Educational Opportunities & Language Schools

• Academy New Learning Be Differen t !! Enjoy a new and exciting method of learning:"Natural and practical 100% ". A friendly atmosphere; tours, activities and much more are waiting for you !!

• Live & Learn Spanish. For just $175/wk immerse yourself in a typical little Costa Rican village. Price includes 20 hrs. of Spanish instruction, homestay with Costa Rican family, 3 delicious meals a day, laundry and airport (San Jose) transfers. This community-based language school has been setup as a non-profit to be run by the community, for the community.

• Centro de Idiomas del Pacífico Enjoy learning Spanish on the beaches of Manuel Antonio. Quality teaching, optional homestay. Friendly and relaxed atmosphere. Sounds good doesn't it?
  
  
• Centro de Idiomas Intercultura Two campuses, beach and city, academic credit, homestays, cultural activities calendar, latin dance classes daily, and volunteer programs.

• Centro Internacional de español y cultura Personalized attention, small groups and private tutoring, classes focused in oral comunication and cultural learning, cultural activities trips, volunteer program and more!

• Conversa Established in 1975. Spanish Programs at two locations, Santa Ana campus and San Jose in-town school. U.S. college credit available.
  
  
• Cosi A Spanish language school in Costa Rica that offers intensive Spanish classes beginning each week all year round, at the city and at the beach.
  

• CPI Spanish immersion programs at THREE fully established campuses. See the most stunning locations of Costa Rica: the Monteverde Cloud Forest,Flamingo Beach and Heredia while receiving the same high quality Spanish instruction.
  

• CRLA - Costa Rica Language Academy Costa Rican owned and operated language school offering first rate Spanish instruction by professional, qualified teachers, in a warm and friendly environment.
  
  
• D'Amore Beach and Spanish all in one! Beautiful Manuel Antonio is the location of this incredible school. A la playa!
  
  
• El Paraiso School Study spanish in a tropical paradise and enjoy classes of surf, dance, cooking, cultural activities, all included.

• Forester Instituto Internacional Spanish language school offers professional instruction, homestays,
  excursions program, U.S. academic credit.
  
  

• ILERI Costa Rica Escazu / Panama city & Bocas del Toro: ILERI is a small institute in Escazú. You will have the option of staying with a costarrican family .We have programs for people of all ages.
  
  
• IECR Instituto de Español "Costa Rica" We offer high quality immersion programs, Specialized Spanish (Medical, Legal and Religious Spanish) as well as professional internships in a friendly environment. Special "2 X 1". Auch in DEUTSCH.

• Intensa Your best choice to learn spanish and visit the most exciting places in Costa Rica. College credits. Special rates for groups.
  
  
• Institute for Central American Studies Mesoamerica Language Program Come to Costa Rica, learn a new language, enjoy a new cultural experience; we offer an intensive, accredited, conversationally-oriented Spanish program at all levels.

  

• Instituto Guanacasteco Tropical Samara Beach and the colonial town of Nicoya. Two locations to better serve you in pristine Guanacaste province. Surrounded by national parks and reserves.
  
  
• The Corcovado Foundation is a non profit organization dedicated to protecting the natural resources of the Osa Peninsula and Corcovado National Park, especially by stopping illegal hunting and logging.

• Universal de Idiomas For-credit and non-credit courses in small, personal classroom settings. Over 18 years experience.
  
  
• Wayra Spanish Institute Spanish at Tamarindo Beach. Learn in nature, speak in scenic splendor, pronounce in paradise. Lots of activities: surfing, diving, golf, horseback riding... Auch in DEUTSCH.

Non-Profit Organizations and Study Centers and Internships

FLACSO(Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences): all of Flacso Costa Rica's published materials are available to purchase on-line direct from the center.

Biology and Ecology Courses

TROPICAL SCIENCE CENTER ANDMONTEVERDE CLOUD FOREST PRESERVE: Tropical Dendrology and Birding courses lastingtwo-three weeks are offered every year.

The Carbonera School is located on the Osa Peninsula in Southwestern Costa Rica. At a gathering of neighbors in January 1991 the idea of a community school was shifted from a dream into action. This dream is kept alive through generous donations of Lapa Rios' guests and the hard work of the community.

Other educational resources in CR

• K12 Link in Costa Rica
  KIDLINK contact: Vigny Alvarado Castillo, (valvarad@arenal.uned.ac.cr)
  Universidad Estatal a Distancia, San Jose, Costa Rica.
  TEL: (506) 533-2121, FAX: (506) 533-4990
• Costa Rica Books Online