Good morning,
I am not sure which thread subject I should put this under so I will post it in a couple different threads.
I am new to DR1 and I joined specifically for help with a trip I am planning. I am a 27 year old female with a boring 9-5 and I really want to do something meaningful, and fun before I get married and have kids. I am saving up to quit my job next year and go to the Dominican Republic for 3 months. I want to volunteer at an orphange as well as attend spanish lessons/school. My boyfriend is Dominican who speaks fluent spanish but despite living together for 3 years I still have not learned the language. I know a few things but Im not nearly where I should be. So I want to do a spanish immersion program. My boyfriend will not be coming with me as I feel like I would rely on him to much to translate and I want to do this completely on my own.
I am looking for a reasonably priced spanish school or tutor. I would like to take lessons from 8-12 Mon-friday and volunteer at the orphanage the 2nd half of the day. All of the spanish schools that I am finding on google are all big companies that are based in Europe and have different school locations all over Latin America and Spain. As you can imagine they are really high in price and have pretty large class room sizes. I am not looking for that type of experience.
I would prefer a small locally owned school or even just a private tutor for hire that would work with me one on one every day. I am also looking for a host family/home stay that I can live with and truly immerse myself in the culture and language. Most schools offer this type of accomadation for an extra fee.
I would prefer the location of La Romana as I have already been in contact with an orphange there and they will accept me as a volunteer. I have also been to La Romana before (on a cruise so it really doesnt count) but I love the proximity of being near the capital and near nice beaches.. (bayahibe/Punta Cana). I found one school that offers lessons in La Romana called Inspanishdr.com but they have not answered my email request for more information so I am assuming they are no longer open.
If anyone out there knows of anyone in this area please advise!! If you know of any other small Dominican owned schools in other areas please advise as well. Also if you know of any orphanages that allows volunteers please let me know. I am looking for all the information I can get.... suggestions... anything.
Thank you for any help you all can provide!!!
I am not sure which thread subject I should put this under so I will post it in a couple different threads.
I am new to DR1 and I joined specifically for help with a trip I am planning. I am a 27 year old female with a boring 9-5 and I really want to do something meaningful, and fun before I get married and have kids. I am saving up to quit my job next year and go to the Dominican Republic for 3 months. I want to volunteer at an orphange as well as attend spanish lessons/school. My boyfriend is Dominican who speaks fluent spanish but despite living together for 3 years I still have not learned the language. I know a few things but Im not nearly where I should be. So I want to do a spanish immersion program. My boyfriend will not be coming with me as I feel like I would rely on him to much to translate and I want to do this completely on my own.
I am looking for a reasonably priced spanish school or tutor. I would like to take lessons from 8-12 Mon-friday and volunteer at the orphanage the 2nd half of the day. All of the spanish schools that I am finding on google are all big companies that are based in Europe and have different school locations all over Latin America and Spain. As you can imagine they are really high in price and have pretty large class room sizes. I am not looking for that type of experience.
I would prefer a small locally owned school or even just a private tutor for hire that would work with me one on one every day. I am also looking for a host family/home stay that I can live with and truly immerse myself in the culture and language. Most schools offer this type of accomadation for an extra fee.
I would prefer the location of La Romana as I have already been in contact with an orphange there and they will accept me as a volunteer. I have also been to La Romana before (on a cruise so it really doesnt count) but I love the proximity of being near the capital and near nice beaches.. (bayahibe/Punta Cana). I found one school that offers lessons in La Romana called Inspanishdr.com but they have not answered my email request for more information so I am assuming they are no longer open.
If anyone out there knows of anyone in this area please advise!! If you know of any other small Dominican owned schools in other areas please advise as well. Also if you know of any orphanages that allows volunteers please let me know. I am looking for all the information I can get.... suggestions... anything.
Thank you for any help you all can provide!!!