Children's Conversational Spanish Club - Intermediate
Use it before you lose it!!
Profe Rivas
Average rating:
4.7
Number of reviews:(207)
What's included
1 live meeting
30 mins in-class hours per weekClass Experience
So you know your colors, age, and name in Spanish. Now what? Let's put together all the words you've learned or are learning in other Spanish classes to actually communicate! We will learn about each other and talk about ourselves through ACTUAL conversations IN Spanish! You can tell us about your family, your favorites or your plans for the weekend. If you're game, we can even makeup our own characters and stories in Spanish as well. Come enjoy this low stress, child-focused conversational Spanish class. This ongoing class is geared toward Novice- high level learners and above who are in or who have had previous Spanish classes. Students can take this class to get real-life practice with what they are learning in other Spanish classes or as a way to keep up with the Spanish they already know. This means they should feel comfortable understanding questions, listening to others speak, and talking in simple sentences in Spanish about familiar topics (descriptions, likes, family, etc). All students must be currently learning Spanish, have taken Spanish classes, or speak Spanish at home as I will not be teaching, only guiding the conversation. :)
Other Details
Parental Guidance
Advanced-Mid proficiency in Spanish take roughly 480-560 hours to achieve. Using untargeted CI as instruction, a student spending 5 hours a week interacting with contextual Spanish can reach Novice High proficiency in approximately 95 hours. This class is part of the 5 hours per week students are to spend in Spanish, with the goal of becoming a more fluent listener and speaker. :)
Supply List
I will write any new, necessary words from our conversations in the chat box. You may download and save the chat in order to have a copy of all the new vocabulary.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined October, 2018
4.7
207reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
Missouri Teaching Certificate in Foreign Language
I believe that the ability to listen to and be understood in a language that is not your own profoundly connects us to the world at large. Inspiring and equipping young people to take travel that path is part of my calling and my way of changing our world for the better.
I began my journey to Spanish proficiency by listening to Spanish music, watching Spanish movies, reading Spanish magazines, hanging out with Spanish speakers, and traveling to / living in Spanish-speaking countries. This is the type of experience I desire to mimic for my students as much as possible. My ultimate aim for them is to be able to communicate confidently, correctly, and without hesitation.
I am a career-certified k-12 Spanish teacher and run an Acton Academy. My home is bilingual/bicultural and I am offering this class to help build conversational fluency among young Spanish learners and bicultural children who desire a safe space to make mistakes as they become confident speakers. I have taught Spanish using comprehensible input (CI) for the last 10 years. CI involves a mix of stories, conversations, songs, gestures, videos, readings, and writing centered around student interests and Spanish culture.
Using this approach I was named District Rookie Teacher of the Year in 2012 and was nominated for Building Teacher of the Year in 2016. I have presented to educators in both local and state foreign language conferences and received educational grants from the Gifted Support Network and VELA. I have also mentored teachers across the country. Reviews
Live Group Class
$10
weekly1x per week
30 min
Completed by 631 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 7-11
2-9 learners per class
