For two weeks I stayed In Pucon and worked most days with Karin Malonnek last winter. It was important for me to be able to speak Chilean Spanish, and I thought I would be good to study in Chile. The school and its personnel were an excellent choice. First of all my home stay was terrific. My host took such good care of me. We played cards and watched T.V. and movies in Spanish and she prepared great meals. Her husband and her daughter were also helpful with Spanish and anything else I needed to know. Pucon is a town in which one can walk everywhere. The weather was mostly wonderful, flowers everywhere. Studying one on one was the perfect way for me to learn. Working with Karin every morning was so worthwhile. We spoke in Spanish (what Spanish I began with), and she provided me exercises every day to help me learn vocabulary, verb tenses and sentence structure. I filled three notebooks! Karin was friendly and experienced and we had conversations in Spanish about our families, cultures and schools and even a little politics. As a former teacher, I understood why she was having me do certain things which made study even more interesting. She was prepared for me every day. The new facility was so pleasant, light and airy. The secretary and other teachers were friendly, helpful and professional. I will be back next winter!
Pucón
