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Panama 3-Week

Language Immersion & Service Adventure

Diversidad y Amistad!

Sessions June 25, 2012 to July 15, 2012
Grades 9-12
Average Group Size: 20 students/ 3 staff

This program offers staff escorted group flights departing from and returning to Newark

Learn Spanish in Panama Through a Language Immersion Service Adventure!

Welcome to Global Works Panama Language Immersion Program where you will experience an adventure that will take you through the Panama Canal to the Kuna Yala indigenous islands to central highland communities in the ‘land of eternal spring' to the amazing surf beaches of the Pac​ific.  Have you always wanted to go to Panama, immerse yourself in the culture, learn the language, and help the local community all while discovering something about yourself in the process? Our language immersion program participants gain confidence in the language through cultural immersion, focusing on a communicative approach to language learning with no classrooms!  Join us for a journey to a place touted as one of the earth’s best eco-tourism destinations with solid infrastructure, amazing biodiversity, and fascinating indigenous cultures!

Itinerary   Accommodations   Slideshow  

Service Projects

  • Earn 35-45 community service hours
  • Interact and assit kids at the Hogar Malambo Orphanage
  • Attend a Kuna tribal council meeting and work alongside community members to improve educational conditions for indigenous populations
  • Work with community groups in the Veraguas province on projects which they have selected and deemed important
  • Teach English and other lessons to local Panamanian school children

Language Immersion

  • Practice your Spanish with Panamanian students
  • Experience a homestay in a small, rural village
  • Engage in leader guided homestay language exercises and activities

Adventure and Cultural Activities

  • Snorkel around the coral reefs of the San Blas Islands
  • Tour Casco Viejo and the Panama Canal
  • Surf on world-class Pacific waves

Tuition: $3,995

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I learned how different other places are from where I am from. I also learned that I had the ability to step out of my box and make friends and have fun.

Katie, Panama Participant

I learned there are many similarities between American and Panamanian cultures. I also learned I can apply my Spanish classes and my skills improved.

Anonymous, Panama Participant

My favorite part was the homestay because being so integrated in such a new culture was unforgettable.

Anonymous