What's included
1 live meeting
30 mins in-class hours per weekHomework
optional activities are provided in the classroom.Assessment
Not assessedClass Experience
US Grade 4 - 7
Intermediate Level
This is an intermediate Spanish class for Advanced Beginner learners who are already familiar with some basic Spanish vocabulary and some verb conjugation. We utilize a popular and researched based learning method called TPRS How do I know if this class is right for my learner? Prerequisites include knowledge of the following: The verbs estar, tener, gustar, ser, ir and some other common verbs. You may not know how to conjugate them, but you are familiar with what they mean. Basic vocabulary, which means you already know words like: days of the week, colors, numbers, clothing words, food, family, animals, greetings, house vocabulary so on. You may have already taken several weeks of my beginners Spanish classes. You may not know how to put those words together yet to form sentences or read or write stories or conjugate verbs. We will work on this together using TPRS techniques with comprehensible input. Goals of our class: The goal of this class will be to work on conversation, fluency and comprehension while applying the vocabulary you already know with sentences, conversations and reading and comprehending short comprehensible stories that the teacher writes. Each class we will 1. Practice a vocabulary set. We do what is called circling around the set of vocabulary that we will see in our story. 2. Use the vocabulary set in context to read and or illustrate, act out, retell and answer short comprehensible questions about the story 3. Discuss and apply one present tense verb from the story 4. Following class: Extra practice is provided in the classroom. These are not required but there are suggestions of how to practice retelling the story, comprehension questions, and verb conjugation practice The class will follow a similar pattern each week as noted in steps 1-4, but the text will change. For example September 3rd- El alce y Gabi- Verb gustar- to like September 10th- Los amigos van de pesca- Coger- to catch September 17th- El pez de hielo- viajar- to travel September 24th- Un explorador profesional- volar- to fly October 1st- Gabi el pesca en el hielo- caer- to fall October 8th- Detectivo Jorge- ganar- to win October 15th- El pastor grita- gritar- to yell October 22nd- La oveja inteligente- decir- to say October 29th- El lobo aburrido- escuchar- to listen November 5- El lobo aburrido 2- bailar- to dance November 12th- Los chistes- regresar- to return November 19th- La chica no escucha- correr- to run December 3rd- December 10th- December 17th-
Learning Goals
The goal of this class will be to work on conversation, fluency and comprehension while applying the vocabulary you already know with sentences, conversations and reading and comprehending short comprehensible stories that the teacher or class writes.
Other Details
Pre-Requisites
Prerequisites include knowledge of the following:
The verbs estar, tener, gustar, ser, ir and some other common verbs.
Basic vocabulary
Can form simple sentences.
See Description for more detail.
Supply List
notebook, pencil, acess to printer for any handouts, whiteboard, marker
Language of Instruction
Spanish (Level: A1)
Teacher expertise and credentials
9 Teaching Certificates
Wisconsin Teaching Certificate in Foreign Language
Illinois Teaching Certificate in Foreign Language
Wisconsin Teaching Certificate in Mathematics
Illinois Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
Wisconsin Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
Illinois Teaching Certificate in English to Speakers of Other Languages
Wisconsin Teaching Certificate in English to Speakers of Other Languages
Wisconsin Teaching Certificate
Wisconsin Teaching Certificate in English/Language Arts
2 Degrees
Master's Degree from University of Wisconsin Whitewater
Bachelor's Degree in Education from Carthage College
I am a certified Bilingual Spanish speaking teacher since 2002. I hold licenses in Illinois and Wisconsin to teach Bilingual Spanish classes to native and non native speakers. I have taught Spanish both full and part time, both in person and as an online teacher since 2004. I am also National Board certified.
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Live Group Class
$10
weekly1x per week
30 min
Completed by 23 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 8-12
3-8 learners per class