Program for Cienfuegos
(Faro Luna), 2005-2006

• 30 hours of courses, from 9 A.M. to Noon, ten days, virtually all during the week-days.
• 4 levels - Beginners I, Beginners II, Intermediate, Advanced
• Placement test the first day of class.
• Four course manuals, one each for Beginners I, Beginners II, Intermediate and Advanced. These manuals are also linked to the excursions and visits in order to prepare the clients so that they can appreciate to the maximum these activities.
• Ten people maximum per class
• 32 hours of practical activity such as excursions, in addition to the 30 hours of courses, for a total of 62 hours of pedagogy.
• At all levels, the method used is the modern interactive one, so that the client learns as quickly as possible to speak and understand. For those who are Beginners I, the teachers may speak some English in order to get you going or to explain something. For those in the advanced level, the course is very personalized and caters to overcoming the problems people are experiencing in order to more fully master the language. All courses are linked to the practical activities.
• Practical day-time activities: Excursions.

• Practical evening activities. Excursions into town and cultural activities at the hotel:
  a) (2 hours) Cultural evening at the hotel (Cuban music and poetry)
  b) (2 hours) Cultural evening at the hotel (Cuban film)
  c) (2 hours) Discussion at the hotel (documentary film on one aspect of Cuban reality)
  d) (3 hours) Excursion to Cienfuegos (show, depending on the cultural calendar of the City.)
  
  
  Cultural Evening in Cienfuegos

  e) (3 hours) Excursion in Cienfuegos’ countryside (Palmira). You will discover the Afro-Cuban culture. Visit of Palmira’s museum, visit of the “Templo Santa Barbara” with animation with the folkloric group Obbakoso.
  f) (8 hours) Salsa Dance lessons in spanish.
  g) (2 hours) Special farewell dinner and the presentation of certificates.

• Optional opportunities to practice your Spanish in the form of paid excursions are also available on the week-ends when there are no courses or pedagogical activities. VCC considers these options to be part of the pedagogy for those who want to participate, and so one professor accompanies the group during the trip. The full day options available and which are payable on the spot in Cuba are:

	a) Trinidad (About 17 CUC, lunch not included). Colonial town, declared by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
	b) El Nicho (About 30 CUC, lunch included)- the beauty of Cuba's ecolology
	c) Havana (About 33 CUC, lunch not included)

Note: The program is always subject to change

Spanish Immersion / Discover Cuba Cienfuegos
(Faro Luna near the beach)