Due to COVID-19, this study tour has been canceled.

Study Spanish for three weeks in Sámara, Costa Rica, live in a homestay with a Costa Rican family and on weekends, visit several national parks. In Sámara, you will live in a small village by the Pacific Ocean and stay with a local family with whom you will interact and have breakfast and dinner every day. You will take classes of Spanish for 4 hours (alternating daily morning and afternoon) and participate in other activities organized by the school, including cooking, dance classes, yoga, and more.

Carthage will offer a J-Term study tour to Costa Rica in January 2022. The study tour is geared towards students of Spanish at any level: you will take a placement exam and be placed in a small class with no more than six students total, taking Spanish classes with experienced Costa Rican teachers. Professor Rollet, a Carthage Professor of Spanish who has studied in Sámara at the Intercultura school, will be on the premises to lead, supervise and guide you. He will meet with you as a class every other day during the week for one hour to discuss your written observations and the reading of our text on the culture of Costa Rica.

Two weekends will be devoted to touring with the group in the country’s national parks.

No Spanish is required prior to coming on this language and cultural study tour and classes will be offered from beginners to advanced.

This course satisfies the Global Heritage general education requirement. While you cannot receive credit for a full Carthage language course, up to two credits of conversation can be applied towards the completion of the minor for students who have passed or placed beyond Spanish 2020 before January 2022. A contract will be drafted and signed before departure.
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Course code and title

MLA 675: Modern Language Study in Costa Rica

Destination

Sámara, Costa Rica

Instructors

Prof. Pascal Rollet (modern languages)

Estimated travel dates

Jan. 8-29, 2022

Estimated costs

$3,300