Small-Group Spanish Classes.
90
Minute Classes
Monday
2:30pm-8:15pm
The majority of people learn a language one of two ways – They either learn it by traveling or living in a foreign country for a year, or they use more traditional study methods, such as taking a language class.
If you have the opportunity to live in a foreign country for a year, I highly recommend it. There is no better way to become fluent in your target language. Period. However, most people don’t have that luxury, which takes you back to more traditional methods of learning…in a classroom.
The problem with learning in a traditional class, is that they bore you to death with textbooks, workbooks, conjugations, memorizing verb lists, role-playing, etc. So the majority of people give up in 1-2 years and never learn to speak their target language. Why? Because they never speak it! They never actually use any of what they’re learning in real conversation. When they have the opportunity to use their Spanish in a social setting, they’re scared to death or embarrassed because they’ve never actually practiced speaking before. They can get all the exercises right in their book, but getting the words to come out of their mouth is a whole other story.
So this is where we come in. I used to teach using the traditional methods, but it didn’t last long. My students weren’t really learning how to SPEAK Spanish, which essentially, is everyone’s goal. So 6 months after I started teaching, I decided to change the format. We started offering conversation classes… and not role-playing or reading text and then talking about it. No, these were real life conversations, ones that would actually take place in a person’s life.
Conversational Group Spanish Classes.
I made a list of things that I thought would be important for conversational classes:
- The classes needed to be unintimidating. I remember being terrified to speak English when I was learning it and I didn’t want my students to feel that way.
- The classes needed to be fun. If we were all going to sit around and chat every week, it had better be fun!
- I knew the classes had to be small. I tested numbers between 3- 8 and eventually settled on 6 students, but no more!
- The topics had to be varied. We had to get creative and find new things to talk about every week.
- There needed to be a method to the madness. Although the classes aren’t lesson based, we needed to have a goal in mind for each class…what exactly did we want the students to practice today?
These are the key ingredients to a fun, unintimidating, small-group Spanish immersion conversation class!
And there you have it! ¡Y ahí lo tienes!
This is what we do! ¡Esto es lo que hacemos!
If you’re a beginner (we define that as not being able to hold a 2-minute Spanish conversation), you can sign up now and pick your dates! If not, please contact us to set up a level assessment, as we offer 8 different levels, and we need to find the right one for you.
Beginner Classes.
If you’re a beginner to Spanish, choose from 3 types of classes:
- Small-group classes (3-6 students – 90 minutes)
- Semi-private classes (2 students – 60 minutes)
- Private classes (1 student – 60 minutes)
The type of classes that are right for you will have to do with several factors like scheduling, pricing, how quickly you want/need to learn, your personality, etc.
A few things to note:
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Our classes are conversational Spanish classes, not traditional Spanish classes.
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There is a daily, written homework assignment which takes about 10 minutes to do & is a VERY important part of being successful with this type of program.
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These classes are for beginners, which includes anyone who has zero knowledge of Spanish, to those who have some knowledge but are not yet conversational.
- Click to learn more about our small-group beginner classes.
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How it works.
- Students choose the monthly membership that’s right for them.
- Students manage their own schedule online, or pay an additional $19/month to have our staff manage their schedule.
- Prices vary depending on the number of monthly classes purchased, see our rates page.
- Class space based on availability (a waitlist feature is available for classes that are full at the time of booking).
- Students may attend live classes (when we resume in-person classes) or online classes (interchangeable).
- Classes may be canceled or rescheduled 24+ hours prior to class time without penalty.
- Memberships may be frozen for up to 8 weeks per year (PBO is closed approximately 6 weeks per year).
- Memberships may be canceled at any time.
Payment
Cash, checks, and credit cards accepted. Payments are non-refundable and non-transferable.
Location
All Spanish classes are in one of our 4 classrooms on University Avenue in North Park, or online (Pacific Time). There is a large parking lot behind the building, with an hour of free parking for Pura Buena Onda students (2 free hours after 6pm). DUE TO COVID-19 ALL OUR CLASSES ARE TEMPORARILY ONLINE.
Free Classes
Receive one free group class for each referral.
Receive one free group class on your birthday!
Evaluations
At any time during the year, you may purchase a detailed evaluation for $139.
Please contact [email protected] for more info!
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