¡Bienvenidos a la clase de español!  Welcome to Spanish class!  In this intermediate conversational Spanish class I welcome all students who have had several beginner Spanish classes or have done extensive self study.  **PREREQUISITE**  As an intermediate class, it’s expected that students will have had some prior Spanish classes. Our focus will be the most common words and verbs in Spanish.

We will play games like guess who or design a dream house together and also create silly stories in class to practice using complete sentences.  The activities are often silly and include student generated content to make them engaging and memorable.  We focus on the most common verbs and vocabulary in Spanish

I am gentle, kind, and encouraging.  I rephrase students responses in correct Spanish as a form of gentle correction.  Research shows the less stressed students are the better they learn another language!  I will teach in Spanish with tons of pictures, gestures and some English when necessary.  Vocabulary and written notes will be given as homework.  

Weekly topics will rotate:

Create an original story together
Picture Chat
Word Game 
Calendar Chat
Get to know each other conversation

My style of teaching involves comprehensible input.  This means giving students lots of input (Spanish) that’s comprehensible (that they can understand) as the primary teaching method.  My teaching philosophy is to teach Spanish the same way your child learned their first language.   They may not understand every word but they should always get the gist and be able to follow along.  I am here to help them every step of the way!  I  speak slowly, write out words, use pictures, gestures etc. to make sure students are comprehending the Spanish.  When necessary, I explain the grammar.  Also, I will provide homework activities to support the learning in class.  Students will learn through simple stories in Spanish.  

I recommend this interactive workbook to record new vocabulary.  There are also games you can make to practice vocabulary.  https://a.co/d/eTD3n1n