CENTRO
PANAMERICANO DE IDIOMAS - CPI
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LANGUAGE
INSTITUTE
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Location
(" great," " safe," "beautiful"): •
Monteverde is great, and teachers are wonderful,
lot to do. • Heredia
and Monteverde were the best campuses to go
to for the education. • Monteverde Costa
Rica is a great place with wonderful, friendly
people, an interesting culture, and lots of
ecological conservation and bio diversity.• The
location is very tranquil and peaceful. I felt
welcome the first day I arrived. • ...excellent
seafood, beautiful weather. • I felt
extremely safe my entire stay-whether I was
traveling or walking around at night, whether
I was in the city or the country. Host
families "great,": • The
host family was incredibly hospitable. Culture
and people ("fascinating," "nice," "helpful," "fun
loving," "gentle," "friendly"): • The
culture was fascinating.• Ticos are
fabulous people.... • The people in Costa
Rica are the nicest you will ever run into. • Costa
Ricans are very accommodating and patient,
even townspeople not associated with the school." " The
people in Costa Rica were very nice and polite. • The
people are nice, friendly, and fun loving.
They talk to complete strangers as if they
have known them forever. They love to talk
and they love music and dancing.• ...
treated Americans with respect. Learning
experience ("immersion," "exceeded
expectations," "great"): • ...
the actual learning experience exceeded any
class (Span 11-112-211-etc) at NMSU. • ...total
immersion forces you to learn.... • I
learned more spanish than I thought was possible.
I came back close to fluent. Administration
and Academics ("Organized," "friendly," "helpful," ): • The
service and classes provided are great. I was
treated like a family member and every thing
was just great. • The organization was
impeccable.... • ...the school is set
up very well and they basically cater to all
the students’ needs. • The teachers,
staff, and host families were extremely friendly. • ...the
instruction was great and the staff was extremely
helpful. • It was a great school, good
staff and program. • The teachers and
staff in Heredia were incredible. The teaching
methods were very effective. • I enjoyed
the interchanging of teachers and the various
teaching methods. Activities ("lots
to do," "rain forest," "beach"): • ...there
is a lot of stuff to do from going to the movies,
discos, or outdoors. Cost: • Cheap.... Other: • I
want to go back. Went 3 months and I learned
a lot of Spanish. • NMSU was very helpful
and organized and CPI was extremely professional.
Cost
("expensive"): • If
money is not a big deal go to CPI-Costa Rica,
however,
if it is I would recommend Mexico instead. • ...it
is fairly expensive and CPI is always trying
to get your American dollar any way they
can. Environment for learning Spanish
("Too much English spoken"): • It
is almost impossible to avoid speaking English
outside of class. • Not for advanced
speakers. Methodology: • ...
wish they taught more conversation and less
writing. • If misplaced in level on
test, may be hard to move to another level.
Need
to be less rigid on this. Locations: • Monteverde
doesn't have paved roads and the weather
is cooler. • Be aware you are in a
developing country and will have to do without.
Flamingo not as good as Heredia and Monteverde. Organization: Felt
it was disorganized, bus reservations messed
up. • Heredia better organized than
Monte Verde and Flamingo. Teachers: All
were fantastic, except one was rude my last
week. Weather: Rainy season
can be difficult because of the constant
rain.
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