Spanish Immersion School

Experiencia fantástica: I enjoyed a very positive learning experience at Spanish Immersion School. My teacher, Tony, fully catered to my needs and expectations. He invested a lot of time to prepare for our sessions, with detailed and clear grammatical explanations, exercises to do together, questions to answer to mix both verbal and written practice, all of it followed by homework that we reviewed in detail the next day— all of it with clarity and patience as I made mistakes with some of the verbs. In addition, Tony mixed many cultural information and even prepared for the study of a song of Bad Bunny after I had told him my interest for the singer — and difficulty to understand his lyrics. Net, Tony was very professional and helpful, in addition to being very pleasant to study with and eager to share about his culture. The school also organizes cultural events, like the visit of local artisans explaining their craft, which was very interesting.

Experiencia fantástica: Had such a great experience taking classes with Alfonso and staying with a local host family. I loved how we had the option to do classes at the school and also in nearby markets and cafes, this was really helpful for my learning style. Alfonso really worked with me on what I wanted to improve on and made small corrections as we spoke. Oaxaca is a gorgeous city and you’ll have plenty of chances to practice your Spanish around town because everyone is so friendly. I’ll definitely be back to take classes again, hasta la próxima!

Experiencia positiva: I spent two weeks last year at a different language school in Oaxaca. I decided to try something different this year and went to Spanish immersion school, but after the first day I had to leave. There are no classrooms, and there are many students getting instructions in one large courtyard with many small tables. For me and my style of learning, the distractions proved to be overwhelming. Between the many conversations as well as the visual movement all around me and not having a blackboard or some reference for writing I could not learn.. the two instructors I had were very nice, although I did not get much in the way of real instruction. We just spoke, for 2 1/2 hours with each one. I am a level B1 Spanish speaker and was looking for much more structure. In the way the language is taught. I returned to my previous language school for the rest of my stay here and the contrast was striking. Obviously, from all the five star reviews, there are many happy students, but it did not work at all for me.

Experiencia fantástica: I spent a week taking classes and couldn’t be more satisfied with the experience. Everyone was friendly and helpful, and the location is perfectly set up for one-on-one or small group instruction. Being close to the city center made it easy to explore, experience the local culture, and connect with the wonderful people who live here. I’d also like to especially mention my teacher, and now friend, Miguel, who did an outstanding job identifying exactly how to help me advance my Spanish learning.

Experiencia fantástica: Language school and student resident. Some people only stay there, another take only classes there, and another does both. Students are mostly from the US, mostly retired people or something close. Although the classes are one-to-one style, I was able to make friends with other students. While I was there, no activities for students. I stayed with the host family via the school. The family was nice and also the teacher. No complaints. I was able to improve my Spanish even though my level was relatively high enough to have a good conversation with locals already.