Spanish School, Santa Maria Spanish School, Languages School, Guatemala, Quetzaltenango

THE PROGRAM

The school offers courses of 4 and 5 hours per day. The course includes grammar, vocabulary, reading, lectures and conversation. The emphasis of the course is for beginners to acquire a solid grammatical base and to rapidly develop their oral expression.

A brief entry test will help us to evaluate the appropriate program from the individual. For students interested in learning a Mayan language, we offer this opportunity too. This program is designed in the same manner as the Spanish program.

Every day the school organizes activities such as movies, conferences, meetings, community projects, or participation in Mayan ceremonies (2 times a month). We also organize excursions to indigenous villages, the Santa Maria volcano or the natural hot water baths, among other things. The school is always open and flexible to the student’s wants and needs and will always help in whatever problem or concern.

In addition to classes, the PLSM wants to give the students the opportunity to get to know understand Guatemala better. The students actively participate in one of our many volunteer projects. These include environmental projects, ecology projects, agricultural and reforestation projects, along with projects involving the basic infrastructure of the communities. All fields of study and experience are welcome, including medicine, construction, engineering, agronomy, sociology, anthropology, or just a willingingness and interest in working with the people.

Each PLSM projects is developed in communities with whom we have an excellent relationship or trust and solidarity. It is possible to live in some projects for up to a month. For better organization, the school is part of the movement ¨Tzuk Kimp pop¨ which is dedicated to rural, human and ecological development, and the cultural sustenance of the western highlands of Guatemala. By studying at Santa Maria, your experience much more than a school, you are involved in grass roots movement.

The school offers courses of 4 and 5 hours per day. The course includes grammar, vocabulary, reading, lectures and conversation. The emphasis of the course is for beginners to acquire a solid grammatical base and to rapidly develop their oral expression.