Spanish Lessons in Montanita, Ecuador

Academia Montanita:
Based in Montanita, western Ecuador, we offer top quality Spanish lessons at Montanita Spanish Language School. The school in is special, and we want to invite you to become part of it. We invite you to learn Spanish in Ecuador with us. You will take home found memories, make lifetime friends, and of course improve your ability to speak and write Spanish.

Mini Group Spanish:
Montanita Spanish Spanish School provides small mini-group Spanish. We pride ourselves on the quality of these courses. There is 4 lessons per day, 5 days per week. With 6 different ability groups you will be with others also keen to learn, at the same level. By having others in your class it is an excellent way to stay motivated, practise what you a e learning. and to meet other students.

Classes consist of 2 hours of largely Grammar based learning. We still try to make it fun! Then there is 2 hours of more conservational or activity based Spanish, to put into practise what you have learnt. We have found this approach to be extremely effective. The groups are very small, normally 3-5 persons. in fact the maximum per class is only 5! So you will gets lots of attention, and your learning needs are catered for. Occasionally we will not met our minimum numbers per class in your ability group. In this case your lessons will be replaced with 15 hours of private one on one lessons.

Private Spanish Lessons:
Some people learn best with individual attention. If this is you, then we suggest our private classes. With our teacher only focused on your needs, you can guarantee that you will learn quickly and efficiently. This is often the best route to take if you are limited on time, or if you have specialised Spanish to learn, or just because it suits your learning style best.

The teacher will be following a well proven course syllabus, but is free to concentrate on any weaknesses you have, or to discuss in conjunction with you, and areas you want to work on. Our teachers are all qualified professionals and with private classes your Spanish will improve rapidly.

Medical Spanish:
For many health care professionals, Medical Spanish is increasing becoming essential. We can provide Five excellent options for medical professionals and medical students. This involve practical 'hands on' experience. You can also choice to have a variety of 'second world' medical experiences by combining some of the below programs.

This is your opportunity to provide much needed help to often poor communities, and also to gain valuable practical experience. Our feedback has always been that this is a full on, practical options.

For 4 or more hours per day you will learn Medical Spanish with our professional teacher, who has had years of experience teaching medical Spanish. Five days per week you will also have a medical internship at the local Hospital in Manglaralto (2 miles for our school, and a 25 cent bus ride). This small rural hospital is an excellent option. The hospital is very busy, and deals mainly with poor people from the surrounding rural areas and small 'pueblos'. It has a very good range of facilities including emergency, x ray. The hospital is extremely interested in receiving both qualified medical professionals, and medical students

Eligibility
Health professionals or anyone studying in health related fields such as pre-med, med, doctors, nurses, dental students, nursing students, EMTS.
Level of Spanish. no specific level needed. Many volunteers study for a few weeks full time medical Spanish before starting the volunteer work at the hospital to improve their Spanish levels

Spanish & Surf:
Montañita is the home of surfing in Ecuador, and known as one of the best sites anywhere in South America! If you can already surf, just take some of the Spanish and head for the break! If you can surf, and always wanted to, or are a beginner why not combine your Spanish by taking surfing lessons? Montaniita is one of the best places you could possibly find to start your new surfing passion!

First, there is very CONSISTENT waves ALL YEAR! The waves are very manageable at low tide for beginners, and are bigger and more powerful at high tide. Also, The closer to the point you go, the bigger the wave sets are. Therefore you can choose your level of surfing very easily. This makes Montanita perfect for all levels and abilities from beginners to very experienced.

Spanish & Dive:
A great way to see Ecuador is below the surface! This area of the Pacific coast has excellent diving opportunities. It is a great combination. Learning Spanish in the morning right on the beach, and Diving in the afternoon. With 'El Pelado' (the best diving around, and many put on a par with diving in the Galapagos) just offshore, and La Viejita, Punta 40, Salanyo and Isla Del Plata not far away, Montanita is a great place to base yourself

If you are already an experienced Diver we suggest your take our package of Spanish with 6 dives per week (3 two tank dives). You can easily upgrade to more dives if you wish. There is 50 Dive locations from Montanita, so you have a lot of variety! Or, you can take our dive professional course. This is combining Spanish with becoming a professional PADI Dive Master. Spanish (after English) is the second most important language for Dive instructors to learn for employment. So this is an increasingly popular course (and one of the few like it in the world!). What better place than near the Ecuador, with warm water, tropical fish, whales, dolphins, soft and hard corals!

El Pelado is 20 minutes off shore, and a truly stunning dive location. Having the same type of current systems as Galapagos, it brings a huge variety of fish and coral life. It is know for LOTS of fish life and very good soft and hard corals. You are very likely to see the following fish in numbers: Barber , Porcupine, Triger, Moorish idol, Flute, Trumpet, Parrots (big!), Surgeon, Puffer, file, butterfly, scorpion, Gringos, Yellow snapper, Hog, Damsel. Goby.
In numbers there is also Guitar sharks/rays, Wahoo, Tortugas (tortoises), Spotted rays, manta rays, eagle rays and in season (July to October) many Whales. Nothing is more incredible than swimming amongst the whales!

If you are a beginner we suggest that you take our Spanish and Open Water package. This includes 20 hours of group Spanish (or 15 hours of private) per week for 20 weeks, and a full PADI open water certification course (the most popular learn to Dive certification in the world.) Learn with our professional dive company to Dive safely. A very popular package.

As well as recreational diving there is also excellent training opportunities. Our Dive centre offers Open Water, Advance open water, rescue, Dive master, assistant instructor and many PADI specialty courses.The Dive maser course is a 8 week course including full intern training, and over 30 dives. Learn Spanish and become a dive professional working as a Dive master! Learn Spanish and see the underworld in Montanita!