WELCOME TO OLSA INTERNATIONAL
THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS - SPANISH PROGRAMS
If you are looking to use the Spanish language as
a way to improve your marketability to
universities, or to your future employers.
We are the place for you.
Spanish programs – OLSA offers a variety of Spanish immersion classes, programs, activities, and excursions that will greatly improve your Spanish fluency – sending you to the top of the list.
We would like to invite you to take a closer look at our Certified Spanish University courses, our Spanish Daily (conversational Spanish) classes and our very popular Spanish Immersion Weeks packages. These programs are ideal for university students, teachers, foreigners who live and/or work in Medellin, and travelers interested in improving their Spanish skills and cultural awareness while visiting Medellin. You may even qualify to earn university credits through our dual-enrollment program!
Have you ever toured a coffee plantation? zip-lined through the forest? or snorkeled in the Caribbean? These are just a few of the weekly excursions we set up for our students. For a more complete list check out our Weekly Excursions tab above for additional information, photos, and videos of the places we visit during the course of our programs. Your future is important to us and we are here to guide you through the cultural experience of a lifetime. So, invest in your future. Improve your marketability. Join us at OLSA.
Spanish Grammar
Vistas, 5th Edition
Vistas, 5th Edition, has become the most successful introductory Spanish program in more than a decade. This 18-chapter textbook provides everything students need to progress from novice to intermediate Spanish speakers. In the United States university system, chapters 1-6 are used for Spanish 101; 7-12 for Spanish 102; and 13-18 for Spanish 201. Each chapter in the Vistas system progresses from Contextos – learning vocabulary in context, to Fotonovela – continuing short films centered on a student’s year spent abroad, to Cultura – cultural lessons from different Spanish- speaking countries, to Estructura – grammar focus and practice, to Adelante – specially focused lessons for practicing Spanish writing, listening and speaking skills, along with an introduction to a Spanish- speaking country. The use of such a multifaceted program makes Vistas the leading choice for Spanish learners.
Facetas, 4th Edition
Facetas, 4th Edition, is an intermediate Spanish program designed to provide students with an active and rewarding learning experience as they strengthen their language skills and develop their cultural competency. Facetas takes an interactive, communicative approach. Its six chapters focus on real communication in meaningful contexts to develop and consolidate students’ speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. Facetas also stresses cultural competency, which plays an integral role in language learning. It features a fresh, magazine-like design that is engaging and integrates thematic, cultural, and grammatical concepts within every section. Facetas was designed as the continuation curriculum to the Vistas system and follows a similar chapter concept using the titles: Contextos, Fotonovela, Enfoques, Estructura, Cinemateca, and Lecturas. In the United States university system Facetas is used for Spanish 202.
Spanish Conversation
Spanish Daily is a conversational Spanish program that we have designed to help foreign students learn, understand and speak colloquial Spanish. This program, written, recorded and taught by native Spanish speakers, uses themed conversations, stories, videos and other multimedia to present the living Spanish language outside of the grammatical restrictions of a textbook. This is the actual Spanish students will hear and use on the street, in the market, making new friends and participating in events with native Spanish speakers. Spanish Daily classes are highly interactive with the main focus being conversation and interaction through participation in themed conversations, stories, articles, videos conversation topics, debates and language exploration.
A portion of every Spanish class tuition goes to The OLSA Foundation to help impoverished Colombians learn conversational English skills; to help them better compete in the job market.
OUR CERTIFICATIONS
Below are the certifications for our Spanish program and for our facilities. The certifying bodies are the Secretary of Education of Medellin and the Ministry of Education of Colombia. The certifying matrix is through the Common European Framework. With these certificates, OLSA International is licensed to sponsor student visas for foreign students.
