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Spanish 1 Immersion for Middle School Beginners - 2 Times a Week
Completed by 5 learners
Ages 11-14
Live Group Class
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:(199 reviews)
Popular
Live video meetings
2x per week
3-7 learners per class
25 min
What's included
2 live meetings
50 mins in-class hours per weekMastery Evaluation
Exam at the end of each unit.Grading
We don't provide grades for this class. However, if you'd like an estimated grade, we can write a letter of recommendation for your learner with an estimated grade based on their performance during class.Class Experience
US Grade 6 - 8
Beginner Level
This Spanish 1 class uses an immersive style specifically for beginners to prepare students for real-world Spanish.
Check the "Teacher Expertise" section to learn about each of our teachers.
Our classes generally start from the beginning on a quarterly basis. However, if a class has 0 learners it will be starting from the beginning. Please message us if you are joining mid-semester and looking for a class starting from lesson 1.
General Semester Dates:
Summer Semester - June 1st-August 23rd
Fall Semester - August 24th-December 20th
Winter/Spring Semester - January 4th-May 31st
You can join late, but we recommend joining no later than unit 1.3. There are 8 units (for the 2-time per week class) and it takes around 5 weeks to get through each unit. Therefore, if you join in October, you can still join late. If a class has 0 learners we'll be starting from day 1.
SPANISH IMMERSION CLASS
How does this work?
The target language, in this case, Spanish, is used in a way that gradually immerses students through stories, songs, videos and interactive activities.
Each unit incorporates the following:
- Vocabulary presentation with 3-7 key words in each unit
- Student dictionary to keep a log of the vocabulary
- Short stories
- Video and/or audio that incorporates the unit vocabulary
- Songs
- Cultural lessons about the various Spanish-speaking countries
Students will learn small language chunks while simultaneously grasping how to utilize linguistic structures in relevant cultural contexts.
Our curriculum is tailored to lead students toward Spanish proficiency. Each unit integrates language and culture, accelerating language acquisition beyond the pace of traditional beginner courses.
The curriculum uses authentic resources to develop proficiency, which motivates learners.
GRAMMAR
In this course, grammar is learned intrinsically through context, but each unit also incorporates 1 or 2 grammar lessons. Level 1 focuses on linguistic structures in the present tense and some use of past tense sprinkled in.
SPEAKING & WRITING
Each unit encourages students to speak and write in a low-risk, low-stakes environment, building confidence as they progress. Students will practice speaking through:
- Reading Text Aloud
- Comprehension questions after short stories
- Interactive speaking activities
- Translating small paragraphs from Spanish to English and English to Spanish
- Writing short paragraphs in Spanish
If you've taken Spanish I for Middle School, we encourage you to sign up for Spanish 1 Immersion to continue advancing your Spanish. Even if you know some grammar and vocabulary, you will now start speaking Spanish!
Week of June 1 - Lesson 1 Emarcando (Embarking) - Spanish Alphabet Lesson 1
Lesson 2 Emarcando (Embarking) - Spanish Alphabet Lesson 2
Week of June 8 - Lesson 3 Emarcando (Embarking) - Spanish Numbers 0-30, Days of the Week Lesson 4 Emarcando (Embarking) - Spanish Phonics Part 1
Week of June 15 - Lesson 5 Emarcando (Embarking) - Spanish Phonics Part 2
Lesson 6 Emarcando (Embarking) - Cognates
June 22 - Week 4 - Lesson 7 Emarcando (Embarking) - Vocabulary Presentation, Listening Practice
Key words
¿Cómo te llamas? - What’s your name?
Me llamo - My name is (I call myself)
¿De dónde eres? - Where are you from?
Soy de - I’m from
¿Cuántos años tienes? - How old are you?
Tengo __ años - I’m __ years old
Lesson 8 Emarcando (Embarking) - Short story incorporating key words
Unit 1 focuses on Celebrando el cumpleaños (Celebrating Birthdays)
Key words:
Se llama - His/her name is
Es de - he/she is from
Va a tener una fiesta - Is going to have a party
Quiere - he/she wants
Unit 2 focuses on travel Vamos a viajar (We're Going To Travel)
Él/ella va a - He/she is going to
Él/ella visita - He/she visits
Él/ella viaja - He/she travels
El país - Country
Él/ella quiere comprar - He/she wants to buy
Él/ella quiere ver - He/she wants to see
We created our own curriculum, called Chispas - Sparks. Our mission is to ignite a passion for language learning in students around the world. This curriculum is the spark to ignite that passion.
REFUNDS
No refunds for group classes because we provide class recordings. Please ensure your learner is verified by Outschool in order to get access to class recordings. Learn more about this here: https://support.outschool.com/en/articles/4063624-learner-verification
If your learner is the only student enrolled in class, kindly let us know 24 hours in advance if you need to cancel the class and we'll provide a refund since there won't be a class recording. For cancellations that are less than 24 hours in advance, we cannot provide a refund.
If there is a group class and no students shows up, there will not be a refund because our teachers are still showing up to teach.
We do not offer make-up classes for group classes. However, if you'd like to enroll in another class for a one-time makeup, you are welcome to do so.
We appreciate you respecting our teachers' time.
Thank you!Other Details
Learning Needs
This class meets 2 times per week. If you'd only like to meet once per week, please visit our profile to see the other listing or message us directly for the link.
This Spanish 1 class uses an immersive style specifically for beginners to
Supply List
We recommend that your learner has a Gmail account because a lot of our resources are best used by making a copy of our Google Documents or Presentations. If you don't have a Gmail account, we can do a work around, but you'll have the best class experience if the learner has a Gmail. Thank you!
Language of Instruction
Spanish
External Resources
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Teacher expertise and credentials
11 teachers have teaching certificates
Illinois Teaching Certificate in Foreign Language
Illinois Teaching Certificate in Foreign Language
Illinois Teaching Certificate in Foreign Language
Illinois Teaching Certificate in Foreign Language
Wisconsin Teaching Certificate in Foreign Language
Non-US Teaching Certificate in Foreign Language
Michigan Teaching Certificate in Special Education
Arizona Teaching Certificate
Illinois Teaching Certificate in Foreign Language
Connecticut Teaching Certificate in Science
South Carolina Teaching Certificate in Foreign Language
Non-US Teaching Certificate in Foreign Language
5 teachers have a Graduate degree
Master's Degree in Education from DePaul University
Master's Degree in Foreign Language from University of Northern Iowa
Master's Degree in Education from Madonna University
Master's Degree in Sociology from Oklahoma City University
Master's Degree in Education from Yonsei University
9 teachers have a Bachelor's degree
Bachelor's Degree in English from Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
Bachelor's Degree in Foreign Language from Loyola University Chicago
Bachelor's Degree in Foreign Language from University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
Bachelor's Degree in Spanish Language and Literature from Sam Houston State University
Bachelor's Degree in English from The Open University of Hong Kong
Bachelor's Degree in Education from The Open University of Hong Kong
Bachelor's Degree in Foreign Language from University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Bachelor's Degree in Foreign Language from Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry from Yonsei University
Bachelor's Degree in English Language and Literature from fuzhou university of China
1 teacher has an Associate's degree
Associate's Degree in Foreign Language from Oklahoma State University
Teacher Laura
Laura holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Foreign Languages and a Graduate Certificate in Spanish Language Education. Originally from Colombia, she has been teaching English, French, and Spanish as a second language both in the USA and her home country since 2018, across various educational levels from kindergarten to adult in private and public schools.
She is very creative and passionate about languages and cultures, Laura strives to immerse students in the Spanish language while sharing her Latino cultural traditions, customs, and holidays alongside those of other Hispanic countries.
Teacher Cecilia
Cecilia is a native Spanish speaker. She learned Spanish and English simultaneously. Both of her parents were born in Mexico and she was born and still lives in Chicago.
She has taught Spanish 1 & 2 since 2017 at the middle school level. Cecilia studied abroad in Barcelona for half a year and loved learning about the Spanish language through a different perspective. She has a Bachelor of Arts in teaching of Spanish from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She is very passionate about teaching Spanish through her culture and giving students the opportunity to learn to love the Spanish language.
Teacher Nikki
Nikki is the founder of Skillabration. She has been teaching since 2005. She graduated with a bachelor's in Spanish and a master's in education with a focus in Spanish.
In 2016 she shifted from public school teaching to teaching online full-time for more freedom and creativity in her work. She taught ESL online from 2016-2020 and shifted to teaching Spanish on Outschool in late 2020. She also taught high school Spanish from 2005-2009, and 2011-2012. She was a middle school bilingual/Spanish/English immersion teacher from 2012-2016.
Nikki has had countless experiences traveling to Mexico. She did a cultural exchange for six weeks in Cuautitlan Izcalli in the State of Mexico when she was just 15 years old. She also studied abroad in San Sebastian, Spain for three months the summer before her junior year in college. Reviews
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