Valencia Gymkhana is a game which suited the students of Spanish particularly well for getting to know a city with all its details and traditions and for interacting with the local population. Yesterday, a German group of Spanish students of the Spanish school Costa de Valencia participated in this playful competition and they had to solve different tasks and questions on different places in the historic centre of Valencia. This meant not only a lot of fun, but also provided them with a lot of knowledge about the city of Valencia.
No matter whether the pupils had to find out how the three gates of the cathedral of Valencia were called, what the heraldic animal of the town was or which ingredients a paella contained – the students always had to ask passers-by for help and Spanish was the only language they could use to do their questions. Thus the pupils’ Spanish knowledge, which they had acquired during the day in their Spanish intensive course or in their Spanish-single lessons, was also improved during this game. “In such a playful competition it is much easier for many students to overcome their inhibitions when talking in the Spanish language.” said Andreas Teßmer, manager of the language school.
The German group in the yesterday's Gymkhana evening could also enjoy this experience. In this way, they had a funny and successful evening and could collect and exchange many new impressions and experiences. Because for the Spanish school Costa de Valencia is very important that their students have high-quality lessons, the possibility to collect exactly such impressions during their language immersion holidays and that they remember with fond memories not only their Spanish crash course, but also the city and the culture of Valencia.
