Best Bets on Restaurants in Buenos Aires!
Best Bets on Restaurants in Buenos Aires! Having lived in Buenos Aires for quite some time now I thought I would share my personal top rated restaurants! After a rewarding day at Elebaires, with my Spanish constantly improving, what better way to kick back than to enjoy a lovely meal out in a city known [...]
Elebaires for Older Students
Are you retired? Have your children flown the nest? Are you thinking of going travelling or taking up a new challenge?…….Why not come and take Spanish lessons with us here at Elebaires before embarking on your travels around South America? Our Spanish courses are suited to students of a vast range of ages, from young [...]
My Strategy for learning a Language
I am coming to the end of a very fulfilling time studying Spanish at Elebaires and thought I would give you my thoughts on how to make the most of learning a language. VOCAB BOOK. Invest in a vocab book so you can jot down unknown words, phrases and grammatical errors that you make by [...]
¡Esta semana rendimos el DELE!
Nuestras estudiantes Tara, Marleen y Pascale, están estudiando en Elebaires para rendir el examen DELE nivel C1 el próximo sábado 18 de Noviembre. Desde hace un mes aproximadamente, ellas junto a la profesora Liliana Maxera han estado preparándose de acuerdo con las características del examen C1, siguiendo las tareas que tiene que realizar cada alumno, [...]
Academic Activities in Elebaires
Here in Elebaires we have been ramping up the academic after-class activities. We November and the beginning of high season our conversation club and tutorials have been full of enthusiastic students. Both activities are optional and are very relaxed given that the majority of our students have been studying hard all morning. The class is [...]
“O’zapft is!” – Oktoberfest auf Spanisch?
Deutschland – Bier – Oktoberfest. Unterhält man sich mit Argentiniern sind das meist die ersten Worte der Unterhaltung. Und man muss zugeben, ganz im Unrecht sind die Südamerikaner nicht. Sie machen uns allerdings Konkurrenz – und zwar mit ihrem eigenen Oktoberfest. Alle Jahre wieder findet das legendäre Oktoberfest auf der Theresienwiese in München statt. In [...]
El Mundial de Rugby en Nueva Zealanda
Después de vivir un mundial de fútbol en Argentina, tengo una idea de la pasión que hay en este país para el deporte. Sin embargo cuando era joven en Nueva Zelanda solo existía el rugby, todos los otros deportes no eran tan importantes. Ahora el séptimo mundial de rugby esta pasando en Nueva Zelanda. Seguramente [...]
Estoy embarazada – and other Spanish humiliations
Everyone knows that learning a new language is fun. It is a great way to meet people, understand a new culture and enjoy experiences that may not have been open to you in your native language. However, the long road to fluency in any language is not always a smooth one. Sometimes it can be [...]
Learning Spanish with the Dead
Sometimes the journey is more important than the destination. At Elebaires we are great believers that regardless of which is more important the journey and the destination are both great opportunities to practise your Spanish. We would even go so far as to say that even visiting the dead can be a fun way to [...]
Accommodation: We’re Here to Help Part 3
So our Accommodation Series continues… this time to tackle the topic of Home-stays, one of our many accommodation options for you to choose during your stay in Buenos Aires. In our first two blogs of this series, we discussed Hostels and Student Residences, and the advantages and potential disadvantages to each option. The purpose of [...]
