Business Administration/Management Internship in Spain

  Spain

• Cadiz: 
Cadiz
• All Other Areas: 
Vejer de la Frontera

Term: Throughout the year 
Dates: May 16th, May 30th, June 13th, June 27th, July 11th, July 25th, August 8th, August 22nd

Description:
Come to one of the world's most unique corners to improve your Spanish while gaining invaluable international experience working in an internship in an area pertinent to your study field and interests. You will leave Spain not only having learned about Spanish language and culture, but with a new addition for your resume that will give you an advantage in your future career path. Finally, you will be living in one of the most unique areas in Spain, close to the sea, an important national park, Gibraltar and Africa, in a small city with an abundance of opportunity, Andalusian charm, and unmatched beauty.

Highlights:
The School
The school building dates from the middle of the nineteenth century and is constructed on top of the ancient Moorish town walls. Large sections of these walls, which were built in the eleventh century, have been conserved, including the watchtower, which overlooks the school's garden.

The school also has two Andalusian interior patios, a garden with orange trees, jasmine and bougainvillaea, a terrace facing south across rolling countryside and an enormous azotea or roof, with views in all directions--from Medina Sidonia in the north, to Morocco in the south. The school has WIFI throughout the building as well as seated computer stations, as well as the small library and multi-media area--all these areas are available for the use of students.

Accommodations
You will be given the choice of 2 housing options:

Host family
You will be provided with your own room and you will eat at home with the family. The living room and the bathroom will be shared with the other members of the family, although the kitchen is often reserved for the host mother who prepares food for everyone. You will also have access to the terrace, patio, balcony or azotea (the roof)--if the house has one. Laundry service is provided once every week. There are different types of families: smoking and non-smoking, with children or teenagers at home, quieter families, vegetarian, with pets and without. Please tell AIDE your preference so that we can match you a family that will suit you.

Shared apartment
This option entails living with other students from the school and town in typical Andalusian village houses, or in more modern flats. You will have a single room. Each house or flat can room anywhere from two to six people. The kitchen, living room, and bathroom(s) are all shared.

Each house or flat has one or two bathrooms, a living room, and a fully equipped kitchen with a washing machine (or access to one). Every room has a wardrobe or set of shelves, and bed linen is provided. Most accommodations have a television. The rooms will be clean and ready at check-in, after which day-to-day care is up to each individual student. Cooperation is crucial in keeping communal areas clean and tidy, although the school will have these cleaned periodically.

Cultural excursions
All excursions will lead by a guide, who is also a professor.

Tour 1:   Arab Roots in Spain: Morroco
Tour 2: Roman Past: Bolonia and the ruins of Baelo Claudia
Tour 3:   Port to the World: Cádiz
Tour 4: The capital of Andalusia: Seville

Language Course
This course is made up of 20, fifty-minute classes, plus 3 additional cultural learning classes with a study of the culture in real life situations. The classes are small, with no more than 12 students per class, and usually averaging 6 hours a day. Our team of teachers goes out of their way to help students feel at home in the Spanish culture, to learn to speak Spanish correctly, and to be able to use the language in everyday situations. We have done away with hard and fast subject divisions so that grammar, vocabulary, and culture are all learned in the natural combination of listening and speaking. The teachers and the Head of Studies have years of experience and study to their credit and are specialists in teaching Spanish as a foreign language.

Rather than passively receiving lectures, we expect our students to actively participate in the classroom learning experience. Our center uses the most up-to-date textbooks on the market, especially those that are based on the communicative approach.

Internship Program Structure
Interns begin with intensive Spanish language classes to begin their placement. They must take a minimum of 2 weeks of classes, though 4 is suggested. In order to better place students and so that they have a more fruitful interning experience, we request that they reach an A2 (Pre-Intermediate) level as a minimum though B1 (Intermediate) level is preferred.

While taking classes, students also begin to settle into the culture, undergo Orientation, and begin to study the culture through cultural activities and excursions. They will also meet with the Internship Coordinator to go over their placement site and will work on their CV in Spanish. Classes will not take place during the internship, unless both the student requests to continue and the internship schedule permits this.

Students are accompanied on a first visit to the placement site and introduced to the supervisor there, which may also constitute an interview (still accompanied by school staff). If all parties are in agreement, the placement site is confirmed. If not, then the school will look for another suitable placement.

Once the internship has begun, the school will check in periodically with both the student and placement site to assure all is going well. The student may also consult the coordinator for any needs, and the coordinator will act as a mediator on the behalf of the student. At the end of the internship, students receive a letter from the school and also from the placement site, on letterhead, attesting to the students work and tasks completed while there, as well as a global evaluation of his or her work.

Cultural Program and Additional Free Classes
The school has a weekly cultural program which offers a different activity every afternoon, including 4 extra culturally-orientated Spanish classes which are free for students. One of these is always a dance class, and the rest may be on art history, Spanish history, Spanish cinema, culture or cuisine, phonetics and pronunciation, etc. Beach trips, and sports activities like rock climbing, wind surfing and kayaking are common. A full or half-day excursion is offered weekly, part of which will be the tours that AIDE students will participate in as part of their program.

Arrival orientation
Students receive a guided tour of the city, as well as a general student Orientation in the morning given by school staff. Often the first contact students have in Véjer is with their hosts or flatmates as they arrive the day before classes begin, Sunday, but students should not worry. All questions and doubts can be taken care of on the first day of school in Orientation.

Also Included:
* Pre-departure orientation materials
* Travel/Medical insurance
* Full-time local representative in Spain
* 24/7 personal support
* Certificate of completion (upon request)

Qualifications:
* Participants must be at least 18 years old
* Participants must be able to get a tourist or student visa to Spain
* Participants must have at least one year of university experience

4 week language course + 6 week professional internship + 4 cultural excursions
Shared apartment: USD 3,400
Host family: USD 4,199

6 week language course + 6 week professional internship + 4 cultural excursions
Shared apartment: USD 3,950
Host family: USD 4,900

AIDE is a non-profit organization. Donations contributed in excess of the fair market value of the services you receive from AIDE may be tax deductible. Please consult your tax adviser for more information.

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Spain Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• In-Person Interview when Feasible
• Letters of Reference
• Phone Interview
• Resume
• Written Application

Post-Program Services Include:

• Alumni Network

AIDE 's Mission Statement: Through education and the exchange of ideas and people across borders, AIDE will build a worldwide community of global citizens who will be part of an ongoing intercultural conversation. AIDE will be a catalyst for change in the world by building bridges between individuals from diverse cultures.

Year Founded: 1992