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Freddie 16 weeks in Salamanca The Spanish course experience in Salamanca for me is the perfect mix of social fun vs studying. Outside the classroom it’s non- stop partying with your class mates, which you would think would make lessons a drag. However I found the classes almost as entertaining as the night-life (even with a […]

Lucy Gap Year course Salamanca, Spain It didn’t take long to decide that a trip to Salamanca would be an excellent way to practice my Spanish before continuing my studies at university, and also a wonderful way to enjoy my year off; not to mention the tan I was hoping to show off to all […]

Katie 12 weeks in Salamanca I headed to Salamanca for a new lifestyle of 5 Spanish lessons a day, siesta & fiesta. Time flew by far too fast on the course, in a blur of an ever-changing student body at school and after-party exhaustion. Although as someone who is staying more permanently it’s sad to see people come and […]

Hamish Extended Gap Year Spanish Course in Salamanca When planning to start learning Spanish again, (which I’d not studied since GCSEs) I knew it would be best to start right from the beginning. Within my first three weeks as a student in the language school in Salamanca it became increasingly hard to leave (which really squashed my […]

I’m currently living in Cannes, learning French, whilst staying in the lovely Cannes college and working in the college bar. The past few weeks have gone so fast – I can’t believe it has been over a month since I arrived! This in itself is a testament to how much …fun I’m having, and how […]

Jack Summers French Mini Group Course in Tours, France I’ve just spent 4 fantastic weeks learning French in Tours. In those 4 weeks I have learned so much and really gained confidence in speaking French. My teachers were great at using different methods to hold our attention whilst we improved our vocabulary etc on the French Mini […]

The day before my departure it felt as if my guts were turned inside out. I was leaving everything in London, the sheltered life of a European upbringing and most of all I was leaving my family and friends. The pain and sickness  left as soon as the air-plane wheels lost touch with the runway. The […]

Over 50 course in Nice Ms Rankin 2 weeks I wanted to pick up my somewhat rusty French.  A’level skills more years ago than I care to remember coupled with regular holidays in France didn’t quite add up to the skill level I once had.  So this year I decided to do something about it […]

Peter Thompson Two weeks Combined Course in Aix-en-Provence I’m in my 50’s and wanted a school that wouldn’t be swampled by young adults in the late Spring.  I choose Aix because I’d heard it was beautiful and CESA staff assured me that the school were very professional and would provide me with a first class […]

Ryan Murray 4 weeks in Granada Standard Course Granada is a great town, good value (despite the Euro) each beer came with free tapas – so no real need to spend money on dinner.  Lots of cultural things to see.  It was quite easy to meet Spanish people through the teachers etc but in August […]