UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID &
Best Study Program Abroad, XCL
INVITE YOU TO LOVE AND ENJOY THE STUDY OF SPANISH!!!
Spain Summer 2016
All participant will receive a Certificate of Participation and / or transcript for credits
takens at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid
July 3 to 17, 2016 (15 days and 14 nights) US$ 2,500.00
* Optional: July 17 to 24, 2016 Tour of Southern Spain US$ 1,500.00
July 3 to 24, 2016 Tour Class + US$ 4,000.00
* With teachers and staff of Best Study Program Abroad, XCL
COVERED: All activities included in the itinerary. Transportation to and from the Madrid airport. 40
hours of classes with professors from the prestigious Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM).
Residence in the UCM facilities (two twin beds per room with a private bathroom). Residency is located
within the safety of UCM campus. Three meals a day. Day trip to Toledo, time for daily afternoon
activities. Emergency Health insurance included. Optional one-week trip to Andalusia (the city from
which Christopher Columbus departed on his voyage to America) INCLUDING: Visit to the port anchored
replicas of the Santa Maria, Pinta and Niña vessels used by Colon. Visiting Granada, Cordoba, Seville,
Palos de Moguer, and the Alhambra. The Alhambra was the castle where Christopher Columbus and Queen
Isabella signed the contract to come to America and beyond!.
For more information:
gotoxclorg@gmail.com/gotospainspain@gmail.com / http://4xcl.org/ http://www.goxcl.org/P.O. Box 2438,
Pasadena, CA 91102. USA/ TEL.1.909.382.1913. PAY CLASSES AND TOUR BEFORE MAY 15, 2016
SPAIN SUMMER 2016 TRIP ITINERARY
July 2 (Saturday): Departure to Spain
July 3 (Sunday): Arrival in Madrid, city tour and accommodation
July 4 - 8 (Mon-Fri 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.): College Classes, for high school students there
will be a half day football training camp + half day language school + evening
Madrid visits or free time
July 9 (Saturday): All day trip to Toledo
July 10 (Sunday): 10:00 a.m. guided visit to the Prado Museum or visit the Rastro (the
largest European pulguero/flea market) and 5:00 p.m. Optional visit to a Bullfight
Arena
July 11 - 15 (Mon-Fri 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.): College Classes, for high school students
there will be a half day football training camp + half day language school + evening
Madrid visits or free time
July 16 (Saturday): Optional visit to Segovia OR at your leisure
July 17 (Sunday): Departure back home
OR
July 17 - 24: Optional week long tour (17-24 July)
July 24 (Sunday): Departure back home
Payment Method US Dollar: Application- / 1st Payment Feb. 10, 2016: US$ 1,500 / 2nd
Payment April 10, 2016: US$ 1.000 / Optional Tour - payment on or before May 10 US$
1,500 Total US$ 4,000.00
Choose your program: University ___ / Graduate ___/ Adult, 4 hrs a week seminar or at
your leisure ($2,200.00) ___ / Choose language of study: French___ / Spanish as a foreign
language ___/ Medical Spanish ___
UCM Residence daily Meal Schedule:
BREAKFAST 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m./ LUNCH 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. / DINNER 8:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
TOUR OF SOUTHERN SPAIN
July 17 to 24, 2016 (One Week) US$ 1,500.00
July 17 (Sunday): Departure to the Castle of Alhambra and Granada. Lunch en route (not included). Accommodation in
a Granada hotel
July 18 (Monday): Visit to the Alhambra. Accommodation at the hotel in Granada
July 19 (Tuesday) 8:00 a.m.: Breakfast at the hotel. Departure 8:30 AM to Cordoba. Tours of the city and the Mosque
of Cordoba. Time for lunch (not included). Accommodation at the hotel in Seville.
July 20 (Wednesday) 8:00 a.m.: Breakfast at the hotel. Day Tours of Seville. After dinner (optional) of flamenco.
July 21 - July 23 (Thursday to Saturday) 8:00 a.m.: Breakfast at the hotel, Palos de Moguer and La Rabida visits, hotel
accommodation and dinner included
July 24 (Sunday): Transfer to the airport and return home
Ground transportation, lodging, listed activities, breakfast and dinner (not lunch) are all included
Graduate classes
In Order To Participate Of The Graduate Classes Universidad Complutense de Madrid REQUIRES a
photocopy of your Undeegraduate Diploma (call me if you have questions +1.909.382.1913)
1. Documentary Theatre in Latin America Hispanoamérica http://www.ucm.es/filologia-espanola4/cristina-bravo-rozas-1 taught by Cristina Bravo Rozas
2. Madrid, literary city http://www.ucm.es/filologia-espanola/alvaro-bustostauler- taught by
Alvaro Bustos Tauler
3. The literature and theater of the Republic and the Civil War. https://www.ucm.es/filologiaespanola/emilio-peral-vega taught by Emilio Peral Vega
4. Towards a new reading of Teresa of Jesus: The female spirituality in Golden Age Spain
https://www.ucm.es/filologia-espanola/rebeca-sanmartin-bastida taught by Rebeca Sanmartin Bastida
5. Historical evolution of Spanish. http://www.ucm.es/directorio?id=4040 taught by Inmaculada
Delgado Cobos
6. Literature as an assistant in teaching Spanish as a foreign language
http://www.ucm.es/lengespyteoliter/cv-garrido-dominguez-antonio taught by Antonio Garrido
Dominguez
7. Avant-garde poetry https://www.ucm.es/anales-de-literatura-hispanoamericana-vol-42,-numespecial-monografico-desafios-y-travesias-de-las-ultimas-literaturas-hispanoamericanas taught by
Jesus Cano Reyes and Ana Fernandez Casado
Classes for University Students
"Literature Program. From the Middle Ages to the Golden Age. " Prof. Francisco Olmedo Bernal
MIDDLE AGES
CLASS 1 Lyric: The traditional lyric.
The epic CLASS 2: Song of the Cid.
CLASS 3 Mester of Clergy: Gonzalo de Berceo Milagros of Our Lady and Hita: The Book of Good Love.
CLASS 4 Oral Literature: The Ballads: reading romances.
CLASS 5 Jorge Manrique Verses on the death of his father.
CLASS 6 Narrative: Don Juan Manuel: The Count, (selection of a story).
RENAISSANCE
CLASS 7 lyric: Garcilaso de la Vega: Sonnets (selection).
CLASS 8 mystical poetry: John of the Cross, St. Teresa of Avila
CLASS 9 mystical poetry: Fray Luis de León.
CLASS 10 Narrative: romances.
CLASS 11 Picaresca: El Primero (selected texts)
CLASS 12 Theatre: Fernando de Rojas: La Celestina.
BAROQUE: THE GOLDEN AGE
CLASS 13 Lyric: Lope de Vega. Reading text selection.
CLASS 14 Lyric: Quevedo. Reading text selection.
CLASS 15 Lyric: Gongora: Reading text selection.
CLASS 16 Narrative: Miguel de Cervantes: Don Quixote and the Exemplary Novels.
CLASS 17 Narrative: Miguel de Cervantes: Don Quixote and the Exemplary Novels.
CLASS 18 Teather: Influence of the Italian comedy in the Golden Age theater Art: the short play (appetizers).
CLASS 19 Theater: Lope de Vega: The dog in the manger.
CLASS 20 Theater: Calderon de la Barca: Life is a Dream (monologue Sigismund). Tirso de Molina.
SPAIN 2016
Complutense University of Madrid & Best Study Program Abroad, XCL
July 3 to July 17, 2016: US $ 2,500.00 OR July 3 to July 24, 2016: US $ 4,000.00
Each participant will receive a Certificate of Participation and / or Registration transcription credits
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Choose your program: University ___/ Graduate ___ / French Classes ___ /or Spanish as a Foreign
language ___ / Medical Spanish___ / Adult, 4 hrs a week seminar or at your leisure ($2,200.00)___/
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Vital information and send the completed application to gotoxclorg@gmail.com /
gotospainspain@gmail.com
• The Residencia Universitaria of Madrid provided with accommodation and three meals a day, with a vegetarian
option. Room service is twice a week. The prestigious professors from the Complutense University of Madrid will give
the classes. During the trip all students are expected to follow our rules of propriety of The Best Study Abroad conduct
XCL including: Respect to students and teachers, the dress code of decency, no smoking, no drugs or alcohol.
• It is your responsibility to register for the class, pay the air transportation. Pay class and tour before May15, 2016
• There will be four hours of lessons a day (Monday to Friday). The rest of the day can be used for sightseeing. The
dormitory is very well located ten minutes from the center of Madrid. We will send a letter of acceptance to the
program after receiving its first payment of US$ 1,500.00 that letter can be taken to the Embassy of Spain and get your
visa (if needed)!
• We expect perfect attendance to classes. High school students will be subjecti to dorm check in their rooms.
• What is included ?: Personal expenses, air transport, visits not specified in the itinerary or the visa (US citizens do
not need visas, others need to check with the Spanish consulate in your country or state). Everyone (including
American citizens) need a passport valid for more than six months to obtain the visa and entry to Spain.
• Method of payment US Dollars: Application- / US$ First payment due February 10, 2016: US$ 1,500 / Second
Payment due April 10, 2016: US$ 1,000 / Optional Tour - Payment due May 10, 2016: US$ 1,500. Payment Total: $
4,000 / Adult, 4 hrs a week seminar for two weeks or at your leisure ($2,200.00)
I acknowledge receiving all the above information and accept the conditions as outlined:
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