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Los candidatos pueden presentarse a los exámenes para la obtención de los niveles B1, B2 y C1.

El Instituto Cervantes ha abierto el plazo de inscripción para las pruebas de los Diplomas de Español como Lengua Extranjera de la convocatoria de Agosto de 2013. La matrícula puede realizarse hasta el 26 de julio online en: Escuela Montalbán

Los exámenes se celebrarán el viernes día 23 de Agosto en Granada.

En esta convocatoria se ofrecen los niveles DELE B1, B2 y C1. Por primera vez se administrarán los nuevos formatos de examen para los niveles B1 y B2, adaptados al Marco común europeo de referencia.

La página http://nivelesb.diplomas.cervantes.es/ ofrece toda la información relevante sobre el nuevo formato de los exámenes para los Diplomas B1 y B2. En esa dirección se pueden consultar modelos de examen y guías para profesores.

Los DELE son títulos oficiales de español como lengua extranjera, poseen validez indefinida y son reconocidos internacionalmente. Existen ya más de 800 centros de examen en más de 100 países en todo el mundo.

The maximum length of each story is 140 characters, including spaces - like a tweet.  Submitted micro fiction has to be written in Spanish.
Our teacher team will choose the two best summertweets.  The winners will receive a free Spanish course at our school.

The contest starts on Monday, 01.07.2013 and finishes on Friday, 30.08.2013.

1st Prize:  a 2 weeks Spanish Standard course (20 lessons per week)
2nd Prize: a 1 week Spanish Standard course (20 lessons per week)
The winners can book the Spanish course during next year 2014.

Conditions:
- send your micro story to summertweet@escuela-montalban.com.
 - post your micro story on Twitter, mentioning @EsMONTALBAN with the hashtag  #summertweetcontest.
- our teacher team will choose the two best summertweets  among all those that have been sent.
- the winners will be notified by email or by private message in Twitter (you must be a follower of Escuela Montalbán).
- the participants allow the school to publish their summertweet on the Escuela Montalbán website and on the school social networks. The school will publish the micro stories with the name and country of the participants. The school will not use this information for any purpose other than the contest.
- Escuela Montalbán will not receive any economic  benefits from the texts and will not distribute or sell the texts or personal information to third parties.
- only one micro story per participant will be accepted.

Escuela Montalbán will not accept micro stories containing racist, sexist or discriminatory connotations or infringing the rights of third parties, stories containing advertising or which can be considerated spam. Moreover, the school may correct grammatical mistakes before publishing the micro story.
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¡Queremos que nos  enviéis un microrrelato en español de un máximo  de  140 caracteres (con espacios) sobre el tema VERANO!
Nuestros profesores se encargarán de seleccionar los dos summertweets  más originales. Los ganadores obtendrán un curso gratuito en nuestra escuela.

El concurso comienza el lunes 01.07.2013 y finaliza el viernes 30.08.2013

1ª premio: un curso Standard (20 clases a la semana) de 2 semanas
2ª premio: un curso Standard (20 clases a la semana) de 1 semana
Los ganadores podrán reservar su curso de español a lo largo del año 2014.

Condiciones:
- enviar el microrrelato a summertweet@escuela-montalban.com.
- publicar el microrrelato en Twitter, con la mención de @EsMONTALBAN y poniendo el hashtag #summertweetcontest.
- nuestro equipo de profesores seleccionará los dos microrrelatos más originales.
- se informará a los ganadores por e-mail o por mensaje privado en Twitter (siempre que se trate de un follower del Twitter oficial de la Escuela).
- los datos personales de contacto no se utilizarán para otro propósito distinto al del concurso.
- los participantes consienten que su relato, nombre y país de origen aparezcan en la página web y en las redes sociales de la escuela.
- la escuela no obtendrá ningún beneficio económico con el concurso y no distribuirá los relatos a terceros.
- solamente se aceptará un microrrelato por autor.

Escuela Montalbán no admitirá a concurso aquellos microrrelatos que contengan connotaciones racistas, sexistas o discriminatorias o que puedan atentar contra los derechos de terceros, ni aquellos que contengan publicidad o se puedan considerar spam. Asimismo, la escuela podrá corregir aquellos errores gramaticales que considere oportunos antes de publicar el microrrelato.

Monday, 01.07.2013
13.00-14.00 h
Welcome session with information about Granada & Andalusia

Tuesday, 02.07.2013: We recommend!
20.30-23.30 h
Openair cinema at Museo del Sacromonte
"7 días en La Habana" (Short films of 7 different directors)
Fee: 3 €



Wednesday, 03.07.2013
20.30-21.30 h
Cooking class: We prepare a Paella
Fee: 15 €

Thursday, 04.07.2013
20.00-21.30 h
Visit to the Arabic bath Hammam de Al andalus (incluye masaje)
Fee: 25 €

Friday, 05.07.2013
17.00-22.00 h
Horseback riding at Sierra Nevada National Park
Fee: 30 €

20.00-22.00 h
Flamenco performance with dinner at the Jardines de Zoraya (Albaicín)
Fee: 39 €

Saturday, 06.07.2013
09.00 h
Guided trip to the Alpujarra Mountains
Fee: 44 €

Friday/Saturday/Sunday, 05, 06, 07.07.2013
3 day trip to Northern Morocco
Fee: 190 €
www.studytravel-spain.com

From 09.00 to 12.15 hrs students participated in Spanish grammar and conversation lessons on the level groups A2 / B1. The daily cultural programme was organized by the Austrian teachers themselves. They mainly visited the Alhambra and several performances of the International Festival of Music and Dance.

Monday, 26.06.2013
14.00-15.00 h
Practice information about the Spanish course and Granada
Only for new students! / Aula 5

19.30 h
Guided visit of the city centre and tapa tour
Fee: 17 € (visit + tapas)
Meeting point: in front of the school / Guide: Gayle

Tuesday, 25.06.2013
20.00-21.30 h
Arabic Bath Hammam de Al-Andalus (includes massage)
Students meet directly at the Arabic Bath in C/ Santa Ana, nº 16 (near Plaza Nueva). Don't forget your swimsuit; towels are not necessary!
Fee: 25 €

Thursday, 27.06.2013
16.00-17.30 h
Film session at the school:
"Blancanieves" by Pablo Berger (Spain, 2013)
(with English subtitles for beginner levels)

Friday, 28.06.2013
16.55-22.00 h
Horseback riding at Sierra Nevada National Park
Fee: 30 € + 1.50 € bus ticket

22.00-23.30 h
Flamenco "Raiz y Duende" at the Sala Vimaambi
C/ Cuesta de San Gregorio, nº 30-38 (Albaicín)
Fee: 15 €

Saturday, 29.06.2013
09.00-20.00 h
Guided trip to the Alpujarra Mountains
Fee: 44 €
(The price includes a wine, jam and cheese tasting)

Sunday, 30.06.2013
08.00-20.00 h
Guided trip to Seville
Fee: 60 €
(Meeting point: in front of the Palacio de Congresos; organized
by INSTITUTO CULTURAL. The price includes the trip, insurance, tickets and guide)

Non scrivo come studentessa di spagnolo, ma come tirocinante. Sto facendo un tirocinio nella Escuela Montalbán, qui a Granada, e mi sto trovando davvero molto bene. È una scuola di spagnolo con un ambiente familiare, che offre corsi di lingua per tutti i livelli. La Spagna è semplicemente splendida e l’Andalusia, in particolare, ti fa piombare in un’atmosfera da sogno, ti fa immergere nella cultura del Flamenco, ti lascia a bocca aperta coi suoi colori e col suo profumo intenso di fiori e di buon cibo. A proposito di buon cibo … come non menzionare le famose tapas?!?! Davvero squisite! Granada è magnifica, con la sua splendida Alhambra, il quartiere arabo dell’Albaicín e le sue strade piene di vita. È indubbiamente un luogo per tutti i gusti: una città dalla quale non distano molto né la montagna (la Sierra Nevada) né la spiaggia.



Silvia, 26 anni, Italia.

The International Festival of Music and Dance of Granada is a living instrument of cultural activity all within a common framework of emotion.

Emotion expressed in artistic offerings of outstanding quality; emotion in the enjoyment of the most beautiful and original spaces in Granada and its province; emotion in the discovery of what Granada has to offer in the way of unique experiences in cultural tourism which each year are discovered by more people from every corner of Spain and abroad.

The Alhambra in Granada is this Festival’s most impressive sign of identity and a unique setting for its performances. At the beginning of summer hundreds of spectators enjoy the music and the dance, infused by the aroma of the gardens of the Alhambra and under the impact of the amazing Nazrid, Renaissance and Romantic architecture which has made of Granada the so-called Gateway to the South.

And side-by-side with the performances that take place in the Alhambra there is a broad mosaic of artistic events which extends throughout Granada and its province and is available for public enjoyment: this is the FEX. The most spectacularly monumental sights of the city, together with the contemporary buildings, the many squares and street corners make the Festival a popular event enjoyed by thousands.

We hope that you will take part in these activities in the Alhambra’s palaces and the gardens, at the century-old sights of historic Granada and in the modern city too.



Welcome to the Festival: www.granadafestival.org

Tuesday, 18.06.2013
20.00-21.30 h
Visit to the Arabic bath Hamamn de Al Andalus (includes massage)
Fee: 25 €

Wednesday, 19.06.2013
17.00-19.00 h
A guided Visit to the Cemetery St. Joseph
Fee: 10 €

Thursday, 20.06.2013
16.00-17.30 h
Film session at the school
"Un cuento chino" (S. Borensztein / Argentina, España 2011)

Friday, 21.06.2013
16.55-21.00 h
Horseback riding at Sierra Nevada National Park
Fee: 30 €

22.00-23.30 h
Flamenco "Raiz y Duende" at the Taller de Arte Vimaambi
Fee: 15 €

Saturday, 22.06.2013
09.00 h
Guided trip to Costa Tropical
Fee: 46 €



Friday/Saturday/Sunday, 21, 22, 23.06.2013
3 day trip to Northern Morocco
Fee: 190 €
www.studytravel-spain.com

Their programme consisted in a Spanish course in the morning. Theses Spanish lessons were complemented by the following cultural activities during the afternoons:

- Experienced students and beginners had a horseback riding afternoon in Sierra Nevada National Park.
- In a cooking session at the Javier Vilchez cooking school students learned to prepare a Paella.
- In a Flamenco workshop they practiced the first steps of Flamenco dancing.
- A guided visit to the Alhambra with our guide Juan and a afternoon at Nerja beach closed the cultural programme.



We hope that you will have a nice trip back home ... and see you next year!

Monday, 10.06.2013
19.30 h
Guided tour to Granada city centre & tapas
Fee: 17 €

Tuesday, 11.06.2013
20.00-21.30 h
Visit to the Arabic Bath Hammam de Al-Andalus
Fee: 25 €

Wednesday, 12.06.2013
20.30-22.00 h
Cooking class: We prepare a Paella
Fee: 15 €

Thursday, 13.06.2013
21.00-22.30 h
Filmfestival "Cines del Sur"
"La llamada / on the Line" by D. Nieto Wenzell (Ecuador 2012)
Fee: 4 €

Friday, 14.06.2013
14.55-20.00 h
Horseback riding at Sierra Nevada National Park
Fee: 30 €

20.00-22.00 h
Flamenco performance with dinner at Jardines de Zoraya (Albaicín)
Fee: 39 €



Saturday, 15.06.2013
08.00 h
Guided trip to the Alpujarra Mountains
Fee: 44 €