Studying Spanish in Mexico involves living the culture of the people. One of the fascinating features of the Spanish language study abroad program relates to living with a local host family.

Staying in the home of one of the carefully selected traditional Mexican families is one of the truly outstanding features of this intensive Spanish language study program. One unique feature of the IMAC program is that they only place one student per family unless otherwise requested. Families are chosen from those of the students studying English here with IMAC.

Since IMAC has a student body of approximately 2000 students studying English, they can afford to use very specific guidelines to find the family most suited to the Spanish student's needs. The homestay program has the advantage of enabling the student to be completely immersed both in the intensive use of the Spanish language at home as well as the Mexican way of life and their customs , and the traditional hospitality of a Mexican family. Homestay includes three meals per day and begins one day prior to the beginning of the classes and concludes up to one day after classes finish. Students are required to do their own laundry.