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Central American Spanish School (CASS)

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The staff of Central American Spanish School (CASS) consists of select "maestros" (master professors) who are graduates of Honduran universities. Our Spanish programs are popular with business and medical professionals, engineers and research scientists, seeking accelerated and special vocabulary classes. Some students want a better understanding of Spanish to enable them to explore Honduras and other Latin American countries with greater independence.

Free written and oral evaluations are given to each student before he or she begins classes. These evaluations given periodically determine the student's individualized skill level and requirements. The student is matched with his personal master instructor, and a lesson plan is engineered to meet the student's goals. Under the director's guidance each professor is personally responsible for the rapid progress of the instructor's assigned student.

A family atmosphere is maintained among the students and all staff members. A new student feels an immediate camaraderie with the staff and other students. The staff is available 7 days per week to help the student.

Maintaining this family atmosphere and individualized "one on one" instruction reduces the "culture shock" significantly and assures that the student is comfortable in the culture and can proceed immediately with the rapid absorption of the Spanish language.

Roatan

Honduras, mostly rural and with 3 distinct cultures and languages, shares borders with El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, the Pacific Ocean, and 800 km of Caribbean Coast including some of the most pristine beaches in the world.

Students can travel economically and safely on the paved highway system and the prolific bus system.

Central American Spanish School has three campuses in Honduras - La Ceiba, Roatan and Utila. Students can study in one, both, or all three of the campuses.

Roatan Island is an unspoiled adventure traveler's vacation destination in the Caribbean. It has year-round temperatures in the high 70s and low 80s and lies 30 miles off the coast of Honduras. It is 33 miles long and 4 miles wide.

CASS Roatan

The Roatan main campus is located at Tropicana Beach Resort, a unique tropical garden get-away from the noise and crowds. Tranquility and peace make it an ideal location for Spanish studies but a $1.00 taxi ride will quickly deliver you to the action on the famous “West End”.

If you choose to stay at the Bananarama Diving Resort, you will have your Spanish classes there.

Useful Facts

• School Founded: 1998
• Average Number of Students Enrolled: N/A
• Maximum Number of Students: N/A
• Nationality Mix: N/A
• Age Mix: range 18-50, average 28, with special programs for 6-17
• Minimum qualification teachers: University graduates with a minimum of 5 years of teaching Spanish as a second language.
• Member of: International Education and Resource Network.

Programs Offered

One-on-One Intensive Spanish
We emphasize conversation, reading, grammar, and the experience of real life Spanish situations. Classes are held in the mornings, with the afternoons and weekends free for recreation and most importantly, time to practice Spanish, through immersion in the local culture.

• Levels offered: Beginner to Advanced
• Classes per week: 20
• Length of each class: 50 minutes
• Length of course: Minimum 1 week
• Maximum number of students per group: 1
• Minimum age: 6 (all students under 16 must be accompanied by an adult)
• Starting dates: any Monday

One-on-One Intensive Spanish with Scuba Diving
Learn diving in the morning at the unique Bananarama Diving Resort in famous West Bay Beach (the only PADI Gold Palm Resort in West End/West Bay), and study Spanish in the afternoon.

• Spanish Levels offered: Beginner to Advanced
• Classes per week: 20 Spanish language classes plus scuba diving course to earn PADI certificate
• Length of each Spanish class: 50 minutes
• Length of course: Minimum 1 week
• Maximum number of students per group (Spanish classes): 1
• Minimum age: 6 (all students under 16 must be accompanied by an adult)
• Starting dates: any Monday

For more information on any of the above courses, please visit the school's website: CASS Spanish Language School Honduras.

Accommodations

You can choose between two different accommodations:
Tropicana Beach Resort and its two acres of thriving tropical gardens are ideally located ideally halfway between Coxen Hole’s shopping and the famous West End’s restaurant and bars. Tropicana Beach Resort’s private beach is approximately 300 yards from the world’s second largest reef. The bungalows each have their own distinct personality and are designed for extended stays.
Bananarama Diving Resort offers comfortable and totally immaculate little houses located in the middle of West Bay Beach, one of the world's most perfect beaches, located directly on the marine reserve park with very good conditions for swimming, sunbathing, snorkeling, diving, kayaking and more!

Activities

Just like the private lessons, activities are also custom designed to meet the student's needs, interests, and available time. Teachers in the school accompany the students for field trips to the beach and/or indigenous villages, mountain hiking, waterfall bathing, etc. Students pay only for travel costs (minimal in Honduras), and food. The school also assists students in acquiring volunteer activities in the community.

The school will assist the student in acquiring activities available through outside sources including scuba diving, snorkeling, kayaking, visits to the Bay Islands by boat, white water rafting, botanical garden, etc.

College Credit

Central American Spanish School, in collaboration with US universities, can assist you with obtaining credit for your classes. Students desiring credit for their study should contact their home school first. Generally, U.S. universities consider 15 hours of study to equal 1 semester credit.

School Website

For more information on any aspect of CASS's Spanish programs in Roatan, please visit the school's website: CASS Spanish Language School Honduras.