Spanish: Beginner Level 1 *In-Person*

Spoken in Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia, Spanish has the second largest number of native speakers in the world. It is also the second most studied language in the world, and the third most used language on the internet. Make Spanish your second language with our first-rate instructors. This level is for students who have not studied the language before. Following the guidelines of the Common European Framework of Reference, students at this level will learn to identify common words concerning themselves and their families, read basic vocabulary, ask and answer simple questions in areas of immediate need, and use simple phrases and sentences to describe familiar people and places. Instructors include: Alberto Roblest, Maria Fernanda Salles, Martha de la Vega, Luz Elena Zuluaga

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Maria Fernanda Salles was born in Rio de Janeiro and graduated from UNISUAM (Rio de Janeiro).

Maria has been teaching Portuguese and Spanish for 15 years. In Brazil, she worked for a Public School and The British School teaching Spanish. In 2014 she moved to the Dominican Republic and taught at the UASD (Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo) known as the first university in America. She also taught Portuguese for almost 3 years at the Centro Cultural Brasil República Dominicana. This cultural center is part of the Embassy of Brazil in Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic. During the pandemic she also started to teach Portuguese online for Casa do Brasil in Mexico.

Maria loves books, cultural activities, traveling, dogs and everything about languages and culture.

An accomplished poet, writer and editor, Alberto Robles is also an educator with decades of experience teaching in university classrooms. He started teaching workshops in linguistics, literature and composition as a graduate student at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (National Autonomous University of Mexico). Upon his arrival in the United States, he discovered his passion for teaching Spanish. As a published author, Mr. Roblest enjoys sharing his mastery of the Spanish language with his students. He is the author of seven books of poetry and three collections of short stories, some of them published in bilingual editions in the United States. In his classes, the emphasis is on teaching students to communicate in real life situations, since the main function of a language is to communicate.

Luz has taught Spanish for over 15 years. Luz has instructed both beginners and advanced Spanish to students and business executives alike. Luz is a graduate of La University Pontificia Bolivariana en Medellín, Colombia.