There are great Language schools in Central America. My partenr spent two weeks in Guatemala last summer. For about 150$US per week, she had 5 hours of private instruction per day (5 days per week) and she was housed and fed. She loved the experience. In two weeks, she managed to learn a good foundation in Spanish that allowed her to travel freely for the following two weeks.
If you want, I can send you soem information about that school off the list. Most people we spoke with down there who had attended Spanish school said that 2-3 months of it was enough to become quite fluent. Of course, it is not "academic", but it is great to be able to move on to an academic setting.
Cheers!
JM
Stephen Black wrote:
Dear TIPSters in Spanish-speaking countries:
I have a curious query. A student of mine with excellent grades will be graduating from our psychology programme next term. Rather than immediately applying to graduate school in Canada, he wants to have an adventure and learn some Spanish (he's already fluent in French and English, but some people don't know when to quit!).
He's located an unusual scholarship he would like to apply for to achieve both of those aims. The scholarship encourages study and work "in a different cultural and linguistic setting" from Canada, such as a Spanish-language country. However, he must plan to enrol in a "formal postsecondary program [I think they mean university level]...consisting of taught courses, lectures or seminars... The international study program may also be combined with a period of research or work (internship). The programme must be for a minimum of eight consecutive months) including at least four months of taught courses."
Perhaps a university programme in a psychology-related field, with or without the opportunity to act as a research or clinical assistant would do, although it doesn't have to be in psychology. The catch is that neither he nor I have any idea where he could find such a programme. A problem is also that, at the moment, he does not speak Spanish, which would make formal coursework difficult for him. But if anyone has any suggestions, please let me know, and I'll pass them on to him. I know it doesn't seem very likely, but it can't hurt to ask.
Stephen
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