About La Ceiba
La Ceiba (pop. 80,000) is the third largest city in Honduras and is located on the Caribbean coast. It is the country's most vibrant city with nightly entertainment. The city is friendly with an international atmosphere and is easy to walk around. There are lots of nearby Eco-activities. You will find plenty of opportunities to speak Spanish!
Spanish Course for Healthcare Professionals
CASS has created this Spanish Course for Medical students and Professionals nurses and medical teams to answer the growing demand for relevant knowledge of Spanish amongst doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers. It is oriented towards improving students basic vocabulary related to healthcare, so that she/he can communicate respectfully and effectively with Spanish speaking patients and their families. Click here for more information.
Private Intensive Spanish Language Program
One-on-One Intensive Spanish instructions include conversation, vocabulary, studies of grammar, reading comprehension, composition, the experience of real life Spanish situations, also and a diploma upon completion.
Classes are held in the mornings, with the afternoons and weekends free for recreation and most importantly, time to practice Spanish, through immersion in the local culture.
- Levels offered: Beginner to Advanced
- Classes per week: 20
- Length of each class: 50 minutes
- Length of course: Minimum 1 week
- Maximum number of students per group: 1
- Minimum age: 6 (All students under 16 must be accompanied by an adult)
- Start Dates: Start any Monday
Price
Application and materials fee $50. Price includes grammar text and workbook, free Internet access, and airport pickup (in La Ceiba). We often offer discounted prices. Please email us for current prices: info@ca-spanish.com
1 week |
Tuition cost |
Home stay |
Total cost |
20 hours |
$150 |
$ 70 |
$220 |
· Extra home stay days: $10/day
· Home stay air-conditioning upgrade: Add $50/wk
· The students will receive a t-shirt and a book bag for bring the book every day while you are attending the Spanish classes.
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Group Intensive Spanish
This program has the same characteristics as the Individual program, but is given in groups of up to 4 students maximum.
· Levels offered: Beginner to Advanced
· Classes per week: 20
· Length of each class: 50 minutes
· Length of course: Minimum 3 weeks
· Maximum number of students per group: 4
· Minimum age: 18
· Starting dates: any Monday
Price
Application and material fee $50. Price includes grammar text and workbook, free Internet access, and airport or bus station pickup. We often offer discounted prices. Please email us for current prices: info@ca-spanish.com
1 week |
Tuition cost |
Home stay |
Total cost |
20 hours |
$100 |
$ 70 |
$170 |
Note: If at the moment to start the classes there are not another student for a group or with the same Spanish level, the students will then receive 15 hours per week with a private professor.
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Accommodation information in La Ceiba
There are apartment available as follows:
a-
Apartment with furniture; TV; A/C; excellent area,
For $400 per month, includes also the laundry
b-
Apartment with furniture; TV; A/C; excellent area-
For $330 per month- laundry
c -
Apartment with furniture; TV; A/C; excellent area-
For $275 per month - laundry
Note: The students can get any of the 3 options in the apartment for the price of $17 per day, in case that will be attending the program in La Ceiba just for 1 or 2 weeks
Guesthouse “Banana Republica”
Dormitory |
Double |
$12.50 P.P. |
$25 PRM |
Breakfast
|
$ 6.00 |
Lunch |
$ 6.00 |
Dinner |
$ 8.00 |
Big, Bright dorms, hot water, bathtub-
(Laundry, Internet tropical garden, bar, outdoor café available for extra cost)
* For the prices of GUESTHOUSE service available $20 of commission per week for agencies
Note: The prices for the guesthouse and food services are per day; the cost per week will be as follows:
Guesthouse:
A- Dormitory= 1 week for the cost of $87.50- per person.
B- Double = 1 week for the cost of $175.00- Per a couple.
Food:
Breakfast ($6.00 per dish); $42 per 1 week.
Lunch ($6.00 per dish); $42 per 1 week.
Dinner ($8.00 per dish); $56 per 1 week.
Home stay service
For the price of $70 per week
* Private room with host family
* 3 meals daily
* Walk distance from the home to the school.
Home stay service with A/C
Home stay air-conditioning upgrade: Add $50/wk
Hotel service
Private room, private bath, fan, TV for $15 per day.
Price is per person.
Private room, private bath, A/C, TV for $25 per day.
Price is per person.
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CULTURAL ACTIVITIES
After classes and on weekends we offer a wide selection of activities, conducted in Spanish (the majority involve no extra charge). Students should check the notice boards in reception daily for times, sign-up sheets and specific information. We encourage all students to participate in as many activities as possible, as you will find they greatly enhance your understanding of, and connection to, the culture.
IN LA CEIBA:
HONDURAN AND LATIN DANCE CLASSES
From Monday through Thursday you have the opportunity to participate in classes where you will learn salsa, merengue, and PUNTA the most popular dances in Honduras. This is a popular dance from the Garifuna people in Honduras; this enables you to go out to discos and dances with confidence and interacts on a fun social level with Honduran People. (For $5 per person)
HONDURAN COOKING CLASS
Once a week we teach students how to make typical HONDURAS dishes, a nice skill to take home and share with friends and family; you will learn to make TORTILLAS and BALEADAS, CASABE and much more! ($50 during 3 days)
HONDURAN / LATIN-AMERICAN LECTURES
We hold periodic talks and informal gatherings which cover a diverse range of subjects and inform students about topics such as the ecology and environment of HONDURAS, Latin-American literature, politics, women's studies and other socially and culturally related themes.
FILM NIGHT
Once a week we show a film in Spanish, an entertaining and practical way to practice the language.
INTERCAMBIOS
During these cultural exchanges Spanish students meet with HONDURAN English students at the school to practice conversation skills (in both languages) in a relaxed atmosphere, and to make new friends from the local community.
EXCURSIONS
Every day the student receive a plan with activities after classes and also, on weekends we host excursions to many different parts of the country: Possibilities range from relaxing on a white sand beach, to studying the complex ecosystems of the National Park Pico Bonito( $35 per person ), Cacao Lagoon ($25 per person ), Genetic Bank of Plants ($6 per person ), Rafting Cangrejal River ($35 per person ), Canopy Cangrejal River ($35 per person , included overnight for free in the Jungle River loges Lodge), Maria River ($6 per person ), Cuero y Salado wildlife refuge ($40 per person) to watching the Natural rain forest during the week we take students to theaters, museums, nearby beach ($5 per person )- Fly and insect Museum ($3 per person ), horseback riding , rafting , transportation in Roma next to the national Park Pico Bonito ($65 per person ), Trip to Cayos Cochinos, snorkel, and snack included for $90 per person, excursion for 1 day); trip to Cayos Cochinos, Diving, and included for $135 per person, excursion for 2 days, 1 night hotel and 3 meals included).
PAINTED a GIFT
Once a week the students going to the school to learn how to paint a souvenir (from $10 per person).
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