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Affordable Spanish Immersion Gap Year Programs
Affordable Spanish Immersion Gap Year Programs

Affordable Spanish Immersion Gap Year Programs

April 23, 2020

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You’ve finished high school and want to explore the world and improve your Spanish along the way. How can you choose a program that doesn’t deplete your college fund?

Enter InterExchange: a non-profit provider of life-changing international experiences for students and young adults for more than 50 years. InterExchange helps you build your own affordable Spanish learning adventure across multiple countries.

Participants in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica
Participants in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica
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Immerse yourself in Costa Rica, Guatemala, or Peru with classes, host family accommodation including breakfast and dinner, optional tandem language exchanges with locals, and cultural activities. Join a family on the Language Homestay Spain program, teaching English to the children of your family through informal lessons in exchange for room and board, all while continuing to improve your Spanish.

Allyson M. in Toledo Spain during her Language Homestay program
Allyson M. in Toledo, Spain, during her Language Homestay program
Image courtesy of Allyson M.

Tell us where and how long you’re hoping to travel, and we’ll help you find an itinerary that works at your price point.

Sample Itinerary

Start your adventure in Guatemala.
Start your adventure in Guatemala.

Weeks 1-4: Guatemala

Start in the quaint, colorful, and historically rich Antigua, Guatemala, where you’ll stay with your first host family and take 20-30 hours Spanish each week. Join optional language exchanges with local English learners and weekly cultural activities. Weekends are free for exploring!

Weeks 5-8: Costa Rica

Continue at the beach in Costa Rica.
Continue at the beach in Costa Rica.

Weeks 9-12: Spain

Continue your language-learning journey near the beach in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica. By now, you’ll be more comfortable chatting in Spanish, but your lessons will continue throughout the weekdays with weekends to check out the best beaches and tropical rainforests!

Complete your program with a month in Spain.
Complete your program with a month in Spain.

Complete your adventure as a host family’s English tutor in Spain while improving your Spanish and picking up on a different dialect. Most host families are near Madrid, and you’ll have plenty of time for weekend trips to cities like Barcelona, Seville, and Granada.

International learning should be accessible to all students and youth. InterExchange is committed to helping you find a way to make it happen.

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Immerse yourself in a new culture, gain valuable skills, and form lifelong connections. Find out more to start your journey today.

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James has led international programs and worked with students in a variety of countries and settings throughout his career. This experience combined with his academic focus in intercultural communications made him an incredible part of the InterExchange team. James managed the programs for U.S. citizens at InterExchange.

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