Spanish & Tourism

Word is just starting to get out about the academic Cloud Forest program at the Academia Latinoamericana de Español. Students stay at a lodge and reserve tucked on the western doorstep of the Tandayapa Reserve, which is dedicated to protecting one of the most unspoiled and beautiful tracts of cloud forest in the country. Now is the time for nature lovers, researchers, biologists and Spanish students to begin studying the Cloud Forest in order to better understand the roles western slope cloud forests play in the evolution and maintenance of vast amounts of tropical biodiversity. Students participating in this highly regarded Spanish program will be helping to preserve this beautiful natural area, and will be providing biological information on which ecotourism thrives.

For further information and prices contact us on: info@latinoschools.com

This program is ideal for Spanish teachers who would like to perfect their language skills while learning more about Andean Indigenous Cultures or Latin American Literature. It is offered in the summer, during the same time as our Teen Program. If you accompany your students, you can attend your course while the students participate in their own classes.

The first week is dedicated to refining language skills. The second week you choose between a course of specialization in Andean Indigenous Cultures or in Latin America Literature, depending on your personal interests and preferences. The well qualified professors will help you gain a deeper insight into these areas of the Spanish language.

Afternoon activities are arranged in conjunction with the Teen Program, enabling you and your students get to know Quito and its surroundings together. We organize fun activities and visits to tourist attractions such as local markets, the Cathedral and the Equator. Local students accompany the group allowing both you and your students to practise the Spanish language in everyday situations. On the weekends we take you on fully organized excursions to places such as Cotopaxi National Park, the Cloud Forest, and the Otavalo Indigenous Market. On all excursions and activities you and your students are accompanied by a local guide and a representative of the school.

Accommodation is provided with local host families so you get fully immersed in the Spanish language while getting to know our culture and our incredibly warm-hearted people. This is a unique opportunity to make friends for a lifetime from all over the world.

Time required: 2 weeks
Advanced Spanish level necessary.

For further information and prices contact us on: info@latinoschools.com

The Academia Latinoamericana offers a Spanish language immersion summer program in June, July and August in Quito, Ecuador! Teens can attend the program from 2 to 8 weeks.

Our summer language program in Quito combines effective small group language courses, with an adventure in Ecuadorian culture and lifestyle. Our summer campus is located in the heart of downtown Quito and students stay with carefully selected host families.

Lessons are in small groups from Monday to Friday (8:30 am to 1:00pm) with a maximum of 5 students per class. The average class size is 2-3 students. After classes are over for the day, students have a supervised lunch at the school, and can relax and prepare for our daily afternoon program of activities, which normally lasts until 4:00pm. These fun activities such as soccer games, movie nights, ice skating, dance lessons, and visits to tourist attractions like local markets, the Cathedral and the Equator, are arranged together with Ecuadorian schoolboys, so there will be a real cultural exchange.

On the weekends we take the students on fully organized excursions to Cotopaxi National Park, the Cloud Forest, Otavalo Indigenous Market etc. On all excursions and activities the students are accompanied by a local guide or a representative of the school and are supervised at all times.

Accommodation is provided in local host families so the students get fully immersed in the Spanish language, while getting to know the culture of our country and our incredibly warm-hearted people - and at the same time this is a unique opportunity to make friends for a lifetime from all over the world.

For further information on Quito program, please click here. Space is limited so book now.

Time required: from 2 weeks
Age group: from 14 to 17 years

For further information and prices contact us on: info@latinoschools.com

Any tour ideas offered to you are only suggestions... will really give you a good idea of what we can do. Then... you'll have a million questions and we can adjust anything! Remember, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia are unique and different... like nowhere else on earth! Anytime during the year, students will live on a half-board basis in a family or at the student residence, enjoying social and cultural life, visits and excursions. Total immersion is guaranteed in those beautiful and unexplored countries.

For further information please feel free to contact Dr. Diego del Corral at the following email address: info@latinoschools.com

If you need any recommendations, please contact Spanish teachers that have sent their students to the Academia:

• Mr. Chris Musick
  Director of Study Abroad Department
  Mary Washington University
  "It was truly a magnificent experience we had. I have already been telling faculty and students what a wonderful place Quito is. I know I have told you several times already but I really love Quito, I fell in love with the people, the diversity, the prices, and our very special host."


• Dr. Michele Cruz-Saenz
  Head of the Spanish Department
  Strath Haven High School
  "Nosotros tenemos un programa anual con la Academia Latinoamericana y consideramos que es la mejor escuela de español que hemos visto. La organización y la educacion son excelentes y los servicios de turismo cuando viajo con mis estudiantes son de primera calidad. No podia creer cuando ellos me informaron de su conexión con Continental Airlines, tuvimos un descuento de casi el 50% en el ticket aéreo"


• Dra. Margarita Krakusin
  Head of the Spanish Department
  Alma College
  "I thank you for your professionalism, courtesy and friendliness during my pleasent stay at your school. My special thank you to Diego who made me feel "at home" from the very beginning. Last but not least my very special thank you to Patty, Jenny and Johanna for their patience endiring the many hours of my limited ability to learn and retain the material from their excellent presentations. I thank you, I thank you all very much"


• Prof. Patricia Mclean (Spanish teacher)
  Universidad de Wyoming
  "No podemos creer que ya estamos en casa, echamos de menos mucho a Ecuador, todo el personal a la Academia, y las familias. Desde hoy podremos ayudar a cualquier estudiante que tenga interés en estudiar en Ecuador o Bolivia con Uds. Y claro, vamos a anunciar estas oportunidades por toda la universidad. Por supuesto, el mejor anuncio por la Academia y Ecuador es el grupo que acaba de regresar con nosotros--los chicos están muy impresionados, emocionados y entusiasmados sobre su viaje, les juro. Nosotros hablaremos por seguro, Dann y yo ya estamos empezando a planear el viaje para mayo de 2001. ¡Que rico dilema tratando de decidir entre Ecuador y Bolivia! Le agradecemos por TODO. Saludos a todos en la Academia."


• Prof. Peter Moller (Science teacher)
  Colorado Mountain College
  "Por fin tengo un momento cuando puedo escribir. Quisiera agradecerte y felicitarte por haber organizado un viaje tan maravilloso para CMC! Todos los miembros de nuestro grupo me dijeron que tenian una experiencia excelente. Aunque habia mucho trabajo en planear y organizar el viaje, desde septiembre del ano pasado, valia la pena. En el futuro, el cual empieza ahora, debe haber menos trabajo con tal que CMC comience mas temprano con los anuncios publicos, que CMC ponga mas enfasis en los estudios internacionales, y que haya mas alumnos que registren mas temprano. En realidad, debemos poder terminar con la mayoria de la organizacion en enero."


• Mrs. Reed Skoug (spanish teacher)
  Germantown Academy
  "The school is fantastic and even better have been the trips"


• Mrs. Donna Hanner (Spanish teacher)
  Queen Mary High School
  "Por favor, da mis recuerdos a todos, especialmente a tus hermanas y a mis profesores, Meri y Wagner. Tengo mucha más seguridad delante de mis clases ahora por la práctica y enseñanza de ellos."


• Ms. Miriam Padilla
  Albert Einstein Medical School
  "The trip was amazing. the school was professional, welcoming, courteous. The teachers were nice. Everyone treated us like family and were willing to help us in any way possible. Diego was awesome, his door was always open for us to come in with questions or problems. The first weekend in Otavalo and the volcanoes was the best. The clouded forest was also great but we were a little rushed in it. I would make it a four day trip. Visiting the school of medicine was good too. the families we stayed with were also great. The group was amazing. We all got along extremely well and shared a lot and had fun together. All in all the trip was wonderful. thanks."