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Reader Reviews : Spanish Language Immersion Schools

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There is perhaps no more effective way of learning Spanish or any other language than by attending a language immersion school, where you can combine classes with experiencing life in an area where your new language is spoken. But language immersion schools can also require a substantial commitment of time and money. If you've attended a Spanish language immersion school in the past year, we'd like to hear what you thought about it as a way of helping others make their decisions.

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Instituto de Español Rayuela

After doing a lot of research looking for affordable Spanish schools for my monthlong visit in Buenos Aires, I was fortunate to have stumbled onto Instituto de Español Rayuela's website. Not onl…More

Enforex (Spain)

I dropped into a (beginner) class that was already in progress, and I was a deer in the headlights most of the time. All the other students were ahead of me.Although I already had studied on my own q…More

Tía Tula Spanish School (Spain)

School: The school is very little, but for me that was a good thing. Like that everyone got to know everyone and it was easier to make friends. Everything that can be needed during class is available…More

Don Pedro de Alvarado Spanish School (Guatemala)

Don Pedro de Alvarado Spanish School is an excellent place to study and improve fluency and accuracy in the Spanish language. I studied six hours per day for two weeks with Lety. The coursework was a…More

LV Studio (Argentina)

I took classes in LV Studio in Palermo and it is pretty awesome! I started with intensive classes to catch up with the little Spanish I knew (four hours a day) and then switched for a more classic wa…More

Spanish by the River (Costa Rica)

This is one of four schools in SpanishatLocations.com (also Boquete, Bocas, Puerto Viejo). My good experience in school was negated by a very bad experience my last night at the school's lodging (whi…More

Academia Eureka (Spain)

As befitting a school with the best accreditation (Instituto Cervantes, the "Alliance Français" of Spain), the teaching quality is impeccable but demanding. The staff is very experienced with la…More

Instituto de Español Rayuela (Argentina)

The school is located in the historic San Telmo section of Buenos Aires on a floor of an old building. It is a small school run by a linguistic Ph.D. Good: Charming, old-town feel; intimate atmospher…More

Spanish Uruguay Spanish Schools (Uruguay)

I have studied Spanish with the Spanish Uruguay Spanish School and I am delighted to say that I was very impressed with their teaching technique. I booked the B program: Spanish regular course (four …More

International Montessori School and Casa Esperanza Montessori (United States)

I have three boys attending Spanish language immersion schools, two in a private program (IMS) and the third in a charter school (Casa Esperanza). Being Spanish decent but not a perfect speaker, this…More

Start Spanish (online virtual classes)

I have been to three other Spanish schools in the past. I have also taken Spanish classes via Skype. All of them have been good experiences and improved my abilities. Lately, I have started with Star…More

Instituto Cultural Oaxaca (Mexico)

This past winter I spent 10 weeks in Oaxaca doing a home stay coordinated by the ICO (Instituto Cultural Oaxaca.) I enjoyed my stay with a host family but often felt uneasy because it was clear that …More

Spanish Institute of Puebla (Mexico)

Wow! I have attended over eight Spanish-language schools until in my next-to-last school I meet Debra, and she was telling me how disappointing she was with the school we were attending in Oaxaca, Me…More

ASLI Spanish Lanquage Insitute (Mexico)

I have been studying at ASLI for three weeks as the result of careful research online for the best Spanish language school in Mexico, and some additional word-of-mouth advice. Cuernavaca was recommen…More

Peruwayna (Peru)

I signed up for the intensive immersion program at Peruwayna Spanish school in Lima and I have to say: It was everything I had hoped for and much more!From the first moment I felt they care about me …More

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