1- or 2-Week Spanish Immersion Program in Tamarindo

Standard Course Program
This course will help you to improve your Spanish rapidly using different skills. The course consists of 20 lessons per week in a group of maximum 6 students from all over the world that balance on the same level of Spanish. All teachers are native speakers that will guide you through the course using different teaching methods that cover interesting topics.
Classes will be in the morning from 8 a.m. to 12 a.m. or in the afternoon from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. depending on your level of Spanish. Each of these sessions include a break of 20 minutes.
Courses begin every Monday and a minimum stay of 1 week is required. On this first day we will take an evaluation of your Spanish through a written and oral test to best determine your level of Spanish so that you can take the most out of your course. Normally your schedule and teacher will switch every week depending on the duration of your stay and progress.
The classes will be divided amongst the levels of Spanish according to Instituto Cervantes (DELE).

Proficiency Levels

A1:Breakthrough or beginner
Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type.
Can introduce him/herself and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, people he/she knows and things he/she has.
Can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.

A2: Way stage or elementary
Can understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).
Can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters.
Can describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.

B1: Threshold or intermediate
Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc.
Can deal with most situations likely to arise while traveling in an area where the language is spoken.
Can produce simple connected text on topics that are familiar or of personal interest.
Can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.

B2: Vantage or upper intermediate
Can understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization.
Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party.
Can produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.

C1: Effective Operational Proficiency or advanced
Can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognize implicit meaning.
Can express ideas fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions.
Can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes.
Can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organizational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.

C2: Mastery or proficiency
Can understand with ease virtually everything heard or read.
Can summarize information from different spoken and written sources, reconstructing arguments and accounts in a coherent presentation.
Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in the most complex situations.