Overview: EduKick Mexico is proud to announce the opening of our Spanish Language Immersion Academic Year Long Soccer Programs in paradise...beautiful Puerto Vallarta, Mexico! The EduKick Mexico Soccer Boarding Schools are designed for young soccer players seeking to do a "soccer exchange" to Mexico...immerse themselves in Mexican culture and Spanish language aquisition for an entire academic year while also attending daily technical soccer training sessions!
University of
Guadalajara - Centro de Estudios Para Extranjeros (CEPE)
CEPE Vallarta is EduKick Mexico's affiliated academic institution for our "University" option (Spanish language study only). Our year-long program schedule at CEPE, with its rich variety of courses available, enables students to select a program of Spanish language study that comes closest to their personal needs and desires.
For those intereste student-athletes still in High School and in need of transfering academic credit, EduKick Mexico offer Middle and High School options at our affiliated Colegio in Puerto Vallarta (Colegio Fernandez de Lizardi).
EduKick Mexico is a Spanish Language Studies course in Puerto Vallarta that is combined with daily technical soccer (sports) training, eco-cultural excursions, and social events. Student athletes receive "home stay" room & board at the private residence of the EduKick Mexico Director, Mr. Armando Cosilion (pictured above on left with EduKick V.P., Joey Bilotta). Each day after academic classes end, participating student- players will attend daily soccer training sessions. They will also be inserted onto local Mexican club teams (according to age and level). The EduKick Mexico Spanish Immersion Language & Sport School is directed and over seen in Puerto Vallarta by Mr. Cosilion, owner of "CODEFUT", Soccer School and the organizer of the popular annual international soccer tournament, "Copa Vallarta!"
Center of Foreign Students in Puerto Vallarta
Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, is a veritable paradise on the Pacific coast. Tucked into a niche in the West Sierra Madre mountain range, it can be reached in 30 minutes from Guadalajara by air or in four hours by road.
It is a city of contrasts, where natural beauty blends with modern tourist development. Although it has luxury hotels and innumerable services for tourists, it is still pleasant to stroll down its cobbled streets and enjoy the charm of an old-style country town.
Since 1994, CEPE Vallarta has responded to the demand of tourists, residents and university students who wish to learn Spanish in a tropical environment. Since 2007, CEPE Vallarta joins EduKick, Inc. in welcoming soccer players from around the world to attend our unigue Spanish & Soccer program in Puerto Vallarta.
Learning is based on the Communicative Approach, without losing sight of the need for grammatical accuracy. Spanish language courses are taught in Spanish and are designed to help students acquire fluency and sufficient communicative skills to cope with any situation that they are likely to encounter. The size of our groups is no bigger than 15 students. This enables us to give a more personalized attention, according to the specific needs of each student, and to encourage more interaction in the classroom. On arrival, students are tested for both written and spoken competence. On the basis of this placement test, they are assigned to the most appropriate level for their own benefit. The CEPE operates ten levels of Spanish instruction, which are in turn divided into three areas:
Spanish for beginners:
Levels 1, 2, 3 and 4. The program for beginners focuses primarily on verbal expression, vocabulary expansion and listening skills. This approach is supplemented by work on reading texts for information, writing and basic grammar. We recommend that students follow between four to six hours of this course on a daily basis. Beginners can also enroll in supplementary courses Conversation I and Mexican Culture, the latter being the only content course taught in English.
Intermediate Spanish:
Levels 5, 6, 7 and 8. The focus in these programs is on developing the grammatical competence needed to maintain both informal conversation and more formal communication, as well as developing sufficient vocabulary for reading and writing purposes. Students who on placement testing demonstrate sufficient competence to study at Level 7 and beyond may also enroll in a variety of supplementary content courses.
Advanced Spanish:
Levels 9 and 10. Advanced classes concentrate on total mastery of the language, including reading excerpts from literature, the writing of essays and enhancement of oral expression. Advanced students can enroll in any supplementary or content courses, according to their needs.
Medical Service:
Students will enjoy of free medical consultation in the event of an accident or illness. CEPE will pay for the physician's fees, but be ready to cover for medication, lab test and related costs.
Friendship Program:
This program can enable foreign students to get to know Mexican students so as to practice Spanish and participate in cultural exchange.
Transfer Credits:
Transfer Credits is the process of receiving academic credit for courses taken at CEPE's so that it can typically be counted towards your degree or graduation requirements. Your academic advisor at your home institution will make the final determination of how many credits may transfer and how the credits will count towards your graduation, elective major/minor requierements. For this reason, we recommend that you begin the Transfer Credits process as soon as you decide to study abroad, by seeking pre-approval for your courses from your home institution. If you have any difficulty with the course approval process, contact EduKick staff, and we will be happy to contact your study abroad advisor at your home institution in order to facilitate the process, sending syllabus of CEPE programs etc.
How Do I Start the Tranfer Credit Process:
There are three important TIPS to successfully obtaining Transfer Credit through your home institution:
1. Obtain written pre-approval of the Spanish levels as well as Content courses and Supplementary courses offered at CEPE (EduKick Mexico)
2. Achieve good marks in your classes while studying at CEPE (EduKick Mexico)
3. Confirm with EduKick the mailing address of your home institution for your transcripts to be sent.
Spanish Language Soccer Boarding School
EduKick Mexico
Even further north, the beaches of Banderas Bay are pristine and quiet as they reach up toward Punta de Mita. If you're into surfing, these northern beaches, which are subject to strong surf, perfect for catching a wave, the best windsurfing also takes place in this area. 
South of town, you'll find numerous small coves and beaches. Playa de Mismaloya used to be a quiet, fairly remote cove, it is still fairly remote and remains a beautiful beach in spite of development and is a great place to relax on the beach for a day. Boca de Tomatlan, the last beach that is accessible by road is more primitive with several small seafood restaurants and taco stands. It is a great swimming beach, very quite and peaceful. 
