Intensive Spanish course A

Die Akademie

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Course description

This course is for students who don´t have much time and are not able to take our standard intensive course B.

Course topics

Listening, Speaking, Pronunciation, Reading, Writing, Vocabulary, Grammar and Activities

Class schedule

Course duration
1-4 weeks
Start dates
Every Monday (except for beginners)
Classes per week
10 lessons per week (each lesson lasts 55 min)
Class days
Monday - Friday
School holidays
16 Dec 2024 - 06 Jan 2025

Class times

You can choose from the following class times:

Morning session
09:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Class schedule may change depending on availability and season.

Class level

All levels, beginner to advanced
You will take a placement test before your arrival in Palma de Mallorca to determine your class level.

Class size

Average 5 students
Maximum 9 students

Student age

Age range 15 - 70 years old
Average 36 years old
(29 in the summer)

Certificate

A certificate of completion will be issued at the end of the course.
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reviews

Reviews

90% recommend

based on 20 reviews
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"Very good experience - Spanish was both well and engagingly taught."

Conor McEvoy, student from UK

Excellent location, though building works across the road were noisy and slightly distracting. This is hopefully only temporary. Class size was small (5 max) and the teacher engaged each pupil appropriately.

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4 Dec 2023 - 8 Dec 2023
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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"Teaching methods were a bit boring and not very varied"

Stefanie Wesche, student from Germany

The beginning was a little bit chaotic. Most of our classmates started with our course the week before. So for us there wasn‘t a real start. Because we already knew some Spanish, it wasn‘t such a big problem. The classmates were nice, so we had a good time. The teacher wasn‘t very motivated and worked a lot with copies from different kind of textbooks, mostly grammar. We also had some communication rounds, which were good to practice our spanish sentences. But we also read texts about southamerican gods, which is not necessary in a beginner course. I would have prefer more vocabulary and useful sentences for the daily life, like to order in a restaurant, to go shopping or conversations like this. But I‘m sure, that we learned some useful things and practised some spanish.

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6 Nov 2023 - 10 Nov 2023
Would you recommend this school?
No
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"Friendly happy learning!"

Diana Hales, student from UK

The location of the Die Akademie is perfect, easy to find well located for all the amenities Palma has to offer.

Unfortunately there is a building site opposite the school, and my classroom was right next to it, so it was noisy with the window open, but stuffy when the window was closed as a member of our class, who had a heavy cold, complained every time the air-conditioning went on and we had to turn it off!

I really enjoyed my week and thought the pace of the course was good. I did realise that, to really get benefit and improve, 2 weeks absolute minimum is required, as things were just beginning to make sense at the end of the first week.

I did find myself at a disadvantage, as all of my classmates were German speakers as well as our Tutor, Jasmin.
Understandably, as we were a complete beginners class, a lot of explanations were given in German.
As I do speak a little German I found that my brain was trying to recall my rusty, german language and slipping into german, rather than the Spanish!!
(If I didn't understand any german, it would have just gone over my head and not distracted me!)
Jasmin did make an effort to remember to explain in English too, but it was too late, as my brain had already switched to german to try and understand what was going on! I would most definitely benefit from a natural spanish speaker on further courses.

I hope the above summary makes sense, I completely understand you are a German speaking acadamy, and, when I signed up I thought it would be great to hear and speak some german again, but it just got in the way.
It would be worth bearing this in mind for other, non german speaking students, and they would get a better experience if paired with a spanish native speaking tutor.

I would like to say I felt the acadamy had a very happy, casual and fun atmosphere and a great place to learn Spanish.
I intend to come back next year, probably for 3 or 4 weeks, but I will speak to you nearer the time about what tutor/class would be best for me.

Hope the above observations are of interest.
Kind regards,
Diana Hales

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9 Oct 2023 - 13 Oct 2023
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Yes
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"Professional and also Fun"

Martin Leiter, student from Germany

Super nice teacher (her name is Milka). We also made a practical walk and talked with artist and bought food at a local market to train our Spanish. My level of Spanish improved in one week very well and all in a nice atmosphere.

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12 Jun 2023 - 16 Jun 2023
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Yes
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"Veľmi sa mi páčil prístup všetkých ľudí v Akadémií"

Mirka Samuhel, student from Slovakia

Triedy malé ale vyhovujúce pre výučbu, avšak bola v nich zima. Učitelia na kvalitnej úrovni, avšak škola by si zaslúžila modernizovať - projektor, TV a internet - viac podnetov, lepšia zapamätateľnosť pre žiakov. Umiestnenie školy priamo v centre je perfektné.

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My ratings for this school

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Duration of study
1 week
Date of study
1 May 2023 - 12 May 2023
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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"I am happy to have attended this school"

Walter Chmel-Gregora, student from Austria

Everything was excellent (Location and teacher and all the staff)

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Duration of study
1 week
Date of study
20 Mar 2023 - 28 Mar 2023
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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"Good course of spanish"

Valérie Nieth, student from Switzerland

Lessons good, teacher good,
I have heard that the teachers worked a lot. During the long touristic period, they work every days (7d/7) without day off. I was on holidays with sun and to have teachers "exploités" is not good.

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My ratings for this school

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24 Oct 2022 - 28 Oct 2022
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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"Perfect language school in old town of Palma"

Kaisa Esteri Stephan, student from Germany

After having visited many language schools in Spain as well as in France and Italy, I can say I found this one very good. Not only is the location excellent, the schools classrooms and facilities good. Our teacher Sara was excellent! Also the group of students very nice. The housing had nothing to do with the school. I just decided to stay in a youth jostel as it was near the school and price was acceptable, as hotels in Palma very expensive. (Of course a nice hotel would have been better, but couldn't afford one.)

My stay was all in all very pleasant, actually perfect. Would like to return.

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5 Sep 2022 - 9 Sep 2022
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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"A very friendly environment with nice staff, but limited options to advance in my CEFR level."

Isobel McDonald, student from UK

My teacher was really kind and the class size was small (between four and seven depending on the week). My CEFR level is B1 and after the first week I noticed that most of what we were doing in class I had already learned, so I asked if I could move up a level but was told there wasn't a higher level. I understand this and didn't have an issue with that, but if that's the case I'd have liked my class to be a bit more challenging. I think overall we were quite a mixed-level class which made it difficult to plan activities suitable for all. We rarely received homework, and while I could do a few writing activities myself and ask my teacher to make them, it would have been better if we'd been set specific tasks.

I also felt that we rarely consolidated our knowledge, we'd rush over things like tenses, indirect and direct object etc. without really using them in practice, the teacher would just explain the concept then we'd move on to something else.

The classes had a lot of speaking practice but it was just general conversation which, while still useful, I could do with any Spanish speaker so it didn't really seem worth the money. I think it would have been better to do a speaking or writing task using a specific grammar point we'd learned, rather than just a general conversation.

I do think that my Spanish improved, but not as much as I'd hoped. We also covered a wide range of grammatical points, I just would've liked to have done it in more depth.

I'll also note that the staff in the reception were very friendly and helpful with any queries, and we were also able to do a class tour of a Palace in central Palma which was a very fun activity.

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My ratings for this school

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Duration of study
3 weeks
Date of study
6 Jun 2022 - 1 Jul 2022
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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"Nice and competent teachers in a lovely house"

Merete Werup Olsen, student from Denmark

I liked the teachers, and the location is perfect in the old town. It was nice to drop in to the classes

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23 May 2022 - 27 May 2022
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Yes
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"Fun"

Freja Thorsen, student from Spain

It was a fun experience
I mainly refreshed the Spanish I learned before I moved to Mallorca

It definitely helped the teaching as it was all done in Spanish
Plus you get to know a lot of different people by doing this
The school is located fairly centrally in Palma, easy to get to both by car and public transport

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My ratings for this school

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3 weeks
Date of study
7 Mar 2022 - 1 Apr 2022
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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"Very good school"

jørgen thorsen, student from Spain

I loved the class and the teacher, Sara, she was very good at matching the level after the students.

The only problem i have, and the reason for only 4 stars, is that new students entered the class every week and in that way putting unneeded pressure on the teacher every Monday. The location is 5 stars, right in the old part of town.

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3 weeks
Date of study
7 Mar 2022 - 1 Apr 2022
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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"Fantastic language-learning experience - fun, friendly, great fellow students, and a wonderful teacher"

Ann Guy, student from USA

If I could have stayed another week or two, I would have (time didn't allow). The school, a modest suite of offices and small classrooms, is located in a cute corner of old town so just walking to class was a great experience, even when the street began to fill with large groups of tourists. The class, five of us in an advanced-beginner level (everyone had a good foundation of Spanish experience but needed lots of work) was a perfect mix of vocabulary and tense instruction interspersed with fun conversation-based activities. Our teacher, Sarah, was warm, fun, and outgoing, and gently corrected as we worked through conversational exercises. My fellow students were all from different countries and were all different ages, and the challenge of learning this language together made for a really lovely, friendly class experience.

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7 Mar 2022 - 11 Mar 2022
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Yes
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"Was an interesting experience- very good teachers and got to know many students from around the world."

Barbara Tsur, student from Israel

The location of the school was excellent- close to the old city of Palma. Both teachers whom I had were excellent. However, unfortunately I fell between two classes. After the online test, I was placed in the top class but the teacher and students spoke much too quickly for me. So I requested to transfer to the next lower class. However, the level there was too low as I had studied by myself for a year; so again I asked to transfer back to the top class. I felt that neither class was at the "correct level" for me.

There were no activities organized by the school .This I found unfortunate because my fellow students were very interesting and from different background and it would have been a lovely experience to share extra curricula outings..

The facilities were good- clean toilets, coffee or tea could be had at will.

Housing was not relevant as I organized my housing privately.

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My ratings for this school

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Duration of study
1 week
Date of study
25 Oct 2021 - 5 Nov 2021
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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"Very intense progress"

Giulia-Marie Scharm, student from Switzerland

There was actually nothing I didn’t like. Overall everything was good. I made fast progress and I think it’s a Good school if you want to learn a language fast. But you have to have to want to learn the language and pay the same effort as the teachers do.

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Duration of study
1 week
Date of study
12 Jul 2021 - 23 Jul 2021
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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"The teachers and administrators are professional, positive and motivating, and their way of teaching is effective and fun - just as it should be!"

Hedda Lagerberg, student from Sweden

The facilities are nice and the location is absolutely perfect for it is situated near the city’s great attractions. I preferred private lessons over group lessons for in my opinion they are more effective because the level of education is better suited for my individual level. The teachers are great - motivating, positive and fun. I am very satisfied with my experience!

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2 weeks
Date of study
21 Jun 2021 - 9 Jul 2021
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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"Very good school with professional teachers"

Marietta, student from Germany

The location of the school is excellent, in the middle of the old town in a historical building. Classes are small, teachers very nice, open and really professional.
I staid in a private home, with an elder lady who was not at all welcoming. I had the feeling, that she is not interested in hosting a guest, but more interested in getting the money without any effort. Would not recommend private stay with families, because I didn't get any positive critic from other students about their housing.

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My ratings for this school

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Duration of study
2 weeks
Date of study
16 Sep 2019 - 4 Oct 2019
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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"An intensive, fertile, joyful learning with a very inspired teacher!"

Kristina Forslind, student from Sweden

Hola,
The classes were well planed with good variation with grammar, oral practice and history.
Our teacher, Ana, was very good, nice and empathic.
The location is perfekt.
The facilities are sufficient, and the possibility of coffee or the, magdalena/muffins and fruit is very pleasant.

Periodically the knowledge among the participants/pupils varied a bit to much.

Thanks for two very worth-while weeks with good teaching!
Best regards
Kristina Forslind

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My ratings for this school

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Duration of study
1 week
Date of study
3 Jun 2019 - 14 Jun 2019
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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"2 semaines inutiles"

Helene Duchesne, student from France

Good points:
- the location in the center of palma in the historic district
- the availability and kindness of the teachers

negative points
- small school, great disparity of levels in 2 classes only
> beginners have a hard time keeping up
> confirmed students are bored
- no consideration of the level announced on booking
- no level test on arrival
- outdated teaching methods: whiteboard and photocopies
- no off-course activities to discover Spanish culture and create links between students

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My ratings for this school

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Duration of study
1 week
Date of study
27 May 2019 - 7 Jun 2019
Would you recommend this school?
No
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"Unbelievable incredible time learning a language and culture at the same time"

Jeanette Jolley, student from USA

I choose Die Akademie in Palma Mallorca for 2 reasons: online ratings at 5 stars and it is in the heart of historic old town. I decided to learn Spanish for 2 weeks and truly had the best experience of my life. The school is super with great structure, teachers, and staff. The lessons are outlined well to really walk you through all you need to know. Professor Carmen is a superb teacher and really attentive to your individual needs to grow and learn. The school matched me with a host family to stay. This added to my full experience which I recommend. I can’t wait to come back and learn again.

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Date of study
21 Jan 2019 - 25 Jan 2019
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
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Joerg Humke, School director at Die Akademie responded to this review.
01 March 2019

Dear jeannette, tjank you very much for your stay in our school gere in Palma de mallorca! :-) Hope to see you again very soon!

housing

Housing

Die Akademie offers the following housing types:
homestay

Homestay - 2-person shared room - No meals - 2 students must book together

A$ 284
weekly
Age range: 18 - 90 years old
Location: In the city center of Palma de Mallorca
Housing type: Homestay
Room type: 2-person shared room
Board type: No meals
Facilities: Kitchen, wireless internet, free internet, carpet, and air conditioning
Distance to school: 10 - 25 minutes by walk
Availability: January - December
Check-in: Sunday, anytime
Check-out: Saturday, anytime
Restriction: 2 students must book together
A$ 284
Accommodation location, amenities, etc, depends on the host-family. All our families are known by us, they are very friendly and helpful. Locations vary, but most are in the city center. We do also have accommodations near the beach. Please note that the price for a shared room is per person.

Homestay - Single-person room - Breakfast

A$ 390
weekly
Age range: 18 - 90 years old
Location: In the city center of Palma de Mallorca
Housing type: Homestay
Room type: Single-person room
Board type: No meals
Facilities: Kitchen, wireless internet, free internet, carpet, and air conditioning
Distance to school: 10 - 25 minutes by walk
Availability: January - December
Check-in: Sunday, anytime
Check-out: Saturday, anytime
A$ 390
Accommodation location, amenities, etc, depends on the host-family. All our families are known by us, they are very friendly and helpfull. Locations vary, but most are in the city center. We do also have accommodations near the beach.

Homestay - Single-person room - No meals

A$ 505
weekly
Age range: 18 - 70 years old
Location: In the city center of Palma de Mallorca
Housing type: Homestay
Room type: Single-person room
Board type: No meals
Facilities: Free internet and air conditioning
Distance to school: 10 - 25 minutes
Availability: January - December
Check-in: Sunday, anytime
Check-out: Saturday, anytime
A$ 505
visa

Visa support

We cannot apply for visas on behalf of students. However, the school can supply you with all the documentation you need to support your visa application.

Your letter of acceptance will be sent to your home address by regular mail at no charge to you.

Flights and airport transfer

Please note that we do not book flights for our students. If you are researching airfare costs, we recommend using Kayak.com, a search engine that lets you compare flight options from your home country to Palma de Mallorca based on your budget, schedule and preferences.

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