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bilingual schools in uruguay
| bilingual schools in uruguay International schools do exist in Uruguay so there should be no worry on the same while planning to move to Uruguay. A case in point is the British School Maximo Tajes 6400, esq. Havre 11500, Montevideo, Uruguay. What apart from this are some of the most popular bilingual schools? Are their rates high or relatively fair? |
|  I cannot answer your questions directly, but I have some insight into the bilingual schools here in Uruguay. I work with children who have problems in focus and attention and most of the ones I work with attend bilingual schools. For most of those with whom I work, I speak English as we go through our sessions (because they speak English quite well). But, I don't have a lot to say, because most of my work is non-verbal and looks like an exercise program. My wife (an Uruguayan) also works with these children and teaches study techniques and she works in Spanish with them. We have worked with children from all of the International schools here (American, British, Italian, German, etc. . .). We find they all do an excellent job in educating the children in the areas of academic, manners, and sports. Rodger |
| There are a few bilingual schools in Montevideo and they seem to be of a very high standard...but I assume the fees match the reputations! Here is the website for The British School in Carrasco: |
| And here is the link for the bilingual German/Spanish school in Pocitos - Deutsche Schule. |
| "bilingual schools in MVD"
We have a 12 year old daughter for whom we need to find a school; she's in 7th grade. The British School has no openings and the American School is very expensive. We want our daughter to become bilingual, so we are exploring: St. Patrick's, Woodlands School and The Anglo School, all in Carrasco. They bill themselves as bilingual schools, but their websites are written 99% in Spanish, making me suspect as to exactly how "bilingual" they are. Our daughter has studied Spanish since 3rd grade, but she only knows the rudiments. We are looking into enrolling her in an intensive Spanish language program for a month or so, before school starts, but we are wondering if any of you know anything about the above three schools.Thanks for your advice and suggestions!! |
| "Children learning languages"
Hi Juana, Firstly I have to say that I don't have any first hand experience in this because I'm not a parent - BUT any of the families I have spoken to that have moved here were worried about speaking Spanish and keeping up a level of Spanish to help their children integrate...then when they moved here they suddenly realized how amazingly fast children integrate and that it was in fact their English that had to be maintained at home! I know 7th grade isn't VERY young, but with some intensive classes, and being surrounded by the language all the time, it is incredible how fast it can be picked up! There is an American family that moved here a few years ago and they have 5 kids (ranging from young teens to babies) and I am amazed by how well the whole family has really integrated. All the kids speak Spanish and all have Uruguayan friends. Here is their blog, you might find a way to contact them thought that: |
| "Thanks, Elaine"
My daughter is looking forward to becoming bilingual, and she's quite gregarious, so I'm confident she'll pick up the language quickly. I'm just worried about her being able to compete academically (ie. writing essays, etc.) with native Spanish speakers in school. We were recently directed to the Instituto Crandon in Pocitos, if anyone out there knows anything about it.Thanks again! Juana |
| "Another bilingual school possibility...."
I did post this in another forum, but St. Brendan's is another possibility for bilingual education.... |
| "The American School"
Here is another one that I think is taught through English. Its a pretty well known private school: |
| "Personal or Second-Hand Experiences Sought"
Hi, I have a number of links for bilingual schools in Uruguay. However, I would like to hear from those with personal experiences in any of these schools or can relay the buzz on the schools. The institutions that seem intriguing to us are the following: The British School Instituto Uruguayo Argentino (Punta del Este) St. Clare's College (Punta del Este) Instituto Cultural Anglo Uruguayo (the Anglo School) A related questions on the Institutos: are these schools or places to take short courses? We would be interested in primary, secondary and colegios with IB programs. Do you happen to know prices (not all websites give this info--St. Clare's does)? Mix of Uruguayan and international expats? True degree of Bilingual education? Academic quality? Class demographics? One school website that yields considerable info is for St. Clare's. It seems nice. Good price. Great location. Seemingly nice mix of family with academic rigour and service. Thanks! I appreciate the feedback. P |
| "Bilingual/bicultutal"
My title is chosen with the willingness to tread on a very slippery subject. Right: bilingual versus bicultural. Experience in this area has produced some very rough results. First of all, no one will dispute the value of learning foreign languages. If fact this may be the most valuable educational experience we can give our children.But, and this is a big "but", putting an Uruguayan child in an imitation of an American or British school just for the sake of learning English, can dive that child headlong into a long neurotic tunnel. A child must be very clearly a cultural citizen of some nationality with it´s way of thinking, habits and customs, manners of speech and mannerisms. To watch a child who ends up not being either Uruguayan or American or British nor French, not being anything really, is not pretty to watch. The bottom line is that it is impossible to be "bi" cultural. It´s either "Los reyes magos" or "Santa Claus"! |
Comment #1106/15/10 15:20Rural east Colonia departmento | "Not forgetting Papa Noel :-)"
The ROU is a land of immigrants... mostly Swiss and Piemontese where I live. Here Papa Noel is celebrated as much as los reyes. |
| "Bilingual not bicultural"
I THINK, I UNDERSTAND, that uruguaian kids attending to uruguaian bilingual schools learn the uruguaian programm (like the kids that attend to the public schools) AND an interantional program; what means learning the second language not thinking/feeling going to a european school or program.Some bilingual schools use the Cambridge International Programm for english as a second language... and for example, they study history of the world... civilizations, not the History of Great Britain... AS FAR AS I KNOW. The American School is different. You can have both official programs (UY ans USA) if you wish so. Ana Inés Expert Page: Expat UY; Relocation and Expat Assitance |
|  "Interesting Concepts"
It is interesting to consider how much the school or language our kids learn has to do with their culture.I would think that by growing up in Uruguay one would learn the culture. Participating in a bilingual school should help better understand other cultures. I don't think someone can really become fluent in another culture just by schooling. |
| "our experience"
Now that we have been in MVD here for 7 months, I can share our preliminary experiences with the school our daughter attends. We chose St. Brendan's School (link in above post) for several reasons. It's an easy commute from our home, my daughter and I both had a good "gut" feel about it when we visited, it truly is bilingual, it has an IB program (int'l baccalaureate)in both primary and secondary, the class sizes are small, (16 kids per)and most importantly, it was reco'd by another expat family who had sent two kids there for a couple of years. Our daughter is in the first year of liceo, the equivalent of 7th grade in the US. About one-third of her courses are taught in English, and the rest in Spanish. We considered Spanish-only schools, but we felt it would just be too overwhelming for her, especially at the beginning. Having some classes in English gives her the opportunity to shine, thus balancing our her feelings of inadequacy in the classes delivered in Spanish, plus it gives her a "break" every day. (I, for one, get exhausted after communicating in Spanish for more than one hour!)Her peers are all nice kids, although she has had a few problems with boys teasing her about her accent, or for being a norteamericana, but teasing in 7th grade happens everywhere! It's part of growing up. We have found that she doesn't get as much homework as she did in the US, but that's a good thing, since her school day starts at 7;45 and ends at 4:15 PM! By the time we get home, it's 5PM and she's tired, so a heavy homework schedule would be tough to deal with. Incidentally, two days a week, they put the kids on a coach bus and take them out to fields in Carrasco for Phys. Ed., so on those days, she doesn't get back to the school until 6PM!!!She has 16 different "materias", or courses, which is WAY different from the US. She has, for example, 3 types of Science~ one in English, two in Spanish, and two types of History, etc. They also have drawing, music, two tech classes, drama, etc. The teachers come and go; ie., they arrive at St. Brendan's and teach a class or two, and then move on to another school to teach another class. There are "adcriptos", kind of like counselors or teacher's aides, who are there all day with the kids, and they provide the continuity and promote the bonding among the students. Her first report card was surprisingly good, and we're expecting the 2nd to be even better. It doesn't hurt that our kid has a very winning personality, and most adults adore her. We did hire a tutor, who comes to our home one evening a week, to help her study and prepare for the tests given in Spanish. She's great and only charges $250 pesos/hour. I will write more later about my impressions of the other schools we visited back in December '09 soon. |
| "Bi-lingual Schools around the Montevideo area"
Thanks for sharing this with us JuanaWe're right at the beginning of this process ourselves having recently arrived from London (albeit our children are younger (aged 4)), but we are looking for a bi-lingual institution. I would like to hear your impressions of the other schools you visited. Regards Fred |
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