By providing your information, you agree to our Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. We use vendors that may also process your information to help provide our services. Learning a new language as an adult is a tricky proposition. In high school, I studied French, and after college I tackled Italian, yet never became fluent in either. And somehow, after living for many winters in Miami Beach, I had neglected to learn Spanish.
Many programs make pie-in-the-sky promises about easy fluency, but, truthfully, there is no such thing. The question is how to translate efficiently. The week began with an airport pickup by a personal driver who whisked my husband and me to our luxurious home for the next seven nights. After a relaxing walk and dinner at the one of the many boutique eateries in the district, we retired early in anticipation of a busy week ahead. Each session—offered 26 times a year—is limited to ten guests.
Before arriving, each student submits a written form outlining goals and answering questions designed to assess language proficiency. Our individual sessions were then tailored to our unique needs. In some sessions, students at comparable levels are paired to encourage conversation. Over breakfast, we met our fellow students before setting off for a rigorous morning of instruction.
Dining at Pujol is part of the education with Fluenz. In addition to our mind-stretching classes, we reveled in the perks of the program, including. Spouses eager to visit without studying the language, can enjoy an individualized itinerary of daytime excursions to museums, pyramids and other historic Mexican landmarks. Fluenz is an extravagant—and effective—upgrade from the old Rosetta Stone days.
More luxury language immersion programs are available from the South of France to Costa Rica. Read on to explore four more. As part of the program, staff will be alerted to speak only Spanish to guests, with additional learning offered through conversation and lessons.
