Spanish Seminars in DC. January 2012

Spanish Tutor DC offers focused topic seminars to sharpen your Spanish skills.

Not sure if our program is risght for you?  Come be part of our one-class seminars and experience firsthand our fun and effective full-immersion, conversational language program.

In the classroom, we will utilize various techniques to engage students to actively speak and listen in class.  There are no formal exams or written assessment rather the student’s production and linguistic fluency will be evaluated throughout each lesson.  The instructor will focus on the application of the structures of the Spanish language through speaking and listening.  Sign up now and find out what our students are raving about!

Small class sizes

Enrollment limited to no more than seven people. More than seven participants and you will not receive a class, you get a lecture.

Location

Downtown DC. 1050 17^th Street, 10^th Floor, Suite 1000, Washington DC 20036 (Adjacent to the Farragut North Metro Station on the Red Line).

Length

One class, one & a half or two hours

Price

$15 for students not currently enrolled in any of our regular courses ($20 for 2 friends)

$10 for students previously enrolled in the Spanish Tutor DC Program within the past two years ($5 off when you bring a friend)

Free to current students!

To enroll:  seminars@spanishtutordc.com

Schedule

• Thursday, January 12th from 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm

General review for almost complete beginners. (Prerequisite at least two months of classes).

1. Noun/adjective agreement “la mesa es blanca”, “las mesas son blancas”.
2. Verbs “ser” and “estar”.
3. Pronuntiation. Vowels, v & b, r, h, ñ.
4. Days of the week, numbers.
5. Possesive adjectives (mi casa, tu libro, su cuaderno).
6. Possesion-relationship with “de”. “El teléfono de Juan”, “soy de México”.
7. Present tense regular verbs (hablar, leer, vivir).
8. ¿Dónde? ¿Cuándo? ¿Por qué?
9. Common mistakes: la problema, mi computadora trabaja bien, perdón, soy tarde, etc.
10. Verbo “haber”. ¿Cuántos libros hay en la mesa?

 

• Thursday, January 19^th from 8:00 pm to 9:30pm

General review for beginners. . (Prerequisite at least four months of classes).

1. Noun/adjective agreement “la mesa es blanca”, “las mesas son blancas”.
2. Verbs “ser” and “estar”.
3. Pronuntiation. Vowels, v & b, r, h, ñ.
4. Possesive adjectives (mi casa, tu libro, su cuaderno)
5. Present tense regular verbs plus “ir”, “hacer”, “tener”.
6. Common mistakes: la problema, mi computadora trabaja bien, perdón, soy tarde, etc.
7. Present progressive (Estoy hablando español).
8. Pronombres preposicionales (mí, ti, etc.).
9. Possesion-relationship with “de”. “El teléfono de Juan”, “soy de México”

 

• Saturday, January 28^th from 9:30 am to 11:00am

 General review for beginners. . (Prerequisite at least four months of classes).

1. Noun/adjective agreement “la mesa es blanca”, “las mesas son blancas”.
2. Verbs “ser” and “estar”.
3. Pronuntiation. Vowels, v & b, r, h, ñ.
4. Possesive adjectives (mi casa, tu libro, su cuaderno)
5. Present tense regular verbs plus “ir”, “hacer”, “tener”.
6. Common mistakes: la problema, mi computadora trabaja bien, perdón, soy tarde, etc.
7. Present progressive (Estoy hablando español).
8. Pronombres preposicionales (mí, ti, etc.).
9. Possesion-relationship with “de”. “El teléfono de Juan”, “soy de México”

 

• Saturday, January 28^th from 11:00 am to 12:30pm

Direct and Indirect Pronouns.  (For Upper beginner and Intermediate levels).

1. Pronombres de objeto directo

1.1  “Vi una película ayer; la vi con mis amigos”.

1.2  “Voy a ver una película pero no voy a verla con mis padres; la voy a ver con mis amigos”.

1. Pronombres de objeto indirecto/objeto directo

2.1  ¿Me prestas $100? No te los presto a ti porque se los presto a Juan.

2.2  ¿Vas a prestarle $100 a Juan? No voy a prestárselos a Juan porque se los voy a prestar a Pedro.

• Saturday, January 28^th from 1:00pm to 2:30pm

The subjunctive. (For Intermediate levels; Advanced levels are also welcome).

1.1  ¿Qué es el subjuntivo? Relación con el indicativo.

1.2  Presente de subjuntivo. Ejercicios verbales.

1.3  Imperfecto de subjuntivo. Ejercicios verbales.

Some of our convenient locations...
Metro Center • Farragut North • Dupont Circle • Adams Morgan • Van Ness‑UDC • Tenleytown‑AU • Friendship Heights • Bethesda • Gallery Place‑Chinatown • Grosvenor • Rockville • Rosslyn • Silver Spring