Language Schools Costa Rica
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DESCRIPTION :
ELIGIBILITY: From 16 years old
DESCRIPTION: Traveland learna languagein our Spanish language school in Costa Rica ! Our Spanish language school in Costa Rica will allow you to be fully immersed in the Spanish language. She will offer you high quality classes, many leisure activities and has beautiful tropical garden.
The program starts with a language test which enables teachers to determine the participant's level on arrival. You can choose between 20 and 30 classes per week. Each classes lasts 45 minutes.
Our Spanish language school in Costa Rica offers you many facilities : TV, DVD player, a winter garden, computers with free internet acces...
Language schools also organizesocio-cultural and sporting activities as well as excursions and visits. They often take place on afternoons (mornings are dedicated to language courses) andon weekends. Our Spanish Language School in Costa Rica also organizes Coffee plantation visits, Dance and cooking classes...
DESTINATION: Our Spanish language school in Costa Rica is located in Coronado, a little rural town 30 minutes away from San José, Costa Rica's capital.
ACCOMODATION: Our Spanish language schools in Costa Rica offers you the possibility to choose between host families or shared flat
APPLICATION: Students interested in a course in our Spanish language school in Costa Rica need tofillout the application form corresponding to thedestination and schoolchosen. They have to tell us when and how long they want to stay in our Spanish language school. We will then confirm the availibility of the coursefor the dates indicated.
The choice of a languageschool is based on its duration (from one week to several months), its intensity (number of lessons per week, generally between 15 and 30 per week), and the number of participants per course (maximum of 15 participants (AFNOR standard)). Our Spanish language school in Costa Rica offer courses in groups composed of only 6 participants of different nationalities. Our Spanish language school offers classes adapted to the student's level.
Other selective criteria are theaccessto a language laboratory, the school's fame, the diversity of the extra activities and the facilities offered by the school, thelocation of the course, the professional experience of the teachers, the goal of the course as well as the required language level on arrival oraimed by the participant.
Language schools carry out a very rigorous selection of their teachers. In order to ensure a quality program, teachers are generally natives of the taught language and/or have a long experience in teaching abroad. They are graduated of a B.A, Master or a PhD. Pedagogy, experience and strong skills are the principal criteriafot the recruitment of the language school teachers.
Costa Rica is a republic in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the east-southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, and the Caribbean Sea to the east. Costa Rica stands as the most visited nation in the Central American region, with 1.9 million foreign visitors in 2007. Ecotourism is extremely popular with the many tourists visiting the extensive national parks and protected areas around the country.
AREA: 51 100 sq km
CLIMATE: Tropical and subtropical; dry season (December to April); rainy season (May to November); cooler in highlands
POPULATION: 4.1 million
RELIGIONS: Christians (Catholic and Protestant)
LANGUAGES: Spanish
GOVERNMENT TYPE: Democratic Republic
CAPITAL: San José
CURRENCY: Costa Rican colón
NATIONAL HOLIDAY: Independence Day, 15 September (1821)
GDP PER CAPITA (purchasing power parity): $13,500 (2007 est.)
France = $29,600 (2005 est.)
USA = $41,600 (2005 est.)
China = $6,800 (2005 est.)
Bresil = $8,300 (2005 est.)
Book our Spanish Language School in Costa Rica! If you wish to improve your Spanish, discover CostaRican and have fun, our Spanish language school in Costa Rica is the right choice for you to make!
