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Golden Gate Language Schools, Inc.
Distance: 20.7 Mi591 W Hamilton Ave Ste 101
95008-0521 Campbell -
IES Language Foundation
Distance: 46.1 Mi7020 Koll Center Pkwy Ste 127
94566-3107 Pleasanton -
International Effectiveness Center
Distance: 57.2 Mi2 Nd Floor
94104 San Francisco -
Advance English Academy
Distance: 59.6 Mi1370 Mission St. Suite 300
94103 San Francisco -
IDESLI International Institute of Linguistics
Distance: 60.0 Mi560 Mission St STE 1300
94105-0938 San Francisco
Description
In 1981, in between years of graduate study for our MSW in social work at the School of Social Work at the University of Washington in Seattle, we traveled to Mexico to study and learn Spanish in an intensive Spanish language immersion school. We knew then that acquisition of the Spanish language and knowledge of Mexican and Latin culture would be important to us in building cultural and language competency in our profession working as clinical social workers with mental health clients in California. We knew that with most of our clientele speaking Mexican Spanish that learning Spanish in Mexico was important. We traveled to Cuernavaca, Mexico, in the state of Morelos. We learned that this was one of the two world centers for the study of the Spanish language. Upon arrival in Cuernavaca, we began our research of the many schools there. After visiting many Cuernavaca Spanish immersion schools and meeting their staff, we decided upon the program at EXPERIENCIA, Centro de Intercambio...