Spanish School

Welcome to Stop & Drop’s Spanish school located in the heart of the “Center of Miraflores”, the most commercially and culturally active district in Lima. It is located in front of park Kennedy, near bus stops, taxis, parks, shopping malls, supermarkets, banks, ATMs, bureaus of exchange, police station, handicrafts stores, museums, theaters, cinemas, churches, schools, universities, clinics, restaurants, cafés, discos and beaches.

Special Offer Only this month 1.- Private class $8 per hour. (Regular price $10 per hour) 2.- Group class $6 per hour. (Regular price $8 per hour)

Spanish classes

We teach Spanish with theoretical classes at the school combined with 100% active and dynamic Spanish classes in practicing activities, making new friends and communicating in Spanish with classes at the beach or in parks since they are located within a few blocks from the school. Classes are from Monday to Friday, with no more than 4 students per group or private, young teachers with more than 10-year-experience. Our students will learn Spanish within a political, social and cultural environment.

Spanish for travellers

This course is designed for travelers of different ages and countries who have little time to take regular or intensive Spanish classes and need basic notions learning very practical words and phrases to communicate during their trips inside Peru or around South America.

For example, this course includes lessons on how to order at a restaurant, how to ask for directions, organizing trips and exchanging money. It also includes lessons on idiosyncratic issues and basic information about Lima and Peru.

This program has been designed for students with no or very little Spanish knowledge. After completing this first level, the student will be able to communicate using basic structure with a limited vocabulary in different situations.

ACTIVE SPANISH LESSONS

It is a combination between Spanish classes and the different adventure activities and volunteer services (optional). The students will be able to travel around Peru whilst improving their Spanish, making new friends and communicating in Spanish. Teaching is based on South American history, conversation, reading, writing, Peruvian cuisine (Peru is a country with diverse species and race mixture and it has the greatest cuisine diversity in the world), and Latin-American music (traditional dances, students will learn the movements of Latin rhythms like salsa, merengue, and ‘festejo’, a Latin-American black dance)

The experience you will get in our classes will be mainly based on Latin culture lifestyle, besides this program’s academic aspect is 100% experience and practice, which means our students learn by doing things themselves.

WHY LEARN SPANISH?

Spanish is considered the second most spoken language in the world. More than 310 million people speak Spanish as their mother tongue, it is the official language in 25 countries, it is one of the most important languages in international political meetings, it is an official language in the USA, UNESCO, U.N.O., GATT, ONUDI AND U.I.T.; there are more than 18,429 publications in Spanish; 296 TV channels and 7,112 radio stations; there are more than 44 million people who speak Spanish in the USA; it is also one of the most frequently used in business. Each year, more than 4 million tourists visit Peru, the ability to speak Spanish increases the chance to enjoy every thing our country has to offer, the demand to learn Spanish has doubled in the last 10 years, and in 15 years’ time there will be 500 million Spanish speakers in the world and more than 800 million will be living in Latin America, which means more than 10% of the world’s population.

Many masterpieces of world literature have been written in Spanish: Don Quijote de La Mancha, La Celestina, La Casa de Bernarda Albe, Cien Años de Soledad, etc., besides nearly 1000 words in Spanish have been incorporated to other languages, such as French and English.

Host Family Program and Guest House

The Host Family Program (living with a family) and GuestHouse (students house living with Stop & Drop Lima tutors and employees) is a perfect way to maximize your abilities in learning Spanish, providing the opportunity to practice the language in a natural situation whilst experiencing Latin American social and cultural life first hand.

Visa

If you travel to Lima to learn Spanish, you will be basically considered as a tourist, therefore you will not need a student’s visa.

Tourist visas are given to many citizens from different countries upon arriving in Peru. To make sure that is your case, you can contact the Peruvian Embassy in your country of origin: http://www.tyzo.com/planning/embassies.html

The tourist visa you will receive will allow you a 90-day stay inside the country. Once it expires, you can extend it for a limited period paying US$ 1 per day. Another option is to cross the border with Ecuador, Bolivia, or Chile and upon returning, your passport will be sealed for 90 days more.
 

Progress Chart

The students registered in the intensive program (Mondays through Fridays 9 am to 1 pm and 4 pm to 7 pm), can progress in the following way

Levels

Placement Exam
Students take a placement exam in our school or via Internet before starting classes. Based on the results, they will be placed in one of the six levels offered.