News in the Algarve

 

 

 Reproduced from 'The Portugal News, Portugal's National Newspaper in English'.

 

 


 

 

Perfect your Portuguese at Lagos' Centro de Línguas.... With the new school year just starting, everyone is looking forward to another really busy year, particularly the staff and teachers at the Lagos Centro de Línguas, a private language school specialising in Portuguese courses, which is now recognised by the Portuguese.

 

Situated in the beautiful, historical centre of Lagos, the school is small and friendly, offering a non-intimidating personal touch that aims to make learning Portuguese fun.

Whatever your skills and linguistic capability, there are courses for all needs – from absolute beginners, of all ages, to specific courses for professional needs.

Lagos Language Centre's Portuguese courses for foreigners continue to be extremely popular.

Group courses are conversation-based and aim to have people speaking Portuguese as quickly as possible, which can be testified by a lot of happy past students.

The teachers are friendly and always explain things in English when necessary.

Most popular is the 30-lesson group course for beginners, for a minimum of four and a maximum of eight students.

The Next course starts Monday, 29th October and finishes Friday, 30th November. Six lessons are taught per week for a duration of five weeks.

A Standard timetable for this course is as follows: lessons are held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, from 11h10 – 13h00. Each lesson is 50 minutes, so the first lesson will run from 11h10 – 12h00h, followed by a 10-minute interval for coffee or tea in the school, then the second lesson, from 12h10 – 13h00.

The cost of the afore-mentioned course entails a €20 enrolment fee, €240 for the course, €21 for a course book and a workbook at €10.50.

Through the year, group lessons are also held for Intermediate level.

Alternatively, Individual lessons are available, which are ideal for people who prefer not to be in a group or for those who need specific material for their work.

Individual lessons cost €26 euros per lesson, plus enrolment fees and books as mentioned above.

Lagos Language School is currently offering a special promotion where for just €26, for an individual lesson, two people can study together, perfect for couples, friends or for people from the same company, office or business.

There is specific tuition to help English-speaking pupils integrate into Portuguese schools, as well as lessons in other languages, and evening courses.

For more information, contact the Centro de Línguas de Lagos on tel/fax: (+351) 282 761 070, e-mail: centro.de.linguas@mail .telepac.pt