GVI/Spanish

[Lauren]

Hello,
I'm currently looking into a 2-4 week long program in Ecuador through Global Vision Internationl (GVI) learning Spanish. I was curious if anyone has ever heard of this program and could provide feedback about it. Also, having taken a language previously (Italian 1 and French 1), I'm curious if 2 weeks (40 hours) is enough time to actually benefit and learn basic spanish.

My last question was, what could i do to prepare myself to learn? I was thinking about getting a book of some kind and just getting myself familiar with simple vocabulary, but wasn't sure if anyone had suggestions as far as titles are concerned.

my email is livelovee_surf@yahoo.com, please feel free to email me if you have any useful info as far as what I've mentioned above AND traveling from the states into Quito, Ecuador.

Thank you!