New Language Classes

Nicaragua Christian Academy took a big step forward this year with two new foreign language elective classes. Despite being an already bilingual school (with all classes in English and daily Spanish classes for all students), for years we have desired to provide opportunities for our students to further develop their language abilities.

This year we began by offering semester-long elective classes in Korean and Portuguese. Korean was taught during the first semester. Students who signed up for the class learned basic Korean alphabet and vocabulary, as well as several different aspects of Korean culture – food, music and traditional art.

With the exception of new arrivals to Nicaragua who are still learning Spanish, most of our students are fluent in both English and Spanish. Over 10% of our students are Asian and also speak either Korean or Mandarin. And several of our students have already learned other languages (mostly French and Italian) outside of school.