Learning Spanish at the Cooperativa

At La Guarida, we offer dynamic Spanish programs tailored to your needs. Our Group and Private Programs provide a full immersion experience, combining structured lessons with engaging afternoon activities to practice Spanish in real-life situations.

If you're not looking for a full program, we also offer Private Classes for a more flexible learning experience. Additionally, our Specialty Private Classes focus on specific themes, led by experts in their fields. These top-quality courses emphasize creative and professional areas such as Latin American literature, cinema, art and art history, medical Spanish, and more. Whatever your goals, we have a Spanish-learning option for you!

TEACHING METHODS

TEACHING METHODS

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As a cooperative led by teachers, our goal is to teach you Spanish in such as manner that best sets the stage for you to become increasingly fluent. All of our classes are taught by Spanish teachers with years of experience, and some have taught for years in the premier language schools in Oaxaca. While most teachers know English and other languages, our philosophy is that language learning has to happen in the language being learned, so that the students are immersed in the language starting at the beginning level. This also means that speakers of any language who want to learn Spanish are welcome! 

We use a communicative method of instruction, in order to encourage engagement and allow our students to strengthen their communication skills.  This means that while we focus on grammar and value grammatical understanding and form, the classes are conversational and in general, playful as well. We seek to balance the development of all language learning skills—speaking, listening, reading, writing—but we are especially attuned to how important it is for our students to take advantage of their time in Mexico by speaking and listening to native speakers.  As such our classes are structured so that the students can actively engage in class at all times.

We offer classes at all levels and structure our classes based on the DELE system.

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 Immersive Activities

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We organize various tours and activities for our students, which include intercambio language exchanges (conversations between locals and students in English or another language & Spanish), short city tours and urban adventures, cineclub, cultural workshops, etc.

These are all included in the price regular Group Classes and Private Programs!