5 cool places to learn a foreign language abroad

5 cool places to learn a foreign language abroad
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Based in a coastal village in the state of Oaxaca and about 200 miles south of Acapulco, the school prides itself on immersion into Mexican culture. Keep yourself challenged by learning to speak while adding surf tours -- or perhaps Oaxacan cooking ...
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3. Instituto de Lenguajes Puerto Escondido in Puerto Escondido, Mexico.

If world-class surfing and studying is your thing, the Instituto de Lenguajes offers small-group and private instruction Spanish language lessons. Based in a coastal village in the state of Oaxaca and about 200 miles south of Acapulco, the school prides itself on immersion into Mexican culture.

Keep yourself challenged by learning to speak while adding surf tours -- or perhaps Oaxacan cooking lessons or salsa dancing, all in Spanish -- to your daily agenda. Extracurriculars are plentiful, but the Instituto is first and foremost about foreign language. Its teachers are native Spanish speakers who come from across Latin America and Mexico and all know English.

You don't have to stroll far to sleep here.

Stay on school grounds and rent one of the Instituto's affordable WiFi-enabled bungalows, which start at $30 a night and $650 for four weeks and overlook the popular Playa Zicatela beach.

Also available in a bus-accessible nearby neighborhood are studio apartments with full kitchens and ocean views. (And the next-door family is happy to help guests practice their developing language skills.) For those wanting to live with and like the locals, the Instituto arranges home stays with area residents.