language assistants
guide
What is a language assistant?
The language assistant serves as a model for the use of language in communicative situations and provides a firsthand new perspective of culture and modern life in his or her country. Moreover, because language assistants are in the process of learning the Spanish language and culture, it also grants an opportunity to live a formative and professional experience. This will allow them to acquire a deeper knowledge of Spain, its society, and its education system.
General information
Cártama is a town and a Spanish municipality in the province of Málaga, an autonomous community of Andalusia. It is located 17 km from Malaga. This municipality, known and loved by many Malaga residents, offers a large number of very attractive leisure activities for any visitor:
Places of interest:
– Ermita de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios
– Castillo de Cártama
– Iglesia de San Pedro
– Puente de Hierro
– Restos romanos
Cártama festivities:
– April 23: Festival in honor of the Virgin of Remedies (Patron Saint). These celebrations begin with a busy pilgrimage from the hermitage of Nuestra Señora de los Remedios to the church of San Pedro. – 15th May: Festival in honor of San Isidro Labrador. This time it is the Cártama Station that celebrates a pilgrimage next to the Guadalhorce River. – September: Livestock Fair. They are festivals linked to the agricultural tradition of this area. It was the starting point for preparing the land for planting.
The most prominent cultural festivals in Cártama are: Spring Concert (April), Verdiales Festival (May), José Hurtado Ramoliche Flamenco Festival (September) and La Bella Jarifa (September).
Gastronomy:
Cartama's gastronomy is based on meats, fish, fruits and vegetables typical of the area. It offers a variety of soups: boiled soups, cachorreñas, poncima broth soups, sardine and asparagus soups and widow potatoes. Cártama is also known for its sausages and cured meats, such as black pudding, chorizo, lomo en lard and manteca colorá.
In pastries, its Cartameña cake stands out, a sweet of Arab origin, and its fritillas, which are tortillas that are made by frying bread dough and can be accompanied with honey, sugar, cinnamon or jam.
But if you're too lazy to get down to business, don't worry., Cártama has several restaurants where they will serve you great and delicious dishes:
Restaurante el Callaíto
Los Faroles Gastrobar
Restaurante Badulake
Means of transport
It has very good communications: By car, from Malaga you can get there via the A-357 highway; By train you can take the commuter train that connects Málaga with Álora (Line C-2); and finally, by bus you have line M-131 of the Metropolitan Transport Consortium of the Malaga Area.
https://www.ctmam.es/lineas/M-131
In addition, the conversation assistant has the option of sharing a car with other teachers at the center. This aspect would be finalized once the assistant arrives at the center.
Accomodation
The language assistant has several accommodation options.
On the one hand, you can consider the option of living in the town of Cártama or in Cártama Estación, which are just 7 minutes away by car.
In the event that the assistant prefers to stay in Malaga, he/she has the option to share a flat both with other assistants and with teachers from the center itself or from other centers that have been assigned to Málaga during the current school year.
Some of the most common websites for searching for accommodation are the following:
Contact between language assistants
At the center, we have had language assistants from various countries:
Leah Dale (Seattle, United States), Rashida (United Kingdom), Mason Quick (Ohio, United States) or Kartik Virmani (India).
To contact some of them, as well as other auxiliaries in Málaga, you can use the following WhatsApp group called “Málaga Auxiliaries”.
Facebook – Conversation Assistants in Andalusia: https://www.facebook.com/groups/824891444303329/
Telegram channel: https://t.me/auxconvandalucia