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• about buenos aires
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the school

Located in one of the best neighbourhoods of the city of Buenos Aires, Palermo, Babylon Idiomas Buenos Aires provides foreign students with everything they need: a relaxed environment, modern and comfortable classrooms equipped with state-of-the art technology, and excellent teacher and staff attention.

Adult programmes

Intensive Course
Our intensive Spanish course is the building block of your Spanish language study. We distinguish 8 different levels so regardless if you are a beginner or already speak Spanish, there will always be a group that suits your Spanish language skills.

Facts:
Weeks: 1 - 52
Class Max: 8
Lessons per week: 20
Lesson time: 52,5 minutes
Levels: All Levels
Start Dates: Every Monday

Super Intensive Course
The Super-Intensive course adds 2 class hours per day to your Intensive Course. The extra 2 hours are mainly spent on applying the newly learnt grammar in daily conversation. It quickly boosts your confidence and enjoyment you find in speaking Spanish.

Facts:
Weeks: 1 - 52
Class Max: 8
Lessons per week: 20 Intensive Course + 10 extra
Lesson time: 52,5 minutes
Levels: Beginners to Proficiency
Start Dates: Every Monday

DELE Exam
Babylon Idiomas offers DELE preparation courses for the Intermedio and Superior DELE exam levels.
This three week course helps you revise and specifically test and improve your grammar knowledge. One of our teachers will also accompany you to the examination centre to make sure that you can focus on the test and do not need to worry about how to get there.

Facts:
Weeks: 3
Class Max: 8
Lessons per week: 30
Lesson time: 52,5 minutes
Levels: Intermedio: Intermediate, Superior: Advanced
Start Dates 2008: 28/04, 28/07, 27/10
Start Dates 2009: 20/04, 27/07, 19/10

Español Expres
For students who have little time and need to learn Spanish fast for project or business reasons, we have developed Español Expres, a full Spanish immersion course based on private tuition. Español Expres is a complete Spanish immersion program that aims to provide beginners with a working understanding of the Spanish language in the shortest time possible. You can choose from 20 hours of private classes per week or 30 hours of private classes per week.

Facts:
Weeks: 1-4
Class Max: 1
Lessons per week: 20 or 30
Lesson time: 52,5 minutes
Levels: All Levels
Start Dates: Every Monday

Individual
Individual classes are a great way to progress really fast learning Spanish or review key specific issues. The classes can be tailor-made to your specific needs (exam preparation, living in Spain vocabulary, interview practice etc.) and are well worth the investment. A lot of our students add a number of individual Spanish classes to their weekly group schedule to work on specific issues or to simply practice more intensely what has been taught in class.

Facts:
Weeks: 1 – 52
Class Max: 1
Lessons per week: flexible
Lesson time: 52,5 minutes
Levels: All levels
Exam dates: Every Monday

Spanish & Tango
Learning Spanish in itself is already a great activity but you can make your stay with Babylon Idiomas - Buenos Aires even more exciting by taking the Spanish + Tango course! One of the most sensual Latin dances to enjoy watching or even better...to be able to dance yourself. This course combines Spanish classes with an intensive Tango program.

Weeks: 1 – 52
Class Max: 8
Lessons per week: 15 + 3 group tango practice + 6 private tango classes
Lesson time: 52,5 minutes
Levels: All levels
Start Dates: Every Monday

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Accommodation:

Host Family
Staying with a host family is a great way to learn the language and make new friends. all families are carefully selected by our school and they look forward to making you feel at home in our city and help you learn Spanish. You will have your own room in the family's house. You will have your own set of keys so you have complete freedom. Towels and linen are provided. All tax, electricity and water charges are included. You can receive telephone calls. Family homes are no more than 30 minutes away from the school by public transport.
Please note that 'family' may mean a single household as well and that no more than 2 other students could share the household with you and the family member(s). Please inform us about any dietary requirements.

Student flats

Staying in a student flat is the most budget friendly way to stay in Buenos Aires. It is also a great opportunity to meet new friends!

Apartments
The apartment option gives you the privacy and the space to make the most of your stay.

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Leisure

What can be said about Buenos Aires at nightfall, Porteños favourite time to celebrate their city and interact with each other in a myriad of restaurants, coffeehouses, discotheques and bars open until the wee hours. Your Spanish course in Buenos Aires will be truly unforgettable!

Babylon Idiomas Buenos Aires takes great pleasure in organising a wide range of cultural and social activities:

SOHO BUENOS AIRES
Once a week the School organizes an outing in the coolest area of the city: the SOHO of Buenos Aires. The idea of this outing is to have fun by practicing everything that is learned in class. We finish the activity with a few drinks in one of the most exclusive bars in the area.

TUESDAY HAPPY HOUR
Happy Hour in the commercial area of Buenos Aires is classic. The people who leave the office when the sun begins to set meet to share a moment with friends. We share good drinks, good music, and even a live show. Every Tuesday we go to a different pub for this experience.

BUENOS AIRES TANGO
At least once during your stay, we will take you and the entire class to a Milonga in the porteña Buenos Aires. Here, you will see the real Tango, the Argentine Tango! You will get to learn your first moves of this sensual dance.

MOVIE THURSDAY
On Thursdays we organize a movie night. The idea is to go see a good Argentine, Spanish, or Latin American movie.

A BIT OF CULTURE...
Once a week the School organizes an outing to interesting tourist attractions in the city, such as the Colón Theatre, the Buenos Aires Cathedral, El Caminito, and the Museum of Fine Arts. We generally take into account the interests and objectives of the group when choosing the outing.

About Buenos Aires

The city of Buenos Aires is South America’s most cosmopolitan city. Its port is situated along the River Plate and it is surrounded by the “Greater Buenos Aires”, where most of the country’s population has settled. The city of Buenos Aires takes its name from the province of which it is a part and covers most of the fertile and productive pampas plain. Buenos Aires is the tenth most populated city of the world, with a 12.2 million population representing almost the third part of the total population of the Argentine Republic.

Buenos Aires is said to be like a European city but in South America. This is partly because most of its immigrants came from West Europe, particularly from Spain and Italy, and this resulted in an idiosyncrasy represented by a melting pot of different races that played an important role in the founding of the city. There are typical neighbourhoods that show the marks left by the immigrants, including La Boca, on the banks of the Riachuelo, a place that maintains its Italian immigrant neighbourhood characteristics almost intact: “Caminito”, “La Vuelta de Rocha”, its vividly painted houses and the landscapes immortalized by Benito Quinquela Martín in his paintings. Buenos Aires was born mimicking Europe, copying characteristics from both Madrid and Paris. To many, this cocktail of styles turned out better than the originals. However, Buenos Aires [B.A.] also created its own heritage, adding to the mix some sultry tangos, ubiquitous "colectivos", quaint cafés and most of all, the flair of its residents, the proud "porteños".

Student visa information
If you stay for less than 90 days, you do not need a visa unless you are a passport holder from one of the Caribbean countries

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