Academia Surpacifico, Manta, Ecuador

If you are the only one at your level, the course is replaced by 15 private lessons.

This group class gives you the opportunity to learn Spanish in a more social environment so you can share your challenges and accomplishments with your fellow classmates. The classes are kept small, with a maximum of 5 students per class. This ensures that you will receive all the individual support you need, while still enjoying the benefits of learning with other students. This is a great option if you are traveling with a group of friends that wish to study together. Even if you are traveling alone, the school can place you with other students who are at the same Spanish level as you so that you can all enjoy the benefits of learning with a group dynamic and meet new and interesting people.

Group classes are held Monday through Friday, every week. The courses are 20 hours a week and are held from 8:30 to 12:30, or from 13:30 to 17:30.

Learn Spanish while exploring the country. Also includes activities, transport between the locations, homestay accommodation with half-board in Manta and Quito (and Cuenca, if applicable) + accommodation in a shared dorm in Montañita (and The Amazon, if applicable).

Week 1: Quito

Week 2: you can choose between Cuenca and The Amazon

Week 3: Manta

Week 4: Montañita

The programme finishes in Montañita; the school can help organise the trip back to Quito if required.

This is your chance to explore Ecuador and take advantage of everything that this amazingly diverse country has to offer. The Traveling Classroom program gives you a week a 4 different amazing locations in Ecuador, each with a slightly different culture, climate, and flavor. You’ll be taking classes at 4 excellent Spanish schools, and taking part in lots of activities, meaning you can take full advantage of your experience.

Week 1: Quito
Week 2: Jungle or Cuenca
Week 3: Manta
Week 4: Montanita

Each week you will get 20 hours of Spanish lessons, a cooking class, a Latin dance class, and accommodation. Each location offers trips that show-cases what makes each place unique: Surf trips in Montañita, Isla de Plata trips in Manta, Hot Springs in Quito and Andean Inca Sanctuary tours in Cuenca, to name just a few.

Online lessons last 55 minutes, classes are with native speakers teachers with more than 10 years of experience teaching Spanish as a foreign language.

Includes activities.

This program is a fantastic way to not only learn Spanish, but get as much out of your visit in Ecuador as possible. The Manta Activo program takes private classes and adds another immersion element by taking you out of the classroom every day to explore Manta and the surrounding area in an educational context. Outside the classroom, these educational experiences could include visiting national parks, beaches, and excursions to nearby islands led by your teacher. But the excursions aren’t just for the fun; your teacher uses the activities to reinforce the Spanish learnt in the classroom. This creates a great balance of presenting new language concepts and real life use of those concepts in an exciting way!

This super intensive course includes activities.

This program is a fantastic way to not only learn Spanish, but get as much out of your visit in Ecuador as possible. The Manta Activo program takes private classes and adds another immersion element by taking you out of the classroom every day to explore Manta and the surrounding area in an educational way. Outside the classroom education could include visiting national parks, beaches, and excursions to nearby islands with your teacher. But the excursions aren’t just for the fun. Your teacher uses the activities to reinforce the Spanish learnt the classroom. This creates a great balance of presenting new language concepts and real life use of those concepts in an exciting way!

Academia Surpacifico provides an intensive private Spanish course for those who want more individual support. This is an excellent option if you want to customize your classroom experience in order to get as much out of your time with the school as possible. The classes are adapted to your specific learning style and personal needs. Private classes allow you the option of setting your own pace in a way that isn’t possible in group lessons. It also allows you and your teacher to identify your personal strengths and weakness and focus on what you need the most. They fine tune your Spanish program to fit you!

Private classes are held Monday through Friday, every week. The courses are 20 hours per week and are held between the hours of 8:30 to 12:30, or 13:30 to 17:30.

2 weeks of Spanish classes plus 4 weeks of volunteering on an ecological farm.
Accommodation during weeks 1 and 2: homestay, with half-board. Accommodation during weeks 3 to 6: at the farm, with full-board.

Volunteering is a great way to give back, learn about the world and about oneself. Academia Surpacifico provides this volunteer opportunity on an organic farm combined with a full immersion language learning experience.

Duration: 6 to 8 weeks: 2 to 4 weeks of individual Spanish classes of 30 hours per week and 4 weeks working as a volunteer on an ecological farm with full immersion in the Manabi culture; farming community doing reforestation, nursery work, sowing seeds, fruit-picking, creation and maintenance of vegetable gardens, compost making and giving classes or working in an environmental school (optional).

This is a great opportunity to experience life with a rural Ecuadorian family and learn ecological farming practices.

Spanish lessons in the morning and volunteering in Reneup Center OR Fundación Shekinah in the afternoon (or viceversa).

1. Volunteering at the Reneup (2 to 12 weeks)
Learn Medical Spanish and volunteering at Reneup (Centro de Rehabilitacion Neurologica Pediatrica)

Option 1: The courses last a minimum of 2 weeks, and a maximum of 12 weeks. Students learn Medical Spanish in the morning and in the afternoon practice it as they volunteer at "RENEUP" a nationally recognized institution dedicated to the prevention and alleviation of infantile development disorders as well as neurological cognitive and sensory disorders.

Option 2: The courses last a minimum of 2 weeks, and a maximum of 12 weeks. Students learn Medical Spanish in the morning and in the afternoon teach English or help the main teacher in the Reneup primary school for children, integrated with children with neurological disorders.

2. Spanish and Volunteering at Fundacion Shekinah (minimum of 4 weeks)
   Learn Spanish part-time and help in a local center for homeless children, and children from a background of domestic violence.

Includes clinical rotation in a local clinic or hospital.

There are few things more frustrating for both medical providers and patients than a language barrier preventing proper care. Time and resources are wasted when you have to wait for and pay translators to assist with even the most basic tasks.

This Medical Spanish program, like all the programs at Surpacifico, takes a hands-on approach to learning. You will spend half the day in the classroom, learning grammar, relevant medical vocabulary, and practicing communicative skills with your teacher. The other half of the day you will go to a local hospital or clinic to do observational rounds with other medical students, or even work some supervised shifts, or volunteer at a pediatric rehabilitation center where they focus on prevention and alleviation of children’s developmental and neurological disorders. This program strikes a great balance between classroom and practical experience, with each reinforcing and enhancing the other.

Kiteboarding course level I (8-10 hours, IKO accredited instructors).

Kite-surfing is one of those thrilling sports that will take you for a ride, both physically and emotionally. Luckily Manta is a fantastic place to try out this amazing sport for the first time, brush up on your skills, or perfect your ride. The conditions for windsurfing are the best between the months of May and December, so if you are here during that time of year, don’t miss out on the opportunity to take some lessons. The instructor gives everyone lots individual attention and takes you through step by step to make sure everyone is on the same page, using the equipment safely, and having an awesome time! You’ll get all the basics, and then once you’re out there, we’ll help you look like a pro. Don’t leave without taking advantage of the chance to try out this amazingly fun sport in one of the only excellent locations in South America. All equipment and transportation in included.

20 Spanish lessons plus 10 surfing lessons (5 sessions with 2 hours each) per week.

Surf lessons can be exchanged for 7 day surf board hire if the student is competent.

The surfing in this area of Ecuador is some of the best in South America, and Manta has numerous beaches that are perfect for surfers of all levels. December through April is surf season in Manta the water is warm and inviting, the surfing conditions peak. During these months the school provides surf classes every weekday in the afternoons, after your Spanish classes. Classes consists of 10 hours of surf lessons per week with Robert, a local surfer and professional instructor. The instructor speaks Spanish and English and will work with you, starting with theory on the beach, and then taking you out on the waves. More experienced surfers are welcome as well if you are looking for someone to help you improve your technique. The classes take place on several possible different beaches in Manta, depending on the conditions and the experience levels of the surfers, including Playa Murcielago, San Lorenzo, and and Las Piñas. All equipment and transportation is included in the course fee.