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Alternative Holidays - Exchange Conversation for Accommodation in Spains Englishtown Project
   
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Madrid, Spain -- For the last three years, over 3,000 people
have participated in the unique English language immersion
program known as Englishtown. Two venues, a 16th century
abandoned village and a plush country-style hotel, play host to
a non-stop eight-day intensive conversation program. English
native speakers from all over the world come as volunteers to
learn about Spaniards and their culture in return for their
board and lodging while the Spaniards seek to improve their
fluency in the quickest, most intensive manner possible on
earth. The participants, both English-speakers and Spaniards,
exchange culture, conversation, knowledge and friendship.
Englishtown was the brainchild of Richard Vaughan, a business
student from Texas who came to Spain to teach English in the
70s. After a quarter-century of language training and
experience, I realized no matter how many times a person is
drilled on irregular verbs, the only way to truly understand a
language is to actively practice it, says Richard.
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This led to the creation of Englishtown eight-day immersion
programs which include a cast of 20 Spaniards, 20
English-speakers from all over the world, a Master of Ceremonies
to provide entertainment and a Program Director to enforce the
only rule: No Spanish Allowed. All this for 15 hours a day,
eight days and no stopping except for your daily siesta. Throw
in a mix of activities such as conversations, scenic walks,
games, meals and Spanish music and dancing, and somewhere in
between the Spaniards find themselves blabbing away in English
without having to stop, think and translate.
The idea was so innovative that it won the Best Awards 2003
prize in Spain and has been featured on dozens of message boards
that buzz about a deal almost too good to be true, travel
guides, major publications and TV stations CNN, Irish Times
and Chicago Tribune to name a few. The lure is easy
English-speakers chat, play, walk, dine and wine with Spaniards
with the beautiful backdrop of the Spanish countryside while
Vaughan picks up the tab.
Multinational clients such as Microsoft, Vodafone, Deloitte and
Accenture send scores of executives to Englishtown finding it to
be the ideal solution to their problem a rapid, intense way to
get their top directors speaking English.
Over the years, Englishtown has attracted volunteers from all
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backpackers, geologists, wandering musicians and students from a
wide range of ages from 18 to 80 that coin it as having been one
of the best, most enriching experiences of their lives.
For more information visit www.vaughanvillage.com.
About the author:
CONTACT: Nicole Escario Vaughan Systems +34-91-5914840
http://www.vaughanvillage.com Email: nescario@vausys.com