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Spanish Conversation-Online

$418

with Cristy Schmidt

Calendar Next available session starts Sep 5, 2025 at 1:30 pm

Early Registration (5/1-5/26): $418

Reg. Registration (5/27-8/14): $440

Late Registration (8/15-9/30):$460

Day time:Fridays 1:30pm-3:00pm on Zoom

Class Description: This intermediate Spanish conversation course is aimed at furthering the development of students’ oral and listening skills through the discussion of topics presented by a carefully selected series of simple YouTube videos in Spanish. The instructor will conduct classroom sessions entirely in Spanish based on relatively short YouTube videos that inspire discussion and analysis of the topics. YouTube-video topics will come from a variety of authors and countries. The instructor as well will use the book: "Stories: Buenas Noches para Niñas rebeldes”, and use it for reading and discussion.

Prerequisite: Completion of Spanish 1, 2, and 3 or equivalent knowledge.  This intermediate Spanish conversation course is designed and intended for students with good grammatical backgrounds but with limited listening and speaking abilities. We request that advanced students NOT take this course so that the instructor can adjust the vocabulary and speed of the language used in the class to levels appropriate for students who are striving to develop basic listening and speaking skills.

Instruction: The instructor will conduct the class in Spanish. Often, grammatical and usage points come up during discussions, and the instructor may from time to time incorporate brief grammatical explanations in English into the conversation, but this is not a grammar class, and the focus will be on refining verbal-communication skills in Spanish.

Book/Materials:  "Cuentos para niños que se atreven a ser diferentes“  Available on Amazon

Complete Spanish Grammar ( Practice Makes Perfect ) 

Spanish-Intermediate-1hr.-Conversation-Online

$285

with Patricia Marein

Calendar Next available session starts Sep 5, 2025 at 5:30 pm

Early Registration (5/1-5/26): $285

Reg. Registration (5/27-8/14): $300

Late Registration (8/15-9/30):$330

Thursdays 5:30pm-6:30pm 

Class Description: This is a multilevel class designed to enhance and reinforce learning from the leveled classes. It is not a prerequisite to advance to the next level.

This is a conversation focused class. The instructor may use reading, writing, and other means to provide opportunities to build conversation skills. 

Spanish 3-Online

$418

with Patricia Marein

Calendar Next available session starts Sep 5, 2025 at 6 pm

Early Registration (5/1-5/26): $418

Reg. Registration (5/27-8/14): $440

Late Registration (8/15-9/30):$460

Mondays 6:00-7:25 PM via Zoom

Course Description: This grammar course is for students who have learned the basic elements of the Spanish language. It builds on what has been learned in Spanish 1 and 2.

Course Objective: Completion of the following chapters and topics

Grammar

Unit # 8     Reflexive  pg. 81

Unit # 19   Personal pronouns (Obj. directo y Obj. indirecto)   pg. 231

Unit # 21   Possessive and Demonstrative Adjectives and pronouns   pg. 253

Unit # 22   Adverbs   pg. 266

Unit # 10   Present perfect and past perfect   pg. 104

Unit # 11   Future perfect & conditional perfect   pg. 115

Unit # 20   Relative pronouns   pg. 244

Prerequisites: Spanish 1 and 2 or equivalent

Books/Materials: Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Verb Tenses, Premium Fourth Edition 4th Edition by Dorothy Richmond  

ISBN-13: 978-1260452457

Spanish 4-Online

$418

with Patricia Marein

Calendar Next available session starts Sep 5, 2025 at 6 pm

Early Registration (5/1-5/26): $418

Reg. Registration (5/27-8/14): $440

Late Registration (8/15-9/30):$460

Tuesdsays 6:00pm-7:25pm

Class Description: This upper-level grammar course builds on the foundations of what students have learned in Spanish 1, 2, and 3. The instructor will conduct the class entirely in Spanish and will resort to English for grammatical explanations only when absolutely necessary. Students at this level are likely to experience new doors opening to them in terms of their abilities to read short story length material and to speak a number of coherent sentences in a row. The instructor will assign homework from the book.

Instruction: The instructor will conduct the class in Spanish and will resort to English only when necessary to make grammatical or usage points clear.

Prerequisite: Knowledge of the material in levels 1, 2, and 3 

Book/Materials:  Practice Makes Perfect, Complete Spanish Grammar, Premium 4th Edition





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