In the month of June, the don Quijote organization celebrates 20 successful years since the opening of its first school. The youthful illusion of that first day is continuously renewed every Monday with the arrival of new students and that of return students who are looking to repeat their experience with us again.
Salamanca, Ciudad del Español, is a medium sized city of immense cultural offerings, internationally renowned as a university city and the chosen city to set the stage for the don Quijote dream due to its ideally location only 2 hours from Madrid. As the name of don Quijote Salamanca began to be referred by word-of-mouth, its popularity and the number of students began to grow progressively as well.
What has been the secret in the success maintained for the past twenty years? It all consists on allowing the students to "live Spanish", just as it is stated on the company's slogan: "Vive el español". Through a more personalized approach, reduced classroom groups, constant evaluation of the learning progress, careful selection of accommodation, cultural activities offered and other details; everything is arranged so that the student feels he or she is really living the language. The aim is to make the student feel at home, in a city and country that very likely is a new and unknown place. This is when a Spanish course becomes a life experience and an experience for life!
All of this has allowed don Quijote to come a quality brand for millions of people all over the world. More than 30,000 students have passed through our Salamanca classrooms. And those students who have chosen to learn Spanish with us are our best ambassadors, due to their own personal experiences in promoting don Quijote worldwide.
The Salamanca school has been at the forefront as a pioneer of the don Quijote brand, by researching and application of new techniques and methods, all previously evaluated before becoming adopted by the teaching staff. Based on these experiences, don Quijote created its own didactic materials, and following the brand's slogan, diligently named them "Vive el español." These didactic materials earned prestigious international recognition, becoming the perfect complement for all of the schools and the completion of language education.
don Quijote belongs to Ideal Education Group, one of the 5 biggest companies dedicated to the teaching of foreign languages and one of the principal ones when it comes to teaching Spanish. By this means, the future of the school will most likely remain prosperous, thanks to its determination in the innovation of the teaching of E/LE (Español como Lengua Extranjera - Spanish as a second language) and the application of modern technologies, all with the end result of offering a better and more personalized service to its clients.
"Vivir el español" (living Spanish) is not just a phrase; it's the everyday reality of don Quijote Salamanca.
