# Spanish language classes abroad?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-language-classes-abroad/49643>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 12, 2001, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-language-classes-abroad/49643 "2001-01-12T04:30:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zap\_Rowsdower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3da27b/32.png) [@Zap\_Rowsdower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zap_Rowsdower)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-language-classes-abroad/49643/1 "2001-01-12T04:30:50Z")

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Greetings all,

Can anyone tell me of a good Spanish language camp. I would like to learn Spanish and feel the best way is to immerse myself in it. I am nervous about some of the countries I have read about that offer such courses because of much political instability in South and Central America. I would prefer a two or three week type course at a fairly reasonable cost. Also, has anyone tried it? What did you think? How was the experience? Any related info would be much appreciated.

TIA

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-language-classes-abroad/49643/2 "2001-01-12T06:40:31Z")

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I wouldn’t lump all the Latin American countries together. Chile is a good deal more stable than Guatemala. I don’t think you need to leave the country if you don’t want to. I believe there are colleges and private companies in the U.S. that offer summer language programs like those you describe.

[Programs, mostly outside the Spanish-speaking world](http://www.studyabroad.com/simplehtml/languages/spanish_elsewhere.html)

[Programs, mostly in the Spanish-speaking world](http://www.studyabroad.com/simplehtml/languages/spanish.html)

[more links](http://www.baylor.edu/~MFL/les.html#spanish)

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**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-language-classes-abroad/49643/3 "2001-01-12T07:38:46Z")

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Spain’s pretty stable, if you don’t mind the occasional ETA bomb.

I did a course there called Madrid Plus. It was pretty good and the price was very reasonable (it’s been a few years, though). The one thing I’d say is that you absolutely HAVE to live with a Spanish-speaking family if you really want to improve your language skills.