Programs

Programs

We offer four distinct programs: a Spanish language immersion study and an excursion program that expands the immersion program to include cultural fieldtrips, and two programs geared for students and professionals in the fields of Medicine/Healthcare and Social Work/Community Development. All programs feature volunteer work projects. The Medical/Healthcare and Social Work/Community Development programs provide students with field placement and supervision in their professional practices.

Our teaching style is one-on-one. The formal classes in Spanish are given four and a half hours a day, five days a week. During the rest of the day and in the evening, the school offers a variety of activities that are designed to teach you something about Guatemalan and Latin American culture.

Classes run Monday through Friday, with morning or afternoon sessions. We recommend a minimum of three weeks for maximum benefit. However, depending on your goals, your current level of expertise and/or innate abilities, you may wish to stay for shorter or longer periods. One to two weeks can certainly be enough time to dust off high school or college Spanish, improve grammar and vocabulary and be introduced to a fascinating country and culture. Longer stays, if you have the available time, can give one mastery and fluency. How much fluency you develop naturally would depend, in part, on your inherent abilities, determination and commitment as well as how much you stay focused. There are many opportunities to practice with teachers and your host family.

Our teachers are college educated and trained as instructors of Spanish as a foreign language. They are able to teach at all levels and can assist students in developing vocabularies in a variety of disciplines, such as medicine, social work, education.

Our school is nonprofit and all our earnings are donated to a variety of community development projects in which the students are welcome to participate.