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La Academia de Español DAmore offers a very interactive methodology based on the Communicative Approach through the Total Immersion Methodology of Teaching, This is a way of teaching in which the target language is taught with strong active use without using any translations at all, and it is completely intended to help students achieve communicative competence since day one. Students learn the Spanish language in a country where it is spoken and interact (for those applying in the homestay program) with Costa Rican families. This methodology stresses a means of organizing a language syllabus, and the emphasis is on breaking down the global concept of language into units of analysis in terms of communicative situations in which they are used.
The Costa Rican Minister of Finance, Guillermo Zuniga, acknowledged that the difficult economic situation facing the country and the world is being evidenced in tax collection.
The reduction was evident in customs taxes and in the category known as "other" which includes the single tax on fuels. Zuniga said they have noticed that car imports have gone down noticeably.
The minister's explanation is that the economy is slowing, interest rates rose, credit became more difficult to obtain and this leads to a reduction in imports.
It was also pointed out that the taxes collected by customs in Costa Rica during the first 9 months of this year increased by 20% compared to the same time a year ago. This shows that the economy did not grow since the amount between 2006 and 2007 was 29%, which shows a decrease.
Likewise, the money raised by the single tax on fuel has been coming down and this shows a decrease in consumption.
The data indicate that the growth of the economy is less, the rhythm is falling. However, costs continue to rise at an almost similar rate to that of previous years.
But Guillermo Zuniga said that many of the expenses in September were due to amounts that could not be eliminated, that on the contrary, the savings that the government had are precisely to cover payments such as those.
Those payments were adjustments to the salaries of the central government, this was done in order to balance them with the rest of the public sector and the payment of interest on the debt that Costa Rica has, in addition to money given to municipalities for communal works.
Despite all this, the government of Costa Rica still retains a surplus of about ¢186,000 million for the past 12 months.
The minister hoped that public finances are kept in order do that we can cope with the crisis being experienced worldwide.
From the standpoint of TicosLand.com in Costa Rica, what the minister has said shows good administration. However, there are still many outstanding things for which money from the surplus should be used, for example housing solutions.
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