Program Features and Highlights

* Nine learning levels of intensive Spanish language study offered year round
* Week-long (M-F) and weekend (Sat-Sun)
* Highly qualified, native instructors and a dedicated staff
* Assessment testing and placement for each student
* Spanish for specific purposes (medical, safety, education, etc.)
* Meets the requirement of the California State Teachers Credential Program
* Homestay program: opportunity to live with a Mexican family or hotel or campsite
* Learn and use Spanish music in your studies
* Lectures in history and Mexican/ Latin American   customs and traditions
* Fiestas, planned social activities and educational field trips
Expeditions to interesting, exciting places in Baja (optional)

 
The Institute
The facilities three story, modern building is clean, comfortable and private. Along with it's many classrooms, it has a central meeting room to study as well as a beautiful outdoor patio. Located within one block of the Transpenisular Hwy., Mexico 1, it is near Ensenada's central activities and shopping centers, just 3 blocks from the ocean.

 

Agenda of Conferences

  1. Ecotourism in Baja California
  2. The Sierra Juarez Mountains and it's extraordinary natural wealth (Laguna Hanson, Tajo and Milla Canyons, & Guadalupe Oasis)
  3. Ecotourism circuit of La Lobera (San Vicente Mission, La Llave Petroglyphs, & La Lobera Cave)
  4. San Pedro Martir Mountains and it's beautiful outer areas (The National Observatory, La Grulla Valley, San Pedro Waterfalls)
  5. Ancient Mural Paintings (Sierra de San Francisco Mountains, & San Pablo Canyon)
  6. Whale watching and contact with grey whales
  7. Expedition to the Santa Maria Oasis and the Mission of San Borja
  8. Expedition to the Sierra de la Giganta Mountains (La Purisma, San Jose de Comondu, San Javier Mission & Loreto)

Tours are optional and require additional fees

Mini Courses

1) Latin America, its civilizations and cultures
People (character)
Geography
Pre-Colombian civilizations
The Conquest
Mexico and its Revolution
2)

Mexican Legends & Myths
3) Latin American Contemporary & Classical Literature
Machismo
The Role of Women
Plus many other issues
4) Baja California
History
Environment
Indigenous People

All Mini Course Will Be Supported
With Audiovisual Material




Curriculum

The curriculum is divided into nine levels, beginning through advanced. Students are tested and placed in classes according to their ability. Periodic re-evaluation assures that each student is constantly placed at the proper level.

Courses for the week-long sessions begin every Monday. Daily study is from 8 AM to 2 PM. There are four hours of concentrated studies of language each day. The two hours from noon to 2 PM are spent in one of the following:

* Group discussions for the advanced students
* Group singing of Canciones Mexicanas
* Playing games to become familiar with numbers in Spanish
* Tours of local museums and other points of cultural interest

 
Courses for the weekends begin at 8 AM Saturday and Sunday. The eight hours of intensive studies cover grammar, reading, writing and homework. Learning activities include conversation with your Mexican family and others in the Ensenada environment. Arrangements can be made for additional hours.
Classes

Classes are kept small (maximum of 5 students). This insures a high degree of individualized attention and monitoring of progress.

Optional programs
To provide additional enrichment and better understanding of the Mexican culture and language, we offer programs in the evening from 7 to 8:30 pm. Programs available include individual attention focusing on grammar or stressing conversation. We also offer a "conversation club" which is led by an instructor and usually meets at a restaurant, cafe or a host families home. This optional program is covered by your enrollment fees.

 


Holidays

The Institute observes 7 national holidays each year on which no classes are held. No refunds can be made to students for days missed due to holidays.

January 1 New Year's Day
February 5 Constitution Day
March 21 Benito Juarez's Birthday
May 1 Labor Day
September 16 Independence Day
November 20 Mexican Revolution Day
December 25 Christmas


At the Institute, even though Thanksgiving is not a Mexican holiday, it has been a tradition to celebrate in honor of our American students, with a Thanksgiving dinner offered by the school (on the premises) the last two hours of classes.

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