Group 4 Spanish Course | Spanish Lessons in Small Groups

Group 4 is the most popular Spanish course offered at Habla Ya Panama Spanish Schools and is comprised of 20 hours of group Spanish lessons per week with the option of taking additional private Spanish classes. Students have 4 hours of group Spanish classes each day either in the morning or in the afternoon.

There is a maximum of 6 students per class, although the average amount of students in the classroom is usually between 3 and 4. As groups are small, students always receive the personalized attention required to learn Spanish.

Even though it's unlikely to happen, if there isn't another student of your exact same level and you have signed up to have group lessons, it doesn't matter: you'll have the teacher all for yourself, for the same 4 hours (we won't reduce your amount of hours like other Spanish schools do). If for any reason you would like to limit your class size to two or three students (couples or groups of friends traveling together), you can sign up for Mini Group lessons.

Groups are arranged according to students' Spanish levels ensuring that classmates will have a very similar degree of communicative proficiency. If you know some Spanish, even a small amount, you're required to fill out our Online Placement Test before starting your language course. Upon arrival to our Spanish schools in Boquete, Panama City and Bocas del Toro, students also have a short oral interview with one of our teachers to confirm each student's exact Spanish level. In this way student's oral expression and listening comprehension skills are taken into account as well as their reading and writing skills.

For those seeking a more intensive Spanish course or an even more personalized one, the Group 4 PLUS Spanish course adds 1 or 2 extra hours of Private Spanish classes per day to the standard 4 hours of Spanish classes in group that students normally have each day.

In these extra hours you'll be able to focus on whatever you want to. For example, you can work even more on your conversational Spanish skills or on certain grammar topics, take your time to prepare for the DELE exam, study Medical Spanish, or Spanish for Business, work on a certain area that is more difficult for you, talk about the Latin American culture, etc.

By having 5 or 10 extra hours of private lessons per week you'll also be able to move along faster through our level system.

Group Spanish classes in Bocas del Toro are mostly held from Monday to Friday, between 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m., with a 20 minute break after the first two sessions (55 minute sessions). In Boquete, group lessons are normally scheduled between 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., and in Panama City between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.

During the rainy season in Boquete and in Panama City, it is more likely to rain in the afternoons, and this is why we tend to schedule Spanish lessons in the afternoons so that students can enjoy outdoor activities during the mornings. In Bocas del Toro it is the opposite: during the rainy season it's more probable to rain in the mornings and this is why the schedule in Bocas is the other way around. Time slots will be assigned according to teacher availability.

During high season (January - March, June - August), as our schools get quite full, schedules are arranged according to what is possible.

For those students who sign up for our Group 4 PLUS Spanish course we schedule their additional private Spanish lessons to take place during the other half of the day in which they are not having their group classes. For example, if a student is having group lessons in the afternoon, then his or her extra private Spanish lessons can take place between 8:00 a.m. and 9:50 a.m. or between 10:10 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.

For those students who don't know any Spanish, beginner groups usually start on every Monday of each month (but there are exceptions).

You can see dates below.

Students who ALREADY KNOW SOME SPANISH can start their Group 4 Spanish course on ANY MONDAY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR as long as they SIGN UP IN ADVANCE!

If you know some Spanish, even a little bit, please remember to also complete our PLACEMENT TEST.

The rate per hour depends on the amount of hours you book. More hours = lower rate per hour.

Below you'll find the prices for the following Spanish courses:

• Group 4 Course (20 hours of group lessons per week)
• Group 4 PLUS 1 Course (20 hours of group lessons + 5 hours of private lessons per week)
• Group 4 PLUS 2 Course (20 hours of group lessons + 10 hours of private lessons per week)