Intercultura Language School, Heredia, Costa Rica

"Thanks to an incredible academic program, the experience of living with a Costa Rican family, immersing myself in the Costa Rican culture...I am now very comfortable expressing myself in Spanish, as well as participating in a foreign culture. Intercultura has made this possible....the teachers introduced Spanish with contagious enthusiasm......I particularly enjoyed learning how to dance the Salsa and Merengue. One of the most beneficial opportunities was living with a wonderful Costa Rican family. We shared cultural traditions, jokes and meals as well as forming a strong friendship." --Lori Kashman, MED.

Wat studenten zeggen over Intercultura...

AUSTRALIA

Virginia Blackney, 2008
virginia.blackney@gmail.com

Nicholas Flynn 2007
sparkyflynn@hotmail.com

Ela Beeglin 2005
e.beegling@gmail.com

Caz Occhipinti 2005
cazocca@hotmail.com

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AUSTRIA:

Emil Voelkert, 2007
emil.voelkert@frecuel.de

Fürchtegott, Christa
Tel: 00-43-2236-26651

Fischer, Claudia
Tel: 00-43-4256-2846

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BAHAMAS

Danielle Hunt, 2007
dhunt86@gmail.com

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BELGIUM

Inge Van Laere:
Tel: (32) 9228-1941

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CANADA

Ginette Alaire, 2007
galarie_plateau@yahoo.fr

Robert Gaulin, 2007
robertbobhr@hotmail.com

Marie Claude Perrault, 2006
marie-claude@mangomango.biz

Eloise Roy Fontaine, 2006
eloquebec@hotmail.com

Duval, Michael
Tel: (514) 7258591

Gauvin, Melany
Tel: (613) 745-7945
mgauvin@hotmail.com

Leduc, Claudio
Tel: (604) 737-8113

Lippel, Katherine
Tel: (514) 987-4784

Roy, Nathaly
Tel: (613) 562-4812

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COSTA RICA:

Arena, Kimberly
Tel: (506) 261-6465
arenakimberly@yahoo.com

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DENMARK:

Miriam Stengel, 2007
miriam.ste@web.de

Moritz Braess, 2007
mobraess@online.de

Dedenroth, Nino
Hovengaden 29,4330

Möller, Thomas
Tel: (48) 796417

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FRANCE:

Alice Gleises, 2007
liloo_lop@hotmail.com

Lionel Romanetti
lionel.romanetti@recall.com
Tel (33) 1 30 51 24 49

Patrick Jayet
newkiko@hotmail.com
Tel: 33- 4121 751 10 25

Leservoisier, Bernard
Tel: (331) 46478201
frogzymate@hotmail.com

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GERMANY:

Nora Benitsch 2005
nbenitsch@yahoo.de

Nele Grillparzer: nele.grillparzer@gmx.de

Mäntele, Claudius
Tel: (49) 211-369 4222

Schmid, Bernd
Tel: (49) 7755-8996
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JAPAN:

Aiko Hatsuyama
aikohatsuyama@yahoo.com

Kimura, Yoko
Tel: (075) 952-5561

Osawa, Tomomi
Tel: (0722) 350463

Sakakibara, Mika
Tel: (0726) 89-6025

Kiyomi, Maria
Tel: 81)-92-926-4347

Sonada, Haruka
Tel: 096-383-5096

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KOREA

Fei Fei Koh (03):

feidav@sbcglobal.net

NETHERLANDS:

Patrick Just de la Paisières, 2009
patrick_just@hotmail.com

Merel De Herder, 2007
merelherder@gmail.com

Eelco Daams
pocoloco@worldmail.nl
e.r.daams@zonnet.nl

Karin Pietersz
karinpietersz@hotmail.com
Tel: 0031-6-22603667

Linda Visser
lovely_lindaaa@hotmail.com
tel: 31-06-2121-7733

Elizabeth Buitink
liekebuitink@hotmail.com

De Boer, Wieke
wiekedeboer@hotmail.com

Mensing, Pieter
pieter@mensing.nl

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NEW ZEALAND

Dayna Roberts, 2007
roberts_dayna@hotmail.com

Paul Roberts
paul@roberts.net.nz

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NORWAY

Dr Kerstin Schotte 2005
tel: 001-215-313-1023
kerstine@mail.com

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SWITZERLAND:

Silvana Schmidt, 2007
silvana.schmidt@gmx.ch

Philippe Moser
j.p.moser@rocketmail.com

Barbara Nina
bhenauer@hotmail.com

Fedele Guzzo
erguzzo@yahoo.com
Tel: 41- (056) 223 18 41

Kessler, Christian & Ruinatscha, Rita
Tel: (41) 1-777-6056

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UNITED KINGDOM:

Thomas Merry, 2007
tm204@soton.ac.uk

Elizabeth Hanrahan, 2007
libby1hanrahan@yahoo.co.uk

Karen Callaghan 2005
klfcallaghan@hotmail.com

Nora Benitsch 2005
nbenitsch@yahoo.de

Fleur Wallington
49 strawberry vale
Twickenham, middlesex TW2RX
Tel: 0208- 744-2987
fleur_de_lee@yahoo.com

Ellington, William & English, Victoria
EllingtonBill@aol.com
Tel: (0207) 354 0397

Andrew Caswell
acaswell78@hotmail.com

Dornan, Tim
Tel: (0181) 940-9489

Sibley, Catherine
Tel: (41) 71-794-1171

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U.S.A.:

Monica Eav, 2007
monica.eav@gmail.com

Mina Bridgers, 2007
bridgers@meredith.edu

Evelyn Pepin, 2006,
vtherbs@sover.net

Katie Winchell, 2006,
katie@winchell.us

American Heritage Association,
Dir. Elizabeth Parrish
Tel: 206-463-5170

Costa Rican Consulate
Sherman Fein
Tel: (413) 781-5400
fpef@aol.com

Kimberly Arena
arenakimberly@yahoo.com

Espinas Lani
Tel: 310-318-1891

Hoffman, Katie
Tel: (904) 220-3101
jehhomes@aol.com

Johnson, Brandon
Tel: (612) 414-6248
bryj76@excite.com

Kantmann, Chris
ckantmann@westernu.edu

Levy, Stuart
Tel: (202) 342-5836
levys1@gunet.georgetown.edu

Sasser, Jack
Tel: (410) 337-0441
enano93672@aol.com

Andrew Caswell (03-04): acaswell78@hotmail.com

Merrill Feather 03:
leetz1306@aol.com
Tel: (847) 295 6914

Deborah Arakel 03:
darakel@yahoo.com
Tel: (847) 295 6914

Lee Rast 02-03 (Group leader, Whitefield) Academy):
RASTLA@aol.com

Ann White
203-761-8550

"I retired after 30 years in education in Canada: as a teacher, school principal, and superintendent responsible for several schools. From this perspective I was most impressed with Intercultura when I studied Spanish there recently. The school is
very well organized and run. The teachers of Spanish are knowledgeable, skillful, enthusiastic and caring. The classes are small and the students dedicated to learning. Moreover, the school "climate" is happy, warm, and supportive. Staff and students obviously enjoy working together as an educational family. Classes are comprised of students of diverse nationalities, cultures, and ages - a factor which enriches the overall educational experience. Combined with my positive homestay I would characterize my time as a student at Intercultura as a joy and I would rate the school and its services as outstanding."

Gerald Scholefield
Superintendent of Schools (ret.)
gscholefield@yahoo.ca
7188 Cranberry Street
Powell River, BC, Canada V8A 3Z8
604 483 9034

''Intercultura provided me with an incredible and life changing experience. I was impressed with the quality of the teaching and the friendliness of the teachers. Everybody at Intercultura wants you to have a great time and an enriching experience and they go out of their way to ensure it. You will meet students from all over and feel you are travelling the world while being in Costa Rica. The family stay provides a great opportunity to get to know Costa Rican culture.

The school in Heredia is very conducive to learning. It has a beautiful interior courtyard which provides an ideal setting to meet other students while enjoying good coffee during breaks. As for the beach campus, it is absolutely amazing. Located in Samara, a small typical beach village, you will quickly feel at home and have countless opportunities to meet local new friends to practice your Spanish.

Don't miss the cooking and dancing classes organized by the school: another chance to meet new friends, learn about the local culture and practice your Spanish. Make sure you keep some extra days to visit the amazing natural sites this small country has to offer: national parks, beautiful beaches, coffee plantations and spectacular volcanoes. Go and see for yourself why Costa Rica is also called the Switzerland of Central America.''

Marie-Claude Perrault (2003)
Management Consultant
Montréal, Québec
marie-claude@mangomango.biz