Language and family provides the perfect match of structured advancement in the language and a natural context in which to practice your newly acquired skills. With the focus in language, there is a variety of options to take a Spanish class for a specific purpose. The experience of interacting, participating and living with a family and attending language classes naturally complement each other. The class gives you vocabulary, themes and strategies to try out at the dinner table, and in turn the conversations and experiences with the family provide interesting topics for classroom discussions.

Learn how to travel as much more than a typical tourist. This program gives a panoramic view of the life and culture in the Yucatan, and through multiple trips and courses both within the classroom and in the field, your perspective and understanding of the culture and the language will be amplified. We hope that this experience will motivate the participants to discover new horizons as well as help them to significantly improve their grasp of the language.

Example for 3 weeks

Arrive the Sunday before, 2 nights in hotel
Transport from the airport of bus station in Merida to place of lodging
12 hours of orientation
39 hours of preferred class
6 cultural activities in the city
3 trips outside of the city
2 complementary classes/workshops/conferences
Individual homestay with local families including 3 meals daily
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Total immersion is the quickest way to acquire a new language in a practical form. You learn as children do: through necessity, questioning, curiosity and lots and lots of practice. Our total immersion program provides a strong cultural focus, allowing the participant to acquire a functional level of Spanish in order to become a global citizen (ASICA) with more than one perspective. You will have the ability to examine your own culture from a new perspective while experiencing a new one from within.

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ASICA (Agente Social, Intercultural, Autónomo)
What others may refer to as a “global citizen,” we prefer to call an Autonomous, Social Intercultural Agent. This term refers to a person who is an agent of interculturalism. Someone who has the tools and strategies to work independently, the capacity to interact appropriately within many diverse sectors of society, and the ability and intention of traveling as more than a tourist.

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Example for 6 weeks

Arrive the Sunday before, 2 nights in hotel in Merida
3 nights touring the peninsula as part of the orientation
Transport from the airport of bus station in Merida to place of lodging
80 hours of classes
2 complementary classes of student’s choice
1 workshop
2 conferences
3 trips
8 cultural activities
1 week developing a project while living in a rural community
Individual homestay with local families (city and pueblo) including 3 meals daily
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