Event—Adult Education

Essentials of Spanish: An Introductory Course

Are you looking for a Spanish class with the right balance of language, culture, and conversation? Here is your chance to learn not only what to say but why and when to say it, and to enjoy some relaxed practice involving real-life situations...

Cost and Registration Information

Early Registration Price (January 8 at 9 am** – January 25 at 4 pm): $265
Regular Registration Price (January 25 at 4 pm – first day of class): $291.50

** Registration opens online at 9 am. Phone registration will be accepted starting at 10 am.

Members, seniors, and students get a 10% discount.

This seminar has been cancelled.

Seminar Description

Are you looking for a Spanish class with the right balance of language, culture, and conversation? Here is your chance to learn not only what to say but why and when to say it, and to enjoy some relaxed practice involving real-life situations. This course is open to beginners, as well as non-beginners wishing to review their language skills.
Eight sessions. E - $265, L - $291.50

Susan Pezzino is a bilingual Spanish/English speaker and a designated United States Fulbright Master Teacher. She holds an MA in applied linguistics and works as a professional language teacher and multimedia curriculum designer in Chicago.

Materials List

Required:

  • Conrad J. Schmitt, Protase E. Woodford, Schaum’s Foreign Language Series: Communicating In Spanish, McGraw-Hill, 1991. ISBN: 978-0070566429

First Reading:

  • Students should purchase the course textbook, look through it before the semester starts and be ready to give feedback about how many chapters -- 1, 2 or more -- they would like the course to cover each class session

This class is part of the Newberry’s Adult Education Seminars Program. Learn more about our registration procedures.