Academia Hispano Americana
Language school in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
The Academia Hispano Americana (AHA Spanish) is a Spanish language school in San Miguel de Allende, in the Mexican state of Guanajuato. It opened in 1959 and was the first school in the town to specialise in teaching Spanish as a second language. The school occupies an 18th-century colonial building with nine classrooms, a central patio and gardens, three and a half blocks from the main square.
- Intensive Spanish Program (an average of six hours of class a day)
- Two semi-intensive programmes
- One-on-one Spanish (Español Uno a Uno)
- Diploma in Spanish as a Second Language
All classes are taught in Spanish by native-speaking instructors. Average class size is four to six students, with a maximum of 12. The six levels of the core curriculum run from CEFR A1 to B2. In the afternoons, Spanish-language workshops and seminars on Mexican and Latin American culture, history and literature complement the morning classes.
The school places students with Mexican host families; it does not arrange other types of housing. Applicants are advised to send the application form at least one month before their intended start date.
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Programmes
- Intensive Spanish Program: an average of six hours of class a day
- Semi-intensive programme: four hours a day (three hours of class plus one seminar or workshop)
- Semi-intensive programme: three hours of class a day
- Español Uno a Uno (one-on-one classes)
- Diploma in Spanish as a Second Language, with an extra 20 hours of specialised vocabulary work
The core curriculum has six levels (Español I to VI), from CEFR A1 to B2. Afternoon seminars cover Mexican history and literature; workshops include pronunciation and diction, and folk singing and dancing.
Housing
The Academia places students with Mexican host families that the school knows personally. Stays are full board (three meals a day) in a single or double room, and families take dietary needs into account. A US$30 placement fee is paid to the school; the stay itself is paid directly to the family in cash, in dollars or pesos, at least ten days at a time and in advance. The school does not arrange any other type of accommodation.
Subjects taught
- Philology, Languages, Literature
- Language Courses
- Language Courses and Cultural Immersion Programs
- Spanish Language and Literature (in Language Schools)