Our long-term family program to learn Spanish language at La Montaña involves immersing your family in Spanish language and culture. That is the reason why we call it "Experience Patagonia as a local."

While you and your family stay in Patagonia, you can combine structured lessons and cultural immersion experiencing the area as a local. This approach allows for significant language acquisition through daily interaction and practical application, offering a more effective and enriching experience than traditional classroom learning.

Kids will attend lessons in a local school so they will meet local kids while the entire family can join our Language Immersion Programs to give a more structured approach to Spanish.

• All our Spanish programs combine language classes with cultural activities and excursions, often with a focus on specific age groups or family units. 

   

  

   

  Benefits of experience Patagonia as a local Long-Term Family Programs:

• Accelerated Language Acquisition: Immersion in the language and culture accelerates the learning process. 
• Cultural Understanding: Families gain a deeper appreciation for the culture, traditions, and daily life of the host country. 
• Personal Growth: Individuals develop adaptability, independence, and cross-cultural communication skills. 
• Family Bonding: Shared experiences and challenges can strengthen family bonds. 
• Long-lasting Memories: Creating memories and friendships that extend beyond the program. 

Tips for Planning a Long-Term Family Program:

• Choose the right destination:

  Consider your family's interests, language goals, and budget. Is Patagonia your best choice?

• Select a reputable program:

  Look for programs with qualified teachers, carefully selected host families, and a supportive environment. Is La Montaña the best Choice?

• Prepare for the experience:

  Research the culture and customs of the host country, and familiarize yourselves with basic language phrases. Have you don some research?

• Embrace the immersion:

  Be open to new experiences, participate in cultural activities, and make an effort to interact with locals. Will you be happy to be open minded? 

By carefully planning and embracing the immersion experience, families can create lasting memories and achieve significant language learning goals through a long-term program abroad. 

What will La Montaña do for you?

We will advice each family according to members' needs, backgrounds and Spanish level

We will provide Spanish tutoring during the entire program.

We will find a local school for your kids and interesting social activities for the entire family  

We will help finding a good accommodation setting near the selected school.

We will help finding interesting activities for parents or for the entire family like volunteering, social events, etc.

We will help with car rental, medical assistance or any other services the family would need to feel comfortable and safe

What to learn more about it? Contact us for more information.

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Great mix of academic review and hands on projects kids can share.
Lesson cadence well designed; where kids can take a break between sessions. 
The entire school will celebrate the kids´work each Friday.

Families spend much of their free time planning their journey through South America and the common questions are:

1- Can a Spanish Language school give us support during the critical first month of a family trip?

Yes, La Montaña has a vast experience in supporting families travelling through South America.

2- How to start?

First, you need to set the goals for your journey: 

In our exprience, families ussually agree in these:

a. Improve Spanish language skills, is reccommended since you will be travelling is Spanish speaking countries

 b. Learn about the history of the host countries, indigenous cultures, rural tourism, environmental projects among others.

c. Spend more time together, as a family.

d. In some cases, experiment with unschooling. 

3- What is the best place to spend the first part of the trip?

Bariloche is certainly a very good choice and you can trust La Montaña as a partner on the language instruction. You can read more about Bariloche and hints about why is it good for families using this link about Bariloche.

4- Why La Montaña for my family?

La Montaña is able to meet a wide range of Spanish learning needs of a family, even if they don´t really know how to diagnose well on their own.

La Montaña will help the kids feel at home after a big disruption in their day to day routine.

La Montaña will make this work in a schedule that still give the family time to explore the outdoors and get started on exploring according to their own interests.

La Montaña can serve kids and adult learners.

La Montaña is a strong team, a strong school, and a gorgeous location to study the Spanish language.

5- What will La Montaña do for us?

After conversations about your unique needs we will start a diagnosis of your pre-screening surveys, so you can make the big decision of the trip and book classes at La Montaña as a starting point for your trip. It will be the right call, for sure.

Our team will craft a custom schedule for each member of the family before your arrival, making special plans for the kids, tweaking plans for each of member, tuning homework, and keeping parents updated on what is next. 

La Montaña will become your home away from home, and we will take care that everyone on the team take responding not just to the family, but to an incredibly wide range of learners from all over the world that will be in the school at the same time. 

La Montaña will investments time each week building school-wide culture; the offsite excursions and happy hour events will be a great way to meet folks that you will remain in touch with thereafter.

La Montaña team will take care of your family while giving a deep foundation in Spanish language that will give you and your family the language confidence to transform you from disconnected tourists into fluent and humble travelers.

These FAQs have been written upon feedbacks received from former students of La Montaña Spanish School in Bariloche, Patagonia. 

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