Guadalajara Language Center

What a great experience in all ways: The location, the teachers and staff, and the host family. Tlaquepaque is a wonderful place. I felt very comfortable there, few tourists and the locals are all terrifically friendly.
I spent a week at the Language School and I realize I should have booked at least 2 weeks. The teachers were patient, fun, and very helpful: Luz and Edith. I and my friend made up our own class. We met for 4 hours each day and spent the afternoons exploring.
Wouter, the director, is filled with enthusiasm and so many grand ideas. He picked us up at the airport, which certainly made things a lot easier, and he took us to our host family. We visited the nearby ruins, the city of Guadalajara, a great 4 hour hike to a river canyon, local history walk, and so much more. The family we stayed with was wonderful. It was a delight to walk everywhere and there is a wonderful street closed off to traffic, so that is always nice. I felt very safe everywhere I went.
I would definitely return to GLC, and next time for longer.

My friend Sylvia and I spent a week at GLC. I was completely satisfied with the whole
experience. Wouter, the owner of the school picked us up at the airport and took us to our home stay with the Bustamontes. Wouter was very helpful with information on places to go, and things to see. Teresa Bustamontes was a wonderful hostess for our homestay. I felt completely safe and at home. (Tlaquepaque has cops that patrol on bicycle for tourist safety.) The homestay was a short walk from the language school, the main plaza and the pedestrian walkway where there are many art galleries, restaurants and bars. My friend and I had 4 hours of Spanish a day– 2 hours with Luz, and 2 hours with Edith. They are both great teachers and very personable. I would have loved to have stayed longer and seen more of Guadalajara. 1 week is such a short time– try to stay longer if you can get there. I highly recommend going to GLC.

I just spent a week going to Guadalajara Language School and I couldn’t have had a better experience. I had 3 hours per day of one on one instruction with Monica and she made it both fun and practical. We took excursions into and around town as well as intensive classroom work.
Wouter, the director of the school, is one of the nicest and most helpful people I have ever met. He was full of suggestions for fun things to do-​there was a tequila tour of a local factory, a really cool theater production, a local market to see and a trip to Lake Chapala, which was beautiful. He can also set you up with lodging.
The school is set in a suburb of Guadalajara called Tlaqueplaque, and one of the best parts of the whole experience was being in a place which feels truly Mexican. The people are lovely. It’s a place where tourists from other parts of Mexico come to visit. It’s historic, colonial, brightly colored, filled with street life and family life.
I went by myself and was nervous about being on my own in Mexico. I ended up feeling really comfortable there-​nobody stares or bothers you and I never felt threatened.. The coverage in the media of Mexico being dangerous is really skewed-​just like it is here.
Highly recommended.