Expanish - Volunteer in Buenos Aires on your Summer Abroad

  Argentina

• Buenos Aires: 
Buenos Aires

Durations of Program: 5-8 weeks and 9-12 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: Summer Term

Description: NOTE: Students who enroll in any Summer Program beginning in 2008 with a friend will both receive a 10% discount off their Expanish program tuition. Please see our website or contact us for more details about our Friend Discount.

Expanish offers university students an unconventional approach to studying abroad in South America! We expand the student experience beyond just the classroom by providing local cultural integration through volunteering, internships, fun workshops, weekend excursions, homestays, and daily activities with native South Americans outside of the traditional collegiate setting. Expanish offers a variety of programs for university students wishing to study for a few weeks up through a full year abroad.

Summer Programs: Expanish provides one of the only Summer Study Abroad programs in Buenos Aires that offers classes in a variety of thematic subjects. In addition to courses, students attend weekly cultural activities, workshops with locals, three weekend excursions to Iguazú Falls, Mendoza, and Colonia, Uruguay, and the option of living with a local family or local students. Students can focus solely on intensive Spanish language acquisition, or split their time between a Spanish language course and two courses related to their specific areas of interest. Students can also have an "intercambio" to act as their language exchange partner. Participants also have the option of a volunteer placement with one of our partner non-profit organizations or internship for free in addition to their classes.

Highlights: Expanish expands the student experience by providing the opportunity for cultural integration through skill workshops, weekend excursions, homestays, and daily activities with native Latin Americans outside of the traditional collegiate setting.

Expanish offers university group excursions from Buenos Aires specifically for students on our programs, and an Expanish trip coordinator goes on each of these trips to offer an insider's perspective and a knowledgeable answer to any question students have along the way.

* Internship placements available on all programs of 8 weeks or more.

* Volunteer Placements available on all programs of 6 weeks or more.

Weekend Excursions from Buenos Aires

* Day trip to Colonia, Uruguay
* Day trip to an Estancia (traditional ranch), Argentina
* Weekend trip to Iguazú Falls, Argentina
* Mendoza, Argentina

Weekly Activities

* Weekly staff and student dinners
* Weekly soccer games
* Day trips to Tigre
* Local band concerts
* Day at an estancia (traditional Argentine ranch)
* Asados (Argentine barbecue)
* Tango show and classes
* Museum & exhibit visits
* Theatre & movie outings
* Running & bike tours

Supplemental Workshops         
* Tango
* Wine Tasting
* Cooking
* Fileteado Painting
* Photography
* Polo

Qualifications: Students who wish to participate in the Expanish Volunteer Program as a part of their Summer Abroad must be at least eighteen years old and have completed three semester of Spanish with at least a B. They must also include a one page essay in Spanish expressing why they want to volunteer in Buenos Aires. The duration of the volunteer placement is for a minimum of six weeks.

Credit Available: yes

Experience Required: no

Age Range: 18-80

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel to Argentina Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Transcript
• Written Application

Post-Program Services Include:

• Alumni Network
• Job and Internship Network

Expanish's Mission Statement: Expanish is one of the most innovative Spanish immersion programs in Latin America: students do not just take classes, they actually live and breathe the South American culture. Our base in metropolitan Buenos Aires and our strong contacts all over South America provide a unique experience for visiting students and our unconventional approach to studying abroad combines Spanish language and university-accredited courses with exceptional cultural experiences and local accommodation resulting in a well-rounded educational program tailored to each student's strengths. Expanish offers an extracurricular component to every course of study consisting of skill workshops from photography to rock-climbing, local homestays and shared student apartments, weekend excursions, and daily activities with local inhabitants that take the experience of learning Spanish and studying abroad into a new dimension.

Year Founded: 2006