Canarias Cultural- Escuela internacional de Español
Av. Buenos Aires 54 38003 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, Canarias 38003, Spain
Canarias Cultural- Escuela internacional de Español
0-1 daily lessons of 45 minutes will take place within the following possible time slots. The exact schedule will be assigned on the first day of class according to your level
Listening, Speaking, Pronunciation, Reading, Writing and Vocabulary
Canarias Cultural does not hold classes on the holiday dates above. The school does not compensate for these holidays, so make sure to choose your start date accordingly.
You can choose from the following class times:
Class schedule may change depending on availability and season.
Average | 3 students |
Maximum | 5 students |
Age range | 16 years old and older |
Average | 30 years old (25 in the summer) |
The language school Canarias Cultural was founded in the year 2001 and is located in the heart of Santa Cruz, the capital of Tenerife (Canary Island- Spain). The school has facilities that include a computer room with free internet access and self-study materials, a library and a student lounge.
We give importance to activities outdoors so every week the school organizes them as well as excursions for all the students. We also work with partner companies that organize complementary activities during the weekends.
The nationality and age mix at Canarias Cultural- Escuela internacional de Español varies over different time periods, courses and levels. Throughout the year, the average age is 30. In the summer, the average age is 25.
Canarias Cultural teaches students from all over the world, including:
Canarias Cultural does not hold classes on the holiday dates below. The school does not compensate for these holidays, so make sure to choose your start date accordingly.
The language school Canarias Cultural is located in the centre of the city Santa Cruz, close to the main commercial areas and the bus and tram station.
It’s a very small school, no possibility to meet other students from other classes. There wasn’t even a coffee vending machine.
I had private lessons without any additional leisure activities, but I guess the group courses didn’t have anything like this either.
In comparison to other language schools I attended in the past this one is very very basic.
The classroom I was taught in was terribly noisy because of the traffic right outside the window.
My teacher was nice.
Dear Petra,
thank you for taking your time to give your opinion about our school.
We take seriously your thoughts to improve and offer a better sevice in the future.
We are really sorry that you didn't have a nice experience.
In your case, you came one week and you took individual hours. Your schedule
was from 10:00 till 12:00. The intensive courses are from 10.00 till 11:30 They have
30 minutes break from 11:30 till 12:00 and then lessons from 12:00 till 13:30.
That schedule made impossible that you could join the other students and go with
them to take a coffee.. They always went together during the break.
If you would have told me I would have tried to change your shedule so you could
meet them.
Most of the students that take individual lessons are more independent so it was our
mistake to think that this was your case.
You are absolutely right about the classroom, the one where you were taught is quite
noisy when the window is open. Again it was our mistake to identify that it was
disturbing you that much. If we would have known that at that moment we would
have changed you to another classroom.
Thank you also for the nice comment about the teacher, we will tell him.
Best wishes.
Super good attitude
Absolutely undoubtedly best price
Super good manager and teachers
Always helpful, always there for you
Astonishing experience
Recommended to everyone!
Don’t hesitate.. this is the school you are looking for
The overall experience was amazing. The school is amazing, the people are great and welcoming and very professional. I learned a lot during this week. I also enjoyed my classmate a lot. I totally recommend this school. the only thing I hope they learn to do in the future is to protect their employees when they are sick and make them feel safe to take a day off. Especially nowadays we all should know that making them work while sick is not the employer you want to be. Don't risk your employees and your customers health. Capitalism is not your friend. I did not do any social activities so I cannot rate those.
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Hola Nora!
Thank you very much for your words!
It was really nice to have you as a student in our school, always with a smile and a positive mind!
On the other hand, I think you had a mistaken idea of our organization. In our school we are all teachers and we are all mates.There are no bosses. Nobody force anyone to work, and when someone for any reason can't teach we search for solutions.Also we do not risk our students health and during this difficult time we always followed the recommendations and never had a problem in this matter.
As teachers, no businessmen, we have also other priorities and we give importance to different things. As an example, we have collaborated with NGOs and also work with inmigrants or refugees here in Tenerife trying to help them without "capitalism" purposes in their learning of our language.
I was a little bit surprised because I had no group. I have studied Spanish about one year now and earlier too. That's why they had to give me an own teacher, Edgar. Edgar was very good and instead of 40 hours in a group I got 1,5 hours pro day as private.
The location was very well, in the centre of Santa Cruz. Because there were not many students there was no activities for me.
Housing was like I expected. Senora was retired like myself and took good care of me. She also told me much about Tenerife and what I could do during my leisure time.
I was actually more on vacation that studying because I had only 1,5 hours lessons pro day. I had enough homework and learned most of structures and verbs.
Because I had so much time for myself it was really not what I expected. But anyway, I learned to listened Spanish and had a nice teacher. They could not do anything for it that I already knew Spanish better than starter on A1 level.
My opinion is that the level of a student should be tested before the student comes, not later. So it could be easier to plan the course. The could also have a starting package to the students including a map of Santa Cruz and information about public transport and tickets.
With best regards,
Mervi
Thank you for your words Mervi!
They will help us to improve.
Unfortunately there were no other students of your level and we didn't want to place you in a group where you wouldn't feel comfortable. That's why we decided to give you 1,5 private hours per day ( instead 3 hours/day in a group).
We will notice your suggestion about the package and about social activities.
Greetings from Tenerife
3 perfect weeks. Very good school. Great involvement of teachers, attentive and caring.
Show details » Read more...It was a good expérience, good teacher. I'm French and the teacher didn't speak French. So the Spanish words are explain in English. At the beginning, my level in Spanish was A1-. After 2 weeks my level is A2. Activities during the lesson: vocabulary, grammatical, exercises and discussion.
Show details » Read more...I learned a lot from my Spanish classes at Canarias Cultural in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The teacher, Yurai, was excellent and very patient. In addition to being effective at Spanish language instruction, he was very knowledgeable about Spain, it’s culture and it’s history. I did not need to arrange housing as I already had a place to stay. The school is centrally located and I found it easy to get to by walking or public bus.
Show details » Read more...I thought the teacher Su really knew what she was doing and was able to answer all of my questions.
She also pushed me to speak more freely, which helped me a lot.
A thing would have liked better, would be having a say in when the lessons take place.
For example: My lessons normally went from 10 am to 1pm, which I thought was quite late if you wanted to go hiking or anything else in the afternoons.
Also my first lessons where together with a woman, who was definitely above my level of speaking, which was quite frustrating in the beginning.
However I think my Spanish has improved a lot.
Jose the manager was helpful and friendly and the 2 teachers Lorenzo and Yeray were both great. It was nice to have a small class of only 5 students.
Show details » Read more...Homestays are carefully selected and offer students the opportunity to learn more about the local culture in a comfortable setting while studying Spanish in Tenerife. These homes are often between 5 - 20 minutes away from the school by public transport. Families usually offer affordable meal plans that allow you to sample the local cuisine. If you have special requests or diet restrictions (because of religion or health reasons), please let us know in advance. Your housing starts on the Sunday before your first day of class and ends on the Saturday after your last day of class, unless otherwise noted. Learn more about homestay housing
We cannot apply for visas on behalf of students. The school is also not authorized to issue documents to support your visa application. If you need a visa, you have to apply for a visitor or tourist visa on your own.
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