I learned Spanish studying abroad in Mexico at this University: http://www.uninter.edu.mx/
This is a Mexican university with maybe 2,000 Mexican students. They specialize in teaching Spanish to foreigners, and at any time there may be 20-100 foreign students there taking Spanish classes.
There are 6 hours of class every day in Spanish at various levels, broken down into:
3 hours grammar
2 hours subject (history, literature)
1 hour conversation
Further, the University can set you up with a Mexican host family within a 5 minute walk of the school. This is GREAT to practice, but maybe not the best to swoop girls. There are also nice appartments down the block with a pool that you can rent for $300 a month or so.
The best part, besides the submersion, is that every hour students get a 10 minute break to have a smoke, get coffee or whatever. So you are constantly mixing with the students during the day, and they are very friendly. The physical campus isn't that big, so it's not like people are running around to get to their classes, they just all congregate, chat for a while, then head back to class.
The city of Cuernavaca, where the school is located, is a small city and definitely not metropolitan. But it's pretty wealthy so there is a good amount of stuff to do, and the weather is pretty much in the 70's and 80's all year. I had a fantastic time there, and the girls at the school are smoking.
This is a Mexican university with maybe 2,000 Mexican students. They specialize in teaching Spanish to foreigners, and at any time there may be 20-100 foreign students there taking Spanish classes.
There are 6 hours of class every day in Spanish at various levels, broken down into:
3 hours grammar
2 hours subject (history, literature)
1 hour conversation
Further, the University can set you up with a Mexican host family within a 5 minute walk of the school. This is GREAT to practice, but maybe not the best to swoop girls. There are also nice appartments down the block with a pool that you can rent for $300 a month or so.
The best part, besides the submersion, is that every hour students get a 10 minute break to have a smoke, get coffee or whatever. So you are constantly mixing with the students during the day, and they are very friendly. The physical campus isn't that big, so it's not like people are running around to get to their classes, they just all congregate, chat for a while, then head back to class.
The city of Cuernavaca, where the school is located, is a small city and definitely not metropolitan. But it's pretty wealthy so there is a good amount of stuff to do, and the weather is pretty much in the 70's and 80's all year. I had a fantastic time there, and the girls at the school are smoking.
