Today I’m going to interview the director of CEVES in Miami. CEVES stands for Centro Venezolano de Espanol. It is a Spanish-learning center, originally founded in Venezuela. There are currently three centers: one in Caracas, one in Puerto La Cruz (a Caribbean Venezuelan city), and one in Miami, Fla. If you visit the website at http://www.ceves.org.ve/, you can read student testimonials. The center’s students come from all over the world, and “occupy different fields of knowledge: such as business, diplomatic jobs, economics, education, law, military, science, physics, etc” (CEVES website). With this program, students are also offered a lodging option. Many of the students who took advantage of this option have said that the director, Cristina Nino, made their experience worthwhile.
My interview with her will be geared towards the education aspect of CEVES and generally why it’s important to learn Spanish in a community like Miami (from Venezuelans). I hope that the interview brings out some interesting information.
Jenny, did you post your interview anywhere? What did you think of the school? I am considering taking an advanced course in Spanish there? Did the school seem well run?