Speak Spanish Fluently: Maria Oliveira's Language Learning Offers Affordable Conversational Spanish Lessons - California
Maria Oliveira Language Learning Center in Pinole, CA (East Bay)
Classes
- Spanish 1A - Beginning Spanish
- Spanish 1A - Beginning Spanish with Lab
- Spanish 1B - Beginning Spanish
- Spanish 1B - Beginning Spanish with Lab
- Spanish 2A - Beginning Spanish
- Spanish 2B - Beginning Spanish
- Spanish 3A - Intermediate Spanish
- Spanish 3B – Intermediate Spanish
- Spanish 4A: Fine-Tune Your Spanish Conversational Skills
- Spanish 5A: Fine-Tune Your Spanish Reading Skills
- Conversational Spanish - Ongoing Group
- Spanish for Educational Settings
- Spanish for Healthcare Professionals
- Spanish for Social Service Professionals
Special Topic Classes:
- Spanish Special Topic Series: Direct and Indirect Pronouns
- Spanish Special Topic Series: Por and Para
- Spanish Special Topic Series: Present Subjunctive in Dependent Clauses
- Advanced Spanish - Preterit and Imperfect Tenses
- Spanish Special Topic Series: Reflexive Verbs and Pronouns
Spanish 1A - Beginning Spanish
Course Description: Provides essential words and concepts for forming sentences. Builds a firm foundation of useful vocabulary, including numbers, days of the week, expressing time, colors, foods, and more. Beginning grammatical constructions include definite and indefinite articles, using plurals and gender. Oral practice ensures correct pronunciation.
Dates: Spring1 - Mondays: February 27, March 5, 12, 19, 26, April 2, 2012
Time: 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Course #: 12500 Tuition: $87.00 plus classroom materials 
Dates: Spring2 - Wednesdays: April 18, 25, May 2, 9, 16, 23, 2012
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Course #:12515 Tuition: $87.00 plus classroom materials
Spanish 1A - Beginning Spanish with Lab
Course Description:Provides essential words and concepts for forming sentences. Builds a firm foundation of useful vocabulary, including numbers, days of the week, expressing time, colors, foods, and more. Beginning grammatical constructions include definite and indefinite articles, using plurals and gender. Oral practice ensures correct pronunciation.
You'll be assigned a user name and password to access your online language lessons when you place your order. This user name and password will be valid for 6 months.
Dates: Spring1 - Mondays: February 27, March 5, 12, 19, 26, April 2, 2012
Time: 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Course #: 12600 Tuition: $135.00 plus classroom materials
Dates: Spring2 - Wednesdays: April 18, 25, May 2, 9, 16, 23, 2012
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Course #:12615 Tuition: $135.00 plus classroom materials
Spanish 1B - Beginning Spanish
Course Description: Increases vocabulary of everyday subjects such as family, furniture and clothing. Introduces noun and pronoun usages, adjectives, and the verbs ser and tener. Learn idiomatic expressions, direct objects, and the AR, ER, and IR verb conjugations. Continue forming sentences and oral practice.
Dates: Spring1 - Mondays: February 27, March 5, 12, 19, 26, April 2, 2012
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (noon)
Course #: 12501 Tuition: $87.00 plus classroom materials
Dates: Spring1 - Wednesdays: February 29, March 7, 14, 21, 28, April 4, 2012
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Course #: 12512 Tuition: $87.00 plus classroom materials
Spanish 1B - Beginning Spanish with Lab
Course Description: Increases vocabulary of everyday subjects such as family, furniture and clothing. Introduces noun and pronoun usages, adjectives, and the verbs ser and tener. Learn idiomatic expressions, direct objects, and the AR, ER, and IR verb conjugations. Continue forming sentences and oral practice.
You'll be assigned a user name and password to access your online language lessons when you place your order. This user name and password will be valid for 6 months
Dates: Spring1 - Mondays: February 27, March 5, 12, 19, 26, April 2, 2012
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (noon)
Course #: 12601 Tuition: $135.00 plus classroom materials
Dates: Spring1 - Wednesdays: February 29, March 7, 14, 21, 28, April 4, 2012
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Course #: 12612 Tuition: $135.00 plus classroom materials
Spanish 2A - Beginning Spanish
Course Description: Vocabulary includes physical elements of the sky, the world, weather, cities, location. Begin writing paragraphs and conjugating AR, ER, IR verbs in the present and the preterit. The uses of Ser and Estar are studied. Also, the present progressive, impersonal verbs, and uses of Hacer are examined.
Dates: Spring2 – Mondays: April 16, 23, 30, May 7, 14, 21, 2012
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Course #: 12513 Tuition: $87.00 plus materials
Dates: Spring2 – Wednesdays: April 18, 25, May 2, 9, 16, 23, 2012
Time: 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Course #: 12502 Tuition: $87.00 plus classroom materials
Spanish 2B - Beginning Spanish
Course Description: Continue forming sentences, paragraphs, questions. The verb ir + a, querer, tener and their idioms are studied. Negative and interrogative words and sentences included. Discussion of cultural readings. Learn the preterit tense for AR, ER, IR verbs. Also, preterit tense for estar, querer, tener.
Dates: Spring1 – Mondays: February 27, March 5, 12, 19, 26, April 2, 2012
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Course #: 12514 Tuition: $87.00 plus classroom materials
Dates: Spring1 – Wednesdays: February 29, March 7, 14, 21, 28, April 4, 2012
Time: 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Course #: 12503 Tuition: $87.00 plus classroom materials
Spanish 3A - Intermediate Spanish
Course Description: Continue forming sentences, paragraphs and questions. Learn the preterit, imperfect and future verb tenses. Basic conversation is encouraged.
Dates: Spring2 – Tuesdays: April 17, 24, May 1, 8, 15, 22, 2012
Time: 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Course #: 12504 Tuition: $87.00 plus classroom materials
Spanish 3B – Intermediate Spanish
Course Description: Study stem-changing verbs, as well as irregular verbs in the preterit and imperfect. Learn how to use the progressive and perfect tenses. Practice oral skills in classroom dialogues; enjoy readings that increase vocabulary and encourage deeper comprehension.
Dates: Spring1 – Tuesdays: February 28, March 6, 13, 20, 27, April 3, 2012
Time: 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Course #: 12523 Tuition: $87.00 plus classroom materials
Spanish 4A: Fine-Tune Your Spanish Conversational Skills
Course Description: Explore a variety of everyday situations using your Spanish language skills to communicate useful information. Students will find interactions helpful for travel or business. This class advances toward fluency through oral practice and is best suited for students who have completed in-depth vocabulary studies.
Dates: Spring2 – Tuesdays: April 17, 24, May 1, 8, 15, 22, 2012
Time: 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Course #: 12506 Tuition: $87.00 plus classroom materials
Spanish 5A: Fine-Tune Your Spanish Reading Skills
Course Description: Read stories, novels, news articles, and more, to increase your comprehension skills. Deepen your understanding of colloquialisms, idioms, and other common usages. Class discussions will clarify meaning, examine grammar constructions, and increase vacabulary. Readings are intended for intermediate to advanced students.
Dates: Spring1 – Tuesdays: February 28, March 6, 13, 20, 27, April 3, 2012
Time: 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Course #: 12526 Tuition: $87.00 plus materials
Ongoing Language Learning Group
Course Description: This class meets weekly and progress at their own rate. Students may join an Ongoing Group at any time if their language experience is at the current level of the group in session. Determination of the student's level is made by the instructor. For placement call us at 1-510-223-3320.
Dates: Tuesdays, Open enrollment
Time: 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Course #: 12518
Tuition: $50.00 payable the first of each month plus classroom materials
You may register online if you've already called for your assessment.
Spanish for Educational Settings
Course Description: For teachers, administrators, and school staff who wish to communicate with Spanish-speaking students and adults. Learn simple Spanish phrases to obtain essential information, give directions, and identify problems. Use polite terms to increase comfort levels and encourage interactions. Explain the lunch program, school bus details, attendance and behavior issues, and more.
Dates: Saturdays, April 14, 28, 2012
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Course #: 12522 Tuition: $84.00 includes classroom materials
Spanish for Healthcare Professionals
Course Description: A specialized and intensive Spanish language course designed to enhance effective communication between patients and their healthcare providers. Emphasis is on basic, practical language needed to communicate with Spanish speaking patients and their families at the hospital or doctor's office, on the telephone, or at the patient's home.
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Maria Oliveira Language Learning Center has been approved as a Continuing Education Provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing. CEP 15113.
Course Description: For Social Services professionals & employees who interact with Spanish-speaking clients, this class enables communication, saves time in a crisis, and improves efficiency. Learn the basic questions and understand the answers that are vital in emergencies, screenings, and routine interviews. Determine living expenses, financial problems, qualifying factors, family relationships. Obtain identification, income information, and legal status.
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Maria Oliveira Language Learning Center has been approved as a Continuing Education Provider by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Approval No. PCE 4311.
SPANISH SPECIAL TOPIC SERIES
Special Topic Series: Direct and Indirect Pronouns
Course Description: Did you study direct and indirect object pronouns in the past but still have questions about when and where to place them in your Spanish sentences? Resolve your confusion in this two hour class presented as part of our Special Topic Series. In a small group setting you will focus on the rules, study examples, and receive plenty of practice using direct and indirect pronouns. Space is limited; sign up now for your “pronoun tune-up,” and gain confidence in your ability to create and understand useful sentences!
Dates: Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Time: 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Course #: pronouns Tuition: $40.00 includes classroom materials
Special Topic Series: Por and Para
Course Description: Are you puzzled by the different meanings of por and para? Do you often wonder which preposition to use? You don't have to be confused any longer! This two-hour seminar focuses on the conditions that determine which word is best for your Spanish sentences. Learn the rules, study the idioms: improve your comprehension.
Dates: Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Course #: 9Por Tuition: $40.00 includes classroom materials
Special Topic Series: Present Subjunctive in Dependent Clauses
Course Description: Do you wonder about the subjunctive mood and how it functions? Learn to form the present of the subjunctive and use it in dependent clauses. In our two hour workshop, you’ll discover how easy it is to master one of the most frequently utilized tenses in the Spanish language. There will be plenty of oral and written practice.
Dates: Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Course #: clauses Tuition: $40.00 includes classroom materials
Special Topic Series: Preterit and Imperfect Tenses
Course Description: Do you need practice using these two variations of the past tense? This 2 meetings class will focus on conjugating regular and irregular Spanish verbs in the preterit and imperfect using practice exercises.
Dates: Thursday, February 23, 2012
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Course #: 12507 Tuition: $40.00 includes classroom materials
Special Topic Series: Spanish Reflexive Verbs and Pronouns
Course Description: Improve your Spanish sentences in this two-hour workshop that focuses specifically on reflexive verbs and the pronouns that are used with them. Learn when to use these verbs, how to conjugate them, and the correct placement of the reflexive pronouns. After understanding the rules, you will have lots of practice and opportunities to resolve any questions.
Date: Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Course #: reflexive Tuition: $40.00 includes classroom materials
There are 3 ways to register for these Spanish adult ed classes.
Fees are due at the time of registration.
- Register Online
- To pay by check, please fill out this registration
form and mail your check or money order to:
Maria Oliveira Language Learning School, 2644 Appian Way, Suite 102, Pinole, CA 94564
- Call us to register or if you have any questions: TOLL FREE: 877-251-8353. (510) 223-3320 or
(707) 746-5979
