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CCSE Exam Preparation

Don Quijote: Valencia
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DON QUIJOTE ASSISTS YOU WITH THE EXAM ENROLLMENT
You can take the CCSE exam at don Quijote facilities and our staff will assist you with the enrollment and will provide information and tips about the exam preparation.

Before taking the exam, we will help you all along the online enrollment process and will provide you with information about the dates, exam composition and preparation material.

In addition, don Quijote is certified as an official DELE preparation and exam center. Therefore, as DELE certificate is required in order to get the Spanish citizenship too, you can also take one of our DELE preparation courses at which we have +95% of success rate. All our teachers are examiners.

EXAM STRUCTURE
The Constitutional and Sociocultural knowledge of Spain test consists of 25 questions whose contect is organized in two main sections: Government, legislation and citizen participation in Spain and Culture and history.

10 questions about the Government, powers and institutions of the State, fundamental laws and mechanisms for citizen participation. Knowledge about rights and duties that Spain citizenship implies.
3 questions about the Government, powers and institutions of the State, fundamental laws and mechanisms for citizen participation. Knowledge about the citizenship solicitation and the rights and duties that it implies.
2 questions about the territorial organization and political and physical geography of Spain.
3 questions about Spanish art, traditions, culture and relevant historic events.
7 questions about different aspects of daily life and society's behaviour. Knowledge about administrative procedures in Spain.

Questions have a variable lenght of 20-40 words and are of multiple choice (three different options) and true/false kind. The test is in paper.

In order to pass the exam, at least 15 questions out of 25 (60%) must be answered correctly. The results are published at the Instituto Cervantes' online platform in a 20-day period after the test is taken.

Exam and registration fees are not included. Prices range per level from € 85 to € 235.

Exam dates 2024: 25/01, 29/02, 28/03, 25/04, 30/05, 27/06, 25/07, 26/09, 31/10, 28/11

Exam dates 2025: 30/01, 27/02, 27/03, 24/04, 29/05, 26/06, 31/07, 25/09, 30/10, 27/11.

Course topics

Listening, Speaking, Pronunciation, Reading, Writing, Vocabulary and Grammar

Class schedule

Course duration
1-52 weeks
Start dates
Every Monday
Classes per week
30 lessons per week (each lesson lasts 55 min)
Class days
Monday - Friday
School holidays
25 Dec 2024, 01 Jan 2025, 06 Jan 2025, 19 Mar 2025, 18 Apr 2025, 21 Apr 2025, 01 May 2025, 24 Jun 2025, 15 Aug 2025, 09 Oct 2025, 12 Oct 2025, 01 Nov 2025, 06 Dec 2025, 08 Dec 2025, 25 Dec 2025

Don Quijote does not hold classes on the holiday dates above. The school does not compensate for these holidays, so make sure to choose your start date accordingly.

Class schedule may change depending on availability and season.

Class level

All levels, beginner to advanced
You will take a placement test on your first day to determine your class level. You may also take this test before your arrival in Valencia.

Class size

Average 5 students
Maximum 8 students

Student age

Age range 18 years old and older

Certificate

A certificate of completion will be issued at the end of the course.
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School description

In coastal Valencia, don Quijote offers you a modern school in the heart of the city's university district, freshly renovated with equal focus on technology, comfort and quality, equally convenient to both the city's cosmopolitan center and its sun-drenched Mediterranean beaches. Don Quijote Valencia is the ideal base from which to explore Valencia, with a street car/trolley stop just across from the school, along with a stop for several central bus lines. From the green oasis of the university district, you can comfortably travel to the Plaza Mayor in 15 minutes and the beach in just 5.
The school boasts 14 spacious classrooms. The academic zone surrounds a central common area of 100 square meters, equipped with a coffee machine, snack vending machines, computers and comfortable furniture for relaxing between classes. The facilities include the most modern technology, presented in a cheerful and contemporary atmosphere.

Don Quijote Valencia is a modern academic center in which no detail has been spared in quality or comfort. The result is a warm, comfortable home for your Spanish studies, a center that offers you a unique opportunity to live and study on a Spanish university campus while effortlessly exploring the rest of the vibrant city of Valencia.

Number of classrooms
14

Accreditations

Facilities

  • Cultural Trips
  • Computers
  • Studying Area
  • TV Room
  • Library
  • Wheelchair access
  • Audio Learning
  • Wireless Internet

Nationality and age mix

The nationality and age mix at Don Quijote: Valencia varies over different time periods, courses and levels.

School holidays

Don Quijote does not hold classes on the holiday dates below. The school does not compensate for these holidays, so make sure to choose your start date accordingly.

Open dates
Year round
School holidays
25 Dec 2024, 01 Jan 2025, 06 Jan 2025, 19 Mar 2025, 18 Apr 2025, 21 Apr 2025, 01 May 2025, 24 Jun 2025, 15 Aug 2025, 09 Oct 2025, 12 Oct 2025, 01 Nov 2025, 06 Dec 2025, 08 Dec 2025, 25 Dec 2025

School location

Don Quijote Valencia is the ideal base from which to explore Valencia, with a street car/trolley stop just across from the school, along with a stop for several central bus lines. From the green oasis of the university district, you can comfortably travel to the Plaza Mayor in 15 minutes and the beach in just 5.

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  • Don Quijote: Valencia 1/13
  • Entrance to Don Quijote: Valencia 2/13
  • Building of Don Quijote: Valencia 3/13
  • Reception of Don Quijote: Valencia 4/13
  • Classroom at Don Quijote: Valencia 5/13
  • Students of Don Quijote: Valencia 6/13
  • Classes at Don Quijote: Valencia 7/13
  • Computer room at Don Quijote: Valencia 8/13
  • City of Valencia 9/13
  • Student residence offered by Don Quijote: Valencia 10/13
  • Activities offered at Don Quijote: Valencia 11/13
  • Corridor inside Don Quijote: Valencia 12/13
  • Common room at Don Quijote: Valencia 13/13
reviews

Reviews

67% recommend

based on 3 reviews
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"Nice people. Poor teaching"

Pauline Hoyle, student from New Zealand

The location of the school is good. The actual building is pleasant but I could have been anywhere in Europe. Virtually Nothing in any of the teaching rooms about Valencia or Spain or aids to support learning. The only thing I really got from the two weeks was a better ear off of the language which you’d expect from 2 weeks in a country..

The teachers were very pleasant but their understanding and use of teaching strategies to support learning was extremely limited making the quality of teaching extremely poor. It felt like pre 1970’s teaching techniques concentrating on coverage not if developing understanding and a poor use of appropriate teaching techniques to scaffold and support learning.

The most adventurous techniques were two colours on a whiteboard ( not electronic) and listening to a recording of a converstaion(10mins in over 50 hours of classes!) without techniques to support the listening . Interaction was limited to some pair and small group work but not well structured to balance learners skills and needs and hence support learning.

As a professional trainer if teachers, I was appalled at the extremely limited understanding and use of teaching strategies to support learning. A very disappointing experience

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My ratings for this school

Quality of teaching
School facilities
School location
Duration of study
1 week
Date of study
19 Sep 2022 - 30 Sep 2022
Would you recommend this school?
No
This is a verified review. This student has booked a course at this school through Language International.

"Something I will certainly do again...."

Sylvie Gorse, student from Canada

The teachers were very good and serious... something we can’t say about the young students. Sleeping on their table, speaking in english ( convenient but it was not the aim....) it was the worse thing for me. The almost killed the atmosphere.
Otherwise the classes were very effective. I learned a lot. The groups were small, better to talk.
I haven’t tried the activities or the accomodation.

Location was very intereted in the middle of the old city, easy to reach.

I didn’t like the concept to increase the number of hours per days because we missed the holydays....it was to much. Better to pay less....

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My ratings for this school

Quality of teaching
School facilities
Social activities
School location
Duration of study
1 week
Date of study
29 Apr 2019 - 10 May 2019
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
This is a verified review. This student has booked a course at this school through Language International.

"A great experience that helped to improve my level of language and make some international friends"

Emilia Bazian, student from Afghanistan

This was my first trip to study abroad and I really liked it! I have been learning Spanish for three years at the university, I still needed a push to speak.
The first day I arrived, I was amazed with my apartment. Although, it was not big it was nice, with a balcony.
The location of the school is very convenient for people living at the residence, you just need to go downstairs and there it is. It is also close to the beach, so you do not even need to catch a train to get to the sea.

All the teaches are excellent! They have an individual approach almost for each person and from the first lesson they try to make you feel comfortable and communicate with the others.

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My ratings for this school

Quality of teaching
School facilities
Social activities
School location
Housing
Duration of study
3 weeks
Date of study
25 Jul 2016 - 19 Aug 2016
Would you recommend this school?
Yes
This is a verified review. This student has booked a course at this school through Language International.
Lorena Gaztelumendi, Area Manager at Don Quijote: Valencia responded to this review.
06 October 2016

We are happy you enjoyed it and hope to see you soon in Valencia or any other of our schools. Hasta pronto :)

housing

Housing

Don Quijote offers the following housing types:
homestay

Homestay,Double room (Bed & Breakfast)

£ 226
weekly
Age range: 18 years old and older
Housing type: Homestay
Room type: 2-person shared room
Board type: Breakfast (7 meals per week)
Facilities: Laundry and wireless internet
Distance to school: 1 - 20 minutes
Availability: January - December
Check-in: Sunday, anytime
Check-out: Saturday, anytime
£ 226
Living with a host family has two major benefits. First, it's the best way to get to know Spanish culture and see what daily life is like for a native Spaniard. Secondly, our host families will speak to you in Spanish 100% of the time, helping you practice the skills you're working on in class in an authentic context.

Our host families vary from young families to one or two retired people, all Spanish speakers and are carefully selected to ensure that your stay be as pleasant as possible. We do our best to find home stays that will treat you as part of the family.

We will always try to accommodate you within 10-20 minutes - on foot or via public transportation - from our school.

If you have any allergies, special dietary requirements, dislike of particular pets or any other special requests, just let us know in advance and we'll do our best to satisfy your needs.

-80% of the host families have wifi installed at home and this is free to use. However if you wish to ensure guaranteed use of this servicve a weekly supplement is required.

Homestay, Double Room (Half Board)

£ 253
weekly
Age range: 14 years old and older
Housing type: Homestay
Room type: 2-person shared room
Board type: Breakfast and dinner (14 meals per week)
Facilities: Laundry and wireless internet
Distance to school: 1 - 20 minutes
Availability: January - December
Check-in: Sunday, anytime
Check-out: Saturday, anytime
Restriction: 2 students must book together
£ 253
Home stays offer you a unique opportunity to experience Spanish life while living in the home of a local Spanish speaking family. You'll speak Spanish all day long, out of necessity and fun and interest in the family life you see unfolding around you. Accommodation in a host family allows you to get the most out of your language course as it gives you a privileged view of daily life in another culture.

About home stay:

Your host "family" may be a family with parents and children or a single parent who takes in students because he or she enjoys the company. You wouldn't be the first to go out on the town together, or to keep in contact with your family after your return home.

You'll eat at local hours - usually later than what you may be accustomed to- and you'll eat local foods, although the family will take your preferences into account as much as possible.
You will be given your own house keys, so you can come and go as you please. You will also be able to receive phone calls at the family home.

Homestay, Single room (Bed & Breakfast)

£ 262
weekly
Age range: 18 years old and older
Location: In the city center of Valencia
Housing type: Homestay
Room type: Single-person room
Board type: Breakfast (7 meals per week)
Facilities: Laundry and wireless internet
Distance to school: 1 - 20 minutes by walk
Availability: January - December
Check-in: Sunday, anytime
Check-out: Saturday, anytime
£ 262
Living with a host family has two major benefits. First, it's the best way to get to know Spanish culture and see what daily life is like for a native Spaniard. Secondly, our host families will speak to you in Spanish 100% of the time, helping you practice the skills you're working on in class in an authentic context.

Our host families vary from young families to one or two retired people, all Spanish speakers and are carefully selected to ensure that your stay be as pleasant as possible. We do our best to find home stays that will treat you as part of the family.

We will always try to accommodate you within 10-20 minutes - on foot or via public transportation - from our school.

If you have any allergies, special dietary requirements, dislike of particular pets or any other special requests, just let us know in advance and we'll do our best to satisfy your needs.

-80% of the host families have wifi installed at home and this is free to use. However if you wish to ensure guaranteed use of this servicve a weekly supplement is required.

Homestay, Single Room (Half Board)

£ 288
weekly
Age range: 17 years old and older
Housing type: Homestay
Room type: Single-person room
Board type: Breakfast and dinner (14 meals per week)
Facilities: Laundry and wireless internet
Distance to school: 1 - 20 minutes
Availability: January - December
Check-in: Sunday, anytime
Check-out: Saturday, anytime
£ 288
Home stays offer you a unique opportunity to experience Spanish life while living in the home of a local Spanish speaking family. You'll speak Spanish all day long, out of necessity and fun and interest in the family life you see unfolding around you. Accommodation in a host family allows you to get the most out of your language course as it gives you a privileged view of daily life in another culture.

About home stay:

Your host "family" may be a family with parents and children or a single parent who takes in students because he or she enjoys the company. You wouldn't be the first to go out on the town together, or to keep in contact with your family after your return home.

You'll eat at local hours - usually later than what you may be accustomed to- and you'll eat local foods, although the family will take your preferences into account as much as possible.
You will be given your own house keys, so you can come and go as you please. You will also be able to receive phone calls at the family home.

Homestay, Double Room (Full Board)

£ 288
weekly
Age range: 14 years old and older
Housing type: Homestay
Room type: 2-person shared room
Board type: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner (21 meals per week)
Facilities: Laundry and wireless internet
Distance to school: 1 - 20 minutes
Availability: January - December
Check-in: Sunday, anytime
Check-out: Saturday, anytime
Restriction: 2 students must book together
£ 288
Home stays offer you a unique opportunity to experience Spanish life while living in the home of a local Spanish speaking family. You'll speak Spanish all day long, out of necessity and fun and interest in the family life you see unfolding around you. Accommodation in a host family allows you to get the most out of your language course as it gives you a privileged view of daily life in another culture.

About home stay:

Your host "family" may be a family with parents and children or a single parent who takes in students because he or she enjoys the company. You wouldn't be the first to go out on the town together, or to keep in contact with your family after your return home.

You'll eat at local hours - usually later than what you may be accustomed to- and you'll eat local foods, although the family will take your preferences into account as much as possible.
You will be given your own house keys, so you can come and go as you please. You will also be able to receive phone calls at the family home.

Homestay, Single Room (Full Board)

£ 324
weekly
Age range: 17 years old and older
Housing type: Homestay
Room type: Single-person room
Board type: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner (21 meals per week)
Facilities: Laundry and wireless internet
Distance to school: 1 - 20 minutes
Availability: January - December
Check-in: Sunday, anytime
Check-out: Saturday, anytime
£ 324
Home stays offer you a unique opportunity to experience Spanish life while living in the home of a local Spanish speaking family. You'll speak Spanish all day long, out of necessity and fun and interest in the family life you see unfolding around you. Accommodation in a host family allows you to get the most out of your language course as it gives you a privileged view of daily life in another culture.

About home stay:

Your host "family" may be a family with parents and children or a single parent who takes in students because he or she enjoys the company. You wouldn't be the first to go out on the town together, or to keep in contact with your family after your return home.

You'll eat at local hours - usually later than what you may be accustomed to- and you'll eat local foods, although the family will take your preferences into account as much as possible.
You will be given your own house keys, so you can come and go as you please. You will also be able to receive phone calls at the family home.
student-residence

Student Residence, Double room (Bed & Breakfast)

£ 270
weekly
Age range: 17 years old and older
Housing type: Student residence
Room type: 2-person shared room
Board type: Breakfast (7 meals per week)
Facilities: Private bathroom, kitchen, laundry, wireless internet, and heating
Availability: January - December
Check-in: Sunday, anytime
Check-out: Saturday, anytime
Restriction: 2 students must book together
£ 270
You'll have plenty of opportunity to mix with native Spanish speakers in Valencia: this student residence also houses Spanish university students. The Valencia residence is located in the don Quijote school building, smack dab in the center of the University of Valencia campus. Your meals will be prepared for you.

Enroll early for our Valencia residence, as this on-campus accommodation fills quickly.

The Valencia residence features:

Private bathroom
In-room telephone and internet connections
Air conditioning
Washing machines
TV room

Student Residence, Double room (Half Board)

£ 306
weekly
Age range: 14 years old and older
Housing type: Student residence (off-campus)
Room type: 2-person shared room
Board type: Breakfast and dinner (14 meals per week)
Facilities: Private bathroom, kitchen, laundry, wireless internet, and heating
Distance to school: 1 minutes
Availability: January - December
Check-in: Sunday, anytime
Check-out: Saturday, anytime
Restriction: 2 students must book together
£ 306
You'll have plenty of opportunity to mix with native Spanish speakers in Valencia: this student residence also houses Spanish university students. The Valencia residence is located in the don Quijote school building, smack dab in the center of the University of Valencia campus. Your meals will be prepared for you.

Enroll early for our Valencia residence, as this on-campus accommodation fills quickly.

The Valencia residence features:

Private bathroom
In-room telephone and internet connections
Air conditioning
Washing machines
TV room

Student Residence, Double room (Full Board)

£ 341
weekly
Age range: 14 years old and older
Housing type: Student residence (off-campus)
Room type: 2-person shared room
Board type: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner (21 meals per week)
Facilities: Private bathroom, kitchen, laundry, wireless internet, and heating
Distance to school: 1 minutes
Availability: January - December
Check-in: Sunday, anytime
Check-out: Saturday, anytime
Restriction: 2 students must book together
£ 341
You'll have plenty of opportunity to mix with native Spanish speakers in Valencia: this student residence also houses Spanish university students. The Valencia residence is located in the don Quijote school building, smack dab in the center of the University of Valencia campus. Your meals will be prepared for you.

Enroll early for our Valencia residence, as this on-campus accommodation fills quickly.

The Valencia residence features:

Private bathroom
In-room telephone and internet connections
Air conditioning
Washing machines
TV room

Student Residence, Single room (Bed & Breakfast)

£ 350
weekly
Age range: 17 years old and older
Housing type: Student residence
Room type: Single-person room
Board type: Breakfast (7 meals per week)
Facilities: Private bathroom, kitchen, laundry, wireless internet, and heating
Availability: January - December
Check-in: Sunday, anytime
Check-out: Saturday, anytime
£ 350
You'll have plenty of opportunity to mix with native Spanish speakers in Valencia: this student residence also houses Spanish university students. The Valencia residence is located in the don Quijote school building, smack dab in the center of the University of Valencia campus. Your meals will be prepared for you.

Enroll early for our Valencia residence, as this on-campus accommodation fills quickly.

The Valencia residence features:

Private bathroom
In-room telephone and internet connections
Air conditioning
Washing machines
TV room

Student Residence, Single room (Half Board)

£ 386
weekly
Age range: 14 years old and older
Housing type: Student residence (off-campus)
Room type: Single-person room
Board type: Breakfast and dinner (14 meals per week)
Facilities: Private bathroom, kitchen, laundry, wireless internet, and heating
Distance to school: 1 minutes
Availability: January - December
Check-in: Sunday, anytime
Check-out: Saturday, anytime
£ 386
You'll have plenty of opportunity to mix with native Spanish speakers in Valencia: this student residence also houses Spanish university students. The Valencia residence is located in the don Quijote school building, smack dab in the center of the University of Valencia campus. Your meals will be prepared for you.

Enroll early for our Valencia residence, as this on-campus accommodation fills quickly.

The Valencia residence features:

Private bathroom
In-room telephone and internet connections
Air conditioning
Washing machines
TV room

Student Residence, Single room (Full Board)

£ 421
weekly
Age range: 17 years old and older
Housing type: Student residence (off-campus)
Room type: Single-person room
Board type: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner (21 meals per week)
Facilities: Private bathroom, kitchen, laundry, and wireless internet
Distance to school: 1 minutes
Availability: January - December
Check-in: Sunday, anytime
Check-out: Saturday, anytime
£ 421
You'll have plenty of opportunity to mix with native Spanish speakers in Valencia: this student residence also houses Spanish university students. The Valencia residence is located in the don Quijote school building, smack dab in the center of the University of Valencia campus. Your meals will be prepared for you.

Enroll early for our Valencia residence, as this on-campus accommodation fills quickly.

The Valencia residence features:

Private bathroom
In-room telephone and internet connections
Air conditioning
Washing machines
TV room
apartment

Regular Shared Apartment, Double room (No meals)

£ 159
weekly
Age range: 17 years old and older
Housing type: Shared apartment
Room type: 2-person shared room
Board type: No meals
Facilities: Kitchen, laundry, wireless internet, and heating
Distance to school: 1 - 20 minutes
Availability: January - December
Check-in: Sunday, anytime
Check-out: Saturday, anytime
Restriction: 2 students must book together
£ 159
You can choose to share a student apartment with four or five don Quijote students. In a student apartment you'll prepare your own meals and interact with don Quijote students of all ages and backgrounds. We recommend you make a pact about speaking Spanish in the apartment; other shared languages often take students away from Spanish language practice.

About shared student apartments:

Although the student apartments are not very luxurious, they include all the basic facilities: a bed, table or desk, chair and a closet wardrobe.
Each student apartment has a living room with TV, a fully equipped kitchen, a washing machine and an iron.
No telephones are available in student flats; we suggest you use public telephones or local calling centers.
You share the kitchen and the bathroom and, together, keep the house clean.

Regular Shared Apartment, Single room (No meals)

£ 247
weekly
Age range: 17 years old and older
Housing type: Shared apartment
Room type: Single-person room
Board type: No meals
Facilities: Kitchen, laundry, wireless internet, and heating
Distance to school: 1 - 20 minutes
Availability: January - December
Check-in: Sunday, anytime
Check-out: Saturday, anytime
£ 247
You can choose to share a student apartment with four or five don Quijote students. In a student apartment you'll prepare your own meals and interact with don Quijote students of all ages and backgrounds. We recommend you make a pact about speaking Spanish in the apartment; other shared languages often take students away from Spanish language practice.

About shared student apartments:

Although the student apartments are not very luxurious, they include all the basic facilities: a bed, table or desk, chair and a closet wardrobe.
Each student apartment has a living room with TV, a fully equipped kitchen, a washing machine and an iron.
No telephones are available in student flats; we suggest you use public telephones or local calling centers.
You share the kitchen and the bathroom and, together, keep the house clean.
visa

Visa support

We cannot apply for visas on behalf of students. However, the school can supply you with all the documentation you need to support your visa application.

Your letter of acceptance will be sent to your home address by regular mail at no charge to you. If you wish to receive your paperwork by express mail, you will be charged 185 € when you register.

Flights and airport transfer

The closest airport to the school is Valencia Airport (VLC).

The school offers airport pickup services. If you wish to be picked up, just give us your flight details and arrival date. The price of a one-way airport transfer from Valencia Airport is 85 €. You must book your airport transfer in advance when you register.

Please note that we do not book flights for our students. If you are researching airfare costs, we recommend using Kayak.com, a search engine that lets you compare flight options from your home country to Valencia based on your budget, schedule and preferences.

Travel insurance

Study abroad worry-free with Language International's health and personal effects insurance coverage. When you book a course with us, you can opt to purchase an international insurance plan that covers not only your health care cost but also loss of your personal belongings. You must book your insurance in advance when you register.

Learn more about our insurance plan »

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