Educational Opportunities & Language Schools

• Academy New Learning Be Differen t !! Enjoy a new and exciting method of learning:"Natural and practical 100% ". A friendly atmosphere; tours, activities and much more are waiting for you !!

• Live & Learn Spanish. For just $175/wk immerse yourself in a typical little Costa Rican village. Price includes 20 hrs. of Spanish instruction, homestay with Costa Rican family, 3 delicious meals a day, laundry and airport (San Jose) transfers. This community-based language school has been setup as a non-profit to be run by the community, for the community.

• Centro de Idiomas del Pacífico Enjoy learning Spanish on the beaches of Manuel Antonio. Quality teaching, optional homestay. Friendly and relaxed atmosphere. Sounds good doesn't it?
  
  
• Centro de Idiomas Intercultura Two campuses, beach and city, academic credit, homestays, cultural activities calendar, latin dance classes daily, and volunteer programs.

• Centro Internacional de español y cultura Personalized attention, small groups and private tutoring, classes focused in oral comunication and cultural learning, cultural activities trips, volunteer program and more!

• Conversa Established in 1975. Spanish Programs at two locations, Santa Ana campus and San Jose in-town school. U.S. college credit available.
  
  
• Cosi A Spanish language school in Costa Rica that offers intensive Spanish classes beginning each week all year round, at the city and at the beach.
  

• CPH Language and Cross-Cultural School - A boutique language school specializing in courses designed for individuals or groups, delivered by experienced professors with emphasis on personal attention and achievement of agreed goals.

• CPI Spanish immersion programs at THREE fully established campuses. See the most stunning locations of Costa Rica: the Monteverde Cloud Forest,Flamingo Beach and Heredia while receiving the same high quality Spanish instruction.
  


• CRLA - Costa Rica Language Academy Costa Rican owned and operated language school offering first rate Spanish instruction by professional, qualified teachers, in a warm and friendly environment.
  
  
• D'Amore Beach and Spanish all in one! Beautiful Manuel Antonio is the location of this incredible school. A la playa!
  
  
• El Paraiso School Study spanish in a tropical paradise and enjoy classes of surf, dance, cooking, cultural activities, all included.

• Escuela de Idiomas Costa Rica Offers the most effective and efficient language program service at the most affordable price available. Our school has been committed to the purpose of serving mission organizations, educational institutions and individuals.
  
• Forester Instituto Internacional Spanish language school offers professional instruction, homestays,
  excursions program, U.S. academic credit.
  
  

• ILERI Costa Rica Escazu / Panama city & Bocas del Toro: ILERI is a small institute in Escazú. You will have the option of staying with a costarrican family .We have programs for people of all ages.

• ILISA Instituto de Idiomas Providing quality instruction for serious people since 1987.
  
  
• Intensa Your best choice to learn spanish and visit the most exciting places in Costa Rica. College credits. Special rates for groups.
  
  
• Instituto de Español Learn Spanish in Costa Rica. Best programs, best price – guaranteed. 20% off, 2 X 1 possible. Contact us now!
  
  
• Instituto Pacífico de Idiomas Spanish immersion schools in Jaco Beach and Heredia. Offer weekly Spanish programs, host families, free surfing lessons, cooking, dancing, tours. Also, Conversational English  for locals. 
  

• Instituto de idiomas Riosonador Learn Spanish in a rural village with experienced, creative teachers. Live with welcoming local families and share their delicious woodstove cooked meals.

• Institute for Central American Studies Mesoamerica Language Program Come to Costa Rica, learn a new language, enjoy a new cultural experience; we offer an intensive, accredited, conversationally-oriented Spanish program at all levels.

  

• Instituto Guanacasteco Tropical Samara Beach and the colonial town of Nicoya. Two locations to better serve you in pristine Guanacaste province. Surrounded by national parks and reserves.
  
  
• IPED High quality, affordable and personalized total immersion Spanish courses with homestays in the safe, friendly provincial city of Heredia, Costa Rica. Families welcomed.
  

• The Corcovado Foundation is a non profit organization dedicated to protecting the natural resources of the Osa Peninsula and Corcovado National Park, especially by stopping illegal hunting and logging.

• Universal de Idiomas For-credit and non-credit courses in small, personal classroom settings. Over 18 years experience.
  
  
• Wayra Spanish Institute Spanish at Tamarindo Beach. Learn in nature, speak in scenic splendor, pronounce in paradise. Lots of activities: surfing, diving, golf, horseback riding... Auch in DEUTSCH.

Non-Profit Organizations and Study Centers and Internships

FLACSO(Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences): all of Flacso Costa Rica's published materials are available to purchase on-line direct from the center.

Biology and Ecology Courses

TROPICAL SCIENCE CENTER ANDMONTEVERDE CLOUD FOREST PRESERVE: Tropical Dendrology and Birding courses lastingtwo-three weeks are offered every year.

The Carbonera School is located on the Osa Peninsula in Southwestern Costa Rica. At a gathering of neighbors in January 1991 the idea of a community school was shifted from a dream into action. This dream is kept alive through generous donations of Lapa Rios' guests and the hard work of the community.

Other educational resources in CR

• K12 Link in Costa Rica
  KIDLINK contact: Vigny Alvarado Castillo, (valvarad@arenal.uned.ac.cr)
  Universidad Estatal a Distancia, San Jose, Costa Rica.
  TEL: (506) 533-2121, FAX: (506) 533-4990
• Costa Rica Books Online