Volunteer opportunities in El Salvador:
El Salvador Spanish Schools has helped many foreign volunteers, medical professionals and missionary workers learn Spanish before and during their volunteer experiences. Some opportunities for volunteering are available at the following websites:
http://www.truetravellers.org/
http://www.theotherelsalvador.com/
wiki.couchsurfing.com/en/Volunteer_in_Central_America
Monday, October 01, 2007
El Salvador to be Promoted on E! ENTERTAINMENT TV
The visit is the result of the country's promotional plan being carried out
at the international level
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- A film crew from SONY
PICTURES visited El Salvador to film various tourist attractions with the
aim of showing them to the audience of E! ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION, a show
known all over the world.
Mexican model Heidi Balvanera and three company staff members arrived
in El Salvador on Sunday, September 23, and remained in the country through
Saturday, September 29.
Monday, September 24, they visited the beaches in the eastern part of
El Salvador in a helicopter provided by the Air Force, accompanied by
Tourism Minister Ruben Rochi. They took a ride on Lake Ilopango, and then
flew over the coastal region, touching down at a semi-virgin beach in the
vicinity of Jiquilisco Bay, in the state of Usulutan.
Once there, the crew got ready to shoot the opening images of the
program, which will be broadcast in Spanish throughout Latin America in
November. After that, it may be broadcast in English for the global
audience. The program will be presented under the name E! SPECIAL EL
SALVADOR IMPRESIONANTE (E! SPECIAL - IMPRESSIVE EL SALVADOR)
Dressed in khaki pants, a white shirt and barefoot, Minister Rochi,
Heidi Balvanera (who has already appeared in the program WILD ON MEXICO)
and the film crew started the interview as the water was lapping at their
toes. "El Salvador is a very beautiful country, and has things many of us
don't know about -- lots of greenery, virgin beaches, good roads. I'll say
more when we finish the tour," said the blonde model. The tour continued in
Puerto Barillas, where they set out to explore Jiquilisco Bay, all in the
eastern part of the country.
The crew was there thanks to the Salvadoran Ministry of Tourism's
promotional activities undertaken at the international level, with $75,000
invested in this visit. By the end of their stay, they visited Puerto de La
Libertad, Suchitoto, Ruta de las Flores, Lake Coatepeque, Joya de Ceren and
other places. On Friday, September 28, they sampled San Salvador's
nightlife, including various shopping centers, restaurants, bars and clubs.
SOURCE MITUR; CORSATUR
CENTRAL AMERICA
El Pital: a Latin revelation nestled in El Salvador
Once a rebel lair in El Salvador's hidden highlands, El Pital is now an unexpected haven of natural beauty and outdoors pursuits.
By Reed Johnson, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
October 5, 2007
El Pital, El Salvador
In the dark days of the early 1980s, anyone brave or foolhardy enough to ascend the majestic peak of El Pital would have been accompanied by a hellish soundtrack of mortar fire and army helicopters.
But as I strolled recently through regal stands of Encino and cypress trees, all was peaceful in this airy mountain lair, which reminds me of a miniature Mesoamerican Yosemite.
"There are only three sounds here," said Edwin Rodríguez, who helps his father, Will, manage El Pital Highland, the area's best-known lodge. "The water, the wind, the birds."
Monday, August 27, 2007
Thursday, August 16, 2007
El Salvador Spanish Schools launches three new websites:
Spanish for Medical Professionals
Spanish for Teachers
Spanish for Volunteer and Religious Workers
Due to great demand from students for specific, specialized curricula including medical vocabularies and doctor-patient conversation skills, Spanish for the classroom, and conversational Spanish skills for volunteers with non-governmental organizations and religious workers and missionaries, El Salvador Spanish Schools now offers specialized instruction in the areas of medicine, education, and volunteer/missionary work. We've worked with students from several medical schools including University of Virginia and UC Davis; and teachers and education professionals have sought our unique program in El Salvador. 1:1 classes, specialized curricula, professional language professors, and wonderful homestay and beach opportunities.
Spanish for Medical Professionals
Spanish for Teachers
Spanish for Volunteer and Religious Workers
Due to great demand from students for specific, specialized curricula including medical vocabularies and doctor-patient conversation skills, Spanish for the classroom, and conversational Spanish skills for volunteers with non-governmental organizations and religious workers and missionaries, El Salvador Spanish Schools now offers specialized instruction in the areas of medicine, education, and volunteer/missionary work. We've worked with students from several medical schools including University of Virginia and UC Davis; and teachers and education professionals have sought our unique program in El Salvador. 1:1 classes, specialized curricula, professional language professors, and wonderful homestay and beach opportunities.
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Tourism Winners: El Salvador and Panama
New hotels like the Royal Decameron Salinitas (top) are luring tourists to El Salvador, while the Panama Canal (above) continues to bring new tourists to Panama. (Photos: Decameron and IPAT)
http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=1445
El Salvador and Panama are the big winners in Latin American tourism. Bolivia and Brazil are the top losers.
BY CHRONICLE STAFF
Mexico and Brazil continue to top the lists of top tourism destinations and moneymakers, but the big winners last year were El Salvador and Panama. El Salvador's tourism receipts grew by 46.5 percent last year, more than any other country in Latin America. Meanwhile, Panama posted the strongest growth in arrivals - 20.1 percent, according to a Latin Business Chronicle analysis of data from the World Tourism Organisation (WTO). The two countries are also seeing strong growth this year.
Other leading receipt winners include Colombia, Panama, Argentina and Guatemala. Measured by arrival growth, the other big winners are El Salvador, Guatemala, Paraguay and Colombia.
RECORD YEAR
All in all, Latin America and the Caribbean registered a record 66.7 million tourists last year, an increase of 2.2 percent from 2005. Tourism receipts reached $53.2 billion revenues, which was 7.9 percent higher than in 2005, the Latin Business Chronicle analysis shows.
Thursday, June 14, 2007
L.A. Times story on trips to Perquin, Morazan.
El Salvador Spanish Schools also offers guided trips to Perquin, Ruinas de Copan in Honduras, and other destinations:
Guided guerrilla tours explore a unique side of El Salvador
http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-trw-et-wartours8may08
Thursday, April 12, 2007
New York Times article: El Salvador Adds Style to Great Waves Maybe it's time to head to El Salvador. There, just a five-hour nonstop flight from New York, you can catch rides all day on perfectly hollow 5- to 10-foot waves in 82-degree water, while sea turtles paddle past you, pelicans fly in formation above your head and so many fish leap from the water, you have to regularly brush them off your surfboard.
"What makes the surf so special in El Salvador is the topography," says Henry Morales, managing director at Wavehunters Surf Travel in California. "It's the only country in Central America where there are 15 right point breaks," which create an ideal kind of wave for long rides.
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Great photos of El Salvador, Volcan de Izalco, and more from former students Jamie Richardson and Marc Shackman
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Taca Airlines begins direct flights from Milan, Italy to El Salvador.
TACA y Livingston firman acuerdo en el marco de la feria de turismo (BIT) en Milán, Italia.
TACA y Livingston firman acuerdo en el marco de la feria de turismo (BIT) en Milán, Italia.
Monday, March 12, 2007
Tuesday, February 03, 2004
Sunday, June 22, 2003
El Salvador Spanish Schools offers courses in Santa Ana, San Salvador, and in Puerto La Libertad and El Sunzal, coastal surfing destinations. We offer Spanish language instruction at all levels, and our basic lesson plan consists of twenty hours of study a week, four hours a day. You will be given a placement exam upon your arrival to determine your level of instruction. Our class size is limited to 8 students. We also offer 1:1 classes, flexible scheduling, and homestays with Salvadoran families in Santa Ana and San Salvador.
http://www.salvaspan.com
Quotes from some of our students:
“I forgot to mention how fabulous my homestay family is. Karina and Santiago and Sarita and baby Samantha are warm, bright, friendly, and easy going. I`ve been in 6 homestays in other countries, and this was the best by far.
Thanks, Tara Williams"
“ I travelled to El Salvador in May of 2001. This trip was one of the most exciting I have ever been on. Unfortunately I was only in the country for 5 days. I was very pleased with my homestay families they were wonderful! I had 2 days of class instruction that were very informative. I visited the Pipil/Mayan ruins in Santa Ana and also took a bus trip from Santa Ana to San Salvador to Usulutan. The country has so much to offer students of any disciple especially thoses interested in Public Health, Conservation, and of course speaking spanish. The best thing about this program is the price! I highly recommend this program as a language immersion. I have been to Costa Rica and Mexico, and El Salvador offers the same if not more. I am currently a senior at SUNY Brockport,Health Science major with a minor in Sociology, the trip was invaluable to me. Try it you will not regret it!
Michelle Juive.”
We are a unique program in that we offer students the option of studying in La Libertad, in the coffee country of Santa Ana, or with the Escuela Cuzcatlan in the capitol, San Salvador. You can study at one, two, or all three locations, which allows you to really get to know the country.
Our program is designed around a full-immersion pedagogy, which includes intensive Spanish instruction and the chance to put what you learn into practice through a homestay with a Salvadoran family. Students also have the option of a hotel or rental apartment.
We also offer three excursions per week to Mayan ruins, waterfalls, highland coffee villages, volcanoes, and museums. Flexible scheduling options, private tutoring, and one-on-one classes are available, and discounts are available for groups.
Our instructors are experienced language teachers with degrees from the national universities, and Director Nelson Pacheco is bilingual and has nine years of teaching experience. He is available to facilitate your visit, helping with tasks which are difficult for foreigners, such as renting a house or car, making travel arrangements, or just getting your food the way you like it.
We offer two semester programs, corresponding to the fall and spring semesters in the USA (September-December, February-May) and winter and summer sessions in January, July, and August. About college credit: to receive college credit for your coursework with our program and most other language schools, you need to document your coursework and then have the credits assessed by your home institution. We will issue transcripts and written evaluations of your progress, and you will need to keep your homework and tests to document your work. Other US institutions will grant credit in a similar manner but are generally more expensive.
We have an online application available on our website, as well
as links to dozens of resources on El Salvador, maps, photos, and
Spanish language and literature links.
Also feel free to call or email us if you have any questions.
In El Salvador...
Prof. Nelson Pacheco Martinez, Director
Escuela Sihuatehuacan
Email: Info at SalvaSpan.com
Urbanizacion El Milagro
Calle E Poligono N #2
Santa Ana, El Salvador C.A.
011(503) 7850-9293
http://www.geocities.com/salvaspan
USA: Brian Oelberg (413) 374-0159
95 West Glen St. Holyoke, MA 01040
Cuzcatlan Language School
Calle 19 Ave. 19
Barrio San Miguelito
San Salvador
011(503)7850-9293
msnhomepages.talkcity.com/StudentUnion/cuzcatlanls/
Teaching Spanish in El Salvador since 1999
http://www.salvaspan.com
Quotes from some of our students:
“I forgot to mention how fabulous my homestay family is. Karina and Santiago and Sarita and baby Samantha are warm, bright, friendly, and easy going. I`ve been in 6 homestays in other countries, and this was the best by far.
Thanks, Tara Williams"
“ I travelled to El Salvador in May of 2001. This trip was one of the most exciting I have ever been on. Unfortunately I was only in the country for 5 days. I was very pleased with my homestay families they were wonderful! I had 2 days of class instruction that were very informative. I visited the Pipil/Mayan ruins in Santa Ana and also took a bus trip from Santa Ana to San Salvador to Usulutan. The country has so much to offer students of any disciple especially thoses interested in Public Health, Conservation, and of course speaking spanish. The best thing about this program is the price! I highly recommend this program as a language immersion. I have been to Costa Rica and Mexico, and El Salvador offers the same if not more. I am currently a senior at SUNY Brockport,Health Science major with a minor in Sociology, the trip was invaluable to me. Try it you will not regret it!
Michelle Juive.”
We are a unique program in that we offer students the option of studying in La Libertad, in the coffee country of Santa Ana, or with the Escuela Cuzcatlan in the capitol, San Salvador. You can study at one, two, or all three locations, which allows you to really get to know the country.
Our program is designed around a full-immersion pedagogy, which includes intensive Spanish instruction and the chance to put what you learn into practice through a homestay with a Salvadoran family. Students also have the option of a hotel or rental apartment.
We also offer three excursions per week to Mayan ruins, waterfalls, highland coffee villages, volcanoes, and museums. Flexible scheduling options, private tutoring, and one-on-one classes are available, and discounts are available for groups.
Our instructors are experienced language teachers with degrees from the national universities, and Director Nelson Pacheco is bilingual and has nine years of teaching experience. He is available to facilitate your visit, helping with tasks which are difficult for foreigners, such as renting a house or car, making travel arrangements, or just getting your food the way you like it.
We offer two semester programs, corresponding to the fall and spring semesters in the USA (September-December, February-May) and winter and summer sessions in January, July, and August. About college credit: to receive college credit for your coursework with our program and most other language schools, you need to document your coursework and then have the credits assessed by your home institution. We will issue transcripts and written evaluations of your progress, and you will need to keep your homework and tests to document your work. Other US institutions will grant credit in a similar manner but are generally more expensive.
We have an online application available on our website, as well
as links to dozens of resources on El Salvador, maps, photos, and
Spanish language and literature links.
Also feel free to call or email us if you have any questions.
In El Salvador...
Prof. Nelson Pacheco Martinez, Director
Escuela Sihuatehuacan
Email: Info at SalvaSpan.com
Urbanizacion El Milagro
Calle E Poligono N #2
Santa Ana, El Salvador C.A.
011(503) 7850-9293
http://www.geocities.com/salvaspan
USA: Brian Oelberg (413) 374-0159
95 West Glen St. Holyoke, MA 01040
Cuzcatlan Language School
Calle 19 Ave. 19
Barrio San Miguelito
San Salvador
011(503)7850-9293
msnhomepages.talkcity.com/StudentUnion/cuzcatlanls/
Teaching Spanish in El Salvador since 1999
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