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Professional Language Training & Certified Language Services

Impacting Communities Through Language Services

Spanish Tutoring & Individual Classes

Online classes with our instructors from Latin America

The Best High School Spanish Immersion Trips to Ecuador and Costa Rica

Community Service
Spanish Classes
Host Families
Serious Adventures!

Spanish Immersion for Teachers

The best Spanish immersion program for educators. Travel options to Ecuador and Costa Rica available during spring break or summer break. Earn CEUs or PDUs while you learn Spanish!

Online Medical Spanish Classes

Learn Medical Spanish online and from the comfort of your own home!

Accredited Medical Spanish Immersion Trips

Earn CME and CE credits while learning Spanish on Medical Spanish Immersion in Ecuador & Costa Rica. Our trips are optimized for learning Spanish, 100% guided by CGI, more effective than you can imagine!

Adult Spanish Immersion Programs

Classes, Community Service, Weekend Adventures!

Translation and Interpretation Services

Onsite, Online & Telephonic Translation Services

Common Ground International (CGI) | Spanish and English Language Training and Services

At Common Ground International we specialize in Spanish for specific purposes and English for specific purposes. Our language services are focused on impacting communities through language. We help students and professionals in bilingual environments make a difference in their communities and around the world with language. You can expect nothing less than excellence when you contract for language services with Common Ground International (Spanish and English Language Training and Services).

Medical Spanish

Learning Spanish for healthcare produces immediate and noticeable results. We teach medical Spanish courses throughout Denver all year and provide medical Spanish immersion programs during the winter and summer months. Join a course that is interactive, fun & directly applicable to your day to day work with patients! (Spanish and English Language Training and Services)

Spanish Immersion Trips

Immersion is the quickest way to improve your comfort and confidence speaking Spanish! Intentional travel solidifies your language proficiency in ways that you never could at home. Learn more about how our Spanish immersion programs help you speak Spanish more comfortably and confidently! (Spanish and English Language Training and Services)

Translation & Interpretation

Certified document translation & qualified interpretation that you can trust! Use CGI’s certified professional translators and qualified interpreters and you’ll be certain that your message is communicated effectively and clearly. Learn more about document translation and interpretation services!

English Courses

Learn English with Common Ground International and get immediate results! Improving your English is quite possibly one of the best investments an individual can make in his/her career. And investing in your team’s English skills returns immediate productivity, safety, and customer service results. Studies show that how you communicate in the workplace has a drastic effect on how coworkers, employers and clients view you or your team.

Language for Specific Purposes

Teaching Language for Specific Purposes (aka LSP) is teaching language within a very specific context and with measurable and transactional objectives to using language. It’s very different from teaching general language classes. Teaching languages for specific purposes has been our specialty since we Common Ground was born in 2001, and now we’re sharing our secrets!

Free Learning

Free Courses, Free Study Materials, and other Free Learning Resources Provided by Common Ground. It turns out that we have more ideas and material than we know how to sell. And, not everything has to be paid anyway – poke around a little and see if we’re giving anything away that meets your needs! (Spanish and English Language Training and Services)

Upcoming Events

Classroom Management. Manejo de Aula

Sept. 19 – Oct. 24

This is a Spanish for teachers course focusing on the Spanish vocabulary, grammar and phrases you need to manage your classroom in Spanish!

Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns

Oct. 31 – Dec. 12

Using direct and indirect object pronouns in Spanish is a way to be more efficient with your language.
However, it can get complicated. In this introductory course, you will learn how to understand and use both direct and indirect object pronouns in Spanish.

Parent / Teacher Conferences in Spanish

Nov. 7 – Dec. 19

YOU have a HUGE task… Making sure parents, students and guardians are all on the same page! It’s even harder to do it in Spanish. With this Parent Teacher Conference Spanish Course, I guarantee your effort in learning how to communicate in Spanish with your parents/guardians during conference time will bring you many steps closer to achieving that educational partnership.

Spanish Immersion Programs

Registration is open

Join us on an immersion program in February, June, July or during custom dates! February program registration closes Dec. 1st. Summer program registration is open. Learn more today!

Spanish Courses
Spanish for Teachers
Medical Spanish
Spanish Immersions

Latest blog posts

Check out the latest blog posts and free lessons on how to the use Spanish and English in everyday settings. Most posts include a video lesson, downloadable notes, and vocabulary flashcards for self-study.

Medical Spanish

Spanish Immersion

Learn Spanish

Healthcare Spanish Crash Course

Free Medical Spanish Crash Course:

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Ecuador Spanish Immersion

Spanish Immersion in Ecuador

Newest Program!

In Cuenca & the Amazon

1-2 weeks in length

Starting June 14, 2024
Host family, hotel, or hostel
20 hrs/week language school
Tuesday – Thursday community service outreach projects
Amazing beaches, Volcanoes, Nat’l Parks, etc.
A great place to include your family or significant other for a post-trip vacation!
Interprofessional mix of fellow travelers
Open to Adults, Families, High Schoolers, Undergrads, Grad Students, Teachers & Healthcare workers
24/7 CGI Leadership

Ecuador & Costa Rica Spanish Immersion

Spanish Immersion for Adults in Ecuador

In Ecuador & Costa Rica

3-6 weeks in length; you choose!

Starting June 14, 2024
Host family, hotel, or hostel
20 hrs/week language school
Tuesday – Thursday community service outreach projects
Amazing beaches, Volcanoes, Nat’l Parks, etc.
A great place to include your family or significant other for a post-trip vacation!
Interprofessional mix of fellow travelers
Open to Adults, Families, High Schoolers, Undergrads, Grad Students, Teachers & Healthcare workers
24/7 CGI Leadership

Costa Rica Spanish Immersion

Pura Vida - Manuel Antonio Weekend Beach excursion

Easiest travel

In Santo Domingo de Heredia

1-6 weeks in length

Starting Jan 27 & June 29 2024
Host family, hotel, or hostel
20 hrs/week language school
Tuesday – Thursday community service outreach projects
Amazing beaches, Volcanoes, Nat’l Parks, etc.
A great place to include your family or significant other for a post-trip vacation!
Interprofessional mix of fellow travelers
Open to Adults, Families, High Schoolers, Undergrads, Grad Students, Teachers & Healthcare workers
24/7 CGI Leadership

All Spanish Immersion Programs have space limits and are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Contact Us to reserve a space for 30 days w/ no obligation.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Accrediting Organizations and Memberships

American Academy of Family Physicians
Adams State University
American Translators Association
California Board of Registered Nursing
Central Washington University
Colorado Association of Professional Interpreters
Colorado translator's association

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