COINED Antigua, Guatemala

COINED Antigua is the school in Antigua, Guatemala, of COINED, an organisation founded in 1971 to run exchange programmes between German and Argentinean high school students. COINED now runs Spanish schools and intercultural programmes in more than 50 cities in Latin America. Its courses follow six levels based on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), and its teachers are native speakers with degrees in education, linguistics and related fields.

• Intensive course: 20 group lessons per week
• Super intensive course: 30 group lessons per week
• Private lessons, also online (10 lessons per week)
• Spanish & Activities, Spanish & Professionals and a Senior Program
• Volunteer and internship programmes in Latin America

Groups have a maximum of eight students and lessons last 45 minutes. Courses start any Monday and last from 1 to 52 weeks; the minimum age is 16, and new students take a written and oral level test. COINED offers four types of accommodation: shared student apartments, student residences, hostels and homestays with local families, placed near the school and the city centre.