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general
characteristics for conversational Spanish
small group tutoring sessions
assembled by Spanish Black Belt
Groups
are assembled by Spanish Black Belt throughout the
year
You
submit an application and then wait between a
few days and a few weeks for Spanish Black Belt
to match you with up to 2
other students that share your same level,
and schedule and meeting location preferences.
Your sessions will start at a specific date and
time and will run for 8 weeks. Once it starts
we will not allow other students to join to avoid
distractions and to make sure all progress at
the same pace. To see
a list of groups currently scheduled please
click here.
Groups
are very small in size (up to 3
students per group)
Conversation
Spanish Small Group Tutoring Sessions in DC, VA,
MD, NY, NJ and CO currently have an amazingly
small size of two to three students, a size that
fosters your learning and promotes personal interaction.
This class size has profound implications. Classes
at colleges and traditional language institutes
because of their size of 15 to 20 students each
have no alternative but to offer lecture-style
classes that focus a lot on grammar and little
in practice and conversation. What ends up happening
after finishing a term with them is that you may
understand some grammar but on the other hand
you end up not even being able to conduct a minimum
conversation in Spanish.
Focuses
on developing conversational skills through professional
guidance
Our
Spanish small group sessions will focus on developing
your conversational skills, speaking and listening,
while still helping you improve in all other skills
of the language: reading, writing, grammar and
vocabulary acquisition. Our group sessions will
also be professionally guided so that you don't
just practice speaking Spanish with native speakers
but have real improvement that will take you to
the next levels.
You
study with others at the same level
Sharing
classes with a small group of other highly motivated
students is a great way to expand your knowledge
of Spanish and expand your personal network. Practicing
in a group matched by ability has several distinct
advantages. Group sessions can be comforting and
inspirational because you see other students working
through the same language challenges you are tackling.
It also helps everyone to learn from each other’s
mistakes. Other non-native speakers understand
what you are accomplishing and have lots of patience
as you speak because, believe it or not, they’re
gaining just as much from listening to you as
you are from practicing speaking.
Meets
face-to-face on two-hour sessions once a week for
8 weeks
You
will meet face-to-face with your other classmates
and your tutor at a convenient cafe or at your
tutor's home without needing to commute far away
from where
you live. Group
will meet 1 day a week on a
two-hour session each week. It is expected
that you will need to attend sessions for 8
weeks in order to cover the material
required to move forward to the next belt level
(i.e. white
belt to yellow belt). If you are interested
in improving at a faster pace, please consider
our Tailored
One-on-One Spanish Classes or Self-Assembled
Conversational Spanish Small Group Sessions.
Despite having covered all the required material,
you will still need to successfully pass the next
belt level examination to be granted that next
belt level.
Affordable
Conversational
Spanish Small Group Tutoring Sessions in DC, VA,
MD,NY, NJ and CO are custom-designed to quickly
lead you to Spanish proficiency while sharing
the fun - and cost - with few other students.
You pay less than half of the price of Tailored
One-on-One Spanish Instruction, but still benefit
from a closely focused learning experience. To
go to our price list, please click
here.
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DC - Maryland - Northern Virginia VA -
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