CIAL Centro de Linguas
Language school in Lisbon, Portugal
CIAL is a Portuguese language school founded in 1959, with schools in Lisbon (Rua Actor Taborda 55) and Faro, in the Algarve. It teaches Portuguese as a foreign language to students of all ages, with group courses at all levels throughout the year, a programme of cultural activities and, more recently, online courses.
- General Portuguese group courses
- Portuguese + Surf: group lessons in the morning and surf lessons in the afternoon
- Intensive and extensive courses for Erasmus+ and other exchange students in Portugal
- Business Portuguese, with start date and duration chosen by the student
- Brazilian and African Portuguese
- Teacher training for teachers of Portuguese as a Foreign Language (PLE)
The two-week intensive Erasmus course, for example, covers levels A1 to B1, has four 50-minute lessons a day and a maximum of 12 students, and is open to students aged 18 and over who attend an academic programme in Portugal. In Lisbon, CIAL arranges homestays, shared apartments for its own students, places in student residences and hotel or hostel rooms, and offers an airport transfer service.
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Housing
In Lisbon, CIAL arranges:
- Homestay with a local family
- Self-catered shared apartments, for CIAL students only
- Student residences: studios with private bathroom and kitchen at Livensa (10 minutes' walk from the school) or Micampus (30 minutes by public transport), or single rooms with shared bathroom and kitchen at Home2Students, a short walk from the school
- Hotel or hostel on request
- Airport transfer service
For residences there is a €50 booking fee and a €100 cash deposit, paid on arrival and returned on departure if there is no damage.
Accreditation
Subjects taught
- Education
- Language Teaching
- Philology, Languages, Literature
- Language Courses
- Language Courses and Cultural Immersion Programs
- Portuguese Language and Literature