Advanced Spanish courses in Tibas

Pura Vida! is an intensive language program of 90 contact hours per month (6 credits). The program includes one course of language in which grammar, vocabulary, oral and written expression are studied and one course of culture.

Tuanis! is an extensive program of 45 hours of Spanish language courses in which grammar, vocabulary, oral and written expression are studied. In this program, the students receive 2 lessons of 2 hours per week.

The purpose of this course is to prepare students for academic environments. In this subject, the students study, analyze and produce different types of written and oral texts in Spanish (essays, academic and scientific articles, conferences, presentations).

Summer is a great time to keep language skills fresh or to get a head start on a new language. At ELE USAL Costa Rica we offer a high quality summer language immersion program that will give you the opportunity to get academic credits while you enjoy Costa Rica's natural beauties and culture.

The aim of this program is to give people, who want to teach Spanish as a Second Language, the necessary tools to give an adecuate and coherent class following the principles established by the Common Language Reference Framework and the Cervantes Institutes. This one-year program includes 8 modules of six weeks each in which students receive classes of methodology, didactics, pedagogy, Spanish vocabulary and syntax, pragmatics, among others.