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Combined Language and Activity courses
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Spanish for Specific Purposes
In addition to our regular 20 hour per week intensive Spanish programs, Intercultura offers Spanish for specific purposes in the form of private classes (only available in low season), as well as combined Spanish and activity programs and customized classes. Please see descriptions below, and contact us for more details.
GROUP PROGAMS:
Spanish for Special Interest Groups:
If you have a group that is interested in travelling together to learn Spanish and participate in activities related to your group’s aims back home, we can create a customized program for your group, including free or discounted Spanish classes for the group leader, depending on group size. Groups can be made up of any membership you choose, coming from, for example, clubs (Rotary, Lion’s etc), church groups, academics, research or social groups (gender studies, environment & development issues, GLBT, anthropology, literature), and so on. Itineraries will include classroom time, plus a customized itinerary of tours depending on your group's interests.
INDIVIDUAL &/OR GROUP PROGRAMS:
Learn Spanish 4 hours per day and take yoga classes daily: available at beach campus only. Certified instructors teach in a variety of yoga styles, at yoga facilities on and close to the beach, in addition to the school's own free yoga program (3 times a week). You decide how much yoga you want to do.
Survival Spanish for First Time Travelers
Planning a trip to Costa Rica and wish to visit remote places and be independent and rely purely on your Spanish skills to communicate with locals? Learn the ropes of the language in handy situations such as: booking hotels; going out to a restaurant; making reservations on a tour; finding your way around or simply asking someone to take a picture of your group…Available at city campus, from March to May and August to December.
Learn Spanish 4 hours per day and take daily surf lessons with a private instructor. Board rental available for unlimited practice time: available at beach campus only.
Spanish and Horseback Riding
Enjoy hidden trails, quiet side-roads, follow a river, go to a waterfall or canter your horse on the beach as you watch the sunset. You will have a great opportunity to see birds, monkeys and the amazing flora of Costa Rica. Horses are well-trained and easy to handle. Enjoy up to 4 hours a day on Costa Rican western saddle before or after your Spanish classes in cowboy country Guanacaste: only available at beach campus. You decide how many rides you wish to take.
Spanish & Salsa (Heredia only):
Includes group Spanish classes, homestay, 8 hours private Latin dance/week, plus 1 all-inclusive Latin dance-club outing/week, and guide to Latin club nights in the Heredia/San José area
Whether you would like to explore a new and exotic part of the world, travel with a group of like-minded, adventurous adults, or enhance your mental capacities by training your brain to learn a new language, Intercultura's Spanish for 50+ programs offer a unique, cultural learning experience. Enjoy studying Spanish in group classes with OPTIONAL 1-on-1 tutoring, with our highly qualified (and fun!) teachers in the colonial city of Heredia and the beautiful pacific beach town of Sámara. Optional cultural program includes: visits to galleries, museums, indigenous communities, music and dance performances and Latin films… and travel throughout this exciting, yet safe and peaceful country to rainforests, national parks, tropical islands, and more! Available at beach and city campuses, MINIMUM 4 people required.
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Spanish for Medical Personnel:
Have you ever had to treat a patient from one of the largest-growing immigrant groups, and not been able to understand what is wrong with them? If you could speak Spanish, most of these cases could be resolved without the need for professional translators, simply by being able to speak their language. Intercultura’s courses will teach you the language you need to know for medical communication in Spanish. Only available at Heredia city campus, from March to May and August to December, in private classes or pre-formed groups.
Spanish for Social Workers:
If your work involves helping any part of the Latin American population in your country, you know that speaking Spanish is vital for effective case-and clinical work. Intercultura’s specialized courses teach profession-based vocabulary, focusing on simulating real-life cases and increasing language competency in typical and unpredictable situations. Only available at Heredia city campus, from March to May and August to December, in private classes or pre-formed groups.
Work in tourism, or want to? You need to be able to communicate competently and professionally in order to work in one of the largest tourist industries in the world- Latin America. At the same time, enhance your own effectiveness and value in your work at home by becoming more competent in your communication with Spanish speakers and clients from Latin America. At Intercultura, we will teach you what you need to know to succeed in Spanish in the tourism industry. Only available at Heredia city campus, from March to May and August to December, in private classes or pre-formed groups.
Spanish for International Business:
Are you missing out on travel trips for your business to Latin America? If you can offer competency in Spanish AND Latin American business know-how, you enormously increase your value to any company.
Spanish for Airline Personnel:
Want to increase your routes to include new destinations? Mastery of Spanish opens up Latin America and Spain, enabling you to earn more, while travelling to many exciting countries! We suggest regular group classes for general Spanish mastery, plus private classes as necessary to build up industry-specific vocabulary (private classes available only in Heredia, from March to May and August to December).
Learning Spanish and understanding Latin American culture are necessities for successful and productive police work in today’s society. More than just learning to speak the language, you will learn to read between the lines, to understand the nuances of high-stress communication, and how to diffuse these situations with competent and culturally-sensitive Spanish language skills. Only available at Heredia city campus, from March to May and August to December, in private classes or pre-formed groups.
Your Personally Customized Program:
Do you have a need or desire to focus on another topic not specifically listed in our program offerings? Our professional staff can create a special program just for you! Please let us know in advance what your desired focus is, and we will tailor the course to suit your needs.
For more information, contact us and we will be happy to arrange an individual or group program for you.
