional this summer and you can combine study with an unforgettable vacation in Spain. Living with a Spanish host family and enjoying the sun are perfect ways to spend your vacation and prepare for your future at the same time.

Make your vacation count!

Take a Spanish course this summer to learn or improve Spanish skills !

There's a lot to discover!

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Spanish Literature: "Carmen Martín Gaite"

She was one of the most and best awarded authors of the literary world; she obtained the Príncipe de Asturias Award in 1988 shared with the Galician poet José Ángel Valente [1929-2000], the Premio Acebo de Honor awarded to her life work, the Award Premio Castilla y León de las Letras in 1992, the Medalla de Oro del Círculo de Bellas Artes in 1997 and the Pluma de Plata del Círculo de la Escritura was given to her in June of 1999, whose ceremony was transmitted by video-conference on Internet, something without precedent in the literary world until that moment . With her essay "Usos amorosos de la posguerra española" she received the Anagrama Essay Award in 1987 and the Golden book award from the Spanish booksellers. This work increases sales of all her works, and from then on Carmen Martín Gaite's works are always among the best sellers in Spain, noting her spectacular success in the Madrid Book Fair where her work is often the most sold in the whole fair.

Biography of Carmen Martín Gaite . . .

Culture yesterday and today "400th anniversary of the Quijote: Events in Alcalá de Henares"

Web Page dedicated to the events related to "Cervantes en un laberinto de luz": ..a labyrinth of light, image and shadow, which will be projected on diverse emblematic buildings of the city throughout 2005 http://www.cervantes2005.com/

An article in the online newspaper "El Mundo" which talks about  'Cervantes in a Labyrinth of light', a spectacular multimedia show of lights. Alcalá de Henares, the birthplace of Miguel de Cervantes, is all dressed up for this special year of Quijote. A spectacular show of lights and images projected on emblematic buildings in the historic city center allow visitors to learn about Don Quijote "El caballero de la triste figura." See some photos here.
http://www.elmundo.es/metropoli/2005/01/25/arte/1106671119.html

Fundación Colegio del Rey, is a cultural organism related to the City Hall of Alcalá de Henares: On the website you can consult cultural events planned in this city.
http://www.fundacioncolegiodelrey.org/noticias/noticia.php?id_noticia=188

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