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Best Spanish Courses in Panama
Usually visitors have a hard time when choosing the best Spanish course in Panama. Lets review what our Spanish school in Panama: EPA! Españ ol en Panamá has to offer.
Student Course Level Placement
A student´s level is determined through placement testing done soon after arrival. The placement test is made up of two parts: an oral interview, and a writing sample that tests listening, grammar and vocabulary. In theory, the best Spanish courses in Panama are the ones that have same level students, so you go little by little with your group, not behind nor ahead of it. This is the main purpose of our placement.
Class Size and Combined levels
While class size depends on the number of students enrolled at each level, all classes have a maximum limit. The average is 6, maximum for group classes is 7 (this maximum is reached in high season). We keep these classes small because it is especially important that students have many opportunity to speak. Actually, this is the second detail you may be concern of when choosing the best Spanish course in Panama.
Textbooks
In levels Inicial 1 - Avanzado, ELE-branded texts are used in Structure/Speaking Practice and Reading/Writing classes. The content has been tailored exclusively for Spanish as second language learners, which by the way adjust to what the Instituto de Cervantes curriculum and methodology suggests.
You should always complement your Spanish classes with a dictionary as we do in EPA!, it's a Spanish dictionary especially geared for the needs of foreigners. There are only three words of English in the entire book: "Printed in Spain". Everything else is in Spanish, but in clear, concise, easy-to-interpret Spanish where you can pick up new words (and brush up your skills with old ones) simply by reading definitions.
There are also of course sections on Irregular Verbs, plus a delightful interlude especially geared for travelers in which words and cartoons make tourism easy. This definitely rates as the number one dictionary of its kind.
"Bonus" Class Sessions
These free sessions allow the student to practice Spanish in our Language Technology Center twice each week. These sessions are conveniently scheduled at the end of the Semi Intensive Program class day.
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Test review
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vocabulary and spelling practice
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word processing of research papers
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opportunities to complete goals of the individualized Learning plan
Best Spanish courses in Panama are complemented with online practice, reason why we are equipped with a computer lab which has free internet access for all our students where they can practice the Spanish language either before or after their class.
Hope to see you soon at our Spanish School with the best Spanish courses in Panama: EPA! Español en Panamá .
We are certain you are going to make the best choice.
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