1. General Information 

• School/Organization Name: Pura Vida Language Institute
• Administrative Director: Sr. Hamid Kaber
• Contact Person: Sr Hamid Kaber
• City/Town: San Joaquín de Flores. Provincia de Heredia.
• Country: Costa Rica.
• Telephone: 506-265-3149; Toll free USA 866-490-0559
• Fax: 506-265-3149
• Web address: www.puravidalanguageinstitute.com
• E-mail address for inquires: info@pvlispanish.com
• Name of the largest major cities or towns (within 20 kilometers of      your school): Heredia, Alajuela, San Jose
• Spanish Courses: 62- 101- 202- 203- 204.
• Program includes: conversation, grammar and cultural interaction. Classes arranged according to students level and educational objectives.
• Number of instructors: 10

2. Type Organization
 

X  Academic credit granting institution 
X  Foreign language instruction - school / institute / university etc.
X  Career/Technical training 
X  Pre-university 
    Boarding school 
X  K-12 
X  Teen program
X  Summer Camp 
X  Enrichment 
    Hobby course 
X  Volunteer 
X  Internship/work 
X  Tour, adventure travel 
    art (fine) 
    art (performing) 
    art (applied) 
X  Professional development- seminar, conference, course

3. Government agencies- municipal, national and international- where school is registered:

• Ministry of Education, Costa Rica

 
4. Professional and academic organizations:
 

• Our institute has certified by the Ministry of Education under the laws of the Costa Rican government.

 
5. Year organization was established: 

• Established 1990; reorganized under new management 2005

 
6. Languages spoken by Administration

• Spanish and English

7. Languages used in classroom:

• Spanish and English

 
8. Languages taught to foreigners:

Spanish 
Do you have:

x  Lodging (Home stay)
    Families/Child care
    Handicapped

 
 
9. Starting dates for clases:

• Weekly / Monthly
• Academic Term
• Summer and Winter semesters
• Weekly classes

 
10. Type of housing offered:
 

x  Home stays with families 
x  Hotel 
    School Residence 
x  Other

 
 
11. Age groups accepted:

 
x   University Age Students
x   Graduate/ Professionals
x   Mature Adults (age 50 +)
x   Children/ Teens 
x   All age Adults (18- 80) 
x   Professional/ Career/ Technical Inst