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Intensive Spanish language training in Granada!

Granada boasts a rich blend of Roman and Moorish influences, seen through its diverse and unique architecture, cuisine and music.   Granada today never ceases to surprise the visitor with the contrast between old and new. Distinctions are seen in areas such as the Albaicín or the Alhambra, with their hidden corners filling the soul with peace and memories of past eras, and the bustling lower part of the city, full of life and color, of people coming and going, and numerous bars and shops.

Students can choose from two, four week sessions at the Centro de Lenguas Modernas at the Universidad de Granada, located in the central and typically "granadino" district of the "Realejo", is housed in the 16th century palace of Santa Cruz , which has been specially restored for teaching purposes. Since restoration was completed in 1992, the new Centro de Lenguas Modernas offers its renowned Spanish Courses for Foreigners, as well as a variety of Foreign Language Courses. It is the combination of the two that make the center such an original venture. Foreign students can share their daily lives with those of Spanish students, thus stimulating a mutual interest in their different languages and cultures. This contact is strengthened through a language exchange program, which gives students the opportunity to practice their Spanish outside the classroom, and by cultural visits and activities.

The application deadline is March 15!

Students will have a Program Coordinator who will provide orientation, as well as transportation between Madrid and Granada at the start and end of the program. During the Language Immersion, students will have a main coordinator to assist them in Granada.

Meet the Spain Program Director

After years of study and teaching in the United States, Dr. MariCarmen Caballero returned to her native Spain to lead AU's abroad programs in Madrid in 1996. Dr. Caballero earned her doctorate at the City University of New York with her research in the "Theory and Praxis of the Classical discourse applied to the Renaissance narrative." Dr. Caballero taught for several years at SUNY before joining AU. Prior to joining academia, Dr. Caballero worked in journalism, as a radio announcer, news reporter and anchor for the Spanish media in New York, a city that she considers magical.

Dr. Caballero says that to work in international education all of these years has been a fabulous experience since she has been able to see, over and over, how the memories of what the students lived and shared together does not only have a profound and lasting effect on them and are cherished for years to come.