The EDEAQ at a Glance

 

The School

  • Peruvian-Swiss management, which ensures quality as well as reliability of the school's language curriculum, educational standards, and teaching performance.
  • EDEAQ’s teaching staff is qualified and experienced, all of whom speak Spanish as their mother tongue (most of them with a Diploma in Teaching or in Applied Linguistics). All teachers speak one or more foreign languages (English and/or German and/or French and/or Korean and/or Chinese [Mandarin]) and therefore know what learning a foreign language truly means.
  • The school is located in the city centre, just half a block from the Plaza de Armas (Main Square).
  • First rate references (refer to the page "School and References"). – Please also note that the EDEAQ is mentioned/recommended in several travel guides, such as Lonely Planet, South American Handbook (Footprint Travel Guide), and Reise Know-How (Germany, i.e. in German).

Free Internet Access. Two desktop computers (with cameras and microphones) plus one laser printer are available. You may also bring your personal laptop and use the wireless network (WiFi).

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Why Spanish?

Chinese (Mandarin), English, Hindi, and Spanish are the four most spoken languages in the world. Spanish is spoken in more than 30 countries and territories all over the world, in Europe, in Latin America, and even in Africa and Asia. In a number of American states, Spanish is considered the second language. It is also a language of world literature - since 1945, eight Spanish writing authors (among them five Latin-Americans) have been awarded the Nobel Prize: Gabriela Mistral (Chile, 1945), Juan Ramón Jiménez (Spain, 1956), Miguel Angel Asturias (Guatemala, 1967), Pablo Neruda (Chile, 1971), Vicente Aleixandre (Spain, 1977), Gabriel García Márquez (Colombia, 1982), Camilo José Cela (Spain, 1989), Octavio Paz (Mexico, 1990).

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Course Duration (lessons per week)

  • Standard Course: 20 lessons per week (five days; one lesson = 55 min.), for your choice of one, two, three or more weeks.
  • Intensive Course I: 24 lessons per week (five days; one lesson = 55 min.), for your choice of one, two, three or more weeks.
  • Intensive Course II: 28 lessons per week (five days; one lesson = 55 min.), for your choice of one, two, three or more weeks.

Under special circumstances, starting dates other than Monday and course durations of less than five consecutive days and/or 20 lessons per week may be considered.

 

 Course Types

  • One-to-one Lessons (Private Classes). Minimum duration: one week (five consecutive days) to begin on a Monday. However, under special circumstances, starting dates other than Monday and course durations of less than five consecutive days and/or 20 lessons per week may be considered. – For students who would like to prepare for the Diplomas de Español como Lengua Extranjera (DELE), the EDEAQ offers special courses (one-to-one [private] lessons) of between 24 and 28 lessons per week.
 
  • Small Group Classes. Minimum two, maximum five students per group. Minimum duration: one week (five consecutive days i.e. 20 lessons per week). Starting dates: refer to “Courses and Starting Dates”.
 
  • Affinity Group Classes. Minimum two, maximum five students per group. “Affinity Group” means: starting date, course duration and performance level must be identical for all participants. Minimum duration: one week to begin on a Monday. However, under special circumstances starting dates other than Monday and course durations of less than five days may be considered.

 

Course Levels / Performance Levels

 

  • Classes are offered on three main levels, including two sub-levels each: Beginner (I+II), intermediate (I+II), Advanced (I+II). – For a description of the six levels, click here.
  • “Crash courses” and customised course programmes for “Affinity Groups” as well as courses based on a personalised teaching programme for students with one-to-one lessons (private classes), including a focus on specialised vocabulary.

 

Accommodation Plans

 

  • Homestay (Host Family): single room (with bathroom/shower-WC), including breakfast (half board upon request); for students travelling together double/twin-bedded rooms are available.
 
  • **Hostel (Hostal Los Andes), including breakfast. Centrally located, and within walking distance of the school (1 min.).
 
  • ***Hostel (Hostal Las Mercedes), including breakfast. Centrally located, quiet, garden, and within walking distance of the school (10 min.).
 
  • ***Hotel (Hotel Tierra Sur), including breakfast (half board upon request). Centrally located, quiet, gardens, and within walking distance of the school (5 min.).

 

Culture, Leisure, Sports, Travel, Car Rental

 

  • Weekly handout of local current cultural events. – Sample copy (14 May 2010): click here.
                        
  • Sports options include trekking, mountain climbing, hiking, river rafting, kayaking, mountain biking, etc. Short term memberships at the “Club Internacional Arequipa”, the best equipped sports club (indoor and outdoor pools, tennis, aerobics/gym, basketball, association football/soccer, track and field, etc.), are available at extremely competitive rates. –  Information about other leisure activities (dancing and cooking classes, yoga, music lessons, etc.).  
  • Advice for travel and weekend excursions "on your own", as well as for journeys in Peru and the rest of Latin America.
  • Car rental: you need your national or EU driving licence and your credit card(s) for deposits. – Before you rent a car through an agency or online, we recommend you to contact the EDEAQ in order to get pertinent advice.

 

Unique aspects of the EDEAQ

 

  • Small/middle-sized school with professional management, offering excellent extra-curricular care and services.
  • Demanding and challenging teaching, oriented toward building solid language skills while gaining insight into the Latin American/Peruvian ways of life.

EDEAQ’s prices are clear-cut (no extra charges for course material or enrolment fees, etc.). Furthermore, a lesson in the EDEAQ lasts 55 minutes, not 45 or 50 minutes, as in most language schools. When comparing prices with other schools, please take this into consideration.

 

 

Contact with the EDEAQ

 

To enrol, please complete the online registration form (“Registration”). If you prefer to get in touch with us before you register, please contact us by e-mail. Although we are a Spanish language School, we encourage you to correspond with us in English or German (in exceptional cases in French, Spanish and Portuguese too), and we will respond in English or German (in exceptional cases in French or Spanish),. – And please do not forget to clear our e-mail address (contact@edeaq.com) in the event that you control spam by allowing incoming messages only from senders you have approved beforehand.

 

In the event that e-mail is not available, you can also contact us by telephone. Please let the phone ring for some time, and in the event no connection is established, please try again. When calling, take into consideration time difference with Peru. European countries for instance are ahead between five and eight hours, depending upon time zone and season of the year.



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EDEAQ - Escuela de Español Ari Quipay
Calle La Merced 125 (2nd floor)
Arequipa - Peru

e-mail: contact@edeaq.com

Phone (Monday to Friday: 07:30 h to 14:00 h and 17:30 h to 21:00 h)

+51 54 27 25 17 or +51 54 95 956 82 17 or +51 54 95 934 26 60 or +51 54 95 999 29 95

Phone (Saturday / Sunday: 09:00 h to 14:00 h and 18:30 h to 21:00 h)

+51 54 27 25 17 or +51 54 95 956 82 17 or +51 54 95 934 26 60 or +51 54 95 999 29 95