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EF QUITOCatalina Aldaz N34-267 y Av. Portugal
Phone: (593) (2) 2465335
Fax: (593) (2) 2271140
Emergency: (593) (9) 7097827
EF QUITO
•Small school combined with the local Englishschool provides a great intercultural exchange between our Ecuadorian and foreign students and a chance for MLY students to practice English too.
•The school is located in the northern part of Quito, the capital city of Ecuador, in the heart of the City , just minutes walk from everything.
•A big building equiped with free wireless for thestudents, spacious and modern clases inside.
•From ages 16+ Quito has world of expiriences for everyone
•30 students on average. Please note that this is also an English First school, teaching English to local Ecuadorian students.
EF QUITO– City
• A culture and history beyond anything you can find from other EF destinations.
•Cheap and easy transportation to the four different regions: jungle, the coast, the Sierra, and Galapagos.
•Quito is a metropolitan city with a 1.5 million inhabitants
•The sunny Quito, the average temperature during the day is 20°C and during the night 10°C
•Quito is a cultural city, been a UNESCO Cultural Heritage for 50 years for its famous Historic Center, it is sorrounded by musseums, teathers, concert areas and on 2011 is the American Capital of culture.
EF QUITO – School Director
• Isabel Reyes, the School Director
•The Spanish school staff members:
Director of Studies, Vladimir Loyo
Voluntary Work Coordinator,
Activities Coordinator,
•4 teachers
EF QUITO – Location
• The school is located on the
Business Center of the city
•From the airport 10 min taxi to the south of the city
•Three main system conects all the city with troley type buses, the bus only cost $0.25
•30 minutes bus to the historic center
•A minute walk to the bus station
EF QUITO – Location
• EF Quito is surrounded by cafés andrestaurants in all price ranges
•We have a mall just 3 min walkfrom the School, and a department store just 1 minute away.
•The city has its own Bar and Discodistrict 10 min with bus from the School.
•The National Stadium its a 3 min walkfrom the school, and the 2 biggest parksin the city are 5 minute walk from the School.
•The city has 6 main Universities, 4 ofthem are 10 min by bus from the school.
EF QUITO – School Facilities• Activities Office
•Accomodation-Internship-volunteer office
•Wireless WiFi
•Cafeteria
•Student lounge
•Fussbol
•Garden
•Sports facilities
EFQUITO– Academic Facilities
• Academic office
• Large classrooms
• iLabs
• Range of Prisma Materials
• Library
EF QUITO –Academic info.
Life is made much easier in Quito for the new arrivals since the Spanish spoken here is slow and clear.
•EF Quito, recognized by the “Instituto Cervantes”, is an official test center for the DELE exam at all levels.
•Popular SPIN classes; Discovering Quito, Ecuadorian culture, History, Latin American art, Indigenous world view
•Volunteer work: Nursery, social work with children and young teenagers and the elderly.
EF QUITO – Internships
• Students will develop businessspecific language skills, build apersonal network, and explore their own potential by workingalongside native speakers
•In EF Quito you can choose among this business related internships.PepsicoGMKinross Aurelian
EF QUITO – Accommodation
• Host families with a generosity and warmness of spiritwhich causes many tears at the time of departure.
• 5 min to 30 min walk fromSchool.
•Residences Warm EnvironmentPersonalized ServiceRun by an Ecuadorian Families
EF QUITO– Rivera Residence
10 minutes walk from schoolTwins & triples / single rooms-low seasonBathrooms on each roomSelf catering is possibleHalf board Monday to FridayFull board on weekendsVegetarian option
Internet Access
Wi Fi
Laundry Service
TV Room
EF QUITO– Activities
Example of weekly activities
•Take a walk through the citytaking in highlights such asMariscal, Churches, Indigenous
Market, Plazas and Historic Center
•Salsa classes, “get ready for the party”
•Football, sports in the park ex:
soccer, volleyball, aerobics
•Shopping
•Kareoke
EF QUITO – Activities cont.
Examples of excursions
1 day
Cotopaxi volcano $35
Otavalo indigenous market $35
2 days
Devil’s nose by train $65
Otavalo & waterfalls $65
Mindo Cloud forest $80
4 days
Cuyabeno tropical forest $ 200
Montañita beach $ 200
EF QUITO – Essential info•Daily travel costs: bus round trip $0.50,taxi round trip $2
•Cost of Ecuadorian lunch at School $2.00 at restaurants $7 to $ 20
•Monday: registration 9am at school•Transfer & Emergency tel:+593 9 7097827•ATMS, shopping malls, markets, cinema, post office, parks, bus stop, stadium, just 5 mins. from school.•Voltage 120 •Currency : Dollars•Allowance $10 per day, without the weekend trips.
•Stay in the country for 12 weeks with out a visa, for longer stay we provide the documentation needed for applying in home country.
•Ecuador has a wide coverage ATM Network.
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