Spanish is spoken by over 500 million people worldwide. You can quickly become another Spanish speaker with Berlitz. Apart from being one of the most popular languages, it's also one of the easiest to learn. So don't hesitate get started.
Spanish is spoken by over 500 million people worldwide. You can quickly become another Spanish speaker with Berlitz. Apart from being one of the most popular languages, it's also one of the easiest to learn. So don't hesitate get started. Regardless of whether you travel to Latin America or Spain on vacation or business trips, it's one of the most useful languages to learn.
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Private 1-to-1 lessons: in-person & Online
Online Small Groups
Online Blended Self-study courses
Spanish is the 4th most commonly spoken language in the world – 527 million speakers ranking close after Mandarin, English and Hindi. Spanish is spoken in many Latin American countries and is the official language in 21 countries including Mexico, Spain, Colombia, Argentina, Chile and Peru. It is also the most studied foreign language in the USA, which has a massive 40 million native Spanish speakers.
If working overseas is one of your career goals, or if you travel to Latin America for business reasons, then learning basic Spanish conversational skills will definitely improve your career options.
After immigrating from Germany in 1870, our company founder, Maximilian Berlitz, took an opportunity giving language lessons in the United States. The son of a family of teachers and mathematicians, he used his exceptional language skills to teach Greek, Latin and six other European languages.
After few years of private tutoring, he joined the Warner Polytechnic College in Providence, Rhode Island, where he became a professor of French and German.
Upon hiring a French-only speaking assistant, Berlitz realised that the traditional, "grammar-translation" teaching method was not as effective as incorporating the new language right away in conversation. From then on, he began to use a more immersive teaching in his lessons, and the Berlitz Method was born.
Evolving for a changing world
Initially focusing on delivering language lessons for travelers and individual learners, over the years, Berlitz has evolved to help a whole host of students, businesses, schools and governments embrace language as the key to communication, connection and cultural understanding.
From working professionals to families moving abroad, Berlitz offers personalised learning paths that suit your learning style, location and learning objectives, to provide an immersive language and cultural learning experience that can help open your world to new opportunities.
How the Berlitz Method developed
Like many great discoveries, the Berlitz Method came about because of chance, specific circumstances, and a creative mind. While teaching in Providence, Maximilian Berlitz hired Joly, a young Frenchman as his assistant. However, upon Joly’s arrival in the U.S., Berlitz found out that his new assistant did not speak a single word of English.
During this time, Berlitz fell very ill and had no choice but to let Joly take over his teaching duties. Berlitz instructed Joly to use gestures to act out his meaning, encouraging him to use vocabulary in context so his French students could begin to understand the meaning.
After six weeks, Berlitz returned to the classroom expecting his students to be far behind in their language development. Instead, to his surprise, his students were more engaged than ever, communicating in an animated exchange of questions and answers – in perfect French!
Having been forced to learn from a French-only speaker accelerated their learning. As a result, a completely new and highly effective method of teaching was created.
The Berlitz Method today
The Berlitz Method is still the most effective way to learn a language and continues to be used today.
The key elements of the method are:
Immersive. Your instructor teaches and addresses you in your target language only. Language is presented in context of real-life situations with a focus on grammar and vocabulary.
Goal orientated. Each lesson is task-based with specific learning goals. This allows you to put your new language to use in actual situations right away.
Present, practice and perform. To help you absorb your new language, every lesson follows this structure. New content is presented by your instructor, you take part in both guided practice and general practice, and are then encouraged to perform what you have learnt.
How learning with Berlitz works
When you inquire about building your language skills and cultural understanding with Berlitz, you’ll follow a few steps to help us define your learning path to ensure you’re matched to the correct proficiency level and can quickly progress towards your goals.
We call this the Berlitz Learning Cycle, and it’s designed to act as a quality assurance tool for you as you work through your studies.
We’ll find out your situation, your specific goals, your proficiency level and what you want to achieve out of your language and culture program.
Here’s how it works:
Getting to know your needs Once we understand your aims, we’ll clearly explain the training options that would suit you best and how they can help you achieve your language and cultural understanding goals.
Orientation We’ll explain how it all works and help you get started. You’ll meet your language instructors, get to know your way around the learning center, receive your program materials, and learn about our platforms.
Reviewing your progress We’ll check you’re on the right path to achieving your learning goals, successfully retaining what you learn and give you any extra learning support you need to embrace your new language and culture with confidence.
Testing your achievements We’ll measure your understanding and skills so you can see how much you’ve progressed before moving to the next level.
Certifying your achievements You’ll receive a certificate to celebrate your accomplishments!
Progressing to the next level We’ll check you’re happy with your achievements and advance you to the next language proficiency level.
We’ve developed a standardised scale for the main languages we teach so we can measure your existing language abilities. Ranging from 1 (beginner) to 10 (professional), our scale will measure your level of language comprehension and practical skills.
Once you complete a needs analysis and chat with one of our friendly staff, we can help you build an individual learning program that will map your journey through the proficiency levels to ensure you meet your personal goals.
Learn Spanish Language Occasionally we have only 3 or 4 students for a particular Spanish class. As a cancellation of classes might cause disappointment to our students, we offer these smaller classes at different rates and conditions.
Emphasis is on vocabulary, everyday phrases and conversation. Grammar relevant to the skill level will also be introduced and expanded upon, depending on the level. Learning will be done through a cross-training approach, and will include reading, writing, role-play (oral conversation) and listenin...
Free Monthly meetup + social events Practise your Spanish at a local tapas bar with your teacher and other students. Course work provided. Folder and all material provided throughout the course.
This fun and interactive class is suitable for those with a sound to good knowledge of Spanish. The focus will be to improve your confidence and ability to converse in Spanish by giving prepared formal presentations and having informal chats and activities, all in Spanish, as well as some grammar...
Spanish classes are offered from beginners to advanced level by La Lingua Language School.
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