After four weeks of classes with Tico Lingo and the full immersion experience, I can see incredible progress in my Spanish level. My professor, Freddy, was very structured and clear and had amazing energy on a daily basis, which made learning so fun! Heredia is not the most exciting town, so I recommend doing excursions to explore beautiful Costa Rica over the weekends (you will have to budget accordingly). Overall highly recommend!

​​I just finished 4 weeks at Tico Lingo and my Spanish improved from a handful of Duo Lingo vocabulary words and speaking in all present tense to speaking sentences in at least 4 verb tenses and being able to hold my own in a conversation with a taxi driver and a waitress in a restaurant. 4 weeks here seems like the equivalent of 2 years of university classes. I’m touring Tamarindo right now and the locals speak to me in Spanish as if they think I prefer it to English! Is my Spanish that good now? I can hardly believe it. The person most responsible for this is my teacher Freddy. I took his group class for 4 hours a day in the mornings and he is a very astute and dedicated teacher. He gave each student individualized attention though the group itself was also very cohesive. This is a difficult task but I feel like all the teachers chosen by Tico Lingo are of a specific caliber. They want to teach, they want to see your progress, they celebrate your wins. Every person at Tico Lingo is hand picked for their passion to bring something special to you and it shows. That includes my private class teacher Joe and my host family Grace and Maria Lopez. As a student here you are not just one among many, they are watching to make sure you feel that you are welcomed and that you belong. To everyone at Tico Lingo, I see and feel your love and your effort -- the enormous effort it takes to bring an opportunity like this to us students. Thank you so much!

I had an excellent experience at tico lingo! It was my home away from home for six weeks. I just arrived back home today and had my first conversation with my family in Venezuela. Before tico lingo, I understood some vocabulary but didn’t speak any Spanish. I am so happy to be able to speak now (although it is slow), it means so much to me to be able to communicate with my family. I have high praise for the patience and skill of all the teachers in the school. I progressed much faster than I believe I would have on any other learning platform. My host family and the director of the school were also amazing. I got sick while I was there and was very well taken care of. Even though I was “alone” in a foreign country, I never felt alone and always had more than enough support. For anyone looking for a crash course in Spanish, a beautiful country and a very safe experience, I recommend tico lingo.

Tico Lingo was an amazing experience for me, and I cannot recommend this school enough. From an amazing stay with a host who has become a dear friend, to wonderful classes at the perfect level for my Spanish skill, to a charming town where I found a gym and healthy restaurants and warm people to talk to each day, this experience blew my socks off. And I didn’t even get to see much of the country! More trips to Costa Rica are in my future-this was my first-and hopefully another stint at Tico Lingo. Much gratitude to all the people who helped make my experience so positive. Laura

My three weeks of super-intensive Spanish classes at Tico Lingo were outstanding in every respect. Professors Zulma, Kevin, and Karina are highly skilled and experienced teachers who actively adjust content and teaching style to match the needs and abilities of group classes, and customize individual classes to optimize the student's learning experience. They are also great people: kind, funny, compassionate, and interesting. All the school staff are warm, friendly and ever-helpful. A totally positive experience!