About the Retreat
Bilingual Strategies Language Institute
2023 Spanish Immersion Retreat
NO FALL SESSION
SMU Campus
Taos, New Mexico
Registration fee includes:
Number of participants: 15 minimum, 18 maximum
Three (3) levels: Beginner-intermediate, mid-intermediate and advanced-intermediate
Registration Fee is $2,500
Lodging (additional)
Casita Luxe: $1,500 (five nights)
Casita Premium: $1,250 (five nights)
Casita Standard: $750 (five nights)
Cabin: $625 (five nights)
Day Students (no lodging): $2,500
All interested participants will be interviewed by Dr. Gonzales in order to determine your class level. Final registration details including payment link will be provided after the interview.
2023 Spanish Immersion Retreat
NO FALL SESSION
SMU Campus
Taos, New Mexico
Registration fee includes:
- 40 hours of Spanish instruction from highly qualified instructors and guest speakers
- meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
- Certificate of Completion
- sales tax included
Number of participants: 15 minimum, 18 maximum
Three (3) levels: Beginner-intermediate, mid-intermediate and advanced-intermediate
Registration Fee is $2,500
Lodging (additional)
Casita Luxe: $1,500 (five nights)
Casita Premium: $1,250 (five nights)
Casita Standard: $750 (five nights)
Cabin: $625 (five nights)
Day Students (no lodging): $2,500
All interested participants will be interviewed by Dr. Gonzales in order to determine your class level. Final registration details including payment link will be provided after the interview.
Why this Retreat is Unique
Lara Manzanares, Guest Speaker
Unlike the traditional classroom format, this program uses a common sense communication approach -- learning Spanish like you learned your first language.
This methodology makes the language immersion experience way more fun and less daunting. Sessions will include natural, varied language-use activities: listening, speaking and lots of conversation in Spanish.
An appreciative inquiry approach will be integrated into class discussions, conversations and activities. Topics such as:
The sessions will be participant-based, focusing on the needs and personal language experience of the each person in the classroom.
Current events and topics, relevant to the participant’s personal or professional interests may be used in conversational activities. These activities are designed to improve pronunciation and to increase idiom usage and vocabulary, and to practice newly acquired language.
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This methodology makes the language immersion experience way more fun and less daunting. Sessions will include natural, varied language-use activities: listening, speaking and lots of conversation in Spanish.
An appreciative inquiry approach will be integrated into class discussions, conversations and activities. Topics such as:
- Variations of Spanish spoken throughout the Spanish-speaking world
- Differences in vocabulary
- Similarities in cultural core values and traditions
- Cultural nuances and stereotypes that everyone encounters
The sessions will be participant-based, focusing on the needs and personal language experience of the each person in the classroom.
Current events and topics, relevant to the participant’s personal or professional interests may be used in conversational activities. These activities are designed to improve pronunciation and to increase idiom usage and vocabulary, and to practice newly acquired language.
View Class Levels >>
Program Policies
REFUND POLICY
For cancellations received and confirmed by Bilingual Strategies on or prior to cancellation date of August 20, 2023 by 5:00pm MDST, refunds will be made within ten business days from the date of confirmed cancellation, less a $100 processing fee.
Cancellations received and confirmed after cancellation date, registrant will not receive a refund.
LATE REGISTRATION
Registration after the cancellation date will be considered, depending on space availability. Late registrants are NOT eligible for cancellation refund, once confirmed.
Waiting List Registration
If the retreat is full and you would like to be on a waiting list please contact Bilingual Strategies. Once a cancellation is made you will be contacted and allowed to register. If this occurs after Cancellation Date and a Wait List participant registers/pays, no cancellation refund will be offered.
If the minimum number of students is not met for this session, a full refund will be made to those who have registered within the required deadline.
COVID Precautions
Outdoor space available for classrooms.
Masks may be required indoors and during close contact activities.
For cancellations received and confirmed by Bilingual Strategies on or prior to cancellation date of August 20, 2023 by 5:00pm MDST, refunds will be made within ten business days from the date of confirmed cancellation, less a $100 processing fee.
Cancellations received and confirmed after cancellation date, registrant will not receive a refund.
LATE REGISTRATION
Registration after the cancellation date will be considered, depending on space availability. Late registrants are NOT eligible for cancellation refund, once confirmed.
Waiting List Registration
If the retreat is full and you would like to be on a waiting list please contact Bilingual Strategies. Once a cancellation is made you will be contacted and allowed to register. If this occurs after Cancellation Date and a Wait List participant registers/pays, no cancellation refund will be offered.
If the minimum number of students is not met for this session, a full refund will be made to those who have registered within the required deadline.
COVID Precautions
Outdoor space available for classrooms.
Masks may be required indoors and during close contact activities.