INSTITUTO INTERACTIVO de IDIOMAS SPANISH LANGUAGE PROGRAMME  Investment Chart 2006 (In US dollars, per student, not including homestay)

Programme Description *		Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Additional week
Group 2-5 sts	4 hrs a day	$400 1A	$800 2A	$1200 3A	$1600 4A	$400

* For tutorial classes, please contact us at: info@institutointeractivo.com

Homestay: The student(s) may share a house with a Costa Rican family or rent a flat or hotel room on his/her own, as preferred, the institute will go through with the arrangements.

We accept all major credit cards.

PROFILE

How many times have you started a language course, say Spanish for example, wishing to learn this important language abroad once and for all, only to drop it altogether after a short while? ...Are the beaches and parks too enticing?

Many of us have been through this.

In spite of the fact that there are many language schools around offering Spanish classes, few of those schools have actually developed a system that is so fun and effective that it satisfies any serious student's learning needs.

At Instituto Interactivo de Idiomas, we have grown aware of this situation and have created a teaching method of the Spanish language, which is interesting, quite simple, and really effective, and lots of fun as well.

Thanks to our innovative Natural Real method, in just a year, students can get to know the language of music and dance, Spanish, a language not only necessary for your inner growth and personal culture but also a language that has become quite fashionable within certain circles.

Our method is applied using the emancipated methodology, preparing our students through profiting techniques, exclusive to our institute, which place it among the easiest, most effective ways to learn Spanish. This will allow you to really assume the language while integrating the natural Costa Rican experience with the four basic skills: speaking, listening, writing, and reading.

Now, how do we do this?

 

OUR SERVICES:

a-Oral exercises, reading sessions and cultural notes, which will help the student in his/her comprehensive skills and interacting with people

b-Grammar activities and exercises to familiarize students with the rules of the Spanish language.

c-Vital survival vocabulary, planned specifically to cope with specialized and everyday activities.

d-Exercises in pronunciation and spelling.

e-Written work/homework, necessary to evaluate the student’s real progress.

f-Cultural activities.
Indispensable for student headway, to stimulate him/her and help getting over language barriers, these include:

• Cooking lessons (national e international)
• Latino dancing Classes
• Visits to the cultural centres in the country (museums, theatres, national parks)
• Information programmer on the History of Costa Rica, The Role Of Women In Society, The National Park System, economics, politics, etc.
• Latin American films and documentaries
• Handicraft elaboration
• Games, for example: word forming, lottery, bingo, etc.
• Specialized language programmers for professionals (engineers, coastguards, lawyers, medical doctors, etc.)
• Packages and special programmes for universities.
• Interactive activities with the EFL (English as a Foreign Language) students.
• You may enjoy a language week at the beach and receive classes in beautiful Quepos
  

COURSE STRUCTURE:

a- Two beginner levels
b- Two intermediate levels
c- Two advanced levels
d- Two upper advanced levels

Beginner 1: Student has no knowledge of the Spanish language.

Beginner 2: Student has some notions of the language. Student can use the present tense. Basic vocabulary, if any.


Intermediate 1: Student is able to use the present tense and has a notion of the use of the simple past tense. Basic specialzed vocabulary.

Intermediate 2: Student is able to use the different past tenses. Some specialized vocabulary. Student uses the past tenses and has a notion of the usage of the future tense. Specialized vocabulary


Advanced 1: Student uses the past tenses, the future and has some knowledge of the subjuntive present. Specialized. Vocabulary is more solid and specific.

Advanced 2: Student uses indicative mode tenses, for example: the present, the different past tenses, the futures, the simple condicional, etc, and can use the present subjunctive. Student uses the present subjuntive in its different forms and has a knowledge of the subjunctive imperfect.


Upper Advanced 1: Student uses the subjuntive imperfect , can write letters, read comfortably, can give lectures, chats, etc.

Upper Advanced 2: Student has a wide knowledge of the Spanish language, but needs more fluency, comprehension, situational practice, etc.

 

FEATURES:

1. You will notice as soon as you start, a radical difference in your understanding and handling of the Spanish language, in fact, the success of our methodology becomes evident from the very start.
2. Members of our staff, who for more than fifteen years have perfected it in order to put the Spanish grammar within reach to all students, developed the Natural Real Method. No more "NO ENTIENDO's" and no more "¿QUÉ DIJO?'s"
3. Our teachers are experienced, proven, and supervised constantly to insure that the student gets a level of quality, which is beyond his/her initial expectations.
4. Groups are small in order to give the student the desired level of personalized treatment.
5. We have a long list of popular Spanish songs that we like to teach students in class in order to enhance their speaking skills with the appropriate intonation and feel.
6. Our facilities and classrooms have been designed with our students' comfort in mind our infrastructure is tailor-made to integrate groups while in classroom activity.
7. Located in posh Barrio Escalante in San José we offer the atmosphere you're looking for, away from the heavy traffic but in a safe, centric area surrounded by beautiful residences, fashionable restaurants and attractive Pubs.