About International House

IH Riviera Maya

IH Riviera Maya, on the Caribbean coast in Playa del Carmen, is one of the newest of the many International House language schools around the world (see below for further details on IH World).

In Playa del Carmen, in addition to Spanish courses, we also offer the CELTA (TEFL) course, Spanish teacher training and English courses.

IH Riviera Maya is run as a joint venture with IH Barcelona.

Visit the International House Riviera Maya website for further details of all our Spanish courses in Mexico.

IH Barcelona

IH Barcelona was founded in 1972 and has since grown into a major centre for language teaching, teacher training, study tours and related activities.

There are four main areas of activity in the school:

• Teaching Spanish to students from all over the world
• Teaching other languages (English, German, and French) to the local population
• Training teachers of Spanish and English (ELE and TEFL courses)
• Sending students from Spain to study languages abroad.

You can obtain full information on all of our Spanish courses in Barcelona by going to our Barcelona site.

International House World Organization

Founded in 1953, International House is a network of more than 130 schools around the world, all committed to the highest standards in education and business.

A key aim of International House is to raise the standards of language teaching around the world. One important way in which we do this is through Teacher Training courses for which International House has a world-wide reputation. We train our own (as well as many other schools') teachers to enable language students to learn the language of their choice simply, quickly and efficiently in a rich linguistic and cultural environment.

To ensure that every school maintains the high standards that are specified in the Affiliation Agreement, an external assessor visits each school every two years and conducts a thorough investigation into all aspects of the school's activities. These visits ensure that the unparalleled reputation International House enjoys for the quality of its services is safeguarded.