Name: How to be fluent in Spanish FAST through immersion schools and entrepreneurship in Costa Rica
Uploaded: 2023-03-19T19:25:41+00:00
Duration: 1 h 16 min 2 s
Description: EL Podcast EP 24 is here! We spoke with Chris Reidy, Founder of Tico Lingo, a Spanish cultural immersion school in Costa Rica, the best practices on how to be fluent in Spanish in less than a year and

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EL Podcast EP 24 is here! We spoke with Chris Reidy, Founder of Tico Lingo, a Spanish cultural immersion school in Costa Rica, the best practices on how to be fluent in Spanish in less than a year and the importance of home-stays and cultural immersion for students. We also discussed entrepreneurship in Costa Rica, and some of the hurdles he faced when he started his business 8 years ago.

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0:00 Intro
1:15 How long does it take to be fluent in Spanish?
4:37 Biggest mistakes of American k-12 Spanish classes
6:47 Thoughts on language learning apps such as duo lingo
10:28 A day in the life of a student at a Spanish immersion school
16:35 How did you start a Spanish immersion school in Costa Rica
19:30 Steps to build a business in Costa Rica
24:46 What is the most difficult in building a business abroad
29:40 What did you do when you wanted to give up
46:36 How do you price your Spanish language school business in Costa Rica?
56:42 What’s it like navigating through the paperwork for starting a business in Costa Rica?
1:03:34 What is the best beach in Costa Rica?