Event—Adult Education

Essentials Of Spanish: An Introductory Course

Are you looking for a Spanish class with the right mix of language, culture, and conversation? Here is your chance to gain some Spanish essentials of not only what to say, but why and when to say it...

Cost and Registration Information

Early Registration Price (by May 19): $240
Regular Price (after May 19): $264

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Seminar Description

Are you looking for a Spanish class with the right mix of language, culture, and conversation? Here is your chance to gain some Spanish essentials of not only what to say, but why and when to say it, and a chance to enjoy relaxed presentations of real life language focused on real life needs. This class is open to both beginners and non-beginners wishing to review. Eight sessions.

Susan Pezzino, a Spanish-English bilingual and designated United States Fulbright Master Teacher, holds an MA in Applied Linguistics and works as a professional language teacher and multimedia curriculum designer in Chicago.

Materials List

Required:

  • Schaum’s Foreign Language Series: Communicating In Spanish, (New York: McGraw Hill, 1991). ISBN 13: 978-0-07-056642-2
  • The instructor’s own materials for beginning Spanish furnished to the students by the instructor at cost

First Readings:

  • This course will be student paced, so the students should buy the textbook, Communicating In Spanish, before the first class and look through it to be able to say at the first class how many lessons they would be comfortable covering each class period.

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