Learn Spanish in Cusco, Peru

Methodology and Philosophy

Our goal is not to teach Spanish; our goal is to teach you Spanish.

Mundo Antiguo Spanish School uses an innovative, result driven methodology which we continue to refine. Reflection forms an important part of our job and both the teacher and the student are asked for input. Important is that our courses are not only developed by teachers; also the opinion, difficulties and questions of the student are considered.

Teaching another language is not only about the transmission of concepts; the student also has to apply the concept, both in writing and verbally.

Spanish grammar is very extensive and from our experience we know the frustrating gap between ‘school Spanish’ and Spanish of every day life: after a while you get the messages, but to really use all the rules, to talk with people on the street: it remains a utopia.

Listen, understand, speak
Together with teaching grammar, our interactive method is focussed on teaching you to listen, understand and speak. Therefore we use material other than only the standard grammar book: articles, movies, music and newspapers for example. Our teachers speak from the first moment on only Spanish with you, in order to drive you to think in Spanish.

Included in every course is what we call ‘Practical Spanish’ in which you leave the classroom with your teacher to practice the studied theory in the street. You’ll get even more conversation practice and an interesting view on local culture during our exchange program with Peruvian university students.

Levels
Our courses are subdivided in four different levels to teach you the different aspects of grammar in a structured way. As always, it’s not only about learning grammar: immediately after studying the subject you’ll be challenged to use the theory.

Personal assistance
Finally we are also offering unique personal assistance: standard included in every course is our daily tutor hour, lead by our academic director. During this hour we can help you with personal questions that you might still have and we keep an eye on your personal development at the same time!