Language Course activities in North America
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Amigos del Sol
Professional, good-value school popular with travelers. Begin classes any weekday – call the director ( [tel] cell phone 951-1968039) between 8am and 9am, 3pm and 4pm, or after 8pm, or send an email the day before you want to start. No minimum duration and no registration charge. Students starting on Monday should arrive at the office at 8:30am.
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Español Interactivo
Recommended language classes.
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Academia Vinigúlaza
Recommended language classes.
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Warren Hardy Spanish
Offers Spanish instruction using flash cards.
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Oaxaca Spanish Magic
Recommended language classes.
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Instituto Cultural Oaxaca
ICO's popular seven-hour-a-day program includes intercambios and workshops in arts, crafts and culture; many classes are held in the school's spacious gardens and terraces. There's a US$55 registration fee.
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Instituto Mexicano-Americano de Cultura
The Instituto Mexicano-Americano de Cultura offers one- to 52-week courses. Study between one and four hours per day. Check its website for course fees and homestay options. Music and dance classes are also available.
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Instituto de Lenguajes Puerto Escondido
Offers good language classes taught by native Spanish speakers, with an emphasis on conversation skills, plus a variety of complementary activities, including surfing, cooking and salsa lessons.
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Cetlalic
Emphasizes language learning, cultural awareness and social responsibility. Offers a large range of social justice programs including specially tailored gay and lesbian programs.
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Center for Bilingual Multicultural Studies
Part of the Universidad Internacional, the CBMS is accredited by the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos and affiliated with many foreign universities.
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Ideal School for Spanish
Program immerses students in Spanish language and Mexican culture, while respecting the individual’s pace and style of learning.
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Spanish Courses
Cuernavaca is a well-established center for studying Spanish at all levels, and has dozens of language schools. As such, standards are high, teaching is usually very thorough and prices very competitive. The best offer small-group or individual instruction, at all levels, with four to five hours per day of intensive instruction plus a couple of hours' conversation practice. Classes begin each Monday, and most schools recommend a minimum enrollment of four weeks.
With so many teaching styles and options, prospective students should research the choices carefully. Contact the tourist office for an extensive list of schools. The schools we list are among the most frequently…
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Université de Montréal Adult Education Department
Your best chance at full French language immersion is on ‘the Mountain’ at Université de Montréal. Université de Montréal Adult Education Department has terrific programs that include night or weekend courses, courses in everything from beginners’ French to Québec culture to advanced courses in written French. This is a very proud French-language campus so people are not prone to making le switch so feared by French-language students. Many Americans and South Americans attend this program in summer as a kind of study vacation as it’s cheaper than flying to Europe.
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TLALOC
Run by teacher Alfredo Martínez, TLALOC was set up to provide a better deal for teachers and other Mexican employees who, according to Alfredo, get a bad deal from many of the other local language schools. Wages are higher here, teachers get paid sick leave and medical care, and there’s a strong volunteering aspect to courses here. Nevertheless, it’s cheaper than many of the bigger schools, making it a great place to give something back as well as to learn Spanish.
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Centro de Idiomas
Centro de Idiomas offers Spanish courses for three or five hours from Monday to Friday with a maximum of six students per class. Begin any Monday; registration is Saturday morning from 09:00 to noon. The school also facilitates individual instruction, volunteer work within the community, and homestays with three meals a day. Prices listed are for the first week of study; substantial discounts are offered for each additional week.
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École de Langues de L’université Laval
École de langues de l’Université Laval is your best bet for learning French. It offers 15-week fall and winter courses or five-week spring and summer courses. You can be hooked up for accommodations with a Québécois family (from $88 per week with kitchen access to $180 a week with breakfast and dinner) or, in the spring and summer sessions, you can stay in residence (per week $88).
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Centro de Lenguas Y Ecoturismo de Pátzcuaro
Courses at Centro de Lenguas y Ecoturismo de Pátzcuaro involve four to six hours of classes Monday to Friday. Cultural programs include seminars in Mexican literature and excursions to the butterfly sanctuary (in season) and local villages. Homestays (including meals) cost M$326 per day.
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Olé Spanish Language School
The Olé Spanish Language School offers a range of courses with homestay options and extracurricular programs. Prices start at around M$195 per hour, and week-long courses range from moderate group classes for 15 hours from M$2080 to 35 intensive one-hour private classes for M$5265.
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Academia Hispano Americana
This place, housed in a beautiful colonial building, runs quality courses in the Spanish language and Latin American culture. Private language classes are also available. Homestays with Mexican families – a private room and three meals per day – cost around M$364 per day.
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Oaxaca International
Has classes limited to four students and can be tailored for professionals. The basic course focuses on conversation while the more intensive courses include some literature, grammar and a range of workshops (tortilla making, ceramics, dancing etc).
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Universidad de Guadalajara’s Centro de Estudios para Extranjeros
The Universidad de Guadalajara’s Centro de Estudios para Extranjeros offers several levels of intensive two- to five-week Spanish-language courses. Day trips, homestays and longer excursions to other parts of Mexico are available.
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Centro Cultural Tepeticpac Tlahtolcalli
If you’d like to brush up on your Náhuatl – or Mixtec or Otomí – this cultural center offers courses in indigenous languages. On Saturdays you can join workshops on Aztec dance, codex reading or huehuetl (indigenous drum) playing.
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International House
The Mexico City branch of the prestigious worldwide chain of language schools is located in Condesa. Classes meet for 20 hours weekly, with a maximum of six students per group (US$200 per week). The institute can arrange homestays.
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El Puente Spanish Language School
Housed in the Centro Cultural El Puente, which also has a vegetarian café, cinema, gallery and an alternative therapy center that gives fabulous massages. Classes are offered for any period, starting from one day.
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Soléxico
Professionally run school with branches in Playa del Carmen and Puerto Vallarta, so students can split time between locations. Can arrange language study combined with local volunteering (mainly with children).
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