Presenting: Hermilo Brito From The Ideal Language School In Cuernavaca – Making Spanish Learning Fun
One of the reasons I chose to travel to Cuernavaca this past April was that it is one of the world’s centers for Spanish teaching. Cuernavaca has in excess of 40 language schools and attracts language students from all over the world to this beautiful city with the near perfect climate. After all, Cuernavaca is “La Ciudad de la Eterna Primavera”, the City of Everlasting Spring.
During my first week in Cuernavaca I had the oportunity to study Spanish at the Ideal School for Spanish and I enjoyed my one-on-one instruction with Estela, one of Ideal’s most experienced teachers. With humour and patience she put me through the usual torture of the Spanish subjunctive, of “ser y estar” and many of the other grammatical nuances that the Spanish language tosses at us non-Latinos.
During my stay at Ideal I really enjoyed the atmosphere, from our first guided walk with one of the teachers through downtown on our first day (with first-hand instructions on how to use the bus system), to our field trip (to a gallery opening), to...