Comments on: How To Arrange a Spanish Immersion Experience Abroad http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/09/how-to-arrange-a-spanish-immersion-experience-abroad/ Raising bilingual and bicultural kids Thu, 26 Jul 2018 07:12:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 By: My Recommendations for Immersion Travel in Peru |SpanglishBaby™ http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/09/how-to-arrange-a-spanish-immersion-experience-abroad/#comment-393498 My Recommendations for Immersion Travel in Peru |SpanglishBaby™ Tue, 13 Aug 2013 16:53:31 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=27549#comment-393498 [...] previous SpanglishBaby posts about our travel experiences always included information about our activities, our Spanish classes, and the home-stays. In the comments section, there were often requests for [...]

]]> By: Lindsey http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/09/how-to-arrange-a-spanish-immersion-experience-abroad/#comment-360213 Lindsey Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:28:32 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=27549#comment-360213 I am so glad I came upon this blog. I am interested in doing exactly what you did, going to a Spanish speaking country like Peru or Costa Rica so my kids and I can work on our Spanish. My kids are 1 and 4. I would love to live with a Spanish speaking family and would love Marta’s info. How long were you in Peru for? Thanks!

]]> By: Paleo Diet http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/09/how-to-arrange-a-spanish-immersion-experience-abroad/#comment-333186 Paleo Diet Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:13:28 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=27549#comment-333186 Nice website. My thanks for posting that. I will come to your site to see what’s new and recommend my people about this.

]]> By: Tips for a Successful Family Immersion Trip Overseas | SpanglishBaby™ http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/09/how-to-arrange-a-spanish-immersion-experience-abroad/#comment-319515 Tips for a Successful Family Immersion Trip Overseas | SpanglishBaby™ Tue, 09 Apr 2013 08:01:48 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=27549#comment-319515 [...] to be with a good family. I have always used homestays that have been arranged by the school. In an earlier post, I described our experiences at wonderful homestay and a horrible homestay. Last year’s experience was so bad, my husband was reluctant to do another homestay this year. To [...]

]]> By: My New Year’s Language Learning Resolution | SpanglishBaby™ http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/09/how-to-arrange-a-spanish-immersion-experience-abroad/#comment-249505 My New Year’s Language Learning Resolution | SpanglishBaby™ Tue, 08 Jan 2013 08:02:15 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=27549#comment-249505 [...] also supports the children learning Spanish with me since he understands and speaks some Spanish. During our summers in Costa Rica and Peru, he has always taken classes to improve his [...]

]]> By: e-markteknoloji http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/09/how-to-arrange-a-spanish-immersion-experience-abroad/#comment-195842 e-markteknoloji Sun, 28 Oct 2012 11:33:45 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=27549#comment-195842 You may remember that last year we spent the summer in Peru. This summer was spent in Costa Rica. The homestays in both countries were arranged through the schools that we attended while abroad. There is no better way to be immersed in the language and culture of the country than to actually live with a local family. The family enjoyed having students come to get to know their country and culture. It was obvious that our Costa Rican family had us only to make money. Try to avoid paying for the entire stay so that you have the freedom to make a change if your living arrangements are less than ideal. The teachers were able to specialize their instruction to best meet the needs of my boys. They were also exposed to excellent Spanish and were required to speak with their teachers without using English. There is nothing like having a teacher work with your child individually to further their linguistic skills. These enrichment classes enabled the boys to both further their language skills and to experience different activities that they can continue to pursue in the future. This year I scheduled extra travel days into our Costa Rica adventure. We would have the guides use Spanish with the kids and us. My ex husband does not have any close family members in Mexico anymore so I chose CR because of a good friend who has family in San Jose. I would also love to hear more about your trips and how to plan for young children to learn and stay abroad. I work as an English teacher in my country. We can share ideas and tips there. They can often be found through a university with a medical school. He was concerned about the altitude since we live at sea level. We have been cleared to go to higher altitudes now. Seeing a doctor will be a great way to go.Hope you like my post on google today.Hope you like my post on google today.

]]> By: e-markteknoloji http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/09/how-to-arrange-a-spanish-immersion-experience-abroad/#comment-195841 e-markteknoloji Sun, 28 Oct 2012 11:33:25 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=27549#comment-195841 You may remember that last year we spent the summer in Peru. This summer was spent in Costa Rica. The homestays in both countries were arranged through the schools that we attended while abroad. There is no better way to be immersed in the language and culture of the country than to actually live with a local family. The family enjoyed having students come to get to know their country and culture. It was obvious that our Costa Rican family had us only to make money. Try to avoid paying for the entire stay so that you have the freedom to make a change if your living arrangements are less than ideal. The teachers were able to specialize their instruction to best meet the needs of my boys. They were also exposed to excellent Spanish and were required to speak with their teachers without using English. There is nothing like having a teacher work with your child individually to further their linguistic skills. These enrichment classes enabled the boys to both further their language skills and to experience different activities that they can continue to pursue in the future. This year I scheduled extra travel days into our Costa Rica adventure. We would have the guides use Spanish with the kids and us. My ex husband does not have any close family members in Mexico anymore so I chose CR because of a good friend who has family in San Jose. I would also love to hear more about your trips and how to plan for young children to learn and stay abroad. I work as an English teacher in my country. We can share ideas and tips there. They can often be found through a university with a medical school. He was concerned about the altitude since we live at sea level. We have been cleared to go to higher altitudes now. Seeing a doctor will be a great way to go.Hope you like my post on google today.

]]> By: Susan http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/09/how-to-arrange-a-spanish-immersion-experience-abroad/#comment-180489 Susan Thu, 20 Sep 2012 04:10:05 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=27549#comment-180489 Hi Everyone–

I am going to start a group in Spanglishbaby Playground for immersion travel. We can share ideas and tips there.

One thing that I would recommend is to see a doctor who specializes in travel. They can often be found through a university with a medical school. They can go over any, immunizations and medicines for example malaria pills, that you may need. When we went to Peru, the doctor convinced us not to go to Cuzco since my children were only 1 and 3 years old. He was concerned about the altitude since we live at sea level. It might have been too precautionary, but we will go back. We have been cleared to go to higher altitudes now. Seeing a doctor will be a great way to go.

Susan

]]> By: Patricia http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/09/how-to-arrange-a-spanish-immersion-experience-abroad/#comment-179948 Patricia Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:43:03 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=27549#comment-179948 Hi ! My name is Patricia. I’m a native spanish speaker because I live in Argentina. I work as an English teacher in my country. Because of this, bilingualism catches my attention. It is a great idea. Congrats! . If I can help you, contact me.

]]> By: Martha http://spanglishbaby.com/2012/09/how-to-arrange-a-spanish-immersion-experience-abroad/#comment-179534 Martha Mon, 17 Sep 2012 08:56:17 +0000 http://spanglishbaby.com/?p=27549#comment-179534 How interesting. Thanks for that. My children are only very little (2 years and 10 months) but we’ve noticed that our daughter (the two year old) comes back with many new words everytime we visit family in England. Immersing them in the minority language’s culture really is a great way to boost their confidence and speech.

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