Spanish Immersion Programs in Rockland, Maine

Penobscot School, Maine:
Penobscot School is located in Rockland, Maine on the mid-coast. Since 1986, it has offered year-round foreign language learning and international cultural exchange to local and international adults, families, small groups and businesses. It also offers special after-school and summer courses just for kids, as well as three-week English immersion programs in July and August. The school's current focus is on Arabic, Chinese, Japanese and Russian but all of the languages listed above are offered during the fall and winter sessions. The school's offering of language classes is limited during the summer session when English for international adults becomes the focus. The school welcomes requests for languages not currently listed. Tutoring is available in all languages year-round.

Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Swedish, Russian weekly classes, Saturday workshops, weekend immersions, weekly language lunches, monthly potluck language suppers, Italian and Armenian cooking classes, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish classes just for kids, African Cinema and teachers' seminar in Montreal (French immersion), Danish and Korean cultural days, 3 week summer English Immersion programs/homestays and more ...

Spanish Programs
- Introduction to Spanish 
- Continuing Early Spanish
- Spanish for Children
- Intermediate Spanish
- Advanced Spanish: Es un placer hablar
- Spanish for Travelers (Beginner)
- Private Tutoring also available

Spanish Immersion Weekend (Intermediate)
By far the best way to make rapid progress in any language is to live it, or be immersed in it. Language immersion weekends at Penobscot School provide a safe, relaxed atmosphere where you will participate in everyday activities in your chosen language, just as you would if you were living in a foreign country. From morning to night, your native-speaking instructors and assistants will help you with vocabulary, grammar, listening and pronunciation, and you will also go on excursions, play games, sing, prepare authentic meals, enjoy cultural presentations and perhaps make a presentation of your own. Two years of previous language study is recommended, or the ability to speak about simple, everyday subjects in the present and past tenses.

Teachers will find material useful in the classroom and a valuable refresher of speaking skills. Stories, drama, music, film, food and native-speaking friends will provide for a deep immersion into the language and culture. The immersion runs from 5 pm Friday through 2 pm Sunday and includes instruction, all activities and materials, and six meals from Friday dinner through Sunday lunch.