Welcome to AEC's Costa Rica Language School!

A Quality Standard Spanish program. Augmented by special Spanish programs for: Medical Spanish, Nursing Spanish, Children’s Spanish, and teen Spanish camps in the summer months.

Welcome to the official website of AEC (Adventure Education Center), Costa Rica’s most diverse and unique Spanish language institute with three distinctive schools from which to choose. You can study at more than one of our campuses and experience more of Costa Rica’s diversity and beauty without any loss in the continuity of your program. In addition to our standard Spanish, AEC has developed a well received Medical Spanish program for medical students, doctors and anyone else in the medical profession, and a separate Nurse’s Spanish program. It is AEC’s goal to provide quality Spanish programs for all ages. To that end, we also provide teen summer camps, Spanish instruction programs designed for children, and special accommodations so that families and groups can opt to remain together. Browse through our new adventure tour programs point system under the direction of our in house tour company, “Explornatura”. We are the only language school to offer in-house guides that will make your language experience like no other! We offer a with a wide variety of tour choices at each of our campuses in Playa Dominical, Arenal and Turrialba. From fielding questions about various programs, Costa Rica in general, flight information, and helping you navigate travel from one campus to another our experienced staff will be with you to insure you receive the best possible Spanish language experience. We all look forward to seeing you enroll in AEC’s language experience. From all of us at AEC Spanish Institute our warmest regards.
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