Course Description

Our Spanish language immersion offers levels which fall into three categories: beginner, intermediate, and advanced. All levels emphasize proficiency in communication in real life situations in the four skills of language.

Group Classes

Five hours of class per day. Six student maximum in group classes. Four hours of class and one hour of cultural exchange program, Monday through Friday. These courses focus on reading, writing, speaking and comprehension, and follow an established course content structure. New courses begin every Monday of the month.

Private Classes

You may arrange these from one to four hours per day (up to 8 hours by special request).. You may choose to follow the existing course structure, or you can focus on a specific area of interest. You can also combine private class in the afternoon with morning group classes. Private lessons may begin any day of the week, Monday through Friday.
With private classes (or custom groups) the content can include:
Spanish for Travelers, Spanish for the Clergy, Business & Finance, Spanish for Medical Personnel, Spanish for Social Services, Spanish for Teachers & School Personnel, Spanish for Law Enforcement.

Closed Groups

IMAC has worked with prestigious colleges and universities such as Oberlin College. We would be pleased to help you arrange a group specifically targeted to its needs.

College Credit

Transferable academic credit may be earned at IMAC at no extra cost. Since 1977 IMAC has been accredited by the Mexican Board of Education and the Secretariat of Foreign Relations. Because of this accreditation, almost all foreign universities will honor these credits. Upon request the school can document their standing with your college or university. It is always important for students to have transfer approval from their own college or university before beginning study.  IMAC grants six credit hours for 120 hours of group contact classroom instruction or for 80 hours of private instruction. This is the equivalent of one credit hour per week (20 hours) of group classes for the beginners course. The intermediate and advanced group classes are taught at an accelerated rate, and students receive six credit hours for 80 hours of group contact classroom instruction or 53 hours of private instruction. Course descriptions and titles can be tailored to your needs. For advanced cultural courses, students must take private instruction.

Approach and Schedule

IMAC’s intensive Spanish language programs focus on the needs of students, professionals, or individuals that would simply like to improve their Spanish language ability. Intensive Spanish language learning is made possible through close contact with native speakers and complete involvement in the Spanish language environment. 

With over 36 years of Spanish language instruction experience, the program in Guadalajara is designed to develop an overall fluency. In addition, studying Spanish in Mexico becomes simple as students find themselves completely immersed in using Spanish in every day conversation. It is a great opportunity for those that would like to study Spanish while on vacation in Mexico. The course material is designed to generate real language development. Every aspect of the course material, from vocabulary enhancement to the classroom conversation exercises, is focused on Spanish language fluency in real situations.. It uses an active communicative approach in which the students are asked to perform in real life situations with real purposes.
Daily Activities

9:00 AM to 11:00 AM Students are involved in direct Spanish language instruction with a native instructor. All areas of Spanish language fluency are developed.

11:00 AM to 11:15 AM Students go to break.

11:15 AM to 1:00 PM Intensive Spanish classes with your instructor resume.

1:00 PM to 2:00 PM In addition to the classroom instruction, you have unlimited access to our Multimedia Lab (email, Internet, interactive Spanish programs), free of charge. Our students are strongly encouraged to maximize their learning by attending our Multimedia Lab an additional hour daily, though you may use the Multimedia Lab for as long as you wish during school hours. This brings your number of hours to 25 weekly (20 hours of teacher instruction and a recommended minimum 5 hours of free lab time).

This is a service that will allow the Spanish language student to reinforce the skill areas of pronunciation, listening, reading and writing. The students´ individual interests and areas of need are addressed as they work on the area that they choose.

We also offer our students the opportunity to participate in a language and cultural exchange group, which will allow the student to practice his or her new language skills with native Spanish speaking students in a relaxed, informal setting. This activity is supervised by an instructor every afternoon, and is free of charge; therefore adding an optional additional hour of instruction per day. 
 

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