ACLAS offers an innovative, deep immersion Spanish program to foreign university students majoring in Business Administration (undergraduate level). It combines the study of Spanish and the opportunity to learn about business management in Latin America with the experience of living with an Ecuadorian family and the chance to travel Ecuador through adventure tourism.

The purpose of this program is to satisfy student communication needs in Spanish, needs encountered in daily life as well as in specific work and study areas. To meet their communication needs, participants will work on and utilize the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. The program combines these skills with appropriate non-verbal communication strategies assuring that students understand native speakers properly and that native speakers, in turn, understand students in the daily life, work and study contexts mentioned above.

In addition to the language training, the program includes visits to different industries both in Ecuador and neighboring Spanish-speaking nations. With these visits, students have the chance to experience and to become familiar with negotiation culture in Latin America, including its existing paradigms and its culturally specific elements.