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Lengua & Cultura is a language school endorsed by the Federal Mexican Government under membership number LSP-180118-GV0-0013. We are also a member of the International Language (TLPAC-USA), with member number 00525, Blue label. We have signed various agreements with different institutions around the world, such as the University of Arizona for their Emergency Medicine Program, Pacific Link College in Vancouver, Canada, and several Mexican universities.

Lengua y Cultura

4.6

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Kentaro Yoneda

23:44 22 Jul 24

I joined L&C Spanish School for six months and had an incredible experience. The group classes were engaging and... well-structured, making it easy to learn and practice Spanish.read more

20:52 22 Jul 24

Estudie ingles en Lengua & Cultura, en mi experiencia les puedo decir que es la única escuela que realmente te brinda... flexibilidad. Es genuinamente interesada en tu aprendizaje y desarrollo personal, los maestros son muy amables y todos son certificados nativohablantes del idioma.

La administración es excelente, ya que te permite reagendar lecciones sin problema, de acuerdo al reglamento.

Sin duda la recomiendo.read more

Jared J Cannon

01:23 10 Jul 24

I've visited CDMX twice this past year and both times I attended classes at Lengua y Cultura. The professors are... welcoming, encouraging, and resourceful with lots of recommendations of the best things to see in Mexico City that you won't find in a guidebook. The classes have a relaxed and fun atmosphere and at the same time they are packed with information. I promise your Spanish will improve by leaps and bounds by the end of the week. My last visit I took private lessons with Guillermo and it helped me immensely. He really built his lesson plans around where I was at and helped fill in the many huequitos in my grammar. Believe me, if you are in CDMX and want to improve your Spanish this is the place to go!read more

Kevin Fisher

12:30 18 Feb 23

A strong supportive school with a friendly family vides. Excellent teachers (I was in Cesar and Carolina's classes -... they are super) who are patient but also super focused on moving you forward. It felt to me like a school where the teachers really really care about teaching.read more

Julio César

22:15 02 Jan 23

The best place in Mexico to learn Spanish in a fast and fun way.
I will definitely come back.
Thanks to the... entire L&C team! 👏🏻read more

Kunal Mathur

16:18 04 Aug 22

Best Spanish School Around. Really good teachers. Offers various types of courses according to the students need,... Smooth functioning, always prepared beforehand for any situation. Definitely recommend it!read more

Andrea Ortiz Morales

16:44 30 Jul 22

La escuela Lengua y cultura es un excelente espacio para aprender español, ya que puedes tomar clases intensivas con... grupos diversos (con personas de todo el mundo) y clases privadas para reforzar tus conocimientos o avanzar a tu propio ritmo. Los profesores están capacitados y te harán sentir en confianza.read more

Esther Roseline

23:56 24 Jul 22

Wonderful school! The environment is conducive to our learning, and the materials are structured well! Recommended

Kimmy Dale

23:06 23 Jul 22

The best school to learn Spanish in Mexico, really deserves the Latin America Business Award they have!

Fernando Silva

23:01 23 Jul 22

This is by far the best Spanish school in Mexico City! their staff is very friendly and they make it super easy to sign... up and to pick your course, I took the 2 week intensive course with César, I didn't know anything at all when I got there and by the end of my course I was able to order at restaurants and get around town by myself!read more

Cristalia Gonzalez Beltran

20:31 19 Jul 22

Pésimo servicio y no hay personal que responda una llamada, cero recomendaciones. Nuestros hijos no merecen pasar un... trato tan malo su vida está peligro ⚠️😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡read more

Marion Babou

21:29 20 May 22

Empecé a tomar clases de español como principiante total con la profesora Itzel durante 1 mes y continué con la... profesora Carolina durante otro mes. Ambos fueron geniales, aprendí mucho de ellos y los recomiendo totalmente.read more

Thomas Pfeiffer

19:41 07 Oct 21

I visited L&C Spanish school in CDMX for a few days to take a crash course in Spanish. I booked the classes - last... minute - the night before and everything worked out perfectly: The next day I was welcomed by the very kind receptionista and my Spanish level was evaluated within a few minutes. I was assigned to a small group of students, which was perfect to have plenty of interaction with the teacher. The lectures were organized very well: It consisted of Speaking, Understanding and Writing parts (and Homework tambien). I liked that there was a lot of speaking exercise and interaction with the teacher and students, which guarantees a fast progress in daily life speaking! Especially, I appreciated that the teacher understood how to motivate students and to create a good learning atmosphere.

I strongly recommend Lengua y Cultura and all the surrounding administrative etc. parts of it!read more

Barbara Dias

15:55 25 May 21

I strongly recommend lengua y cultura school because they are included as the best spanish school in mexico city.... Teachers are prepared and entertaining, classes are leveled which helps to get the language faster. If you want to learn spanish, you must visit Lengua y Cultura.read more

Justine Solti

19:53 24 May 21

I went to Lengua y cultura to take Spanish courses and it was amazing.
The teachers are very nice and really know... how to teach.
It was a wonderful experience, I highly recommend this school!read more

Will Cheshier

13:43 19 May 21

Great experience! A tremendous staff and they helped immerse you into the culture as well as teaching Spanish! Took all... safety precautions for COVID following all sanitary measures. Highly recommend!read more

Annemarie Ahearn

15:07 12 Feb 20

I took a one week intensive with Leonardo and it was wonderful. He was extremely patient with all of the students and... encouraged us in a way that felt like we were making progress. I would recommend Leo to any one with any level of Spanish. He also had lots of wonderful restaurant recommendations in Mexico City. I will definitely be back and for much longer time.

Muchas Gracious Lengua y Cultura!read more

Raoul Calle

16:10 09 Aug 19

Lengua y Cultura is a great place to learn Spanish in Mexico City. The classes are small and the teachers are really... nice. I met some nice people and my Spanish improved a lot in just 4 weeks. It’s also in a nice new space in the heart of La Condesa. Will come back soon.read more

Luke Cool Hand

21:04 05 Jul 19

I've tried other schools but at Lengua and Cultura is the best. The group sizes are small so teachers are able to give... you the attention you need. The environment is relaxed and it was a really fun place to learn.read more

Todd Pitock

18:43 20 Jun 19

I got a lot out of my lessons at Lengua y Cultura. My teachers were engaging, patient and caring, and I think I... improved as much as I hoped to in my week there.read more

Jeremy Whalon

14:08 15 Jun 19

I really loved my experience here. I got to meet several teachers while I was there and found they all where very... educated, knew their craft, and wanted all of us to succeed. Learning a new language isn’t always easy and it really helped knowing I had partners at the school who created an environment that really helped us all learn. Class sizes aren’t that big, and they also have a great private tutoring program and remote lessons (after you’re done). Check them out if you need to learn Español.read more

Saskia Versteeg

22:03 13 Jan 19

I joined L&C for a 1 week intensive course to refresh my Spanish before starting work in Mexico. The teachers are... incredibly engaging, professional, and flexible with adjusting hours to suit my new work schedule. Both the group lessons and private classes were incredibly helpful to get me back up to speed.

And, if you're looking for accomodation during your stay in the city, they have an AirBnB just a few blocks away.read more

Carla Parson

16:09 01 Dec 18

The instructors are engaging, knowledgeable, patient and fun.

Julien Voilà

21:42 27 Sep 18

Really good foreign languages clases and really good school.

Nelli Roosipuu

18:01 27 Sep 18

I've been taking private lessons mostly from Marco and I am very content with his teaching methods. Marco has been... consistent and very disciplined but at the same time a fun teacher to study with. I highly recommend!read more

Claudia Cavazzini

09:48 05 Sep 18

I took 20 hours of Private Lessons with Claudia; she is very patient and with a very strong teaching method. Thanks to... her methodology and to the tools provided I learnt very fast and completed the first 2 levels in less than 3 weeks. Additionally, thanks also to Giusy and Marco they showed me local traditional aspects and introduce me to the Mexican life. I felt like with friends. I look forward to coming back to Mexico next month to take other classes with them.read more

Sam Roberts

18:27 28 May 18

Great experience with friendly staff and skilled teacher's

Pao Ocaranza

20:09 02 Apr 18

Andy Kuang

08:32 19 Feb 18

Anna Natalia Romankiewicz

05:09 17 Feb 18

In the past year I took a Spanish course at L & C. Classes are interesting, well-trained teachers, low prices. I really... liked that every week I had classes with another person. Marco is a very kind and flexible person. Thanks for everything!!!read more

Vincenzo Di Marco

15:10 16 Feb 18

Lucía Mignot

22:23 14 Feb 18

Tom Field

20:42 14 Feb 18

Very bad reputation. I have heard from several people that have taken their classes that their 5-star Facebook reviews... are fake and they are dishonest. Stop covering up the lies Lengua!read more

Trinh Le

21:55 12 Feb 18

Completely disappointed in the way this business is run! Boyfriend and I recently moved to CDMX and needed to learn... Spanish since we work and live here. After speaking with Marco Tellez (director of Lengua y Cultura), we came to the conclusion that private Spanish lessons would be the best option/program for us. The price was expensive, but that was expected since we wanted flexibility in scheduling in case of work, travel, etc. Before signing up, Marco promised us great things from Lengua y Cultura; things that competing businesses did not offer/weren't able to. First and foremost, he promised us quality teachers who are qualified to teach the language at an institutional level. Second, the teacher would speak fluent English and Spanish. And lastly, the teacher would have his/her own concrete lesson plan to supplement the books.That was on point with what we wanted/expected, so we signed up to start.

The first teacher assigned to us failed to meet all three criterias that Marco had promised. He introduced himself to us as a tutor, was not able to understand our questions whenever we asked, and had no lesson planned for the four days that we had him. Our lessons were comprised of reading and listening to materials straight from the book, using our phones to translate whenever we didn't understand something, and searching for a YouTube video on something irrelevant to anything we were learning. We wanted to give this 'teacher' a full week before jumping to conclusion, but just couldn't so we contacted Marco to explain how the lessons were going. He appeared shocked saying that the teacher "seemed capable of speaking English" when they had talked and "does have a lesson plan". At this point, we also disclosed that we don't want to waste anyone's time, and that we can just consider it a lost for that first week and go elsewhere, but he kept reassuring that the new teacher will work out. After much back and forth, Marco said he would send us a new teacher and that they would be up to par with what we all agreed on.

Fast forward to next week, we meet the new teacher, and first lesson goes well for that Monday (1/22). She could speak English (though not fluently) and Spanish, was able to answer our questions, and had supplemental materials in additional to the book. Three days later, we get a message from her on the morning of (1/25), saying that our class for the day is cancelled. So we thought, sure, not a big deal, maybe just a one time thing and wouldn't happen often. Next morning (1/26), another cancellation and then it was the weekend so we just thought we would pick it up again on Monday. Monday (1/29) came and another cancellation. See the frustration? Lessons were on and off for the next week and a half, and in between all this, the teacher texted saying that she would reach out to Marco to see if someone could substitute. We thought this was in the works, but when we reached out to Marco to once again reassess this whole private lessons, he had no idea. He said he was unaware, but that he would try to find us a third teacher.

My question here is...if you are the director of this business, how are you unaware of what your teachers/staff are doing (i.e. do you even check in on them? would you even know if they came to teach or not? why should the clients/students have to keep tabs on the teachers?). We paid a premium so that we would get quality service and teachers who would do their job, but it seems like we have to micromanage this whole thing. Anyways, we told Marco we were pretty much done with the program since it was clearly not working out and to please refund us minus the cost for the books/materials. In total, we've paid for 60 hours, but only had 12 hours of concrete lessons.

I do not recommend this place at all, especially if you are looking for high quality, private Spanish lessons and teachers. If anything, it only adds to more frustration and disappointment.

Teacher's attendance:
1/22- 9am-11am
1/23- 9am-11am (late)
1/24- 9am-11am
1/25- teacher cancelled
1/26- teacher cancelled
1/27- weekend
1/28- weekend
1/29- teacher cancelled
1/30- 9am-11am
1/31- work travel
2/01- 9am-11am
2/02- 9am-11am
2/03- weekend
2/04- weekend
2/05- holiday
2/06- teacher cancelled, told her we need to discuss tomorrow re schedule
2/07- teacher cancelled, discussed with Marco re ending programread more

Roger Fisher

16:30 23 Sep 17

Excellent teachers. I took the full immersion package for two weeks Aug/Sep 2017 and was very satisfied with the... quality of instruction and the high level of dedication of each teacher to student learning and progress.read more

Liz Fishwick

14:35 06 Sep 17

I'm currently taking a Pre Intermediate course at Lengua y Cultura. I have enjoyed the lessons and especially with... Edgar who has proved to be not only patient but well prepared. This has been very motivating for Spanish learning. The school also has great hours for people who have FULL TIME PROFESSIONAL JOBS in the city which I think may account for a large percentage of the immigrant population who yes, are in Mexico City because they are highly qualified in their field. This is in capitals because I've been looking for a Saturday class for years as it is challenging for me to study during the week as I am one of those people. I initially started on an evening course and Lengua y Cultura have been very flexible at helping me transfer to a Saturday course.read more

Jeff Paxton Jr.

02:08 22 Aug 17

Excellent teachers and located in a safe and vibrant part of the city. I highly recommend the full immersion program... and the one-on-one sessions. Hoping to get back for round 2 ASAP!read more

Chapi Max

12:35 21 May 17

Sophie Pinch Le Prawn

17:40 18 May 17

I really enjoyed my time at Lengua y Cultura. All the teachers and staff were very friendly and patient (which was the... most important part as my spanish was very poor). They were also very flexible, i couldnt attend the final class and they arranged for it to be held over skype instead. I really recommend this school. Thank you to everyone there.read more

Elliott Burns

17:09 21 Apr 17

In total I took 12 weeks of classes at Lengua Y Cultura, 5 days a week, 3 hours a day. The best part was that... throughout that period the school and its teachers were flexible to the needs our my classmates and me. Be it needing a week off, or wanting to diverge from the materials a little, it was accommodated. Alongside dramatically improving my Spanish the classes were consistently humorous and friendly. A huge thanks to the teaches who taught us.read more

Hannah Mxnr

19:14 04 Apr 17

This is a great language school, I can highly recommend it! The teachers structured the lessons really well and... everyone in the class improved quickly.
muchísimas gracias!read more

Chuck Morrison

17:22 05 Feb 17

I took some personalized lessons and really benefited from them. Very nice instructors and they knew how to enable me... to communicate in almost all spanish during the lessons even though I am still a beginner. Gave me more confidence to practice my Spanish throughout the day. Highly recommended.read more

Jessica Aragon

17:30 28 Oct 16

Dulce Acosta

20:00 09 Jul 16

Barney Wareing

23:17 24 Apr 16

The school was brilliant. I had individual lessons for a week and improved massively. Everyone was very welcoming, and... the teaching was excellent. Would definitely recommmend.read more

Will Davis

00:30 22 Dec 15

Great school! Really accommodating to my needs, and had me babbling away after a week of lessons without having any... prior knowledge. Highly recommended.read more

Karin Davani

04:00 16 Dec 15

Lengua y cultura is a great language school. I have been taking both group and private classes and I highly recommend... both. The teachers are great and will adjust the classes to your needs. I started taking group classes on a daily basis when I first arrived in Mexico City to prepare for an internship at a Mexican organization. Two weeks later I had made huge progress, which really helped when I started working. I continued taking private classes on a weekly basis, and it has been a great way of improving my grammar and language knowledge as a complement to my daily conversational Spanish.read more

Rachael Byrne

18:17 05 Nov 15

Really recommend Lengua y Cultura! Our class was great and I felt like we all progressed quickly together, the teachers... were perfect. Patient & everything we were confused with was explained clearly.
Equally valuable for tourists & foreign residents wanting to kick off, or improve their spanish. I went to a school in Polanco previously, it was nowhere near as good as here.read more

Gustaf Soldan Patrikson

20:10 18 Oct 15

This is a great language school! I went here to improve my Spanish before the start of my exchange semester. The... teachers structure the lessons well and you will meet interesting people from all over the world. Also, the location is good within walking distance from much of Condesa/Romaread more