Learn Spanish in Patagonia, Bariloche Town!

Our Spanish language programs are specially designed for foreigners and are taught in Spanish. A.I.E. offers the highest standard in Spanish language programs in Argentina. We are the only Spanish school in Argentina specialized in Spanish for adults and professionals.

GROUP COURSE:
Type of Program: Group classes.
Frequency: 20 classes per week (4 hours per day).
Length of each class: 60 minutes per class.
Small groups: average of students per class: 3 students.
Max. students per class: 5 students.

PRIVATE COURSE:
Type of Program: Private classes.
Frequency: from 10 to 40 classes per week (you can choose frequency).
Length of each class: 45 minutes per class.

COMBINED COURSE:
Type of Program: Group and private classes.
Frequency: 20 group classes + 10 private classes per week.
Max. students per group class: 5 students.
Average of students per group class: 3 students.

At the conclusion of your program, you will receive a DEGREE of completion of the Spanish Language Course with the following information: length, goals and level, and the number of hours you were present in class.

Each group course has a maximum of 5 students to provide a more personalized teaching. The average is 3 students per group.

Read more about studying in Patagonia at A.I.E.

BA Basics: Conversions: Weight, Temperature, and Seasonal Climate Changes

One of the joys of adjusting from life in the US to life here in Buenos Aires is learning how to convert our screwy imperial units of measure (pounds, degrees Fahrenheit, feet and miles) into those handy metric units (grams, kilograms, degrees Celsius, meters and kilometers). Since at first this task can be just a bit perplexing, here are a few quick hints to making these adjustments yourself:

Weight (1 pound = 450 grams)
You will most frequently need to be familiar with the conversion between pounds and grams while visiting your local fiambrería (deli meat seller), carnicería (butcher) or verdulería (vegetable seller). Ordering meats and vegetables are the easiest, as you can just request “dos pechugas” (two chicken breasts), or “tres zanahorias” (three carrots), and be on your merry way. Ordering deli meat is a little trickier, however, as the density of the meats varies by type. As a rule of thumb, I typically buy 100 grams of dense salted meats, such as salami, but opt for 200 grams when ordering the more common sandwich companions, including cheese, ham or turkey. These portions are just right, as they are enough to sustain me through several lunches, but won’t last too long and go feo.

Weight (1 kilogram = 2.2 pounds)
When I moved into my first apartment here in Buenos Aires, I was also pleasantly surprised to see a scale in the bathroom. Only problem? It weighed me in kilograms. If you are watching your weight while you’re here, this simple conversion is handy to keep in the back of your mind.

Temperature (°C = (°F -32) x 5/9)
The conversion between degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit is not only the measure that you will most frequently encounter, but also the one that can be the most perplexing. As you can see, the formula for making this conversion is a doozy!

Thanks to a dear Argentine friend that I met while still in the US, I now know a simpler way to get a ballpark figure for the conversion: just take the temperature in Celsius, double it, and add 30. This figure will always be slightly off from the exact temperature reading, but it works in a pinch.

Weather, Seasons and Average Temperatures
If you don’t already know, the seasons south of the equator are the opposite of those to the north. That means, that when it is summer in the northern hemisphere, it is winter in the south, and vice versa.

Read the rest of the article on LandingPad BA.

Getting around Buenos Aires. Cool city tour video!

Check out more videos of the city on Youtube.

Dancing TANGO video.

Take a quick look at this video and see how they dance tango!




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Bueno, entonces… is the only learn-Spanish program offering true Spanish language immersion. We relocated personnel from 6 countries to produce on-location in Latin America so students get a taste of authentic language and cultural immersion.

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On Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is the second largest country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires. It is the eighth largest country in the world by land area and the largest among Spanish-speaking nations, though Mexico, Colombia and Spain are more populous.

Argentina's continental area is between the Andes mountain range in the west and the Atlantic Ocean in the east. It borders Paraguay and Bolivia to the north, Brazil and Uruguay to the northeast, and Chile to the west and south. Argentina claims the British overseas territories of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It also claims a part of Antarctica, overlapping claims made by Chile and the United Kingdom, though all claims were suspended by the Antarctic Treaty of 1961.

Argentina has the second-highest Human Development Index and GDP per capita in purchasing power parity in Latin America. Argentina is one of the G-20 major economies, with the world's 30th largest nominal GDP, and the 23rd largest when purchasing power is taken into account. The country is classified as upper-middle income or a secondary emerging market by the World Bank.

Read more about Argentina, on Wikipedia.