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local family. Some places charge up to 20% more for tuition from June to August, and
many require nonrefundable registration fees. Extras range from movies and free internet
to dancing, cooking classes and lectures on Guatemalan politics and culture.
LANGUAGE COURSE
Celas Maya
( 7761-4342;
www.celasmaya.edu.gt
; 6a Calle 14-55, Zona 1)
Busy, professional outfit with a good
library and internet cafe. Official training and testing center for DELE (test of Spanish as
a foreign language).
Inepas
(Instituto de Español y Participación en Ayuda Social; ; 7765-1308;
www.inepas.org
; 15a Av 4-59)
Students
can participate in a variety of worthy projects. Offers a selection of inexpensive accom-
modations besides home stays.
LANGUAGE COURSE
Proyecto Lingüístico Quetzalteco de Español
( 7763-1061;
www.plqe.org
;
5a Calle 2-40, Zona 1)
This collectively managed and politically
minded institute also runs the Escuela de la Montaña, a limited-enrollment language-
learning program in a rural zone nearby the town of Colomba. Courses in K'iche' are also
offered.
LANGUAGE COURSE
Centro de Estudios de Español Pop Wuj
( 7761-8286;
www.pop-wuj.org
; 1a Calle 17-72, Zona 1)
Pop Wuj's profits go to development pro-
jects in nearby villages, in which students can participate.
LANGUAGE COURSE
El Portal Spanish School
( 7761-5275;
www.spanishschoolelportal.com
;
9a Callejón A 11-49, Zona 1)
Small outfit with enthusiast-
ic and supportive atmosphere. Earnings provide scholarships for children of single moth-
ers.
LANGUAGE COURSE
Dance Courses
