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Learn Spanish in Quito: Immersion in Ecuadorian Culture by David Joshua Jennings
Study in Ecuador: Quito's Spanish Language Schools are Many and Affordable by Heather Wynn
Language Immersion Vacations in Ecuador by Clay Hubbs
Spanish Language Study in Latin America by Volker Poelzl

If you do not see the language school you desire, look under Worldwide for language schools and programs located in several different regions.

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Centers for Interamerican Studies: Semester in the Andes
The Semester in the Andes is unique in that it combines an extended experience in one city--Cuenca, Ecuador--with a considerable amount of travel in the Andes. The program provides opportunities for students to study a range of topics in Latin America. The semester is divided into two academic terms, allowing students to begin with intensive Spanish courses and then choose from several options: further language courses, an internship or service learning project, or courses from several academic disciplines taught in either English or Spanish by an international faculty.

Dates: Annually, January-May (see web site for exact dates)
Contact: Director of International Programs
Telephone: (877) 2-CUENCA
Conact: PO Box 460577, Denver, CO, 80246-0577
Email: info@cedei.org
Website: www.cedei.org

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Spanish Language Classes in Ecuador
Join this fascinating GVI language course and live in the Ecuadorian Andes in the picturesque town of Otavalo. You will learn Spanish while experiencing the beauty of South America. For all levels of Spanish speakers, whether you have never spoken a word or you want to brush up on your existing skills, you can enroll in this Spanish School for any length of time, from one week upwards. Each week you will learn Spanish with twenty hours of one-to-one classes (based on skill level), and can practice with your host family and Otavalo’s locals anytime.

Dates: 1 to 4 weeks, Starts on the first and third Saturday of each month
Costs: From US$390 for 1 week
Contact in USA: Call toll free 888-653-6028
Contact in UK: 01727 250250
Website: www.gviusa.com

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All Languages Abroad — Spanish in Quito, Ecuador
Learn Spanish in Quito, Ecuador. Programs are open to all ages and language levels. Language Explorer includes 3 months in 3 Latin American cities. Volunteer Programs and Academic Credit also available.

Dates: Year Round.
Cost: From $750 for 2 weeks, including course and accommodation.
Contact: All Languages Abroad, 386 Ontario Street, Toronto, ON M5A 2V7 Canada.
Tel: 1-800-219-9924, 416-925-2112. Fax: 416-925-5990.
Email: info@languagesabroad.com.
Website: www.AllLanguagesAbroad.com.

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IMAC Spanish Language Programs: Ecuador
If you are looking for quality Spanish language schools, IMAC is recognized as one of the finest Spanish Language schools in Latin America and worldwide. Offering programs backed with over 36 years of experience, we have the best selection in Spanish Language courses, locations and extra-curricular activities. Let us help you choose the program that is just right for you in Ecuador: Quito, Galapagos Islands, Amazing Amazon or the Coast!

Dates: All year round
Cost: From 1 to 52+ weeks. Visit website.
Contact: IMAC Spanish Language Programs, Donato Guerra No.180 (Historic Downtown Area), Guadalajara, Jalisco 44100, Mexico.
Tel: 52 - 33 - 3613-1080. Fax: 52 - 33 - 3613-4621.
TOLL FREE: USA: 1-866-306 5040; Canada: 1-866-306 5040; England: 0-800-404 9844; Australia: 0-800-0611 0136;New Zealand: 0-800-449-282.
Email: Spanish-Imac@Imac-ac.edu.mx.
Website: www.Spanish-School.com.mx/ecuador/index.html.

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ViaSpanish: Spanish Courses Abroad
ViaSpanish strives to offer the most comprehensive and high quality course options for students seeking to study Spanish in Latin America. ViaSpanish has partnered with top language schools in diverse destinations throughout Latin America, enabling students to find first-rate programs, and travel and study in multiple destinations with ease. ViaSpanish students can expect excellent education, accredited schools, and qualified teachers at our partner schools around Latin America, and round the clock customer support from ViaSpanish program and school staff, ensuring student experiences run smoothly from the first day to the last.

Dates: Program start dates every Monday, year round.
Cost: Check website for program specifics.
Contact: ViaSpanish, Viamonte 927, 1º, Buenos Aires, Argentina, C1053ABS.
Phone (Argentina): +54 11 4322 0011. Fax: +54 11 4322 0011.
Phone USA/CAN: +1 800 VIA 0606. Fax: +1 415 236 6044.
Email: info@viaspanish.com
Website: www.viaspanish.com

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Languages in Action
Spanish Language Courses and Schools in Ecuador
Learn Spanish in Quito.
Languages in Action is the largest international organization of language centres worldwide. LIA offers a wide variety of high quality Ecuadorian language courses and culture immersion in cities throughout Ecuador. We aim to provide you with a memorable and useful experience of Ecuadorian culture and with that, all the joys that Ecuador has to offer. Our Ecuadorian language schools have been providing language courses for many years and are now established leaders in this field. Our schools are accredited and meet international guidelines in providing first class language instruction within friendly supportive environments.

Dates: All year round
Email: info@languagesinaction.com
Website: www.languagesinaction.com/spanish_courses/ecuador/index.php

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BridgeAbroad: Go Places! Spanish Language Immersion in Ecuador
Don’t just study a language—immerse yourself in it! BridgeAbroad programs combine intensive language instruction with exciting cultural activities so you can make the most of your time overseas. With our conversational language classes, you’ll be amazed how much you can learn in a short time, and how much fun you’ll have doing it! BridgeAbroad has over 25 years of experience and offers programs in ten languages in over 50 locations worldwide.

Website: www.bridgeabroad.com.

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Academia Activa - The Active Way to Learn Spanish in Ecuador
You may just come for holidays or to seek a more active way of spending vacations or to complete your professional studies. The Academia Activa offers different courses, lessons in groups, one-to-one lectures or specialized courses throughout the year. We organize your accommodation in host families or hostals and help with volunteer jobs.

Contact: info@activa-spanish.de, www.activa-spanish.com

Academia de Espanol Guayasamín
Spanish in Quito, Ecuador
Studying in one of Quito's safest neighborhoods, Guayasamín's students learn Spanish working one-to-one with qualified and experienced teachers. In addition to offering excellent Spanish instruction, Guayasamín arranges field trips, ecological trips, excursions to the jungle, mountain climbing trips, and much more. Due to its affiliation with the Univ. of Georgia, Guayasamín also offers its students the opportunity to participate in a variety of social programs aimed at improving the lives of Ecuador less fortunate. Contact Guayasamín today and start the experience of a lifetime.

Contact: info@guayasaminschool.com, www.guayasaminschool.com

Academia de Español Surpacifico in Ecuador
Ecological Volunteer Program
Study Spanish and volunteering on an ecological farm with full immersion in the Manabí farming community.

Contact: info@ecuadorspanishschools.com, www.ecuadorspanishschools.com

Academia Latinoamericana
Proud to be the friendliest Spanish school you have ever known. Family owned and operated. The program offers language study at 9 levels, for complete beginners through advanced. Experienced staff, native Ecuadorians. Carefully selected host families within walking distance of school. Exclusive "Cloud Forest and Galápagos" extension program, volunteer program. U.S. college credit available.

Contact: ecuador@access.net.ec, www.latinoschools.com.

Academia Kolumbus, Living and Learning Spanish in Ecuador
We are an international Spanish school in Quito, Ecuador. All year round we offer Spanish courses as one-on-one classes or in mini-groups. In addition, we organise internships in all subject areas. Language courses begin weekly on every Monday of the year for all standards: from those aimed at the beginner to those aimed at the professional translator.

Contact: info@academia-kolumbus.com , www.academia-kolumbus.com.

American Spanish School in Quito, Ecuador
Learn Spanish Perfectly at American Spanish School
This 4 to 12 weeks program is dedicated to provide foreigners with a high level Spanish starting from the beginning to advanced level. It is ideal for executives, translators, or other professionals that want to learn the language perfectly. It includes visits to places related with your interests. Also: Spanish for Travelers at American Spanish School. The tourist can take from 2 to 4 weeks of intensive Spanish which includes vocabulary related to trips, hotels, restaurants, markets.

Contact: info@americanspanishschool.com, www.americanspanishschool.com

APF Languages, Intensive Spanish Courses
Tailored One to one or group classes. We offer special courses of Medical Spanish, Spanish and Tours and Volunteer/Internships opportunities.

Contact: info@apf-languages.com, www.apf-languages.com.

Centro De Español Vida Verde
Intensive one-to-one Spanish immersion programs for students at all levels. Homestay with Ecuadorian families available, as well as, environmentally and culturally educational excursions to complement study program. Exciting Study in the Jungle and Study on the Coast programs available. A portion of profits support local conservation and community development projects.

Contact: info@vidaverde.com, www.vidaverde.com.

Colonial Spanish School, Quito Ecuador
The school provides Spanish lessons for all levels. Opportunities to live with and Ecuadorian family and social work.

Contact: info@colonialspanishschool.com, www.colonialspanishschool.com

Cristóbal Colón Spanish School in Quito, Ecuador
Spanish courses taught by professional teachers at the Cristóbal Colón Spanish School, a reputable school in Quito, Ecuador since 1996. Enjoy great savings by staying at our hostel next door while taking your Spanish lessons. Host families are also available.

Contact: info@colonspanishschool.com, www.colonspanishschool.com

EF International
Study Spanish Abroad! Modern Location, Modern School
Quito, Ecuador is a great place to learn Spanish! Our school is located in the contemporary part of the city, so you’re never far from cafés and shops. Outdoor adventures are nearby as well– hiking, mountain climbing, and biking. We offer special interest lessons including the culture of indigenous people and the social structure of Ecuador, as well as Spanish Exam courses. You’ll even have the opportunity to volunteer in local development projects. Meet the Ecuadorian students who also study here and practice your Spanish with locals.

Contact: isabel.reyes@ef.com, www.ef.com

Equinoccial Spanish School
Language school that arranges unpaid environmental or community work.

Contact: www.ecuadorspanish.com

ESL Company
Spanish Lessons in Ecuador, South America
High-quality Spanish schools in Ecuador, South America. Personal and free advising service. With ESL, we are the connexion, the world is yours!

Contact: info@esl.ch, www.esl.ch

Experiential Learning Ecuadorian Program (ELEP)
Internship, Volunteer and Spanish Courses in Ecuador. ELEP is a non-profit ecuadorian organisation, created to help students and professionals from all over the world to enrich their professional education by learning to understand and speak a new language (Spanish) accurately and fluently to apprecaite and feel at home in a host culture.

Contact: ELEP, Mosquera Narvaez 163 y America, Quito, Ecuador. Tel. 593 (0)2 2543231; programs@elep.org; www.elep.org

Fundación Brethren Y Unida
The FBU a non profit NGO hase designed 4 study abroad programs that are run in conjunction with Burlington College Vermont. College credit can be gained for a variety of experiences, from studying Spanish with native speakers, through living and working in rural farming communities to teaching in under resourced community schools.

Please contact either Peter Shear at casa@poetic.com or Stuart Franklin info@fbu.com.ec; website: www.fbu.com.ec.

Genesis Volunteer Program
Foreign travelers are invited to teach for a couple of hours a day in one of four schools in the coastal town of Bahía de Caráquez. Free local accommodation provided near beach and chance to take subsidized Spanish classes at the Escuela de Español.

Contact: Malecon 1312 y Ascazubi St, Bahía, Ecuador; 011-593-5-692400; www.bahiacity.com/volunteer.

Instituto de Espanol Indoamerica
Spanish in Ecuador
We are an international Spanish school. All year round we offer Spanish courses as one-to-one teaching. Highly qualified teachers, up-to-date materials and low tuition rates

Contact: info@indo-america.com, www.indo-america.com

La Lengua Language Schools & Tours
Integrating Culture & Tourism
4 Week intensive total immersion language program featuring one-to-one professional Spanish instruction, host family stay and extensive travel throughout Ecuador with your Spanish Professor. Travel to indigenous communities, the rainforest and Pacific Coast. This program provides real life contexts for language acquisition and cultural understanding.

Contact: infoecuador@la-lengua.com, www.la-lengua.com

Latin's Spanish Academy
Spanish in Quito, Ecuador
Learn Spanish with professionals and enjoy the best of Ecuador. Latin’s Spanish Academy offers individual and minigroup Spanish classes (2 to 5 students per room). Specific programs for travelers, medical doctors and free volunteering opportunities available.

Contact: contact@latinsacademy.com, www.latinsacademy.com

New World Cultures
Spanish Immersion in Ecuador
New World Cultures provides exciting and rewarding experiences through Spanish immersion and cultural exploration programs in Latin America, a diverse region that enchants visitors with snow-capped volcanoes, tropical beaches and lush rainforests. Our Spanish immersion programs in Quito and Cuenca offer one-to-one and small group classes, field trips, and accommodations with a local host family (or in a hostel or apartment).

Contact: info@newworldcultures.com, www.newworldcultures.com

Nuevo Horizonte
Spanish in Quito, Ecuador - LSA
Spanish school with a young work team. We understand needs of communication of travelers as we are young travelers too. Academic Spanish, Spanish for Travelers and Volunteering opportunities available.

Contact: srivera@latinsacademy.com, www.latinsacademy.com

Quito S.I. Spanish Institute
Spanish Courses and DELE examinations in Ecuador
As Associate Center to Instituto Cervantes of Spain, Quito S.I.Spanish Institute is a preparation and examination center for DELE (Diploma Español Lengua Extranjera) in all three levels on May, August and November.
Spanish and Volunteering
Quito S.I.Spanish Institute offers opportunities for students who wish to develop a wide variety of activities as volunteers. We train volunteers in the knowledge of the Spanish language to successful communicate, relate and help the community.
Medical Spanish
ThIs program gives those with the need to use Spanish in a medical setting (physicians, nurses, dentists and health assistants) the opportunity to focus their language learning while being immersed in the Ecuadorian culture.
The program includes formal classroom study, as well as visits to local hospitals, medical schools, rural health programs

Contact: cervantes@quitospanish.com, www.quitospanish.com

RUTA DEL SOL Spanish School
One-on-One Spanish Classes
Come to our beautiful country to learn Spanish! Learn and use your Spanish to travel through this diverse and stunning land. Climb its volcanoes. Explore the jungle. Relax on the coast. Go scubing-diving in the Galápagos. We are a small, friendly school, offering courses to all levels of students in one-on-one classes.

Contact: rutadelsol33@hotmail.com, www.rutasolacademy.com

San Francisco Language Institute
Study Spanish and volunteer work at the Asociación Exedra-María, which runs pre-school education centers in the province of Pichincha. Practical training and voluntary work placements according to each student’s preferences.

Contact: Av. Amazonas N22-62 y Ramírez Dávalos Edificio Vasconez, Oficina # 202, Quito, Ecuador; 011-593-2-252-1306; isflc@uio.satnet.net; www.sanfranciscospanish.com.

Simon Bolivar
Study Spanish in Ecuador
The best teachers in the area, free salsa lessons, cooking lessons, cocktail lessons, culture and history lessons and sports. Free internet service (wireless). Excellent location.

Contact: info@simon-bolivar.com, www.simon-bolivar.com.

Spanish Abroad
Learn Spanish in Ecuador
Spanish Abroad offers Spanish language programs throughout Latin America & Spain. Classes, accommodations, cultural activities, weekend excursions and more. General and specialized instruction such as medical programs, business programs internships, family, and group programs. Additionally we offer volunteer opportunities at select locations.

Contact: info@spanishabroad.com; www.spanishabroad.com

Spanish in the Middle of the World
Affiliated with Benedict International, Quito S.I. Spanish Institute, with 4 schools in town and 37 years language teaching experience, offers intensive and immersion one-to-one and group courses to fit all needs, levels, and ages. Accommodations in selected families or hostels. Social and cultural activities, trips, and adventures. Spanish for specific purposes.

Contact: benedict@accessinter.net, www.quitospanish.com.
The Spanish School
The Spanish School provides highly personalized, small group or one-on-one Spanish classes from our Spanish school in Quito, Ecuador.

Contact: info@thespanishschool.com, www.thespanishschool.com.

Travel Alive
Adventure, Language & International Volunteer Exchange
A truly fulfilling, year round travel experience with Spanish language classes, home-stay, and volunteer opportunities for all ages and backgrounds. Forge friendships, create goodwill, and perform meaningful service in communities throughout Nicaragua and Ecuador. Dedicated staff provides support throughout your program to create a personalized, unforgettable experience.

Contact:: info@travelalive.com, www.travelalive.com

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