Academia Tica is proud to be one of the first Spanish schools in Costa Rica and one of the longest standing since 1986.
We’re a Costa-Rican run business with finesse for quality. This has been recognized with an Instituto Cervantes Accredited Center certification, the most important qualification for schools that teach Spanish as a foreign language.
Academia Tica is also an official DELE Exam Center. We have been officially awarded the title: “El mejor lugar del mundo para aprender español” or “The best place in the world to learn Spanish” by our former student Brian Reid
We Offer:
General Spanish Courses
Our course offer starts at 20 group lessons per week which you can combine with 5 or 10 private lessons. You can also take individual Spanish lessons from 2 to 30 per week.
DELE Exam & Preparation
Prepare with us and take the DELE Exam right here in Costa Rica. Studying at Academia Tica will give you a great advantage for success in the exam!
Surf & Spanish Course
Year-round good waves make our home beach one of the best places to learn to surf. Take professional advice and have a good time in some world-famous spots.
Spanish Traveling Classroom
A unique opportunity to travel Costa Rica and learn Spanish at the same time, and at an unbeatable price. Join us in our favorite activities, something new everyday!
I came to Costa Rica without any spanish knowledge, and left with an A2 Level. The school in Jaco is great, the teachers are very nice, and I had a great time there learning spanish during my 3 weeks. I enjoyed living at the apartments with other students. Academia Tica also organizes freetime activity like cooking class, Zumba or Yoga. I would come back at any time!
Hi there!
I have been studying Spanish at Academia Tica in Jaco for 3 months and it has been a really good time. I started of with the beginner level Spanish and I grew over the weeks to a level of B1.4.
The school is small with various class rooms inside and outside, and because it is not that big you will get to learn everyone very quickly. Every week you will be learning more and more Spanish but also you will be meeting new people every week. During my stay I stayed with a host family which where amazing. They took me (and others) into their house and involved us into various activities and showed us some amazing spots to.
In my opinion it is definetly worth going to Costa Rica and grab this opportunity to learn Spanish and having a great time as well.
I truly recommend the school. The classes were amazing. We were about 3 students for one teacher so it was really quick to learn Spanish. We could practice our pronunciation and we spoke a lot !
The teachers are really helpful and welcoming. They make you feel at ease. Thanks a lot, I definitely recommend the school and I look forward to seeing you again !
I have been studying Spanish here for 3 weeks and these weeks have just been amazing! I learned a lot and really improved my Spanish. The nice thing is that the classes contain max 6 persons and the teachers will do everything in Spanish. This really improves your speaking skills. The teachers are very nice and warm persons. During these weeks I met many nice other students, who really became friends. Jacó is a small town where you can do everything by foot. Besides the Spanish classes, I had surf lessons at Surfer Factory. A great combination!
I studied and did volunteer work though Academia Tica in Coronado, Costa Rica for 3 months and loved it so much. I traveled by myself and, because I lived in the houses in the school area which were shared with other people, I met so many new friends and every weekend we traveled around the country. Also really enjoyed the school and teachers.
I studied Spanish during 3 weeks (knew a bit before) and during the lessons we spoke a lot of Spanish which was perfect practice for me since I was gonna do volunteer work in a public school afterwards. The volunteer work was really the best part though! Getting to know the kids and the teachers who welcomed me and were so friendly and nice. We only spoke Spanish which was the best practice for me and I learned so much!
