Group Spanish Classes

The Language House offers private and small-group Spanish classes. Group classes are highly conversational, dynamic, and fun. Private classes are geared towards those who prefer more individualized attention and customized classes to meet their goals. We offer many different levels, from Beginning to Advanced topics and everything in between.

Different Levels:

Beginning 1

Designed for true beginners who have never studied Spanish or took very limited Spanish in high school or college (0-1 semesters).

• Grammar: Pronunciation, question & sentence structure, subject pronouns, definite & indefinite articles, agreement between article/noun/adjective, regular present tense, and the irregular verbs ser, estar, and haber.

• Vocabulary: Greetings & Farewells, interrogative words, descriptive adjectives, emotions, colors, numbers up to 60, days, months, seasons, and telling time.

Beginning II

Designed for those who have had very limited exposure to Spanish, such as 1 semester in high school or college.

• Grammar: Review regular present tense, more in-depth practice with uses of ser, estar, haber, and an introduction to irregular verbs tener & ir.

• Vocabulary: More regular verbs, descriptions, family, locations, adjectives & special tener expressions.

High Beginning I

Designed for those who have had very limited exposure to Spanish, such as 1-2 semester(s) in high school or college.

• Grammar: More review with present tense (including regular & irregular verbs), irregular yo forms, stem-changing verbs, indirect object pronouns, & more verbs like gustar.

• Vocabulary: Hobbies & Interests, food & drink, numbers up to 100 & body parts.

High Beginning II

Designed for those who have had very limited exposure to Spanish, such as 2 semesters in high school or college.

• Grammar: Continue working on regular & going more in-depth with irregular present tense verbs, gustar-type verbs, reflexives, and present progressive. Introduction to equal & unequal comparisons, saber vs. conocer, and por vs. para.

• Vocabulary: Extended family, hobbies, clothing, footwear, accessories, stores & shopping.

Intermediate I

Designed for those who have had 2-3 semesters of high school or college Spanish.

• Grammar: An introduction to the past tenses (preterit & imperfect). The first half of the course focuses on the imperfect tense and the second half of the course focuses on the preterit tense, including the irregular verbs ir, ser, dar & ver.

• Vocabulary: Childhood activities, city, holidays & celebrations.

Intermediate II

Designed for those who have had 3-4 semesters of high school or college Spanish.

• Grammar: A continuation of Intermediate I, we continue learning the past tenses (preterit & imperfect). Review of the imperfect tense & its uses. More in-depth study of the preterit tense, including the uses and an introduction to rules for stem-changing verbs, irregular yo forms, and "basement" verbs. We also start using direct object pronouns & reflexive pronouns in the past tenses.

• Vocabulary: City & directions, more food & drink, socializing & leisure, nature & the outdoors & reflexive verbs.

Intermediate III

Designed for those who have had 4+ semesters of high school or college Spanish.

• Grammar: A continuation of Intermediate II we continue working on the past tenses, with a particular focus on the most irregular forms of the preterit tense (stem-changing verbs & other irregular forms). We also go into more specific situations of when to use the preterit vs. the imperfect.

• Vocabulary: House & Chores, High school & College, every day activities & life events, more reflexive verbs.

Intermediate IV

Designed for those who have had 5+ semesters of high school or college Spanish.

• Grammar: Intermediate IV is the final course that focuses entirely on the preterit & imperfect tenses. Students should feel confident with the uses and conjugations for both tenses and just need more practice using them in conversation.

• Vocabulary: Food, Drinks & Cooking, Introducing and describing yourself & others, Summer/Spring activities, Lodging & Travel, Hobbies & Sports.

High Intermediate I

Designed for those who have had 6+ semesters of high school or college Spanish. This level is ideal for those who are very comfortable with present, past, and simple future tenses.

• Grammar:  Present progressive, present perfect tenses & the uses of past participles. A thorough review of reflexive, direct, and indirect object pronouns.

• Vocabulary: Hobbies & leisure, kitchen & cooking, body & sickness, accidents, film & television.

Advanced ???????I

Designed for those who have had 7+ semesters of high school or college Spanish.

• Grammar: This course focuses entirely on the subjunctive mood. We review what the subjunctive mood is, how verbs are conjugated, and when to use it.

• Vocabulary: Descriptions, Verbs like gustar, emotions, cinema & theater, seasonal activities, verbs of doubt & certainty & impersonal expressions.

???????

Advanced 2

Designed for those who have had 8+ semesters of high school or college Spanish.

Grammar: This course picks up where Advanced 1 left off, focusing on more complicated situations with the subjunctive (including adjective clauses, relative clauses, and time conjunctions).

Vocabulary: More complicated uses of ser & estar, advanced cooking terms & kitchen supplies, leadership, nature, the environment, and the 21st century.

High Advanced Topics

Designed for those who have had 10+ semesters of high school and college Spanish. This level is ideal for those who are very comfortable with all tenses, but need more conversation practice to improve fluency.

• Grammar: This course is completely focused on conversation and the instructor clarifies grammar questions as they come up.

• Vocabulary: Students are asked to come up with conversation topics and vocabulary units of interest.