Enjoy a 2 WEEK summer Spanish learning vacation split between two locations:
Week ONE: HEREDIA, in a typical "Tico" town on the outskirts of the capital San Jose.
Week TWO: SAMARA BEACH, the nicest & safest tropical beach in Costa Rica!
Heredia, on the door step of San Jose, is a small "Tico" town surrounded by hills and coffee plantations, this Summer Vacation offers you the chance to live with a local family.
Samara is a charming beach town popular with swimmers, windsurfers and offers a superb coral reef. Just off the beach it has a picturesque wooded island named "Isla Chora". The surrounding area offers a typical fishing & farming community.
Enjoy a language adventure this summer and experience both locations. (more)
FAST FACTS
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Your language vacation itinerary
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You will book your own flights and arrive independently into San Jose on Sunday July 25th & plan to Depart Monday August 9th, 2010.
You will be met at the airport and taken to your Homestay in Heredia. Your accommodation is included on the Sunday, our language courses start on Monday.
You will be studying with like-minded students of a similar age from around the world, under the supervision of our staff, with rules & curfews.
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Campus location
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Beachfront and colonial city campuses with free Internet, optional wireless (extra cost), tropical gardens, hammocks, study and social areas, language lab, fully-equipped classrooms, dance studio, stage, TV room, football and volleyball on the beach, outdoor showers to rinse off after a quick swim between classes, and our friendly multi-lingual support staff!
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Course options
& details
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:: 3.5 HOURS OF GROUP LESSONS DAILY
We accept all levels
A lessons usually lasts 50 minutes
Course runs Monday through Friday
Course materials are included
You will take a placement test on the first Monday
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Lodging
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:: HOMESTAY in HEREDIA (first week)
Shared room
Includes 3 meals daily
:: HOTEL in SAMARA BEACH (second week)
Shared room
Includes 3 meals daily
Swimming pool, cable TV and Jacuzzi
:: MEAL TIMES:
Breakfast: 7:00am
Lunch: 12:30 pm in Heredia 12:00 pm in Sámara
Dinner: 6:00 pm (may vary depending on daily activities)
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Supervision,
curfews &
student info
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Curfew (without exception): Sun-Thurs: 10:30 pm & Fri-Sat:11:30 pm
Two full-time chaperones (one is a native English-speaker, one is a Costa Rican host mother) will supervise the teens including our school administrative support staff & Teen progam director.
Latin Dance and cooking teachers, tour guides and Spanish professors.
Estimated students on the immersion: 20 - 50 students
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After class activities
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Enjoy a full schedule of social & cultural activities including: surf classes, coffee plantation tour, horse-riding, hiking through rain forest to swim and visit waterfalls, beach bike-ride, community service activities, ecological hikes, canopy zip line tours, bonfires and music on the beach, Latin dance and evening outings, arts & crafts class, and more.....
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Other
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Travel medical insurance is included in this vacation
Airport transfers (pickup & drop-off)
Pre departure support & emergency assistance
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Photo Gallery
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Start dates, prices & book
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The Teen Language Vacation lasts TWO weeks with set start dates and students must arrive and depart from San Jose on these dates:
Arrive Sunday July 25th - Depart Monday August 9th, 2010.
The two week session costs $2400 and includes: airport transfers, Spanish classes, lodging, meals, all activities and tours.
We require a deposit of $300 to book any summer language vacation and we accept Mastercard & Visa.
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We will give you unbiased help in choosing the right type of summer language vacation to match your needs and requirements.
