Our Spanish Programs in Nicaragua
From intensive full immersion to crash courses, medical Spanish to Nicaraguan literature — all designed for real language acquisition. All levels, all ages, flexible start dates.
From intensive full immersion to crash courses, medical Spanish to Nicaraguan literature — all designed for real language acquisition. All levels, all ages, flexible start dates.
The Spanish Full Immersion course is highly recommended to improve your Spanish language skills in a relatively short time by studying in the Granada Spanish school. Granada is home to high quality Spanish courses offered by one of the pioneers of Nicaragua Spanish Schools in Granada, the Instituto Lingüístico Inter-Cultural — the best organized, professional, and well-structured, and most academic among the Spanish language schools in Nicaragua.
The course is focused on developing the four language skills in a practical and communicative way, adapted to the level of the students. In most cases, a short interview in Spanish and a written test are to be taken by students on the first day of the course to measure the participant’s Spanish level.
The Spanish one-on-one lessons program is mainly offered in Managua city and near vicinities. It is the main and only linguistic product we offer in the capital of the country. The Instituto Lingüístico teachers are sent directly to the participant’s house, hotel, office, or apartment to avoid long distance rides in an unknown environment for a visitor. We do not have a school location in Managua but we do offer Spanish lessons with a private tutor one-on-one at the student’s own site.
The Instituto Lingüístico Inter-Cultural, as the pioneer in this kind of personalized service, offers reliable one-on-one classes and has trustful experienced instructors who will help you gain a quick advance in your Spanish. Spanish tutors available in Granada and Masaya; in Managua; at the beach in Masachapa, Pochomil, and Montelimar Beach Resort — and almost everywhere in Nicaragua upon request.
Available to missionaries, business people, foreign investors, and volunteers. The participants plan their own program to meet their needs at their own pace.
Personalized lessons and optional topics are the main characteristics of this program. The minimum program is four hours per week. The extension of the program and amount of class hours is decided by the student. Flexible schedule adjusted and adapted to the student’s time availability and needs.
This is a course structured in such a way that short term visitors are able to catch some Spanish language by studying some hours either in the morning or afternoons with our experienced Spanish instructors. The schedule is mainly Monday to Friday, either 15, 20, or 30 hours per week. Coffee at breaks.
The grammar topics are organized and taught according to the students’ interest and needs. Classes are at the school site unless the students would prefer lessons in their own site: hostal, hotel, apartment, or house upon request.
This is a course focused on the functional and specific Spanish language that travelers need to be able to communicate in the various contexts while travelling in Spanish-speaking countries in Central America and South America. The available schedule is mainly Monday to Friday, either in the morning or afternoon. Coffee at breaks. Filtered water available.
The grammar topics are organized and taught according to the students’ interest and needs. Classes are at the school site in Granada downtown unless the students would prefer lessons in their own site: hostal, hotel, apartment, or house upon request.
The Spanish crash course is for people who do not have much time to take a long week of lessons. Designed for short-term visitors in Nicaragua who are doing either tourism or business and need to learn the basic language expressions to communicate with people.
One or two days, a few hours of Spanish instruction with an experienced teacher, and you will be confident enough to start interacting with the Latin American culture and talking to people in Spanish. This course is available on any day of the week including on Saturday and on holidays, in the morning or afternoon. You can take one or two Spanish sessions per week. Lessons available in hotels, hostals, and Airbnb.
This program is oriented to students from public and private American and Canadian universities or colleges doing internships in Nicaragua through Non-Governmental Organizations. Focused on developing the four language skills — writing, listening comprehension, reading, speaking — in a practical and communicative way, the Spanish course promotes interaction with the Nicaraguan culture and the daily practice of the host language.
An oral and a written Spanish test are given at the beginning of the course to measure the student’s Spanish level and adapt the course for the class. Students are grouped generally in a 3–4 participant class as maximum and 1–2 student class as minimum depending on the level and number of registered students. The length of the program is the choice of the local representative host NGO or sponsoring University or College. Trinity College, Dordt College, and Calvet University are some of the American universities that have participated in this program.
Important: We are open, available, and willing upon request to organize any program and all the logistics for Universities interested in either a short-term or a Semester Academic Abroad Program in Nicaragua. University credits are accredited by the corresponding Universities in partnership with the Nicaraguan counterpart. The Instituto Lingüístico Inter-Cultural will be more than happy to help find host families in Granada, León, or any other location in Nicaragua.
Spanish Immersion and Ceramic courses are oriented to those who want to learn Spanish and be immersed in the local culture by getting in touch directly with people and workers, artisans and artists, visiting yet-predominant indigenous villages and interacting with the population. The course combines Spanish and special ceramic instruction in artisans’ workshops. It is offered individually or in small groups for the same price. Minimum program required is two weeks. Spanish language instruction is taught at the Granada downtown site.
The course does not prepare participants to be professionals in pottery-making in just a couple of weeks, but sets up the basic knowledge for further follow-up and development. Besides being educational and fun, the course provides a good challenge to self-discover your own skills, interact with live culture, and experience it. You can even get rid of stress!
Due to the fast-growing Spanish-speaking population in North America and Europe, learning Spanish has become not only a priority of huge importance for health care professionals, but of great benefit to medical personnel working in communities with large numbers of Spanish speakers — especially in the United States and Canada.
At the Nicaragua Spanish School Instituto Lingüístico Inter-Cultural, we have carefully prepared this Spanish course for medical students and doctors; nursing students and professional nurses; and all kinds of medical professionals working in hospitals and clinics in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. Oriented to health professionals already graduated and working in the medical fields, the course also enrolls nursing and medical students currently living and studying in large Spanish-speaking communities in North America.
This program provides realistic practical situations, specific vocabulary, grammar structures, and language to communicate with Spanish-speaking patients. Besides the opportunity to learn about Latin-American culture, the course enables you to improve your communicative skills with emphasis on oral communication. Instituto Lingüístico Inter-Cultural is the pioneer school — the first to offer the medical Spanish course since 2009. Our professional teachers are well experienced in teaching medical Spanish.
This Literature course is available for anyone who loves poetry, literature, and learning about different cultures. It is also oriented to students from public and private American and Canadian universities or colleges interested in learning about Nicaraguan Literature and Culture. The course is taught by professional teachers who are Nicaraguan poets or authors.
Focused on learning about the origins of Nicaraguan literature, participants will learn about the Modernism movement led by Rubén Darío — the greatest poet from León, Nicaragua — as well as post-modernism poets Azarías Pallais, Alfonso Cortés, and Salomón de la Selva. The vanguardism movement and its leaders — José Coronel Urtecho, Joaquín Pasos, Manolo Cuadra, Pablo Antonio Cuadra, and Luis Alberto Cabrales — will also be covered, along with post-vanguard poets from the 50s through the 80s, including Ernesto Cardenal, Rosario Murillo, and Gioconda Belli. During the course there will be a literary conversation session with a visiting poet in the class.
Requirement: Participants must have a good command of Spanish — University level 300/400, or B2/C1 minimum. C2/Conversational is perfect. University credits are a possibility and would be accredited by the corresponding Universities where participants are currently attending.
This History course is available for anyone who loves politics, social sciences, and learning about the epic revolutionary process which occurred in Nicaragua in 1979. The course is taught in Spanish and is focused on the rising Sandinista revolutionary process and the analysis of important events and background, starting back in 1893 with the liberal revolution led by General José Santos Zelaya, and the 1920s prior to the uprising of liberal General Augusto C. Sandino, who led a rebel movement against the US military occupation in 1927.
During the course there will be visits to historic sites related to the Sandinista Revolution in Managua and Masaya — field trips to the Plaza de La Revolución, Carlos Fonseca, Tomás Borge, and Coronel Santos López mausoleums; Loma de Tiscapa history park; and the Monimbó neighborhood in Masaya. There will also be interviews with veterans of the Revolution. The course will be taught by a professional Nicaraguan professor.
Requirement: Participants must have a good command of Spanish — University level 300/400, or B2/C1 minimum. C2/Conversational is perfect. Important: We are open and willing to organize any program and logistics for universities interested in a short-term or Semester Academic Abroad Program in Nicaragua.
The Spanish Immersion and Service-Learning Program is an educational trip aimed for teenage high school students from the United States and Canada. The purpose of this course is providing abroad opportunities to experience the culture of Nicaragua, get to know this interesting and beautiful Central American country, and make a social contribution in the local community through the service-learning project.
The course is focused on learning Spanish through language instruction and interaction with the locals. The program provides opportunities for students to enhance their culture, their world vision, and to expand their process of learning and practicing the Spanish language. A new language opens new doors to the world! Students participating should be 14 years or older and have their parents’ authorization.
Important: We are open, available, and willing upon request to organize any program, length to be determined, at any season of the year for High Schools interested in an educational trip to Nicaragua — available for Spring Break, summer, or fall. We will gladly organize and customize it.
The online Spanish course offers a great opportunity to learn Spanish at the comfort of your own house, office, hotel room, or apartment — at the beach, summer house, or wherever you are, either in your own country or any other country where you may be travelling for work or on vacation. You choose your place to study.
You just need a computer, a Zoom or Google Meet account, and a reliable internet connection. We offer a flexible schedule adapted to the student’s time availability. The minimum program required is two hours per week. The cost for one-on-one private lessons is calculated per hour. The extension of the program and amount of extra class hours is the student’s choice.
This Spanish Summer Immersion Trip to Nicaragua is a twelve-day amazing experience (including 2 days for arrival and departure), aimed at participants from the United States, Canada, Asia, and Europe. The purpose is providing abroad opportunities to learn and practice Spanish, experience the culture of Nicaragua through immersion into daily local life, travel and get to know the beauty of Granada city and surrounding authentic towns. Young adults, families with children, and groups of friends are welcome.
The participants will stay in Granada and will have some conversational and grammar Spanish instruction for 1–2 hours in the mornings from Monday through Thursday, with fruit and coffee breaks. Homestay will be provided with host families (two participants per family), all located near the school site — walking distance from the central park in the city’s downtown. The immersion trip includes excursions to crater lakes, active volcanoes, hammock and handicraft factories, picturesque villages, a lovely beach, and a boat tour on the big Lake Cocibolca.
Important: We are open and willing to organize this same trip at any season of the year for High Schools interested in an immersion trip to Nicaragua — available for Spring Break, summer, or autumn upon request.
Contact Raúl or Darling today and we’ll design the perfect Spanish program for your level, schedule, and goals — or register directly online.
Email: info@nicaragua-spanish-lessons.com · Ask for Raúl or Darling
Calle El Arsenal — South West corner of San Francisco Church, 2½ blocks East. Red house on the left.
Ask for Raúl Gavarrette or Darling Pérez.
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