Program Overview
Spend a semester or a year solidifying your informal and academic Spanish language skills in the charming city of Alcalá de Henares.
Through daily interaction with social and academic communities, rigorous coursework, living arrangements with native speakers, and various cultural excursions, you’ll not only drastically improve your proficiency in Spanish, but develop an understanding of issues relevant to contemporary Spain and its people.
Study abroad in Spain and you will:
- Perfect your Spanish skills: learn formal Spanish in the classroom and colloquial Spanish in the community; participate in conversation exchanges, intercambios or volunteering
- Enroll directly in Universidad de Alcalá courses alongside Spanish students
- Choose between living in a Spanish homestay or a shared room at the University residencia with Spanish and other international students
- Enjoy free cultural visits to museums, theaters, and fairs in Alcalá de Henares and Madrid; day trips almost every Friday to Toledo, Segovia, Cuenca, Soria, El Escorial, El Pardo, and Castilla Castles; and two overnight CIEE trips to Asturias-Cantabria, La Rioja, Castilla-León, and Extremadura, hidden treasures for the great majority of foreigners where you will can discover the real Spain.
The CIEE Difference
COURSEWORK
Choose from a wide variety of CIEE elective courses ranging in subject from globalization and business, to literature, history, the arts, and communications. For future healthcare professionals who need to use Spanish in the workplace, CIEE offers a course covering medical terminology, commonly used grammatical structures, and culture aspects that every health care professional should know.
Student with advanced language skills can opt to enroll directly in courses with Spanish students at Universidad de Alcalá.
EXCURSIONS
Enjoy visits to museums, theaters, and fairs in Alcalá de Henares and Madrid, as well as excursions to nearby sites of historic interest such as Toledo, Cuenca, Valle de los Caídos, El Pardo, El Escorial, Ávila, and Segovia. Longer trips may include La Rioja, Extremadura, Asturias, and Castilla-León which are planned to supplement class work and to introduce students to the rich diversity of the geographical, linguistic, and cultural areas of Spain.
CULTURAL ACTIVITIES
Conversation exchanges, theater performances, and various clubs (chorus, book club, dance class, etc.), and activities sponsored by the Universidad de Alcalá throughout the semester are designed to bring together American and Spanish University students.
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