My son’s experience, 31 years after mine!!

When it came time to send my son to a Spanish language program in a Spanish- speaking country, I started by reconnecting with Intercultura. I studied at Intercultura in 1994, and it was an experience that has stayed with me for life. I loved the school, the teachers, my host family, the leap I made in speaking Spanish, and the beautiful countryside.

After reading the recent student reviews and the biographies of the qualified teachers on their website, I was happy to see that Intercultura has continued to thrive for over 30 years. I felt very comfortable sending him there - some of the wonderful administrators I had 30 years ago were still there, including the directors Adelita and Laura, two former teachers who started the school themselves.

My son studied at Intercultura for two weeks, this was in July of 2025. He spent one week at the beach campus in Samara and one week at the campus in Heredia. The class sizes were small - he was one of 4 students at the beach class and one of 3 in the Heredia class. The classes were super interactive with lots of focused conversation time and they were designed for teens, with topics he actually wanted to talk about. He said the school also offered lots of activities outside of class time and he was never bored, amazingly. One of the things he loved the most was making friends with Costa Rican kids that were at the school studying ESL (he is still in touch with with a few kids from there). His confidence speaking Spanish greatly improved and he had a lot of fun and a great learning experience at the same time.