Spanish: Beginner Level 3 * 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 at least 25 hours of classroom time in the language within the last year, have a basic command of the language, are familiar with everyday expressions, and can make very simple sentences. Following the guidelines of the Common European Framework of Reference, students at this level will learn to identify the highest frequency vocabulary related to areas of most immediate personal relevance, read very short, simple texts, communicate in routine tasks requiring a simple exchange of information on familiar topics, and describe their families, educational backgrounds, and jobs. Instructor:Ely Segura

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Ely Segura is a Spanish teacher originally from the Dominican Republic. She is passionate about humanities, especially theology, foreign languages, literature, history and culture in general. Her studies include Journalism (BA) from the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo; Social Work (MSW) from the Autonomous University of Mexico; Religious Studies (BA) from the Autonomous University of Mexico; and Hispanic Studies (MA) and Pastoral Studies (MA) from Loyola University Chicago. She has taught Spanish at different levels, from kindergarten to university level in Boston, Mexico City and Chicago. She loves movies (especially drama), reading (especially memoirs and costumbrismo novels), walking (preferably in parks) and swimming (but she is not very skilled at this).t this).