Find out what it’s like to learn Spanish in Salamanca. It is important to choose wisely when selecting a place to learn Spanish in Spain.
What language do they speak in Salamanca?
This question is not as silly as it may seem, since several languages are spoken in Spain .
Standard Spanish (Castilian) is spoken in Salamanca.
The accent and dialect you will hear in Salamanca
The inhabitants of Salamanca speak with one of the clearest and easiest dialects to understand. Salamanca is located in the Castilla region, where Castilian Spanish comes from.
The people of Salamanca say they speak with a classic and impeccable accent. This is not true. They, as in Madrid, say the ‘d’ at the end of the words (making Madrid sound like ‘Madrith’). Some of them also do something especially strange: pronounce a hard c as in the word ‘correct’, and pronounce it as ‘correthto’.
However, aside from some strange idiosyncrasies, listening to the people of Salamanca speak is a great way to improve your Spanish.
Lifestyle in Salamanca
Salamanca is a small city and although the architect and the attractive squares are interesting, there is not much in Salamanca to keep you entertained for long.
Salamanca has a vibrant nightlife, especially for such a small city, as it has a large student population. Unfortunately this mostly amounts to cheesy techno music and not what you might associate with ‘student nightlife’.
Salamanca’s academic and linguistic reputation attracts many foreign students (especially North Americans) to the city. Hip-hop clubs have sprung up to cater for them.
Climate in Salamanca
Salamanca’s climate is very hot in summer and extremely cold in winter. It is one of the driest regions in Spain.
Language schools where you can learn Spanish in Salamanca
The fact that Salamanca has one of the oldest universities in Europe, coupled with the belief that Salamanca’s Spanish is the best in Spain, means that there are a disproportionately high number of language schools in Salamanca.
This is wrong. Many schools mean too few students to turn around. A Japanese friend of mine learned Spanish in a class made up of 50% Asian and 50% Brazilian students. Asians tend to learn slower than the average European, as their languages are very different from Spanish, while Brazilians find it especially easy to switch from Portuguese to Spanish. But there weren’t enough students in the school to justify dividing the class in two.
Here is a list of schools to visit:
- Don Quijote language school in Salamanca
- Hispanic Study Salamanca
- Univer Spain Salamanca
- Salamanca Island
- Cactus Language Salamanca
- Enforex Salamanca
- Lingua Salamanca Schools
- Lingua Salamanca
- Tia Tula
