Spanish: Beginner Level 4 *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 35 hours of classroom time in the language within the last 2 years, can read very short, simple texts, can communicate in routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar topics, and can use a series of phrases to discuss in simple terms areas of immediate personal relevance. Students at this level will learn to handle short social exchanges, read short, simple texts, write simple, personal letters, the focus is the past tense, students will learn to use it and speak about past events. Instructor: Maria Fernanda Salles

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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.