Spanish - Improver
This course is ideal for:
those who have a good knowledge and understanding of the two present tenses (miro/ estoy mirando, llueve/está lloviendo etc) and of the easy future tense (voy a mirar/va a llover etc) as well as a recognition of the real future tense (miraré/lloverá etc) and who want to get to grips with talking about very recent past events and then events a little farther back in the past. This will be done through many drills and situational dialogues, as well as free chitchat.
You can come for a £15 trial one-off on any of Sep 18, Sep 25, Oct 2, Oct 9 or Oct 16 to see if you are a good fit for the group/the group is a good fit for you prior to committing to the rest of the course. My first existing learner will be doing lesson 1 on September 25th but, due to class members going on extra ‘late summer’ holidays, I won’t be progressing beyond lesson 3 until November! So, there is plenty of time to join in!
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Since my first of many twinning exchange trips to the Loire Valley in France and to the Ruhr Valley in Germany in my teens, I have always loved foreign languages, cultures and people (and of course the food and drink too). As part of my university studies, I spent eight months in Lorraine on the border with Belgium and Luxembourg, four months in Nordrhein-Westfalen on the border with the Netherlands and four months in the city of Lyon. Having only started learning Spanish as an adult, I have not spent extensive amounts of time in Spain but I have holidayed there as well as in Peru. Before becoming a licencee with Language for Fun, I taught for twelve years in secondary schools, including one in Zambia near the border with French-speaking Congo. I have had many adventures in many Francophone, Germanophone and Hispanophone countries where my language 'skills' have both saved the day AND got me into a bit of hot water! Let me use MY cringeworthy past experiences of making hilarious mistakes save YOU from doing the same.
When I am not teaching or learning languages (I speak some Dutch and Italian now too), I enjoy swimming, reading and walking but I am particularly passionate about the performing arts; I think you will be able to tell this when you meet me! I look forward to meeting YOU!
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