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Could use some help here...

My fiance and her daughter now reside in the Quinta Paredes neighbourhood of Bogota and are looking for a school that teaches English. This would be in addition to the girl's regular school...(grade 6). She does have some information on a place called 'Orange Entertainment' that teaches English but as I understand it, the classes are only 50 miutes on Saturday only, and the cost is 330,000 pesos per month. To my mind, this is rather expensive as it works out to approx 40,000+ per hour. Is this the norm?

Would any of you have any advice or know of a school that has a ggod reputation.

Appreciate any help you can give me.

Terry

By Terry2 on Jan 17, 2008, 09:26 in Friendly Talkzone.

mranderson says on Jan 17, 2008, 09:55:

That's a lot more than 40.000 per hour. I don't know about bogota but in medellin you can find decent institutes that are about 5k pesos an hour. Besides only 50 minutes a week isn't worth it for language study. There are students in the institute where I work that only study on saturdays for a few hours and their english level is far lower than students who study 2 hours for 4 days a week. Learning a language takes a lot of practice and if they're not in a classroom than chances are they are not practicing.

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beisbollover says on Jan 17, 2008, 10:14:

Colombo Americano is a decent school. I don't know the prices because I never went there. I have met many people who went there and they all rave about it. Check out their website.

http://www.colombobogota.edu.co/index.asp

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unlimitedenglish says on Jan 17, 2008, 10:24:

We can send you a proposal for a much better rate at your request. We offer a teacher rotation, native English, Conversational method with excellent results. We teach you at your work place or home.

Contact us at unlimitedenglish at yahoo.com

Sergio P.
Unlimited English Ltda.

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LilaM says on Jan 17, 2008, 19:03:

Well I think is good for you to take a look on the British council, they have very good classes for kids... or young people

"You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don´t try" B. Sills

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john_stark says on Jan 17, 2008, 19:05:

Before you send them anywhere make sure that the teachers can actually speak English. You'd be surprised.

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LilaM says on Jan 17, 2008, 19:14:

I agree with JS some of them have worst english than me, so is better to have a certified one...

"You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don´t try" B. Sills

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john_stark says on Jan 17, 2008, 19:16:

Your English is quite good, LilaM. I would be content if my Spanish was as good as your English.

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webmanco says on Jan 17, 2008, 19:17:

LilaM, knowing JS that is a big compliment.

...A yo, déjenme queto y no me jodan má! ...

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LilaM says on Jan 17, 2008, 19:40:

ejejej JS thanks working hard on my english and I learn a lot with you guys here in PBH. But I can say that I´m not able to give english classes.. that´s why I said that. The best thing is to have a Native english teacher, if not the accent that the kid learn can be cruel jjejeje

"You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don´t try" B. Sills

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john_stark says on Jan 17, 2008, 22:02:

Que mujer. Hermosa, inteligente y amable. Puedes ser mi maestra.

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LilaM says on Jan 18, 2008, 07:27:

jajajaja J_S... I´m not going to make you suffer a pain jejejeje

"You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don´t try" B. Sills

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john_stark says on Jan 18, 2008, 22:08:

Come on, hagame sufrir.

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billyb says on Jan 18, 2008, 22:18:

"LilaM, knowing JS that is a big complement."

Jaja, it sure is.

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