You may start the program on any of our winter program starting dates, with a 2 week duration.

• December 7th - 18th, 2009
• December 6th - 17th, 2010

Come celebrate the Holiday Season "Posadas"

Course Description

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The duration of the winter program is 2 weeks. Our courses are intensive 6-hours a day. Four of which are in a class and two are spent with a conversation tutor in real-life experiences.

You will receive as part of your course a Textbook, a Workbook to accompany your textbook, a Verb-conjugation book (5,000 verbs), and a Spanish Encyclopedic Dictionary.

• Morning classes are from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
  (maximum 6 students per instructor)
• Afternoon classes are from 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM
  (one student/one instructor)

Morning classes:

In the morning you will cover 3 different components of the language. You will have one hour a day of Spanish Grammar, one hour a day of Spanish Vocabulary and practice, one hour a day of Interactive Lab, and the last hour of the morning class will rotate between Spanish reading, pronunciation, culture, composition, etc.

Afternoon Conversation Class:

In the afternoon you will have one-on-one hands on practice using the grammar and vocabulary you are learning in the program as you practice with a Conversation Guide. The Conversation Guide is a Native Speaker who will escort you to places of interest and correct your Spanish. You will be given a list of all the places of interest of Merida. Places within walking distance.

The cost of this program is USD$945.00 and includes:

• Registration and books
• 2 weeks of instruction. ( see start dates )
• 30 hours a week of instruction. ( 6 hours a day )
• Pick up and drop off at the Merida airport. (Cancun International airport USD$180.00 extra)
• Orientation of Merida, customs and culture
• Homestay with family
• 3 meals a day
• Use of Computer Lab
• Free email access
• Trips to Chichen Itza and Uxmal Light and Sound Show
• Daily trips to museums, theaters, parks, movies, etc.
• Closing ceremony banquet

The only thing not included with our program is your round-trip airfare to Mérida, Mexico. You may opt to fly into Cancún International airport. A bilingual representative from The Spanish Institute of Mérida will be at the airport when you arrive to welcome you and take you to your host family, the Institute or any other accommodations that have been arranged for you. You may also opt to take a bus shuttle that leaves directly from the Cancún City airport into Mérida (we will e-mail you the directions on how to take the shuttle).

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