Please call for more information. Authentic Spanish Immersion in Costa Rica. We offer all-inclusive, high immersion Spanish language programs in La Fortuna de Bagaces, Costa Rica, an affordable and welcoming rural tropical community. Students live with pre-selected Costa Rican families during the program as they receive classes and participate in fun language activities horseback riding, salsa classes, nature hikes, and many more. Our recipe for fluency:.
Our Spanish immersion program puts students in a Spanish-only speaking environment. This rapid learning curve achieves great results! Very proficient and natural conversational fluency achieved in a month with little to no prior knowledge of Spanish. Language packages are offered by the week Each week includes:.
See prices and options below. I have learned more Spanish in 5 days than I ever expected. Gabriela is a very good teacher. She is smart, warm, welcoming and she teaches in a manner that makes it easy to learn. I have sincerely enjoyed my time here. I have always wanted to speak a second language, too, and after study in various institutions of learning available in Columbia, SC, I felt the need for greater fluency and believed that greater immersion and specific instruction in medical Spanish vocabulary would be valuable.
I knew Costa Rica has been a stable, viable democracy for many years and I learned of CPI and its medical Spanish program in a web search. I have been so pleased with all my CPI encounters from e-mail correspondence to transport. But especially the drills and lessons in language fluency and grammatical accuracy have been just for what I had hoped. The teachers are knowledgeable and infinitely patient and pleasant.
I was properly placed for my existing level of Spanish fluency. The addition of clinical experience in the clinic in La Carpio demonstrated real life situations in which the vocabulary was put to practical use in my direct patient interviews. The 2 to 1 student teacher ratio has proven to expedite the learning process. Our teaching approach is dynamic and while grammar is an essential part of the learning process, building conversational skills is absolute foremost.
Students are placed according to their level and abilities with a written and oral test. About Us…. You may be given a couple different keys for the home: one for the exterior gate off the street, and another for the actual doors to the house. Your host families may speak a little English, particularly if they have school aged children. However, we encourage them to not let you know. The best way for you to continue learning Spanish is to have to use it!
This depends. In Ecuador you may have another participant from our program staying with you in your host family. Usually in Costa Rica you are paired with a host family. When possible we like to limit the number of students to one per family.
This increases your opportunities to speak Spanish. Because there are more families requesting students in the town than we have need for, we are selective in who we employ to host you. The host families that our students stay with are screened for various things:. Yes, you will be able to shower every day. You can drink water from the tap almost anywhere in Costa Rica. In Ecuador you need to drink bottled water.
Most of the time the program cost is spread out over 3 payments. If you need other specific arrangements, we can probably be flexible with you. Shortly after your register, you will receive a list of clothes, personal items, donations you need to begin collecting, and other miscellaneous items to pack as soon as we receive your application.
Typically 60 — 90 days. If you have any questions about how to get a passport, you can find information here. Some do, not all. This depends on your service provider and your specific phone, so check with your service provider first. You can purchase local chips you arrive to the country. We do not recommend exchanging you money at the airport as they generally have unfavorable exchange rates. The ATM is convenient, and usually provides a good exchange rate.
You will most likely have the same guide and driver for your group the whole time you are on the program with Common Ground, and our destination is further than walking distance. In the mornings we will head to our volunteer site together either walking or on the private bus. In the afternoons we will leave the outreach work site and head to the language school. During the weekend excursions we will certainly be on the private bus with guide and driver chaperoning our travels.
They work very hard for you, and we take great pleasure in thanking them generously at the end of our programs. This is not a last minute decision that you can make, it does require special arrangements, so we ask that you notify us at the time you submit your application.
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