SiS Newsletter - March 2010 - Institution Profile: A. M.

Academia Mester

We at MESTER have been providing Spanish Language Courses since 1991. We have some 4.000 students yearly in our schools, and we may say that we provide a true Spanish and international atmosphere since our students come from more than 50 different countries in the world.

We combine modern teaching methodologies with attractive cultural and social activities so our students have the opportunity to interact with their international classmates in the classroom and also with the local community while living in a home stay, participating in planned conversation sessions with Spaniards, tasting local cuisines in our ruta de tapas, visiting the most relevant monuments and museums...

Along the years we have created different programs and courses related to the teaching of Spanish:

• Regular Spanish Courses for students, different lengths
• Superior Course for Spanish Teachers
• Preparatory Course for the DELE (Official Spanish Diploma of Foreign Language)
• Special arrangements for Group trips
• Others, at demand

In addition, we provide Study Abroad Programs for North American students in our two academic centers in Salamanca and Seville.

In all our programs we always include experiential learning components since we consider that our students must experience first-hand what they are studying in the country and city where their courses take place. The country, the city, and the people become essential parts of the academic component of our Study Abroad programs. Our students learn and live the courses they study, incorporating different elements from outside the classroom to the core of the courses they take.