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British Embassy Visits Intercultura

Intercultura blog

Susan Minor, Vice Consul y Visa Manager, y Ericka Phillips, Vice Consul, de la Embajada Británica, visitaron nuestra comunidad el viernes, para fortalecer relaciones con Playa Sámara como destino para turístas del Reino Unido. La seguridad de, y el apoyo para, los ciudadanos del RU son asuntos prioritarios para la Embajada. Se reunieron con el Centro de Idiomas Intercultura, miembros de la Fuerza Pública y Policía Turística, y el Comité de Seguridad de Sámara. Read more »

CREAR has offered FREE After School Programs for almost 7 years now, with the help of Intercultura

Intercultura blog

La Asociación CREAR is a non-profit, free after-school program focused on supplemental education for the children of Playa Sámara and its surrounding areas. It was started in 2005, and has since been kept alive through the efforts of the local area language school, Intercultura. Read more: http://www.welovecostarica.com/public/Costa_Rica_Schools__Samara_afterschool_program_at_CREAR.cfm

Ex-Vice Presidente de la República José Miguel Alfaro se une a equipo de Intercultura

Intercultura blog

Estamos muy contentos de contar con la presencia del Lic. José Miguel Alfaro como parte del equipo de Asesoría Legal de Intercultura. Su amplia experiencia y trayectoria laboral será indudablemente de gran beneficio para el desarrollo de la escuela, tanto en Heredia como en Playa Sámara.

¡Bienvenido!

Expresiones con HACER, por MA. Marcelo Arroyo J.


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Laura Chinchilla con Adelita Jiménez, socia fundadora del Centro de Idiomas INTERCULTURA.

Intercultura blog

Laura Chinchilla, Presidente de Costa Rica, con Adelita Jiménez, socia fundadora del Centro de Idiomas INTERCULTURA, para el proyecto de la casa comunitaria para niños, donde trabajan los voluntarios de Intercultura. Se elogió a Intercultura por su participación y apoyo logístico para con el centro.

 

Practice your Spanish with music

Intercultura blog

Want to practice your Spanish? Listen to songs in Spanish while you read the lyrics... Look for songs by these Costa Rican artists online:

Guadalupe Urbina (in photo)

Max Goldenberg

Malpaís

Los de la Bajura

Evolución

Sasha Campbell

¡Buena Suerte!

 

Saber vs. Conocer

SABER vs. CONOCER

TWO WAYS OF KNOWING IN SPANISH

conocer: conozco, conoces, conoce, conocemos, conocéis, conocen
saber: sé, sabes, sabe, sabemos, sabéis saben

Spanish Practice -- Accents!

SPANISH ACCENTS SUMMARY

1. An accent mark indicates stress on a syllable other than the next-to-last for words ending in –n, -s, or a vowel: está, estás, están, médico

2. An accent mark indicates stress on a syllable other than the last one for words ending in any consonant other than –n or -s: fácil, lápiz, carácter

Intercultura Spanish School Director Laura Ellington, from www.welovecostarica.com

Intercultura Spanish School Director

I came to Costa Rica for the first time in the summer of 1990 to study Spanish and fell in love... with the language, the country, the people, the music, even the monsoon-like rains:). When I went home 6 weeks later I was determined to come back at some point, become fluent in the language and spend more time in this country that already felt like my adopted home. Three years later, I had graduated from college, spent a year in Asia travelling and volunteering, and I was ready to get back to Costa Rica. Read more »

The Bilingual Advantage, by Claudia Dreifus

Intercultura students learn Spanish by the beach

May 30, 2011 – The New York Times
The Bilingual Advantage
By CLAUDIA DREIFUS Read more »

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