One-to-one instruction is also available for students seeking maximum individual attention or to work at a slower or faster pace than the group Spanish courses.

Students with special interests, such as health care, business, law, or social services, can either take a private course or a group course supplemented with individual lessons.

The structure of the class wasn't collegiate, but we covered the same material, so I still looked forward to class every day.  I liked that general discussion about social things or the city was not discouraged during class, because it helped in improving real-life vocab/conversation skills. The tuition was very reasonable, too, and that not only makes it attractive, but possible for a lot of people. -  Katie, San Francisco, USA

NOTE:  Classes are either in the morning (9-1) session or in the afternoon (2-6).

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Levels & Course Content
In both Argentina and in Chile, our program is divided into 12  components of study, with 8 always open. (not all components must be sequential.)  The first eight are concentrated on grammar, vocabulary, practical situations, and conversation.   The next levels, advanced and superior, focus mainly on conversation and advanced reading and writing topics.  Each level is two weeks and a written exam must be passed in order to advance.

For a printable version of the course curriculum, please click here.

A convenient level table for class placement is given here.

NOTE: Content descriptions are examples of topics covered.  Discussion topics and themes vary.
 

Beginner_1: (No Spanish)	pronunciation, identifying people and things, present tense, family members, "ser"  and "estar", interrogative pronouns, indefinite/definite articles, greetings, demonstative adjectives, present progressive tense,  "hay" and "tener", days and months, possessive adjectives.
Beginner_2:	reflexive verbs and pronouns, sports and activities, future informal ("ir" +  ), preferences and desires, "nunca"/"siempre", imperative tense,  ordinal numbers, "tener que", "haber", and "deber",  prepositions of time and place, imperfect tense.
Intermediate_1:	relative pronouns, interrogative pronouns, "para" and "por", past perfect irregulars, future imperfect, conditional tense, present subjunctive, uses of subjunctive verbs, "seguir" and "quedar", preterite perfect "estar" + gerund, irregular subjunctive verbs.
Intermediate_2:	preterite perfect subjunctive, passive voice, uses of "se", verbs with prepositions, adverbial expressions, diminutives  and augmentatives, idomatic expressions, preterite imperfect subjunctive, prepositional phrases, synonyms and antonyms.
Advanced:	advanced writing, reading, and conversation.  Topics vary.

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Schedule
Official group sessions begin every other Monday.  Students with no Spanish background should begin on one of the official start dates, while those with prior Spanish can generally join an existing group.

Individual (one-to-one) courses may begin any time.

Classes are either from 9 until 1 or 2 until 6 with two short snack breaks.  Detailed class information and holidays are listed here.

Start dates 2010 (note: you may start on any Monday, however please choose a date below if possible to coordinate with our two-week levels.):

2008: Jan 4, Jan 18, Feb 1, Feb 15, Mar 1, Mar 15, Mar 29, Apr 12, Apr 26, May 10, May 24, Jun 7, Jun 21, Jul 5, Jul 19, Aug 2, Aug 16, Aug 30, Sep 13, Sep 27, Oct 11, Oct 25, Nov 8, Nov 22, Dec 6, Dec 20

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Materials
Teachers use our own course book, developed by a team of our teachers, for about half of the class, while the other half of the class is devoted to special class needs and supplements, such as selected audios, videos, and current readings.

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Teachers
All of our teachers are native speakers with university educations and are very experienced teaching Spanish to foreigners.  Most have learned a second language themselves and understand the student's perspective. They are devoted to helping students best reach their goals and to keeping the classes enjoyable and entertaining. 

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