Best Place to Learn Spanish in Spain?

[kujina]

Hello All,

I'm currently writing this email from Buenos Aires, I have been studying Spanish here for a few weeks, I'm going back to England in a week.

I would like to keep my learning momentum going by spending around two weeks this coming summer somewhere in Spain (cheap ticket via easyjet etc) maybe a homestay.

Obviously I'd like a place where Castallano is spoken well and ideally where very few people speak English.

I'm up for staying in villages or towns too (as long as the language remains reasonably clear).

Any Suggestions?

...Thanks...

[Rusty]

Welcome to the forums. A couple of nice places to visit in Spain have been mentioned in other threads, but I'll let others tell you about them, or other places.

Castellano is widely spoken in Spain, but it isn't the only language you'll encounter.

[CrOtALiTo]

Welcome.

As Rusty said before it already was mentioned in other threads.

I don't know anything about Spain. But I'm a Mexican person and if you want to information about Mexico, I will glad in give you information about of my country. As well if you have some question or need learn Spanish please you feeling free to ask me.

[Tomisimo]

One thing you should take into account is, for example, in Barcelona, quite a few people speak Catalán, so you might get less exposure to Spanish there. Do some research before you go. Sosia and Poli might have some better suggestions.

[sosia]

Usually it's said the "castillian" regions are the most pure (Salamanca, Burgos, León, Toledo, Ciudad Real,..) But you can learn good spanish everywhere Madrid, Navarra, Aragón, Asturias, Cantabria...... you only need to study.
If ypu go to a language school, you can go everywhere in Spain.
If you go to real inmersion, I recommend to avoid the three "edges" (Andalucía,
Cataluña, Galicia), because they have a characteristic accent.
Saludos

[poli]

First, be aware that Spanish spoke by the Bonaerences is a lot slower.
The rhythm is completely different. In Argentina, the accented word in the sentence is often the first word in short sentences unlike in Spain where is it often the second the the last word. To the foreign ear Spanish spoken is Castille is very sing-song and tonal like Mandarin but with tons of cognates.

As nice and as incredibly inexpensive Buenos Aires is, it cannot compare to the cultural richness of Spain. It has the richness that comes with being the actual seat of an empire that had its last breath about 110 years ago but lasted 400 years, Spain holds on to a kind of cultural impererialism(not in a negative way; it's comparable to England's role in the anglo world today) that still holds sway. When the king told Chavez to shut his mouth, the world listened. When Spain had a dictator, much of Latin America had dictators. When Spain became a democracy, military rule in Latin America started to crumble.

Because of it's cultural force, Spain is fascinating. Madrid is it's capital,
and much of the vibrancy of the country is there. The place and its people may stimulate you to learn--or intimidate you. I think it's the best place if you're interested in cultural as well as language immersion. Smaller university towns that Sosia mentioned (Salamanca and Burgos) are of course less hectic, and because there is less to do, may be better for studying.

[Sebastian]

Hi ,
why don´t you give Granada a try? 80.000 students, the Alhambra and Albayzin, snow and seaside closer than an hour away, free tapas with your drink.
I know the legend complaining about bad and fast pronuntiation in southern Spain, but there is a much better use and knowledge of grammacy in Andalucia than in central and northern Spain(v.g here there´are no mistakes using lo,le,la... ).
So, if you plan to come , take a look at my blog where I´ve put into a summary of all language schools in Granada.

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by Sebastian

Hi ,
why don´t you give Granada a try? 80.000 students, the Alhambra and Albayzin, snow and seaside closer than an hour away, free tapas with your drink.
I know the legend complaining about bad and fast pronuntiation in southern Spain, but there is a much better use and knowledge of grammacy in Andalucia than in central and northern Spain(v.g here there´are no mistakes using lo,le,la... ).
So, if you plan to come , take a look at my blog where I´ve put into a summary of all language schools in Granada.

It seem more an invitation right?

[Sebastian]

sorry, I forgot to enter the enter the blog.
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[bobjenkins]

¿Entonces Madrid es un lugar buena aprender castellano? ¡Tambien el bernabéu es en Madrid!