THE SCHOOL

a) We are teaching Spanish in Ecuador since 20 years ago. We are accredited by the Minister of Education and Culture of Ecuador since 1988.
                           
b) We are the only Spanish school in Ecuador who has all of our 30 teachers with university degrees. They are constantly trained and all of them have at least 10 years experience teaching Spanish to foreigners.

c) Our teachers have university degrees in linguistics, Latin American literature, economics, international business, environment, journalism, tourism, etc.

d) We are also the only Spanish school in Ecuador who has the same Spanish school (Instituto Superior de Español) in other cities of our country i.e. Quito, Otavalo, Galapagos Islands, Baños, Amazon Jungle and offer Travelling classes through Ecuador.

e) Our profits are donated to protect the various types of forests in the country, to protect marginalized children and to develop educational programs in Ecuador.

FACILITIES

a) We offer our students the opportunity to learn Spanish rapidly and to explore Ecuador with our Traveling Classes. Our students can start in one of our branches, and then continue with their own program and teacher in one of the other locations if they wish.

b) During the week we organize optional social and educational activities i.e. cooking classes, free salsa lessons, visits to museums, etc. On the weekends we organize excursions to the cloud forest, indigenous communities, indigenous markets etc. These excursions include trekking, horseback riding, mountain biking etc.

c) Free internet service, volunteering opportunities, discounts for internal flight tickets including to the Galapagos Islands, best discount for boat trips to the Galapagos Islands, to the mountains and to the Amazonian jungle.

ACCREDITATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

a) We are accredited by the Minister of Education and Culture of Ecuador since 1988.

ADVANTAGES OF SCHOOL LOCATION

In Quito, in Otavalo in Baños and on the Galapgos Islands we are located in the heart of the city. In the Amazon jungle we are located in the area close to Coca.

AVERAGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS

We have around 30 students during rain season and around 45 students during dry season.

AVERAGE NUMBER OF LEVELS

We teach all levels all year round: Beginners, elementary, intermedium, advance and superior level Spanish.

AVERAGE AGE OF STUDENTS

The average of our students regularly run from 25 to 45 years old but we also offer Spanish classes and cultural experience for students from 5 years old to 80 years old - , teenagers, students, high school, university, diplomats, business men and women, military, teachers, all professions, retirees etc.

MINIMUM NUMBER OF WEEKS

1 week

NATIONALITY BREAKUP

Our students come from all Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Asia.

MINIMUM AGE

4 years old

OPENING HOURS

8am-12.30am and 1.30pm-5.30pm

DO STUDENTS KEEP PROVIDED MATERIAL?

Our students keep our books, notebooks and pens for themselves without extra charge.

MEALS PER DAY

1 WEEK