30 Jul 2011 10:38 AM:
Hi,firstly sorry taken couple days to reply but i only use the internet couple times a week,My son was the only English speaking student at the school but it had about 20% foreign students mainly morrocan and romanian so they had a "welcome class" where non spanish speakers were taken out of class for an hour a day in groups of 4 or 5 to be given extra help.William (my son) is shy and does not speak much,so it took him longer than most to pick it up,but from what i understand most kids are competant in about a year or less.The main thing for me was william was very happy at the school,which he was.Because we lived more than 8km from the school transport and meals where free only had to pay for books (as a single mum you may be able to get a grant to cover that expence).The area your talking about will be different but i guess similar (maybe more English speaking students) Anyway if he is primary school age I don´t think there will be any problems,best of luck with whatever you decide.
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28 Jul 2011 1:03 PM:
Hi,It is a personal choice the type of school you decide to send your son to but for what its worth we moved to catalonia 5 years ago with our then 8 year old,he took a while getting the hang of the language (about 2 years),last year we moved to alicante, he now speaks both catalonian and castellion fluently and is enjoying the spanish schooling.You can get grants but normally you have to pay for books,but it would work out a lot cheaper than a English school.
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11 Feb 2011 12:19 PM:
It seems different areas/schools have different requirements,you may find the local "casa cultura" has some info on this and will find a place for your child in the local school,this was the route we had to take because the 3 schools in our area were full. but i do think a personal visit to your preferred school is the first step. hope this helps.
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28 Jan 2011 11:57 AM:
Hi, you might want to consider getting a nationwide visa card as far as i am aware it as the only card that does not have any loading charge for buying goods.i agree with most that a car is not essential here (depending where you live) because of good public transport and one other option is el campello which is between alicante and benidorm. happy house hunting.
David
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13 Dec 2010 11:53 PM:
just to let you know we connected with iberdrola about 6 months ago using the telephone only,they have a dedicated english speaking dept to do this,the water was easy we went to the local office in the morning and it was connected in the evening. I do have basic spanish but if you go in with the right paperwork its fairly obviouse what you want and most spanish i find try to be helpful,sorry this info is too late for you forhotspot.
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