Full-time Spanish courses in Guatemala

This course is designed for Spanish learners looking for an intensive language-learning opportunity that maximizes language exposure and classroom time. This program puts you in class 6 hours per day, 4 hours in small group classes and 2 hours in private lessons.

The number of hours tuition per day and length of your stay is entirely up to you and we will cater to your requirements. However, as a general guide we estimate that with 6 hours of tuition a day, a student will be able to use basic dialogue within 2 weeks, become proficient within 6 weeks and speak fluently within 12 weeks.

Our Super Intensive 30 Spanish program consists of 30 weekly classes and is perfect for students who are eager to learn Spanish in a short period of time without sacrificing the opportunity to immerse themselves fully in the Spanish culture. Our experienced teachers focus on student participation and interaction by using real-life situations and topics to increase students’ ability to develop authentic language skills that are useful in the real world.

This classic program - offered in every Latin America destination - is a general Spanish course that covers all the fundamental linguistic and cultural skills. You are guaranteed personal attention with a small class size across the board, and less in many destinations.

This course can include 30 Group lessons or 20 Spanish Group lessons plus 10 Private lessons depending on the chosen destination. It is meant to help you deepen your learning experience and to accomplish a higher level of proficiency of the Spanish language in a shorter time.

For our German students, all levels of our Spanish Immersion program are approved by the German government for use under Bildungsurlaub. This special program provides German employees with time and funding to take part in professional training, such as language studies.

This course combines volunteering with Spanish group classes. Volunteers usually work 3-4 hours per day in the morning and take 2 hours of Spanish in the afternoon.

This program combines a working experience in Latin America with Spanish private classes. Interns usually work 5-6 hours per day in the morning and take 1 hour of private one-to-one Spanish class in the afternoon.

The Bildungsurlaub Spanish Program at Celas Maya is designed for professionals and employees from Germany who wish to combine intensive Spanish learning with cultural immersion in Guatemala. The program is structured to meet the academic and intensity requirements commonly associated with Bildungsurlaub educational leave programs.