Methodology

International standards

👉 At Mundo Antiguo, we take your progress seriously. Our curriculum is strictly aligned with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). This ensures that your learning is structured, measurable, and recognized worldwide—from absolute beginner (A1) to near-native fluency (C2).

👉 Mundo Antiguo collaborates with U.S. high schools and educational organizations that organize supervised summer programs in Peru. As part of these programs, we provide structured Spanish language instruction designed to meet the academic standards and learning objectives established by the participating schools. 

All courses are delivered by certified and experienced Spanish language teachers under the academic supervision of our Academic Director. Programs include level assessment, defined learning outcomes, structured lesson planning, and ongoing evaluation to ensure measurable progress. 

Academic credit, when applicable, is awarded by the participating U.S. high school or sponsoring educational institution. Mundo Antiguo serves as the local academic instruction provider, delivering the Spanish language component in alignment with the institution’s curriculum requirements. 

Through this collaboration, students benefit from immersive, academically guided Spanish instruction while earning credit through their home institution. 

👉 Mundo Antiguo provides Spanish language instruction for students participating in semester-abroad programs in Cusco. These programs are part of accredited U.S. university study-abroad initiatives, where students receive academic credit.

👉 We organize Spanish language courses and academic internships for students from Dutch universities and universities of applied sciences. 

Methodology

Mundo Antiguo Spanish School uses an innovative, result driven methodology. A methodology which we continue to refine. Reflection forms an important part of our job, so we ask the teacher as well as the student for input. Important is that we develop our Spanish courses mainly with our Spanish teachers; but we also consider the opinion, difficulties and questions of our students.

Teaching another language is not only about the transmission of concepts. The student also has to apply the concept, both in writing and verbally.

Spanish grammar is very extensive and from our experience we know the frustrating gap between ‘Spanish at school’ and the Spanish of everyday life. After a while you will sort of get it. But to really use all the rules and to talk with people on the street: it remains difficult. Many of our students learn Spanish at high school so they know some grammar and vocabulary. But they lack confidence in speaking the language. So that is why you will have private lessons or lessons in a very small group (maximum of 4 students). As a result, we will force you to speak Spanish all the time. This already starts from the moment you walk into our Spanish school.

Listen, understand, speak 

Together with teaching grammar, we focus our interactive method on teaching you to listen, understand and speak. Therefore we use a grammar book, but other materials as well like articles, movies, music and newspapers. Our teachers only speak Spanish with you from the first moment on. Because this will drive you to think in Spanish.

Every course includes some ‘Practical Spanish’ in which you leave the classroom with your teacher to practice the studied theory on the street. You will get to practice conversation and most probably an interesting view on local culture.

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