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Description

Rio stood as capital of Brazil for more than two centuries, giving the city a rich historical legacy. Wander through the Centro neighbourhood and find palaces, churches and museums hidden in a sea of skyscrapers. The Lapa neighbourhood, meanwhile, is blessed with beautiful colonial architecture and Rio's best Samba clubs. Zona Sul is where you can lie back and people-watch on famous beaches like Copacabana and Ipanema. Rio has countless different faces, and youll have a great time discovering them all!

The Centro area is home to our Portuguese language school, which is close to metro stations, shops, restaurants and everything else you may need. Nearby is the Centro Cultural do Banco do Brasil, a lavish bank turned art gallery, complete with a bookstore and café. It's a great place to meet with classmates after your Portuguese lessons!

Inside the school are 10 air-conditioned classrooms, all with TVs and DVD players, where you can learn in comfort. There are computers for student use, as well as free wireless Internet access throughout the building. Directly underneath our school is a café, which is perfect for breaks between lessons.

You can take Standard lessons, 20 per week, or Intensive, 30 per week. The classes are held in groups of a maximum of 9 students. Alternatively you can take 20 or 30 private lessons each week and tailor them to your requirements.

Highlights

Included in the fees are: Intercultural meetings, free internet access, excursions (not including transport, food or entrance fees).

Optional extras include excursions to parks, beaches, historical sights and markets, cookery lessons and Salsa lessons.

Our school is affiliated for American College Credits.

Languages

• Portuguese

Languages Used as a Medium of Teaching

• Portuguese

Cost in US$:

Credit Available

yes

This Program is open to

American, Asian, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi, South African and Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Brazil

Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work

Independently or in Groups

Application Process Involves

• Other
• Phone Interview
• Written Application

Typically The Application Process Time is

24-48 hours

Apple Languages's Mission Statement

Apple Languages offer high quality language courses at schools in Europe, Latin America, China, Japan and Canada. Languages include Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Greek, Arabic, Japanese, Chinese and Polish. Our students come from all over the world, attending courses of 1 week up to 36 weeks. We arrange accommodation for our students in host families, shared student apartments, student residences and in private studios. We believe that the best place to learn a language is in a country in which that language is spoken. For this reason, our Spanish courses are all in Spain and Latin America, our French courses take plave in France, Canada and Switzerland, our Russian courses are held in Russia and our Italian courses in Italy. All our language courses take place in well equipped schools, with fully-qualified native tutors and modern teaching techniques. We firmly believe that anyone can learn a language, provided that they receive professional tuition, in a 'total immersion' environment.

Year Founded

2000