Spanish Schools in Quito or Cuenca

Max,

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thanks for the tip....

I've been to Andean Global Studies (in Quito) a couple of times and really like it. They have a website and have a good sister school in Cuenca.

Hey Max

i am seriously contemplating moving to Cuenca so I thought I'd bounce an idea off you, as a rookie in the Spanish speaking arena.

I was born in Canada and my Dad took a job for an oil company so i grew up in Colombia and Peru. I am fluent in Spanish, 67 years old, retired engineer. I live in Calgary, Canada. What I'm thinking of doing is starting a "kick start" Spanish program. The idea would be to introduce folks to the wonderful language and give them a working start on speaking the fundamentals (shopping,travel, day to day business, restaurant. Then folks could go on to the more formal learning, at a school for example where they would pay $.

My idea is that one would not even have to pay, but offer something at the end of the course as some type of compensation 9(say dinner, or even $ if so inclined). My kick Start Spanish would probably take a month, say 10 hours a week...don't want anyone to feel like they are drinking from a fire hose!

Any thoughts on how/if this approach makes sense?

Thanks

Greg

Very nice that you wouldn't charge for it. So many gringos looking to make a buck.

I use Espanol Intensivo in Quito, very professional , they charge more than other schools but worth the price.  This school offers the Spanish language exam DELE which is a world wide recognized exam like IELTS.Its located behind petro Ecuador on Amazonas y Eloy Alfaro, next to the German Hombolt center.