Spanish immersion courses

[Ginfa]

My sixth form child gave up Spanish for GCSEs and has now decided he wants to go into some kind of diplomatic career if he can manage to get in! I know he will need to get a second language and I wondered if anyone knew of any year out programmes he could take so he could get at least a conversational level of Spanish? He would be happy to volunteer as well. Thanks

Is it financially possible to do an immersion course in Madrid or Barcelona? (Or other city). For 6-8 weeks, or longer. The Cervantes institute has excellent online resources, too. Ideally he should be doing everything in Spanish - all TV (Spanish shows with also Spanish subtitles), podcasts and reading. eg, if he likes football, read or listen to an interview with Messi, etc. Minimum 1 hour/day.

He should also be working towards exams, which will help him focus. I'd imagine he'd need minimum C1 level Spanish for diplomatic service, ideally C2 (which is proficiency).

Good luck!

My son is 17 and spent 1 month in Barcelona last summer, with "Vivid Spanish". He stayed with a local host family and they had Spanish classes in the morning. He had a great time. He says he wants to travel again... Im not sure what ages they take, but you could contact them.