WHAT WE LIKE - Key features of this program Safe capital city (older than rome) & located on 7 rugged hills, lively cafe scene & night life, very easy-going city with unique neighbourhoods. This is a very agreeable city, with lots to see, beaches can be reached within 30 minutes

Enjoy a Portuguese language course in Portugal at our language school in the city of Lisbon.

Lisbon is the capital, which is older than modern Rome and is in fact older than any other western European capital. There are few more immediately agreeable capitals than Lisbon!

A lively and varied place, it remains in some ways curiously provincial, rooted as much in the 1920s as the 1990s. Wooden trams from before World War I clank up outrageous gradients, past mosaic pavements and Art Nouveau cafés.

Modern Lisbon has kept an easy-going, human pace and scale, however the population has doubled over the present century to nearly one million, a tenth of all Portuguese.

Lisbon has recently had two landmark celebrations, in 1994, Lisbon was the European City of Culture and in 1998 the city hosted the world Expo.

SCHOOL FACILITIES 3 school buildings, 20 years of teaching Portuguese to foreign students, 20 bright classrooms, TV and video room, audio recorders, social rooms, computers (with free internet access) and language lab. Close to local gym/fitness centerand public transport.

Our school is located in the city center and split between three buildings all close to each other, located around the Saldanha Square area and close to the beautiful Eduard VII Park.

The school is recognized by the “Instituto de Cultura e Lingua portuesa - the official entity for Portuguese”.

Students come from around to study at the school, the highest percentage being from Europe and the school capacity is 85 students per day.

Lessons can have individual private lessons added,1, 2, or 3 hours per day in the afternoon and the courses are flexible. Textbooks are developed by our teachers and published. Methodology is communicative with an emphasis on language for communication. Books “Português Sem Fronteiras”.

THE BASICS Course for all language levels - set dates for beginners - use of course materials - each student will be expected to take a short placement test on the first Monday morning - lessons are usually held in the mornings starting at 9 am - min age 16 - Max. 6 students per class - unlimited course length, minimum length of all programs: 2 weeks.

Standard: 3 Lessons daily (15 lessons per week)
Intensive: 6 Lessons daily (30 lessons per week)
Teacher Training: 6 Lessons daily (30 lessons per week)

Teachers are native speakers and many are University educated with years of teaching experience. They will help enhance your speaking, listening, grammar and general comprehension skills. They will also use interactive techniques such as role-play, games and perhaps videos to support lesson content. The school uses a very comprehensive series of books , materials, audio-visual and teaching aids. For more information please see Course Outline.

After classes are over for the day, our program has optional cultural and social activities allowing you to make new friends among your new international classmates, experience activities together, and also practice your new language skills in real life situations.

Examples: Castello sao Jorge (castle), Numerous museums, Mosteiro dos Jerónimos (Jerónimos Monastery, Museu Nacional dos Coches (coach museum, Sé (cathedral), Museu de Arte Popular (art museum), Torre de Belém (Tower of Belém), good nightlife and beaches.

Host Family: (private room) breakfast daily.

Living with a host family is probably the best and most effective way to become fully immersed into the language and culture of your chosen country.

All families are chosen after a careful selection procedure and are visited regularly by the school to ensure that high living standards are maintained. As many of our host families live in the surrounding neighborhoods, the trip to school, is usually not more than 15 to 45 minutes away by public transport. Sometimes we have 2 students from the school staying in the same family.

An additional meal daily at an additional cost, is also available. Double rooms are only available upon request, if two students are travelling together and wish to share a room. Students are placed in individual bedrooms and will be the only native speaker of their language in the house.

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