bonjour tout le monde!
Nous sommes un couple totalement novice en langue espagnole et souhaiterions voyager en amérique du sud. On s'est dit du coup pourquoi ne pas apprendre la langue sur place et nous avons trouvé pleins d'écoles qui fournissent des cours de plusieurs semaines, notamment au guatémala. On est donc à la recherche de témoignages récents sur ces écoles, la qualité de l'enseignement, à savoir si 4 semaines suffisent pour se débrouiller par la suite, les possibilités d'hébergement, etc...
bref, tout ce qui pourrait nous aider à organiser notre trip !
Buenos días !
Je ne suis jamais passé par ces écoles d'espagnol et je suppose que vous recevrez plein de témoignages et de recommendations sur telle ou telle. Je dirais seulement deux choses pour introduire le sujet : les lieux les plus connus au Guatemala pour les écoles d'espagnol et oú vous aurez le plus de choix quant aux écoles sont Antigua et Quetzaltenango. Antigua est un lieu superbe sans aucun doute mais on baigne complètement entre étrangers. C'est très bien pour perfectionner son anglais ... Quetzaltenango me parait beaucoup moins saturé. Il y a aussi des écoles isolées dans d'autres régions, il resterait à en vérifier la qualité. Deuxio, 4 semaines assez intensives et en vivant en familles (ce que propose la majorité des écoles), sur des cerveaux encore frais (je ne doute pas que ce soit le cas !), cà vous permet vraiment d'avoir des bases grammaticales correctes et pouvoir avoir des conservations simples. Ensuite il faudra se jeter à l'eau et nager. Suerte !
C'est une excellente idée, avoir quelques bonnes base d'espagnol va beaucoup vous aider lors de votre voyage en Amérique latine.
Pour ma part (et à part les politesses de base), j'étais incapable de sortir une phrase en espagnol. J'ai suivi 2 semaines de cours intensif à Antigua (4h par jour le matin avec une prof particulière), et l'après-midi je travaillais mes cours.
L'avantage à Antigua, c'est que l'on peut se permettre le luxe d'avoir un prof privé pour l'enseignement, si j'ai bonne mémoire ca m'avait couté dans les USD 250.00 pour 2 semaines, et ce n'était pas l'école la moins chère.. (en 2004). Pour ma part, ca m'a suffit, après 2 semaines je pouvais plus ou moins me débrouiller en espagnol. C'est une langue latine, donc en étant francophone cela est un grand avantage dans l'apprentissage de la langue.
salut,
en effet nous ne voulons pas partir visiter l'amérique latine sans parler "un peu" l'espagnol. Cela facilite grandement les contacts avec tout le monde si tu fais l'effort de parler local. Personnellement je regrette de ne pas avoir appris l'espagnol à l'école et voudrais bien réparer cette "erreur".
Peux tu me donner quelques tuyaux concernant l'hébergement sur place?
As tu réservé à l'avance tes cours ou bien tu as vu ça directement sur place?
A Antigua, c'est pas les écoles d'Espagnol qui manquent! J'ai tout réservé sur place, ca sert à rien de s'y prendre à l'avance surtout que vous aurez le temps un fois arrivé au Guatemala.
Pareil pour le logement, à voir sur place, mais moi je dormais en guesthouse pas dans une famille.. J'ai plus les noms d'ou je dormais, mais depuis le temps ca surement du changer!
J'avais vu également des écoles d'espagnol à San Pedro, autour du lac Atitlan. Ca ressemblait vraiment à de la bonne glandouille et à un bon prétexte pour aller fumer des trucs illicites...
Donc, probablement les grandes villes sont le lieu idéal et après, rien ne vaut une bonne immersion !
J´ai étudié a l´école Don Pedro de Alvarado il y a quelques années, elle a une très bonne réputation sur Antigua, moi j´ai été très contente je vous la recommande. D'autre part je recommande vivement de choisir le programme d'hébergement chez des familles. C'est une occasion unique de partager et découvrir la vraie vie de guatémaltèques, ainsi qu'une autre façon de pratiquer et améliorer son espagnol.
Pour ceux et celles qui veulent aller encore plus loin dans l'intégration j'aimerai signaler qu'il y a une multitude d'associations et d'ONG travaillant à Antigua qui seront ravies de recevoir de l'aide - quelques heures par semaine suffisent. J'ai notamment fait du bénévolat auprès de la Casa Jackson - ONG Nuestros Ahijados - qui vient en aide aux enfants souffrant de malnutrition.
je vous joins deux site ou vous pourrez avoir les adresses des écoles sur Antigua
http://www.123teachme.com/...h.php?relCountryID=2
Bonjour.
Si tu as des tuyaux, je serai aussi intéressé.
En fait, je veux aussi faire l'amérique centrale et du sud. J'arriverai au Guatemala le 23 février. Je suis en Chine et dois arriver pour cette date au Guatemala.
Je suis déja allé 2 fois au Guatemala l'année passée et je retourne dans ce pays car j'ai apprécié la culture, le mode de vie....
Quant au cours d'espagnol, je les ferai à Quetzaltenango. Je pense qu'il est préférable de les faire là-bas car cela a été dit précédemment, il y a moins de touristes et on est plus imprégné dans la culture.
Je ne sais pas encore dans quelle école je vais aller, mais je pense que j'essaierai de voir ça sur place. Ou bien, si j'ai un peu de temps avant de chercher des infos sur le net.
Sinon, si tu veux vraiment être isolé pour apprendre l'espagnol, il faut aller à Todos Santos (je crois que c'est même Todos Santos Cuchumatane) à 2-3h de Huehuetenango (pour voir des images de ce village, cf mon blog (ça raconte aussi mon tour du monde donc faut chercher en 2009, mois de mars) www.roroontheroad.blogspot.com
Par contre, le problème de Todos Santos, c'est qu'ils parlent aussi une autre langue et donc si tu veux parler avec d'autres personnes, ils ne te comprendront peut être pas.
Après, pour le choix de ta ville, regarde aussi ce qu'il y a à faire dans les alentours.
A antigua, tu peux aller au volcan pacaya, je crois que tu peux aussi grimper, l'acatenango, le fuego ou l'agua, je ne sais plus trop lequel.
A Quetzaltenango, tu peux grimper le tajumulco (plus haut sommet d'amérique central), poupinette l'a aussi fait.
Il y a aussi une autre rando à faire que je n'ai pas pu faire quand j'y étais car elle ne se fait qu'une fois par mois, il s'agit de l'ascension du santa maria de nuit lors de la pleine lune. Et une fois en haut, tu dois avoir une vue sur un volcan dont je ne me souviens pas le nom.
Après, c'est sur, c'est toujours de la rando. Si tu aimes la rando, je pense que Quetzaltenango peut être bien.
A quetzaltenango, tu peux aussi faire les fuentes georginas, source d'eau chaude.
Mais tout ça est aussi sur mon blog.
par contre, si tu y vas avant moi, pourrais tu me dire quelle école tu as pris, quelle ville et quelle formule (juste cours ou cours + vie chez l'habitant, formule que je prendrai)
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En espérant t'avoir renseigné
Et aussi, prends en compte le style de vie que tu souhaite avoir pdt 1 mois. Si tu préfères faire la fête, je pense qu'Antigua sera mieux car tu feras peut être plus la fête avec les étrangers.
il faut aussi voir le coté finance. Et là, je pense que Quetzaltenango est moins cher qu'Antigua. A confirmer pour les cours
On atteint pas toujours son objectif, ce n'est pas une raison pour renoncer
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