Programs and Methodology At ILERI We offer our Spanish Immersion Program, where we use the 'Natural Approach Method' of teaching Spanish. This is the same as the way we learn our native language as children; by seeing, hearing and repeating. As the students learn through repetition there is little need for translation by the teachers. The students learn to think and express themselves in Spanish.
Our goal at ILERI is immediate communication and therefore the emphasis is on conversation, with grammar as a tool in learning. We teach the students to use the language, to live it, to feel it and to use it. The Spanish Immersion Program will help to the student to get more confidence and fluency with the language.
Our students live a cultural and linguistic experience through our teaching methodology and their interaction with the host families and local people.
Students placed through the methodology ACTFL in which the students give a placement oral and sit a written test.
We only have small teaching groups at specific teaching levels. The maximum number of students per class is four, changes can then be made depending on each student's progress and learning needs, so you will learn spanish in panama.
The teachers are Panamanian, qualified with university degrees and all have experience in teaching Spanish as a second language. In addition, all teachers receive further training from our Academic Director. The teachers also join the students on the extra curricular activities.
Schedule
We offer classes in the morning, afternoon and evening, depending on the type of program selected.
The evening classes are exclusively for our business program.
We offer classes in the morning, afternoon and evening, depending on the type of program selected.
The morning classes start at 08.30 a.m. and finish at 12:30pm, the afternoon classes start at 2:00 p.m. and finish at 6:00 p.m.
We offer our Children's Program during all the year, also we offer to them our Language Immersion Program where they will live and share with a panamanian family. It is possible in the morning or in the afternoon.
