Andrew McLoughlin, England

After studying Spanish at a very basic level in other schools, I became convinced that one-to-one tuition was the way forward to be able to learn at the rate I needed. I did some research using the internet and found that cheapest place to do this was Guatemala and after looking through a number of Spanish Schools websites; I decided upon INEPAS for two reasons:

1) The website convinced me that I would make real progress in my goal to learn as much as possible.
2) I knew that the money from my classes was definitely going to the people who needed it most.

I studied from Beginner level I to Advanced level IIII and completed the course. What was great about the course at INEPAS was that they had an actual course syllabus, so my progress was recorded every week so I always knew how much progress I had made and how much further I would need to go to reach the level I wanted.
 
After I finished the course, I travelled for 2 months through Guatemala and Mexico and had plenty of adventures, which would not have been possible without knowing the language.
 
My Spanish now is at the level whereby I am currently reading Diego Maradona's Autobiography (in Spanish of course!).
 
Although my original goal was solely to learn Spanish at INEPAS, I would greatly like to thank my teacher and María Antonieta, who showed me that in Guatemala, a knowledge of Spanish is only part of what can turn out to be a life changing experience.