Intensive Spanish Program

in Chile

The UVM´s Spanish center offers three, four week intensive Spanish and Chilean Culture courses during January, June, and July. These programs are offered in its in house Spanish Center aimed at providing students who do not have the opportunity to spend an entire semester at UVM with the opportunity to travel abroad and improve their Spanish fluency

Students in our intensive Spanish programs also complete 8 hours of volunteer work in a children´s home, or at the botanical gardens. This opportunity allows the students to experience all aspects of the culture, as well as the opportunity to use their Spanish skills outside the classroom. The Spanish classes offered in these programs are held Monday-Friday, with most excursions held on Saturday. Volunteer hours will be made after class once a week for 2 hours according to the student’s class schedule.

The intensive programs include

• Student orientation

• Homestay with a Chilean Family with three meals a day, WIFI, and laundry

• Tour of Valparaiso and Pablo Neruda´s house in Isla Negra

• Round-trip transportation from the Santiago airport

• Learning materials

Viña del Mar

The following courses are offered in our intensive programs:

January Intensive Spanish

June Intensive Spanish

July Intensive Spanish

Saturday, January 2

Saturday, June 4

Saturday, July 2

Saturday, January 30

Saturday, July 2

Saturday, July 30

Friday,December 4

Friday,May 6

Friday,June 3

1 Month

1 Month

1 Month

$2,950 USD

$2,950 USD

$2,950 USD

Summer

Winter

Winter

Program Schedule 2016

Program Arrival Date Departure Date Deadline to Apply Season in Chile Duration Tuition

Communicational Spanish and Chilean Culture

Contact Hours: 76 Credits: 5 ECTS: 6

The overall objective of this course is to increase the student’s skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing in Spanish from a communicative approach. Learning takes place through geography, history and culture of Chile. Students receive overview that will allow you to analyze, understand, and compare a Hispanic country like Chile with their country of origin.

Communicational Skills: Grammar and Composition

Contact Hours: 44 Credits: 3 ECTS: 4

This course teaches Spanish through a communicative approach. Through various teaching techniques, students will be able to increase their skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. At the advanced level students will learn how to redact professional documents such as e-mails, formal letters, and their resumes.

How to apply?Send an email to international@uvm.cl indicating the program and date you are interested to study, and our International Staff will contact you.

Why study in Chile?

Chile has different landscapes to explore!In the North, enjoy the beauty of the Atacama Desert and the Moon Valley. You could trek in the Andes, climb volcanoes, swim in many of the warm beaches in Chile, or travel to South and delight in the uniqueness of Patagonia.

Chile is a safe country with a stable economy

Pablo Neruda´s home, “La Sebastiana”

Valparaiso World Heritage City with open air museums

It is a beautiful country and safe place to travel, with a stable government and the most competitive economy in Latin America according the World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report.

Things to do and see in Viña del Mar