Intensive Spanish Immersion Program in Heredia, Costa Rica

My trip to Costa Rica was my first time traveling solo out of the country. Deciding to make it a Learning Vacation was the best decision for me. Tico Lingo offered me a welcoming airport pickup, a caring home stay, and multiple educational experiences. My stay included 1 week of group Spanish classes and 4 free days; I wish I could've stayed so much longer. Additionally, I loved that I could continue my practice of yoga and dance classes while engaging in Spanish immersion. The ease of signing up for an adventurous excursion (that included breakfast, lunch, transportation, and a guide) was such a delight. My initial worries were eased the moment I met my Costa Rican family. They treated me like a longtime friend; they even accommodated my dietary needs. We enjoyed breakfasts and dinners together, talked and even played chess together. After my return to the states, we have continued to stay in touch. I also met other students at Tico Lingo with whom I shared fun times at a night club, farmers market, and hot springs. I had a lot of firsts on this trip, and all of it is because I chose Tico Lingo and I'm so thankful I did. I hope to visit Costa Rica AND Tico Lingo again soon.

My experience at Tico Lingo was great! I participated in a 3-week program (1 week of group classes + 2 weeks of private classes) with two different instructors. My time in class was a good mixture of technical training, to include grammar and vocabulary, combined with conversational training to enforce the skills I had learned. I really enjoyed my group classes, but I learned so much in my private classes. They were personalized to the specific areas I needed to work on--challenging yet beneficial. My host family was hands down the best! They were so accommodating and really treated me like a member of the family. They did not speak English, so I had even more opportunity to practice speaking Spanish. I opted for a longer walk to school which turned out to be pretty nice because every day I could explore the different shops, restaurants, cafes, and landmarks of the city. I also love how central Heredia is as it makes traveling to other parts of Costa Rica so easy. The people are friendly, the food is so good, the area is safe, and Tico Lingo will always hold a special place in my heart.

I absolutely loved my time at Tico Lingo, studying and taking classes and with my host family!! The combination of the two drastically helped accelerate my Spanish language skills! I completed 6 weeks (1 week of group only classes and 5 of private and group classes) I had two different teachers and loved the combination of both of their teaching styles. I was at an intermediate level coming here but could not fluidly have conversations as much and would confuse my Grammer tenses often. I can more fluidly have conversations now and have a better grasp on Grammer also! I also love my host family I was paired with and as someone with a lot of dietary restrictions I was worried but it was a great pairing! I would definitly visit again!

During my three weeks at Tico Lingo (1 week group classes, 2 weeks both group + private classes) I have improved my Spanish significantly. Literally everything is taught in Spanish and also at my home stay family we would only speak Spanish, which I believe is the best way to efficiently learn/improve a new language. The staff are super kind and caring and make sure you feel at home. Heredia is not too interesting, but a safe city with some nice cafes/sightseeings and centrally located for weekend trips. I would definitely recommend Tico Lingo and sleeping at a Tico Family!

First of all, I did the intensive. In my opinion it is important to maximize your time while there. I got two different professors--both great--with two different teaching styles, personalities and approaches. That really helped my understanding. I have been studying on my own for a while now. I really needed a total immersion. My own schedule (My wife and I travel a lot and are very involved with our grandchildren) limited me to two weeks. More would have been better. I am already enrolled for another two weeks, six months from now, and am really looking forward to it. Between now and then, I plan to review and expand upon what I learned so that I can really magnify it in my next two week session.

I had such an amazing experience at Tico Lingo. I did 6 weeks. I ended up having 4 of the teachers there, and each teacher was amazing. They were patient, understanding, *funny*:) My host family was absolutely amazing. The meals were amazing, the conversations were amazing, the family itself was buena gentexD Before I came, I knew a little spanish but I wasn’t able to hold a conversation. But now I can hold a convo and get around CR with no problem. I’m definitely returning someday to improve my spanish/become fluent

This is my second time visiting Tico Lingo, and I had an even better time than before! The school has grown leaps and bounds, and I was able to learn and practice my spanish more than I imagined. I highly recommend this school to anyone that wants to learn spanish, meets lots of people, explore a cool city, stay with a great homestay family, and even learn how to cook traditional Costa Rican Foods! I will most certainly go back to visit again, I can't think of any place better to learn Spanish. Overall the school, the program and the whole team at Tico Lingo is A+++

I’m so glad I went ahead and signed up with tico lingo, I loved it there and wish I could’ve stayed longer but couldn’t because of my visa. The staff are like family and the program is awesome. I love how the classes are no more then 5 people, they really focus on making sure you are comfortable with the materiel being taught ( being on your level) we also did many other things other then learning. Together with other students we checked out other cities in the country, we did a lot of hikes, sight seeing, activities like water rafting/ zip lining/ ATV riding. It was all just awesome.