Advice

Going on holiday and travelling in the target country is a great way to provide opportunities to practise your language skills.  You can use the target language from the moment you arrive at the airport until the time you leave.  When planning your trip make sure that you can do some of the following in the target language:

At the airport

• give your name, address and occupation to the police
• state how long you intend to stay and what you are going to do
• explain what you have in your case to the customs officials

In the taxi

• say where you want to go
• check the price

At the hotel

• give your name and say that you have a reservation
• ask where the restaurant is
• ask what time breakfast is served

At the restaurant

• ask for the menu
• order a meal
• order your drinks
• ask for the bill

There is nothing like a trip abroad to motivate somebody to learn a language. Quite often people book a holiday abroad and then feel the need to brush up their language skills before departure.  If you want to motivate one of your children to learn a language or to try harder at school, a trip abroad could act as a strong stimulus or as a reward.

One word of warning, however.  If you travel as a family, or group of friends, and stick together most of the time, you'll reduce your chances of interacting with native speakers.

Some general holiday & travel links

 
Telephone: 01273 593810
Mobile: 07768 816902

LINKS (in alphabetical order)

To plan your trip  Information on what to do,where to stay,the weather, etc.in Spain and latin countries.

Spanish Links  Links to Countries and Regions.

Tourist Office of Spain To give you information on Spain

Travlang  For the traveller

Holidays in Spain & Travel to Spain:

Air-Rep Leisure Golf, tennis, watersports and equestrian holidays

All-travel.net Transport, hotels, visas, currency, weather. festivals

Casas de Vacaciones Includes a map; click region required

Club Air Travel Flights to Spain

Cortijo Romero Courses in personal development

Diving Holidays in Spain Diving holidays

Drive Alive! Ferries, Eurotunnel, self-drive + hotels and self-catering

Eurocamp Camping and self-catering holidays in Europe

Euro Parcs Self-catering in Spain

Genus Marine & Leisure Motorboat and sailboat charter

Golf & Spain TM Golf with sightseeing

Golf in the Sun Golf tournaments and training

Hotels-barcelona.org All the major Hotels in Barcelona, online booking and availability-check, discounts and special offers.

Patanegra Gastronomy holidays in Spain

Spanish activity holidays Activity holidays

Suncoaster Holidays Self-catering villas and apartments

Traveldata Travel and holidays in Spain