Learn Spanish in Venezuela. Isla Margarita, tropical island to learn Spanish in an intensive Spanish course at language school Porlamar beach.

Learn Spanish on Margarita Island, one of the most beautiful islands in the Caribbean, only 30 minutes from Venezuela's mainland. The island has 82 different beaches and many opportunities to relax and have fun.

Isla Margarita is also known as one of the best locations for windsurfing in the world and with three different kinds of coastal waves. It is the perfect place to learn Spanish in the Caribbean.

The average temperature lies by 27-34 degrees Celsius all year around. The raining season is between October and March, but it rains very little and usually only during the nights. The Caribbean's best kept secret is only about 200 km off the Venezuelan coast, perfect to explore the rest of the beautiful country.

We highly recommend Isla Margarita as this beauty is also one of the most affordable locations due to the foreign exchange rate of the Venezuelan currency (Bolivar) with the Dollar and Euro.

If you want to experience the Caribbean lifestyle while learning Spanish and visiting the rest of Venezuela, Isla Margarita is the place to go.

The teachers are highly qualified with many years of experience in teaching Spanish as a foreign language on university level, both national and international. The teaching language is Spanish but the school provides bilingual teachers on the beginner level. All teachers frequently participate in seminaries and the teaching material gets updated on a regular basis.

Shopping malls and Isla Margarita's major city Porlamar are only a few kilometers away. Playa El Angel is close to some important shopping malls and Pampatar, one of the most typical and beautiful towns, where the San Carlos castle is located, a Spanish fort from the time of the conquest, The Casa de la Aduana (House of Customs) and many typical restaurants. The host families are located nearby, so our students can walk every day to school.

In the program we include 3 excursions per week to the most beautiful locations of the island, in order to let our students take with them a good impression of this nice island. The excursions are free, only tickets for the museums and National Parks as well as the boat in La Restinga have to be paid for by the students.

The school has a large library with various types of didactic material, considering the different mother tongues, Spanish skills and learner types.

Our partner school is an examination centre of the DIE (Diploma Internacional de Español). This diploma is offered in 10 levels and 3 spezialisations, and you can take the oral exam at school, before finishing your courses.

• law
• medicine
• business
• tourism
  

The school also prepares interested students for the DELE (Official Spanish Diploma from the Spanish Ministry of Education and Sports and from the Universidad de Salamanca). If you are studying in a North American University, please ask for our course description (Syllabus) if you want to obtain credits.

• Five levels from beginners to advanced
• Start Dates: every Monday (except 100% beginners)
  
• 25 lessons per week of classroom instruction (45 Minutes)
• Classes from Monday to Friday, from 8.30 AM to 1.00 PM including 2 breaks from 10.00 to 10.30 AM and from 12.00 to 12.15 PM
• Max. 7 students
• Experienced and highly qualified teachers
• Teaching material
• Final test and certificate
• Accommodation in homes is available with two meals per day
• Excursions and activities to practice your Spanish while enjoying the country and learning about the culture (usually on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday right after the course)
  

• 1 lesson = 45 minutes
• In our one-to-one classes you will learn in a very intensive and concentrated manner according to your own learning rhythm.
• The most effective way to learn Spanish in a short time.
• You can choose from 10, 15, 20 and 25 lessons per week.
• Five levels from beginners to advanced
• Start Dates: every Monday
  
• Experienced and highly qualified teachers
• Teaching material
• Final test and certificate
• Excursions and activities to practice your Spanish while enjoying the country and learning about the culture.

General information about the DELE:
DELE (Diploma de Español como Lengua Extranjera) is an official exam for Spanish as a foreign language of the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, the Universidad de Salamanca and the Instituto Cervantes. The exam can be taken twice a year in 59 countries worldwide and in 215 cities in Spain, normally in two sessions, in May and November. It is not offered in Venezuela.

The exam is offered in 3 levels:

• Diploma Inicial
• Diploma Básico
• Diploma Superior
  

• 25 lessons per week, course specially designed for professionals and students with an interest in the field.
• Max. 7 students
• The lessons will be held in the afternoon from 2.00 until 6.15 pm
  
• Duration: 1-2 weeks
• Minimum level: intermediate
• Start Dates: every Monday
  
• Participants will improve communication with Spanish speaking colleagues and clients or customers and learn about the Venezuelan legal or economic system.
• Upon request, after the completion of the classroom instruction the school will organize a suitable placement to practice your Spanish skills in an actual working environment, which will provide an excellent source of future contacts.
• Teaching material.

Program content:

• General aspects of the teaching of Spanish as a Foreign language (ELE).
• Main teaching models and the foreign language learning.
• Cooperative learning techniques.
• Assessment and preparation of materials.
• Course planning.
• Development of communicative activities in the classroom.
• Distant teaching and learning of ELE.
• Learning process and assessment techniques.
• The Spanish International Diploma (DIE) levels and characteristics of the exam.
  

Many activities and excursions can be arranged for the students. You can take advantage of the island's attractions, but also go on excursions to nearby places on the mainland or explore the rest of Venezuela's incredible beauty.

Check out our great activity planner for Venezuela. Our Spanish language school partner also offers at least three different kinds of activities per week. This can be excursions, trips to the most beautiful beaches or Salsa lessons. During our excursions we will take you around Margarita, which is a lovely Caribbean Island and has recently emerged as a tourist playground. In Margarita you will find 167 km of inviting beaches, all with different atmosphere and possibilities to practice sports or simply relax. 

Porlamar, with 300.000 habitants is the biggest city on the Island, with many shops, walks, pubs and an interesting night life. The temperature is about 30ºC all year round.

School Activities

On Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays we leave for our excursions around 1.10 pm, depending on the distance of the site we are going to visit. The excursions are included in the course rate, only the tickets for the museums and National Parks, and the boat in La Restinga have to be paid by each student, but these are very little amounts. On Fridays we have Salsa and Merengue dance classes from 2.30 pm.

• Pampatar, with its Fortress Santiago de La Caranta (1586)
• La Asunción: Capital of Margarita, with the oldest church in South America, and the Castillo de Santa Rosa
• El Valle del Espiritu Santo
• Juan Griego: Fortress of La Galera (1811)
• La Restinga Lagoon National Park
• and the many different beaches Margarita has to offer