Study Spanish in Panama
Spanish or Castilian (español or castellano in Spanish) is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in the central-north of Iberia during the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the later Medieval period.
Modern Spanish developed with the “Readjustment of the Consonants” (Reajuste de las Consonantes) that began in 15th century. The language continues to adopt foreign words from a variety of other languages, as well as developing new words. Spanish was taken most notably to the Americas as well as to Africa and Asia Pacific with the expansion of the Spanish Empire between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries, where it became the most important language for government and trade.
In 1999, there were 358 million people speaking Spanish as a native language and a total of 417 million people worldwide. Currently these figures are up to 400 and 500 million people respectively. Spanish is the second most natively spoken language in the world, after Mandarin Chinese. Mexico contains the largest population of Spanish speakers. Spanish is one of the six official languages of the United Nations.
In the Republic of Panama, Spanish is the official language in the country, and though we have around 5 dialalects spoken in our different indigenous communities distributed in some provinces, many of them speak Spanish. You will find them in San Blas, Darién Chiriquí, and Bocas del Toro.
Our Spanish Courses take place all year round and our schools are always open. The minimum class duration is one week with a maximum of 6 students per class. Sometimes a maximum of 8 students is possible during the high season, but the year round average is only 5 to 6 students per class. Students will take an oral and written placement test on the first Monday after their arrival in order to be placed in the appropriate level. As soon as the testing process has been completed, the Course work takes place immediately. click here for EPA! Student services and materials
Our Students
- Adults, young adults and children
- Retirees, professionals
- Tourists/ travelers
The EPA! Method
- The EPA! method guarantees that our students will successfully learn Spanish in Panama City.
- We have a staff of highly qualified instructors.
- Our method focuses in the communication process.
- Our program was designed in accordance with the Common European Framework of reference for Languages.
- Our classes are taught entirely in Spanish with the purpose of developing the students’ communication skills.
- Classes are planned based on our students’ needs.