Standard Group Portuguese Course (20)

CIAL Centro de Linguas

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Het luisteren, sprekend, uitspraak, lezing, het schrijven, woordenschat, grammatica en activiteiten

Klas schema

Tijdsduur van de cursus
1-36 weken
Start data
Elke Maandag (behalve voor beginners) (06 jan - 31 dec)
Start data voor beginners
06 jan 2025, 20 jan 2025, 03 feb 2025, 17 feb 2025, 03 mrt 2025, 17 mrt 2025, 31 mrt 2025, 14 apr 2025, 28 apr 2025, 12 mei 2025, 26 mei 2025, 09 jun 2025, 23 jun 2025, 07 jul 2025, 21 jul 2025, 04 aug 2025, 18 aug 2025, 01 sep 2025, 15 sep 2025, 29 sep 2025, 13 okt 2025, 27 okt 2025, 10 nov 2025, 24 nov 2025, 08 dec 2025 en 22 dec 2025
Lessen per week
20 lessons per week (elke les duurt 50 min)
Lesdagen
maandag - vrijdag
Schoolvakanties
01 dec 2024, 25 dec 2024, 25 dec 2024, 01 jan 2025, 18 apr 2025, 01 mei 2025, 10 jun 2025, 15 aug 2025

CIAL Centro de Linguas heeft geen lessen tijdens de bovenstaande vakantie data. De school geeft geen vergoeding voor deze vakantiedagen dus verzeker u ervan dat u de correcte startdatum kiest.

Lestijden

You can choose from the following class times:

Ochtendsessie
09:00 - 12:40

Les rooster kan veranderen afhankelijk van beschikbaarheid en seizoen.

Cursus beschrijving

This course consists of 20 lessons per week and uses the communicative approach in the teaching of Portuguese. Group Courses are organised in modules of 4 weeks, with new groups starting every 2 weeks in all levels from A1 (Beginner) to C2 (Advanced). Courses are progressive from the
starting dates, but apart from absolute beginners who must begin on the
starting dates, students can join a group at any time if vacancies exist at the
suitable level. Groups have a maximum of 8 participants so that monitoring and
assessment are continuous and personalised.
Textbooks and a variety of other materials are used in class, including role-playing, newspapers, magazines and other materials.
The courses focus on speaking and communication skills and provide students the opportunity to learn the local culture and customs.
The classes stress the use of language in everyday situations. Each day students will work on grammar, pronunciation and vocabulary.

Klasniveau

Alle niveau's, beginner tot geavanceerd
U zult een toets afleggen op je eerste dag om zo te kunnen evalueren welke uw klasniveau is.

Klasgrootte

Gemiddeld 4 studenten
Maximaal 8 studenten

Studenten leeftijd

Leeftijdsgroep 18 jaren oud en ouder
Gemiddeld 30 jaar oud

Certificaat

Een certificaat van voltooiing zal uitgereikt worden aan het einde van de cursus.
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91% aanbevolen

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"I loved the teachers, the teaching and the students."

Catharina Saenger, student van Duitsland

It was such a warm and welcoming atmosphere. I enjoyed the international mix of students as well as the different ages of the students. The location was perfect. I don’t know about the housing as I did not use those. I was impressed by the very good quality of teaching and the small groups. I will definitely do another week at my next stay in Portugal. My favourite was the one to one class with Denise. Also the receptionists were lovely.

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Mijn waardering voor deze school

Onderwijskwaliteit
School faciliteiten
Sociale aktiviteiten
School locatie
Studieduur
1 week
Studie datum
31 Jul 2023 - 11 Aug 2023
Zou u deze school aanbevelen?
Ja
Dit is een geverifieerde recensie. Deze student heeft een opleiding aan deze school geboekt via Language International.

"Accelerated my Portuguese skills more than I expected"

Roxane Platt, student van VK

I booked for a week with the intensive 25 hour language course. However, I was the sole student who had booked the afternoon workshop lessons so the time was reduced in half. This turned out to be a good thing though, because it meant I had a one hour private lesson with the teacher instead.

This was one of the most valuable parts of the course, because we could go at my own pace and didn't need to slow down for other students. The teacher was willing to work on whatever I wanted to, but when I didn't know what to do she worked on areas that needed improvement. I got a lot of practice speaking and listening, the focused attention was really useful. I also really appreciated the advice my teacher gave me for continuing my studies.

The group lessons were also good, but like all lessons, it goes at the pace of the slowest student. Thankfully my teacher recognized this and pushed for me to be moved up to a higher level class, which was really helpful. I liked the focused pronunciation practice and cultural information. Sometimes the classes felt a little slow but I think it was still valuable as the textbook covered areas that I had missed out in my previous self studying.

The school was lovely and in a fantastic location opposite a market and cafe where we would go for a coffee during the break. I didn't stay in the school's student accommodation, I think it was fairly empty during this season, and I stayed in a hostel a 2 min walk from the school, which was great and convenient.

The activities were a tour around a local park and up a street with some interesting architecture. It was nice that they were so close and it was really helpful for my listening skills because the guide spoke Portuguese slowly at a pace that was right for the students.

I had been studying Portuguese for 3 months on my own before this trip and I hadn't had any opportunity to speak Portuguese at all. This course was incredibly valuable for that. Just hearing Portuguese and getting the opportunity to speak it with feedback from my teachers was so helpful. I feel so much more comfortable with the language now. I would really recommend this course to anyone studying on their own who is looking for that little extra push.

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Mijn waardering voor deze school

Onderwijskwaliteit
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Studie datum
20 Feb 2023 - 24 Feb 2023
Zou u deze school aanbevelen?
Ja
Dit is een geverifieerde recensie. Deze student heeft een opleiding aan deze school geboekt via Language International.

"Amazing teachers."

Clodagh Myers, student van Portugal

Teresa and Cristina taught us. We didn’t particularly want to focus on grammar, so they agreed to bring us to the market, for coffee etc, to experience everyday situations and practice our Portuguese.

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Mijn waardering voor deze school

Onderwijskwaliteit
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Studie datum
19 Sep 2022 - 23 Sep 2022
Zou u deze school aanbevelen?
Ja
Dit is een geverifieerde recensie. Deze student heeft een opleiding aan deze school geboekt via Language International.

"It was very interesting and educational, interactive and a excellent teacher"

John Ruben, student van Nederland

It was the second time that I join one week learning Portuguese with CIAL. This time the class was smaller and that is an advantage. The teacher Denise was excellent. The way of teaching was very interactive in design and i liked that. Overall an splendid week with nice people. I think that my Portuguese improved a liitle bit. Time was to short.
I had expected a liitle more opportunities for the excursions in the afternoon. Also I missed a farewell dinner at the last evening of the week. Summarising it was a splendid week.

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Studie datum
20 Jun 2022 - 24 Jun 2022
Zou u deze school aanbevelen?
Ja
Dit is een geverifieerde recensie. Deze student heeft een opleiding aan deze school geboekt via Language International.

"Formidável"

Ronald. N. Brummelkamp, student van Nederland

Very pleasant family to stay. Assists and corrects speaking Portuguese. The classes and professors were very good. On my level complete in Portuguese. Possibility of working in the school. Pleasant excursions in the afternoon. Good location with coffee possibility on the covered market.

Recommendation. Send with the other information also a street map and a survey with the buss from airport to bus and train station Faro (lines 16 and 14) and from the local bus lines in Faro.

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Mijn waardering voor deze school

Onderwijskwaliteit
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Huisvesting
Studieduur
1 week
Studie datum
24 Feb 2020 - 6 Mar 2020
Zou u deze school aanbevelen?
Ja
Dit is een geverifieerde recensie. Deze student heeft een opleiding aan deze school geboekt via Language International.

"The teaching was very good."

Kaisa Kulmala, student van Finland

I took a beginners class, three ours every day. Our teacher Denise was very good, patient, helpful and nice. I was staying at the student department, so the school was very close, which was nice. I didn't have a need to use other facilities at the school, so I don't know if they are good or not. I joined one walking-tour round the city and it was very informative, but was given in English, which was a little disappointing, because it would have been nice to practice the language also during the tour.

But the guide wanted to make the absolute beginners to understand what she is saying, so I guess it was ok. The student department was quite ok. I'm not very good in living in shared apartments - nobody was disturbing me in any way, but I still kind of need my own peace, so I got a little stressed during the two weeks I lived in the apartment.

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Mijn waardering voor deze school

Onderwijskwaliteit
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Huisvesting
Studieduur
1 week
Studie datum
15 Oct 2018 - 26 Oct 2018
Zou u deze school aanbevelen?
Ja
Dit is een geverifieerde recensie. Deze student heeft een opleiding aan deze school geboekt via Language International.
Alexandra B Sousa, Managing Director at CIAL Centro de Linguas responded to this review.
19 November 2018

Dear Kaisa,
Thank you for your review and comments.
We always welcome feedback on the good and not so good aspects of student's experience in Cial, as they help us improve.
We hope to see you again in the future.
CIAL

"Nice little school in the center of Faro with kind and motivated teachers"

Judith Hübscher, student van Zwitserland

The teachers were quite professional but I wasn't very happy with the teaching material (Português XXI, vol. 2) as this one isn't good at all. I had to buy another grammar book, which is much better. The teachers tried to respond to my need concerning the language and I was quite satisfied with all I was able to learn in 10 days.

Unfortunately Faro isn't a nice town and doesn't have the facilities of parks/beach or other amusements - it's a very noisy town! My guest family was very kind and lovely, but as their apartment is located near a busy street and the hospital, it was day and night very noisy and this tired me a lot. For 10 days the stay was ok but I won't go back anymore.

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Mijn waardering voor deze school

Onderwijskwaliteit
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School locatie
Huisvesting
Studie datum
29 Oct 2018 - 2 Nov 2018
Zou u deze school aanbevelen?
Nee
Dit is een geverifieerde recensie. Deze student heeft een opleiding aan deze school geboekt via Language International.
Alexandra B Sousa, Managing Director at CIAL Centro de Linguas responded to this review.
19 November 2018

Dear Judith,
Thank you for the positive comments about Cial Faro. We are sorry that the whole experience was not as successful as you expected, and hope you will give Faro another opportunity in the future.
Kind regards,
CIAL

"It was a really good experience, lots of fun and I learned a lot!"

Maike Velke, student van Duitsland

The school was very good structured, warm-hearted atmosphere and so so friendly. I felt very welcome there! Ana the good soul of the school was there for help if help was needed.I did not expect that! The teacher Christina was very good, she taught us the basics as it’s best and was able to see our individual needs. I learned a lot in only one week and I will continue my studies now! The cultural program was also good, we did a guided walk with a local guide. She was very nice and made my day!!! The student house was clean and there was all I needed. I really enjoyed my stay in beautiful Faro, with lessons, beach, in good company with other students. And I definitely fell in love with amazing Portugal.

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Mijn waardering voor deze school

Onderwijskwaliteit
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Sociale aktiviteiten
School locatie
Huisvesting
Studie datum
2 Jul 2018 - 6 Jul 2018
Zou u deze school aanbevelen?
Ja
Dit is een geverifieerde recensie. Deze student heeft een opleiding aan deze school geboekt via Language International.

"Extraordinarily satisfying"

Dorothee Schmidt, student van Duitsland

I spent one week at CIAL Faro in January 2018. I had booked 6 hours of individual training for 5 days. This proved to be very intense as the teachers are highly professional and will not be lured into small talk for longer periods. I reached the limits of my cerebral capacity and will reduce the amount of sessions next time. That being said, I immensely enjoyed all the training sessions and found my two teachers to be warmhearted and very welcoming on top of being professionally demanding. Now, two weeks later, I still find myself thinking in Portuguese or trying to form sentences in my mind.
I stayed in the student apartment close to the school which proved to be the right decision - a nice place with a lovely rooftop veranda, equipped with everything needed (a supermarket 50 m away).
The reception upon arrival, the explanations, the extra curricular events, the handling in general were easy and flawless.
The atmosphere at CIAL Faro is very friendly, welcoming and fear-reducing.
I have nothing at all to complain about and would definitely recommend a training in Faro CIAL to anyone wanting to learn Portuguese - there are courses for all levels and needs.

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Mijn waardering voor deze school

Onderwijskwaliteit
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Huisvesting
Studie datum
8 Jan 2018 - 12 Jan 2018
Zou u deze school aanbevelen?
Ja
Dit is een geverifieerde recensie. Deze student heeft een opleiding aan deze school geboekt via Language International.

"Very nice experience"

Martina Scheelen, student van Duitsland

Extremely nice and caring teacher. Very good atmosphere.

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Mijn waardering voor deze school

Onderwijskwaliteit
School faciliteiten
Sociale aktiviteiten
School locatie
Studieduur
1 week
Studie datum
1 Jan 2018 - 12 Jan 2018
Zou u deze school aanbevelen?
Ja
Dit is een geverifieerde recensie. Deze student heeft een opleiding aan deze school geboekt via Language International.

"One the best experiences of my life."

Hannah Johnson

I had such an amazing experience. The staff was fabulous. I loved our late morning breaks for coffee, and chatting. I met so many wonderful people from across the globe.

The receptionist became a good friend of mine. Your excursion tour guide was absolutely amazing and encouraged us all to fall in love with Faro, which I did - I fell in love with Faro. I think about the city often, and want to go back. I want to bring everyone I love to this beautiful city. I would love to come back and take more lessons. I have been trying to keep up with the CDs back in the US, but it is very difficult. Immersion was the best experience.

Lourdes was my teacher, and she was the most amazing teacher I could have ever asked for. I felt like I was soaking up daily in a Portuguese perspective from a woman who has lived a long life, and has much to teach and share.

My reasons for coming to Portugal were to learn more about my ancestors. I was close to my Portuguese grandparents. They are no longer living, and so Lourdes filled a special place in my heart.

I cannot thank you enough for the amazing experience that was offered at CIAL. I will always recommend this school, and hope to come back some day.

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Mijn waardering voor deze school

Onderwijskwaliteit
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Sociale aktiviteiten
School locatie
Studieduur
3 weken
Studie datum
4 May 2015 - 29 May 2015
Zou u deze school aanbevelen?
Ja
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Huisvesting

CIAL Centro de Linguas biedt de volgende soorten huisvesting aan:
homestay

Homestay - Single-person room - Ontbijt

200 €
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Homestay - Single Room with Breakfast

Leeftijdsgroep: 18 jaren oud en ouder
Locatie: In the city center of Faro
Soort huisvesting: Homestay
Kamertype: Single-person room
Maaltijden: Ontbijt (7 maaltijden per week)
Afstand tot school: 10 - 20 minuten met de walk
Beschikbaarheid: januari - december
Aankomstdag: zondag, altijd
Vertrekdag: zaterdag, altijd
200 €
Accommodation is an important part of most students' stay. CIAL's carefully selected
accommodation options will be your home away from home.
Living in a Portuguese home will help the student gain familiarity with the language.
Students are placed in individual bedrooms and will be the only native speaker of their
language in the house. The host may be a family or an individual.
The homes that host CIAL's students are in the area of the schools, many within walking
distance.
In case students need to use public transportation (bus) it will never be more than 20 min.
Students can get pre-paid tickets for public transportation what will keep prices quite unexpensive.
Private home accommodation is usually booked from the day before starting lessons until the day after the end of the course (Sunday to Saturday).
Private home accommodation does not include the use of the kitchen nor laundry of personal clothes. However students can ask the family directly for details of laundry services in the area of the house.
Bed linens and bathroom towels are included and are changed weekly.
apartment

Appartement - 2-persoons gedeelde kamer - Geen maaltijden

185 €
wekelijks

Shared apartment - Shared Room - Self Catering

Leeftijdsgroep: 18 jaren oud en ouder
adres: Largo Dr. Francisco Sá Carneiro, 70, Faro 8000-151, Portugal
Locatie: In the city center of Faro
Soort huisvesting: Gedeeld appartement
Kamertype: 2-persoons gedeelde kamer
Maaltijden: Geen maaltijden
Faciliteiten: Keuken, wasserij, draadloos internet, gratis internet, tv-kamer, en hardhout
Afstand tot school: 1 minuten met de walk
Beschikbaarheid: januari - december
Aankomstdag: zondag, altijd
Vertrekdag: zaterdag, altijd
185 €

Appartement - Single-person room - Geen maaltijden

215 €
wekelijks

Shared apartment - Single Room - Self Catering

Leeftijdsgroep: 18 jaren oud en ouder
adres: Largo Dr. Francisco Sá Carneiro, 70, Faro 8000-151, Portugal
Locatie: In the city center of Faro
Soort huisvesting: Gedeeld appartement
Kamertype: Single-person room
Maaltijden: Geen maaltijden
Faciliteiten: Keuken, wasserij, draadloos internet, gratis internet, tv-kamer, en hardhout
Afstand tot school: 1 minuten met de walk
Beschikbaarheid: januari - december
Aankomstdag: zondag, altijd
Vertrekdag: zaterdag, altijd
215 €
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Visa assistentie

We kunnen geen visas voor studenten aanvragen. De school kan u echter wel met alle benodigde documentatie voorzien die u nodig heeft voor uw visa aanvraag.

Uw acceptatiebrief zal gratis naar uw huisadres per normale post worden gestuurd. Indien u uw documentatie per express post wilt ontvangen zal 90 € in rekening gebracht worden bij uw registratie.

Vlucht en airport transfer

Please note that we do not book flights for our students. If you are researching airfare costs, we recommend using Kayak.com, a search engine that lets you compare flight options from your home country to Faro based on your budget, schedule and preferences.

Reisverzekering

Studeer in het buitenland zonder zorgen met Language International's medische en persoonlijke effecten verzekeringsdekking. Wanneer u een cursus met ons reserveert, kunt u kiezen om een internationaal plan te kopen die niet alleen uw medische kosten dekt maar ook het verlies van persoonlijke spullen. U moet uw verzekering van te voren reserveren wanneer u registreert.

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