There are lots of ups and downs when you start learning a new language. Some days are better than others! But, if you’re here to learn Spanish in Guanajuato, Mexico at the Devela Language School and you’d like to learn Spanish fast, below are some tips and tricks to help your progress more quickly: Listen…

Learning a new language is like opening up new dimensions of reality. Anyone who travels perpetually knows that you can only see so many tourist sites before apathy sets in. But language adds another layer to the travel-experience. Speaking to people in a different tongue creates a new paradigm in terms of how you relate…

While coworking spaces are popping up all over the world, in Guanajuato, Mexico, a new concept is taking hold at the Devela Language School. John and Jennifer Shipp have created a digital-nomad-friendly language school in Guanajuato, Mexico that also caters to worldschooling families. The school is small at the moment, but there are plans to…

My husband and I worldschooled our daughter, Lydian between 2000 and 2018 during a time before the concept of worldschooling was widely accepted. It was often very difficult to find language classes for kids during this time. I remember contacting a Russian language school while I was in Mexico about enrolling Lydian (who was 15…

Once, in Costa Rica, a girl at a language school with a volunteer program told me that she’d volunteered at a “Pet Rescue Shelter” and that though there were no animals in the shelter while she was there, she took care of the owner’s dogs. And when she left, “they were doing a lot better.”…

Learning a new language takes a lot of focus and effort. And those who take the time to travel and study a new language through immersion classes want to know that they’re getting what they pay for. So how do you decide where to take Spanish language classes in Mexico if you’re traveling there for…

The best way to learn a language is to take in-person, immersion classes at a reputable school. But, the second best way to learn a language is to take online classes. At the Devela Language School, Guanajuato, we offer online Spanish classes so that our students can learn Spanish online from wherever they’re located in…

Learning a new language is a big undertaking. Often, the students who take a multi-pronged approach to learning do the best. For example, students who find a “learn Spanish app” along with taking in-person spanish classes and who also study at home will progress more quickly than students who just take Spanish classes or who…