The Immersion Alive™ program is the most unique and powerful Spanish immersion learning experience on the planet! Experience life and learning in Latin America as it should be.

Designed with meticulous care and attention to reality by Ricardo González, Founder and Executive Director of Bilingual America, you are sure to be absolutely thrilled with the results of this life-changing experience.

This program is designed only for people with a minimum of High Intermediate Spanish skills. Immersion Alive is designed to make an incredible impact in both your Spanish language fluidity and your cultural comfort of living and experiencing life in Latin America.

Why spend four to six hours a day sitting in an immersion school in a classroom with a teacher when you can experience leveraging and refining your Spanish in real life situations seven to eight hours a day with a certified and trained Spanish instructor?

Spanish Power™ students enjoy a complete integration of learning processes in exact concert with their Level of ability and understanding in the Spanish Power™ course.

This program is presently offered only in the beautiful and culturally rich country of Costa Rica.

How Immersion Alive™ Works

You will have a minimum of seven hours daily of one-on-one instruction, attention, and guidance from your Bilingual America Certified Instructor in Costa Rica. We offer six day and twelve day Immersion Alive™ Spanish learning experiences.

Your instructor will pick you up at the airport in San José, Costa Rica and take you to your host family residence. After settling in (a special reception for you with snacks, drinks and a small Costa Rican gift!) you will have a two hour evening orientation with your Instructor regarding the events and learning experiences of the week.

Each day you will experience a minimum of seven hours hours of carefully planned, individual learning experiences during which your instructor will fine tune your Spanish.

From a language standpoint, you will work on vocabulary, structure, speech flow and comprehension all within real life environments. From a life standpoint, you will do most everything a native speaker must do in real life.

Real Life Learning Activities!

This program goes well beyond the passé immersion school program of sitting in a classroom learning with a teacher. In the Immersion Alive!™ Program you will apply and use your Spanish in a completely dynamic manner.

You will negotiate the purchase of a home and an automobile. You will visit and interact in both office and manufacturing environments. You will even get familiar with the appropriate agencies and steps to get water, electricity and telephone hooked up in a home. Of course, we'll also show you the process of getting a Costa Rican driver's license.

With enough advance notice we will work hard to have an interchange arranged for you within your specific area of vocational expertise.

Learn how to incorporate a business in Latin America, understand the medical system from the inside, engage in discussions about Latin American legal practices and engage in the banking process.

You will have one full ecological day in which you stand atop one of the highest volcanic mountain ranges in the country while you learn about how the eco system works in Costa Rica. Visit a beautiful Basilica where the Virgin Mary is reported to have visited in Costa Rica on the same day.

On another day you will manage a two hour trip from San José to another town via bus. You will make all the transfers, purchase tickets and generally lead the excursion.

You will dine only in typical Costa Rican restaurants. Throughout the day, as you go from real-life activity to the next, your favorite refreshments and snacks will be available to you in the vehicle.

Throughout the day, as you are living real life - ALL in Spanish - you and your instructor will fine tune your Spanish language skills.

You will also have the opportunity each day to sit down for one hour with your instructor in a quiet atmosphere to discuss any finer points of learning and to clarify any questions you may have.

You will be required each morning, before leaving with your instructor, to read a minimum of three news articles from La Nacion, Costa Rica's main newspaper.

Throughout the day, you and your instructor will discuss these three current event articles. This will help you to learn to discuss life in the abstract, a skill which many learners do not often develop. One article will be regarding politics, another business and another in a general news category.

Upon arrival in Costa Rica you will receive a complete agenda of activities for your time in the Immersion Alive™ program. Although you are living real-life experiences, the activities are planned and a schedule is maintained to assure you get the greatest value for your time and financial investment.

Present Spanish Skills Requirement

This is a real-life learning and refinement program that requires a minimum High Intermediate or higher level Spanish skill set to be successful.

Only learners who have passed the Bilingual America Spanish Power Intermediate Exam with a score of 90 or more can enjoy this incredible life-changing Spanish learning opportunity.

A person passing the Advanced or Expert Levels with a score of 85 or more is also eligible for the Immersion Alive!™ program.

Learners who have not taken the Spanish Power™ training program who wish to become eligible for the Immersion Alive!™ program are invited to take one of the aforementioned exams. Upon successful completion the student would be granted eligibility to this program. The fee for a Certification Exam is $55.

In comparison with a typical immersion school where you meet and speak with other native English speakers and sit in a classroom, in the Immersion Alive!™ program you are always in real-life activities only with people who are native Spanish speakers. Your entire stay will be in a complete Spanish speaking environment.

All-Inclusive Learning Program

This is an all-inclusive program. You will not need to spend any additional money in Costa Rica unless on souvenirs or personal activities during your free time.

All meals and lodging with your homestay family are covered in the price of this program. Homestay includes a private room and bath in a typical Costa Rican home as well as breakfast and dinner.

Snacks and drinks are provided by your instructor and are available in the vehicle as you move from one experience to another. Lunches with your instructor are also covered in this program as well as all entrance fees and transport fees.

Due to the intensive nature of this program, we offer only two programs; one a six day experience and the longest program being a 12 day program. ˇDoce días son más que suficiente!

You can arrive on the Sunday prior to the program anywhere from 12 noon to 8 p.m.

Six day All-Inclusive Program: $1795

This fee includes seven nights lodging, three meals daily, snacks and refreshments while with instructor, minimum seven hours daily with your instructor, all transportation to and from learning activities, airport pickup, airport drop-off for departure, orientation meeting, and the equivalent of $25 in Costa Rican currency for the purpose of negotiating in shops.

Twelve day All-Inclusive Program: $3390

Save $200 over normal 6 day rate! Breakfast, lunch and dinner for the second Sunday are provided by the host family.