Eurolingua Institute Peru

Activity/Tour

The Programmes
Standard Course: 20 hours per 50 min. + Tandem Conversation training
Intensive Course: 30 hours per 50 min. + Tandem Conversation training
Minigroups: Standard and Intensive (Bildungsurlaub) Courses. Minigroup-courses begin the first and third Monday of each month
One-to-One: Standard and Intensive courses ( Bildungsurlaub). Available at any time, year round.
Bildungsurlaub Program: Recognized in Hessen, Hamburg and Berlin.
D.E.L.E. Exam Preparation - One-to-One course
Quechua Course: a lot of practice and field trips, etc

Typical Day

Places of Interest
Cusco is the former Capital of the Incas, so it is a good place to visit. The city is surrounded by archaeological remains.
Shopping for local handicrafts and souvenirs can be one of the most enjoyable experiences in Cusco. The city is full of shops and vendors ply their wares on the streets as well.

The nightlife in Cusco is really unique. Seven days a week, discos, pubs, wood-oven pizzerias, cafes, and restaurants around the Main Square are the centre of Cusco?s nightlife, an unforgettable experience for people from all over the world.Internships and Work Experience
Students have the opportunity of working in a Peruvian social organisation as volunteer collaborators, making their own contribution and gaining first-hand experience of the social and cultural problems of the Third World. Institutions include childrens hospitals, special schools for children with mental deficiency, day care centres, orphanages, hospitals, street children projects, deaf childrens school, hotels. Students must be creative, willing to help, caring and adaptable in dealing with children from poor social groups. Most institutions require students to work from Monday to Friday, full or part-time and preferably for a minimum period of one month.
Skills in high demand include: Physiotherapy, Pedagogy, Language Problems, Occupational Therapy, Hand work and Workshops, Psychology and Psychotherapy, Medicine and Nursing, Gardening and Vegetable Farming.

Sleeping and meals

Accommodation
Family Accommodation: the families that work with ACUPARI are carefully selected middle-class families. Normally only one student lives with a family; although if desired, a double room can be booked for friends, siblings or couples. Students have a private room with private or shared bathroom. Host families provide two meals a day, breakfast plus lunch or dinner. Vegetarian diets can also be catered for. A member of the host family will pick up students upon arrival in Cusco, and accompany them to school the first day of classes.
The advantage of living with a family is that you not only benefit from practising Spanish in a real setting but you can also gain a deeper insight into the culture.
Hotels and Hostels: if students prefer, various categories of hotels or hostels can be booked in the downtown area
Accommodation during volunteer work: for students who stay in Cusco to do volunteer work, family or a B&B hostel accommodation is organised on a monthly basis by the school at low prices.

Other Information

Cusco, the fascinating city in the Andes, situated 3,400 meters above see level, has been the centre of and witness to all the crucial highlights of Peruvian history. Craddled in a high Andean Valley, Cusco seems to surge up from the earth. ?Qosqo?, meaning navel of the world in Quechuan, was the fountainhead of the Inca Empire and the most important seat of colonial power outside Lima. It has retained a spiritual, almost mythical importance, as craftsmen and artist have laboured to preserve some of Peru?s greatest achievements, from the humblest crafts to native arts, from the distinctive festive music to architectural marvels. Cusco is also a perfect base for visiting Peru?s diverse attractions in the southern region. The untamed Amazon jungle, filled with exotic wildlife and flora, gold-miners, and primitive native tribes, is also a half hour flight from the snowcapped Andes. There is also a train to Lake Titicaca and the picturesque city of Arequipa, framed by three volcanoes. When the Spanish took over, many Inca buildings and structures were remodeled or torn down to construct new buildings more to the liking of European taste.