CRLA is a wonderful school. I've studied abroad a couple of times, and this school was top notch. They coordinated everything from an inviting home-stay to weekend travel plans, plus the additional classes like cooking and dance that were offered at the end of the school day. At other schools I've had to pay extra for these services, but at CRLA, everything was included and fabulous. I couldn't have been more pleased with my experience. Also, for any first-time travelers to a Latin-American country, Costa Rica is a wonderful place to start. It's a small, safe, and culturally-rich country with a fair number of English speakers, so it is definitely not intimidating and easy to navigate if you are concerned about your Spanish skills or just security in general.
I was at CRLA only for 2 weeks, but it was amazing. Each morning the staff greeted the students (they knew all of our names!!!) and we had a little chat. All of them were super friendly!!! The teachers were awesome (i say this as a teacher-to-be ;)). The host families were amazing too. Especially my costarican Brother :)The staff helped to book bustickets and hotels for the weekend and gave us good advice. I will return for a few months in summer and i am really looking forward to it! :)
Dear Jeff S,We are very happy to hear about your wonderful experience here at CRLA! Comments like yours, is what makes our job so rewarding and make us want to do better every time!Please feel free to contact us at any time and we look forward to see you again here in Costa Rica very soon!Best regards,
Dear Hunggy Hobo,We are very happy to hear that you decided to join CRLA and had a relaxed and rewarding cultural immersion, which is exactly what we hope to give all our students. We wanted to thank you for taking the time to write all this beautiful comments about CRLA and for covering so many aspects of our school! People like you give us the motivation we need every day to keep improving and providing our students a better experience!Hope we could control the “negatives” you mentioned : ). With our afternoon activities we try to provide opportunities for students from various countries to mingle and make friends with people from different backgrounds and cultures. Fortunately now it is easy to keep in touch with new friends from CRLA and earthquakes are always short and not very strong. Thanks again for your feedback. We hope we can have you back here in the near future!Best regards,
I just finished 2 weeks at the CRLA school in december 2013. I have been to many spanish schools in several countries such as Peru,Argentina,Mexico and uruguay. CRLA by far has been the best for learning spanish and student services such as assistance in travel arrangements, student housing and local entertainment. I have been to this school several times starting several years ago after looking at the other options in costa rica. The owners are the same and have continued improving the school. The professors are excellent and teach at what ever level best benifits the students. They are professional and nice both in and out of class. The staff is friendly and helpful as well helping with trasportation and serving a great lunch daily. I learned a lot and will go back to continue improving my spanish level. Highly recommended for both beginners and more advanced.Pat paddito@hotmail.com
Dear Joethecritique,We will be waiting for you, hopefully very soon, here at CRLA!We loved your review and we really appreciate all those beautiful comments about our school. Thank you for taking time to share all this wonderful things, we really appreciate it.Looking forward to see you back here!Best regards,
Dear Gosto4444,We really appreciate your positive feedback about our Spanish teachers and our curriculum. We will make sure we share this information with them. Our entire staff will be very happy to know that you had such a good experience. We wanted to thank you for taking the time to share your opinions with us!We hope to see you again, here at CRLA, very soon and please if we can be of any assistance don’t hesitate to let us know at any time.Best regards,
Dear Olivia B,Thank you for this amazing review! In very little space you covered so many aspects of our school and of Costa Rica and us “ticos”! We really appreciate it, and we are very happy to know that you had such a wonderful cultural experience!Looking forward to see you back here very soon! Pura Vida!!Best regards,
Dear Doris K,Thank you for your kind feedback! It really means a lot to all of us here at CRLA, when a guest takes time out of their busy lives to share their experience. We are very happy to know that you found a perfect balance between the Spanish learning classes, the atmosphere and Costa Rica as a whole.Please don’t hesitate to contact us at any time if you need anything else and we look forward to seeing you back here very soon!Best Regards,
Dear Cynthia,Thank you for your wonderful comments! It gives us so much motivation and pride to hear all this positive feedback. Our staff and teachers will be very pleased to know that your stay here in Costa Rica and at CRLA was so rewarding!We look forward to have you back a 3rd time!Best regards!