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Idlewild’s language courses are practical and fun, and were named "Best of New York" by New York Magazine .
The classes are taught in our beautiful bookstore, not a stuffy classroom, and are limited to 14 students each.
Our Spanish classes in Brooklyn are taught by Enrique Caicedo, a native of Colombia with 15 years' teaching experience and a dynamic, participatory method that gets students talking from the very first class.
Is this class for you ?
Our beginners course is an introduction… Show more to the Spanish language, with an emphasis on Latin American Spanish. The course is intended for people who are absolute beginners, or who studied Spanish a long time ago and want to brush up on the basics. The course includes presentation and practice of the following situations and grammar topics:
meetings and introductions
talking about yourself (nationality, profession, family, likes and dislikes, etc)
asking and giving directions
ordering in a restaurant
basic conjugations of -ar, -er, and -ir verbs, and common irregular verbs
describing actions in the present tense
describing actions in the past tense
numbers and their applied use (prices, dates, years, etc)
definite articles and indefinite articles
gender, plurals, possessives, and adjective/noun agreement
forming and answering questions
basic prepositions describing location
comparatives and superlatives
Each of the eight lessons includes teacher presentation and student participation, including pair or group work.
About our classes
This course is 8 weeks long and will meet for 90 minutes per weekly session.
Class size is limited to 14 people.
The beginner, advanced beginner and intermediate courses follow a text (not included in the course price but available to students for the discounted price of around $18).
There are no make-up classes. On the first day of class, each student will receive a syllabus that lists the weekly assignments so you can keep up with your studies if you have to miss a class.
If you wish to cancel your registration, you must contact Idlewild by telephone or email at least seven days before the start date of your class to receive a refund.
If you wish to postpone your registration to a later session, you must contact Idlewild by telephone or email at least three days before the start date of your class to receive a credit toward a future session (good for one year).
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