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  • From: "Asociacion Gaia" <gaia@gaia.org.ar>
  • To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [permaculture] Learning Spanish in Community
  • Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 19:06:05 -0300

Dear friends,
We invite you to this great opportunity to learn Spanish in a Permaculture
and ecovillage context.
THANKS FOR SPREADING THIS INFORMATION TO OTHERS WHO MIGHT HAVE INTEREST.

Warm regards from the pampas of Gaia,


Silvia Balado y Gustavo Ramírez

Instituto Argentino de Permacultura
Asociación GAIA
gaia@gaia.org.ar
gaia@lq.com.ar
www.gaia.org.ar
Tel: (02272) 492072
Cel (02227) 15552554



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Learning Spanish in Community

January 11 to 23, 2006.-

April 17 to 29, 2006.-



At Gaia Ecovillage,

Navarro, Buenos Aires,

Argentina



This Spanish immersion course offers a unique opportunity to learn and
practice Spanish while experiencing life in a pioneer eco-village in South
America. This course is suitable for absolute beginners as well as people
with a high intermediate mastery of the Spanish language. Through this
immersion in the community participants will have the opportunity to practice
their language skills during the whole day grounded in real world experiences
and on topics of shared interest.



Methodology

The programme is taught by qualified teachers, specially trained to use the
methodology ALL, Alternative Language Learning®.

This methodology uses a holistic approach: Classes take place in an
atmosphere of safety play (using song, dances, and drama) that invites the
learner to take risks. This optimizes the effectiveness of this
multi-sensory and brain-friendly methodology which makes the most of the
learners' cognitive capacities by involving their emotions and body to make
the most of this fascinating learning experience. The methodology also
includes memory boosters and techniques that provide tools for continued
Spanish learning.

Please click here for a more detailed description of the methodology
www.allmethod.com





COURSE CONTENT
The course includes language study sessions and informal practice in learning
Spanish:

*Language study sessions, four hours a day either in the morning or in the
afternoon, depending on your level. Classes will be offered in a classroom
with comfortable setting. If the weather is good and we all feel
confortable, classes can be held outdoors.



*You continue the informal practice of Spanish conversation while you seize
the opportunity to work 2hs a day in the different areas of the ecovillage
such as: gardening, natural building, etc.

*You will receive a lecture of introduction to different aspects of the
Ecovillage concept.

*Contribution to the communal task spending a little time every day helping
with the kitchen clean-up, cooking, etc.

*Participation in community activities, circle dance, meditation, yoga,
celebrations,

*An opportunity to be part of a group engaged in a wide variety of activities
and experiences of a pioneer community.

*An opportunity to learn more about yourself and your relationship with other
people.





THE SITE

This course will be held at Gaia Ecovillage Project, in Navarro 110km.
southwest of Buenos Aires in the Argentine pampas.

Built as a milk-processing plant 80 years ago, Gaia has been extensively
rehabilitated since 1996 as a Living and Learning Center, with sleeping
facilities, classrooms, library, community kitchen, greenhouse, etc. Power
at Gaia is generated by wind turbines, and good examples of reforestation,
forest garden, natural building, appropriate technology, waste-water
treatment, composting toilets, solar showers, solar ovens and several
sustainable systems in different stage of development may be seen at the site.
All of this in the context of a small pioneer community in constant evolving
process.

Gaia hosts the regional office of the Ecovillage Network of the Americas, and
the Argentinean Permaculture Institute (IAP), as a space for experimenting,
implementing and teaching Permaculture systems. They offer courses in
Permaculture, Sacred Dances, Aromatherapy, Community living and more. It has
an updated library covering a wide range of topics based on sustainability,
as well as interesting videos.





About the Spanish in Community Programme Coordinator

Professor María Marta Suárez is a language teacher, teacher trainer,
curriculum designer, and school manager. Since 1991 she has been doing
research on humanistic language learning which has led her to train in
Argentina, Great Britain and Germany. She has participated as a speaker in
various international conferences on language learning. She has run
holistic language courses and teacher training courses in Argentina, Brazil,
Spain, Chile, Uruguay and at the Findhorn Foundation Community in Scotland
where she applied her methodology, ALL Alternative Language Learning, to
teach language to learners of different nationalities. She visits Findhorn
regularly where she conducts teacher training courses on brain-friendly
teaching techniques.

María Marta is a passionate follower of NVC (Non Violent Communication);
loves singing and dancing and is a circle dance facilitator.







Duration

Spanish in Community is a thirteen-day-programme.



If you are happy with the experience, and want to stay further at Gaia for a
follow-up, you can join the conversation programme (one or two weeks) to
practice your oral communication skills. If you are interested, we can send
you more information about this conversation programme.



Course Fee & Registration

Those people wishing to attend need to submit the completed application form
and the self-evaluation questionnaire.

Due to limited spaces, they need to send a deposit of 50% of the fee to
confirm.

The cost of us$600 (American Dollars) includes tuition, CD and book, lodging
and delicious vegetarian meals.

Simple but comfortable accommodation is provided at Gaia, with shared
bedrooms for 4 or 6 occupants.

Showers and dry compost toilets are also shared.

For more information about Gaia please check www.gaia.org.ar





We do hope you will be able to join us, this will be an unforgettable
language learning experience!



The Community at Gaia




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OTHER COURSES AT GAIA LIVING AND LEARNING CENTER ARGENTINA


"Learning and exploring sustainable life principles"
NEXT DATES:
>From 4 to 13 october 2005
>From 3 to 12 march 2006

In this program participants lives and share on a daily basis the
Permaculture systems that we are developing in the site.
Students will learn Permaculture principles through hands on experience.
Especially addressed to students that are looking for practical skills on
sustainability that college can not offer. Also for people that
want to acquire experience to start a sustainable project in their region.
Plenty of opportunities to see and participate in permaculture
living systems in different development stages, and you may be actively
involved in this process and work...
(tuition in spanish, but can be translated if needed)


PERMACULTURE CERTIFICATE DESIGN COURSE
3 to 15 de february 2006 (tuition in spanish only)


FOR MORE INFORMATION AND DETAILLED PROGRAMMES PLEASE CONTACT
Asociación GAIA - Argentine Permaculture Institute
www.gaia.org.ar - E-Mail gaia@gaia.org.ar
Phone (+54-2272) 492072
Fax (+54-11) 47522197


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