Vamos a la playa (and other useful Spanish phrases)

“Summer is hardly the most popular time to hop on a plane to Mexico — but it is an ideal time to plan a winter escape. Spanish immersion schools and the newly anointed “it” destination of Playa del Carmen make good starting points.

“Spanish — Live it and Learn it,” by Martha Racine Taylor (Cypress House, $18.95, 323 pages). Subtitled “The Complete Guide to Language Immersion Schools in Mexico,” this is an immensely helpful guide for anyone trying to wade through the proliferation of increasingly popular Spanish schools. Taylor, a Spanish and business professor at College of the Redwoods, pares the choices down to manageable proportions by confining her survey to Mexico, where she has made 40 trips, and includes only schools she has personally investigated and found worthy.”

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