Tell Fernanda, I was here...

 

Today (i.e. Tuesday, March 18) I went to the UNC to register for my Spanish course (curso intensivo de español para extranjeros to be clear). They provide individual intensive Spanish courses of 60 hours over the course of 4 weeks for ca. 6700 ARS. Depending on the exchange rate it is reasonably priced (approx. 500 EUR). That is about a fourth of what I budgeted for my Spanish learning.

Prior to leaving Europe I requested a few informations from the Facultad de Lenguas. And Fernanda told me: 'The classes are in Spanish. The teachers can translate to English if necessary, but there's a method to learn and to teach spanish in an immersion situation.'... Meaning, they will teach me Spanish in Spanish! Damn! I do not have the slightest clue how that is going to work. The only Spanish phrase I am capable of saying is along the lines of 'El pinguino come fruta'... and that is even wrong. Or I can go for: ¡una cerveza, por favor!... ¡una más!... ¡una más!... ¿algo más?... ¡nada más!... Anyway, we will see. It is a surprise.

But today I got at least a first idea of how these courses will be carried out. Went to the office of the Facultad de Lenguas and asked the guy (in English) regarding the course. And he consistently answered in Spanish. Problem: Fernanda is responsible for the Spanish for Foreigners courses. And apparently she is the only one, who knows about those. And Fernanda was not around. So I have to get there again tomorrow to meet Fernanda.