Best Foreign Language School

[giboy]

Hi guys,

Tanong ko lang san ba sa QC particularly sa libis area, cubao or bandang fairview magandang magaral ng foreign language particularly Spanish. I have plans of studying spanish this year, hope you can help me. thanks

[bottlerocket!]

cervantes institute:

http://manila.cervantes.es/learnspanish/cursosgenerales_23_2.htm

it's in manila but it's the best. and not too expensive too.

[giboy]

Thanks chief, big help but do you know other schoos that are in the QC area or along lrt line 2 para mas malapit sakin. thanks again

[giboy]

This is the email that i received from Instituto Cervantes de Manila:

Hi! In response to your inquiry, please refer to the attached Course Schedule. We do not offer classes in QC, but we do ofer in the Ortigas area (Ortigas Bldg., Ortigas Ave. corner Meralco). Classes are on Saturdays and will start on Aug. 18.

To sign-up for a class you must come to our Center and pay the full tuition fee. Classes are for 10 to 20 students only. If you already have some background, you may come for a free diagnostic test so we can determine your level. Schedule is Tuesday to Friday at 4 pm.For more information, please call the numbers below. Thank you.

Instituto Cervantes de Manila
855 T.M. Kalaw St.
1000 Ermita, Manila
Tel. (632) 526 1482 to 85
Fax (632) 526 1449

[Zeratul]

You made the right decision in deciding to learn a foreign language!

Mastery of a foreign language, particularly Spanish, places you a notch higher the other agents in terms of pay and prestige. You will be able to command a salary much higher than a TL or QA for a regular English account. Aside from the pay, knowing a language is also a lifelong hobby that increases your circle of friends.

You must invest in learning the language. Don't drop out after a few beginner levels otherwise it will just be a waste of your time and money. Focus on finishing the advanced-superior levels as early as starting from level 1. It took me three years, but believe me, it was three years well spent!

Look at it this way. You would pay P2900 per level for an extensive Saturday class. P2,900 x 18 levels = P52,200. That would be the equivalent of 2.5 months pay as a multilingual specialist (depending on your fluency). You got to realize your investment right? That would be money and time well spent!

[moonster]

@ zeratul: how many hours ba each level? Do they hold classes on weekdays. parang makakalimutan lang ata kung every sat lang. In those 3yrs you spent, continuous ka talaga nag aral? wow sipag.

how about for french , korean or mandarin ? any schools/centers anybody can recommend? tnx!

[bigbadwolf_pig]

nihonggo??? :)

[j3rz3y_gurl]

if you want to study nihongo I would definitely suggest nihongo center foundation meron sila sa makati and in sampaloc too. :)

[giboy]

Yah that was what i was what i was thinking also, Spanish speaking agents get better pay plus i would be able to expand my knowledge and learn something new. So are you now working as a Spanish Speaking agent? in wt Call Center? can you give us an idea of how much you will be earning if your a spanish speaking agent> etc...

[ilovepink]

i called sa cervantes institute sa last month. tuition nila ay around 7K. tapos my friend informed me that UP Diliman is offering european languages tapos mas mura kaya ngayon, sa UP kami nag aaral ng spanish every sat. 3 hrs per sat tapos 30 hours. nagstart kami last june tapos mag end sa sept.

btw, sa UP, P2800 lang tuition namin. :)

[giboy]

i called sa cervantes institute sa last month. tuition nila ay around 7K. tapos my friend informed me that UP Diliman is offering european languages tapos mas mura kaya ngayon, sa UP kami nag aaral ng spanish every sat. 3 hrs per sat tapos 30 hours. nagstart kami last june tapos mag end sa sept.

btw, sa UP, P2800 lang tuition namin. :)

Tlaga 2800 as compared to 7k malaking difference, can you share with us kung pano mgapply sa UP? contact info? wt time class? etc?

[ilovepink]

Tlaga 2800 as compared to 7k malaking difference, can you share with us kung pano mgapply sa UP? contact info? wt time class? etc?


last june pa nagstart class namin.. for the second batch, i think sept meron kasi sept end namin eh.

pupunta lang sa UP european language faculty, mag ffill up ng reg form, magbabayad ng tuition fee..

for the classes naman, every sat kami tapos we chose morning sched so 9am-12noon kami. total of 30 hours so 10 saturdays lahat.
meron ding afternoon sched - 2pm-5pm.

alam ko pwede sila mag start ng class as long as min of 10 students ang nag apply. max of 15-20.

[fr3nchk1ss]

j3rz3y_gurl, do you know where in sampaloc? and would you know how much it would be?

i've been trying to do some self studying, but i guess it would be better to actually go to a class. :)

[moonster]

7k? thats weird. I have a booklet here..

A. Intensive program -3weeks T,W,Th,F
next batch.. Aug16-Aug31
B. Regular program -5weeks T/Th
next batch Aug 16-Sept 18

Course fee P2580.00
textbook P1200.00

C. Extensive program (10weeks) Saturdays
Course fee P2900

Further information: 526-1447 526-1482to85 local 111 (Bea)
World Class pa Instituto Cervantes :)

how about mandarin and korean? saan kaya...

[Sumi_Das]

how about mandarin and korean? saan kaya...Not really a school but a community of learners, a club--Emperor Mandarin Toastmasters Club (http://emperor.freetoasthost.com)

[ilovepink]

7k? thats weird. I have a booklet here..

A. Intensive program -3weeks T,W,Th,F
next batch.. Aug16-Aug31
B. Regular program -5weeks T/Th
next batch Aug 16-Sept 18

Course fee P2580.00
textbook P1200.00

C. Extensive program (10weeks) Saturdays
Course fee P2900

Further information: 526-1447 526-1482to85 local 111 (Bea)
World Class pa Instituto Cervantes :)

how about mandarin and korean? saan kaya...

yun kasi yung sinabi sa kin nung tumawag ako sa Instituto eh! ;)

[Droc]

try this one out...

http://bridgelanguagecenter.com/

for us employees of sykes, we get a 35% discount on courses...hehe

[timmygirl]

Try mo Languages Internationale in Katipunan. A bit pricey pero it's in QC naman. I think the tuition fee is around 7k din

[cutieplx16]

Tlaga 2800 as compared to 7k malaking difference, can you share with us kung pano mgapply sa UP? contact info? wt time class? etc?

huwaaaaattt!!! 2500 lang po ang tuition sa instituto cervantes per level!! :naughty:

[charmedguyp1]

I think you would agree with me that the Spanish language is making a come back in the Philippine society today. I am one of those people who decided to learn Spanish as a third language. However I have noticed that it is very difficult to be conversational in Spanish when you don't have anybody to talk to.

I know many of us Pinoy Spanish learners encounter this problem. And so I have created an Online Spanish Conversation Group named ESPANIERO.

Right now ESPANIERO has only a few members. I am asking for your support in thriving this website and making it the number one destination of Pinoys learning the Spanish language.

Please support ESPANIERO by logging in at http://www.espaniero.com and registering your own account. After registering, please post some topics or reply to existing ones to make the Espaniero Spanish conversation group an active one.

Muchas Gracias y vaya con Dios.

http://www.espaniero.com

[giboy]

Try mo Languages Internationale in Katipunan. A bit pricey pero it's in QC naman. I think the tuition fee is around 7k din

Language international? do you their phone number? thanks

[timmygirl]

Closed na pala yung branch ng Languages Internationale in Katipunan. Sorry. Why not try UP instead?

[masterjedi]

2900 na ***** tuition sa instituto for extensive class, every saturday

[carlom]

huwaaaaattt!!! 2500 lang po ang tuition sa instituto cervantes per level!! :naughty:

Yeah, kasi naman you'll be 20+ in a class. I studied there before pero di ko na tinapos kasi naman nakakawalang gana. Besides, there are 40 levels all in all.
I took up Spanish and Mandarin sa The Bridge Language Institute (http://bridgelanguagecenter.com) and medyo masaya dun. We're only 5 in a class kaya tutok na tutok.
Try niyo dun... http://bridgelanguagecenter.com

[aceylicious]

Yeah, kasi naman you'll be 20+ in a class. I studied there before pero di ko na tinapos kasi naman nakakawalang gana. Besides, there are 40 levels all in all.
I took up Spanish and Mandarin sa The Bridge Language Institute (http://bridgelanguagecenter.com) and medyo masaya dun. We're only 5 in a class kaya tutok na tutok.
Try niyo dun... http://bridgelanguagecenter.com

how much naman sa the bridge language institute???

[Cassanova88]

Well, it's so nice of you to learn a new language. And Spanish is a good choice. Sobrang in demand sa mga call centers and its easier to learn than any other language. Sa Instituto Cervantes ka lang mag-enroll. Their curriculum is based on a certain framework na sinet yata ng EU. At yung DELE certificate nila is recognized worldwide.

And please never sa BRIDGE! Masyadong mahal. At alright, native magtuturo sayo kaya lang hindi siya trained to be a teacher talaga. I went there to take a refresher course for French when I was hired as a French CSR in a call center in Makati. Grabe tlaga yung teacher ko. Isa siyang black African guy na nagfefrench. Which by the way siya din nagassess ng french ko para sa nasabing call center. Very unethical. First, late dumating. Second, papasagot siya ng sobrang simple na exam na 10 minutes kaya ng 1 hour! Tapos nagkaklase kayo at sasagot ng cellphone at wag ka, makikipagchikahan siya for 1 hour. So yung binayad mo useless. Wala kang natutunan. Nag-aral ako sa Alliance Francaise, na counterpart ng IC for French at natuto ako. Etong Afro naman, yung mga terminologies na ginagamit niya ay sobrang MY GOD TALAGA! Gusto ko siyang icorrect. So wag dun.

IC lang talaga. Sucks sa ibang school. 8 level sa bridge na total of 280 hours ata. Eh sa IC wala pa to sa kalahiti ng full level nila. 700 hours ata to finish all the levels. Mga 24 levels ata. Sa Alliance naman, level 10 lang eh ok na at nakamanage naman ako sa Canadian clients namin. E mas madali naman pag Spanish.

[Cassanova88]

Sa IC kasi at start madami sa class talaga. Mga 20 kayo. Pero try taking a 9-12 schedule na intensive kung kaya mo. Level 2 ako nun as far as I can remember and 5 lang kami sa class din. Habang tumataas ang level, kumokonti ang students sa class. So it turns out na mas mura pa rin sa IC. At pag morning, fresh pa ang teachers :D Masipag pa magturo. UP is ok din pala kasi IC curriculum din ginagamit nila. Pero every Saturday lang kasi. Matagal bago matuto.

[yssirk]

Linksolutions BPO is currently in need of Spanish Speaking agents.
We are very much willing to offer premium pay for those who will be qulified.

CONTACT:
3F Goodland Bldg
377 Sen Gil Puyat Ave
Makati City
T: 7935435
Email: kristina.agulto@linkbpo.com

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[duncanmacleod]

estudio en instituto cervantes tambien.maganda ang turo dun.they will teach you where to start so that you won't be confused.pati yung mga nagtuturo, magaganda rin =P.¡vale la pena!(it's worth it!)*okay*

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[qcboi84]

i called sa cervantes institute sa last month. tuition nila ay around 7K. tapos my friend informed me that UP Diliman is offering european languages tapos mas mura kaya ngayon, sa UP kami nag aaral ng spanish every sat. 3 hrs per sat tapos 30 hours. nagstart kami last june tapos mag end sa sept.

btw, sa UP, P2800 lang tuition namin. :)

actually almost same price lang sa UP Diliman at sa Instituto Cervantes. Check their website and you will know na *** 30 hours ng Cervantes is at Php 2,670 tapos u can choose your schedule may every Sat lang, 2x a week at 3x a week. At least kung gusto mo mabilis matuto at matapos pwede ka mag class ng 3x a week. sa UP 2,800 tas every Sat lang so it would really take you 10 Saturdays mashadong matagal.

Not sure how they came up with 7k as tuition fee. :)

[Aces_21]

imposible na 7k ang tuition sa instituto! haha...

The problem with instituto lalo na pag tumataas level mo eh may possibility na madissolve *** pag d kayo umabot ng 10. and *** every sat na sched sobrang bihira lang niyan kasi pag dating ng level 3 umaayaw na yang mga yan o d kaya lumilipat sa 2x a week na sched. un lang ang setback. pero the best to! Dahil dito limpak limpak swldo ko ***** hahaha!

Muchas gracias Instituto! haha

[leonapacible]

Sorry, medyo slightly off topic.

Anyone interested in taking level 4 Spanish classes at IC this May? 2 1/2 weeks, starting May 14 up to May 29. 1st week is two meetings, the rest 4x a week (tue to fri). 5:30 - 8:30 pm. We need 4-5 more people to complete the class.

Please me know. As some of the posters mentioned, need a minimum of 10 people to a class. Or you can call IC (Isabel) to tell them that you're interested.

Now medyo on topic, classes at IC are very good. Currently the tuition is 2670, but I believe they'll be increasing that to 2900 plus next month (kaya sumama na kayo this summer, he he he). As to the number of students, they set the maximum to 20 people. Any thing more than that and they divide it into 2 classes. Although I did have a class where we were 22 initially, but eventually went down to around 16. Regardless of the number, the teachers make sure that each student is given enough attention.

[reeyah]

I checked the IC website, sa Manila pala ang location nila.. any other school na medyo malapit sa Ortigas area?

[leonapacible]

Instituto Cervantes is very near LRT UN ave station. If you have access to LRT/MRT system, it should be easy to go there.

[reeyah]

Thanks! I'll enroll in IC soon...

[tonks_cissy]

For free training ng languages (e.g. spanish, nihonggo, mandarin, korean,etc) meron ang tesda. Right now, nagtetake ako ng spanish class and yung professor namin super galing. She can speak 7 languages (spanish, italian, french, german, etc). 100 hours of free training tapos may allowance ka pa every friday. 4hrs a day, 5 days a week ang training namin. may morning/afternoon session so kung may work ka, pwedeng icompromise. And ggraduate na kami dis coming may 29, by the way.

You dont need to pay anything. You just need to complete some requirements, that's all. Pag grumaduate ka, level 4 ka na kaagad.

[reeyah]

For free training ng languages (e.g. spanish, nihonggo, mandarin, korean,etc) meron ang tesda. Right now, nagtetake ako ng spanish class and yung professor namin super galing. She can speak 7 languages (spanish, italian, french, german, etc). 100 hours of free training tapos may allowance ka pa every friday. 4hrs a day, 5 days a week ang training namin. may morning/afternoon session so kung may work ka, pwedeng icompromise. And ggraduate na kami dis coming may 29, by the way.

You dont need to pay anything. You just need to complete some requirements, that's all. Pag grumaduate ka, level 4 ka na kaagad.



hi! what are the requirements?:)

[tonks_cissy]

hi! what are the requirements?:)

Original (for authenticity) and photocopy of your college diploma, birth certificate and 3pcs 1x1 and 1 pc 2x2 white background pics. first come frist serve basis po sya. Yung next batch ata magstart sa june, not sure though. You can visit them personally, here's the address: Gate 2 TESDA Complex, East Service Road South Superhighway, Taguig City.

[cryogen_weroll]

Is it true that they have allowances in TESDA LSI? How much?

By any chance, do you have any classmates there that are undergraduate?

Thanks.

[tonks_cissy]

Is it true that they have allowances in TESDA LSI? How much?

By any chance, do you have any classmates there that are undergraduate?

Thanks.

I think so. not sure though. you can inquire na lang ****, here's their numbers: 817 8933 / 817 4076 up to 82 :D

[cryogen_weroll]

Thanks for the info. ^_^