Spanish Classes, Pinole, CA (East Bay)

Tuition: $65.00 per course plus materials

All courses are 6 weeks.

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Spanish 1A - Beginning Spanish

Course Description: Provides a basic introduction to alphabet, numbers, days of the week, months, seasons, telling time. Vocabulary includes colors, a variety of food and beverage items, definite and indefinite articles.  

• Thursdays, August 21 to September 25, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Register Online. Course #12500.

Spanish 1B - Beginning Spanish

Course Description: Continues to expand vocabulary. Learn family, furniture, clothing. Study collective and proper nouns, descriptive and possessive adjectives, subject pronouns, the verbs Ser and Tener, and idiomatic usages. Greetings, direct objects, and AR, ER, and IR verbs are introduced.

• Thursdays, October 2 to November 3, 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Register Online. Course #12501.

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. The uses of Ser and Estar are studied. Also, the present progressive, impersonal verbs, and uses of Hacer are examined.

• Thursdays, August 21 to September 25, 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Register Online. Course #12502.

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.

• Thursdays, October 2 to November 3, 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Register Online. Course #12503.

Spanish 3 - Intermediate Spanish

Course Description: Continue forming sentences, paragraphs and questions.  The preterit, imperfect and future verb tenses will be studied. Some basic conversation will be encouraged.

• Tuesdays, August 26 to September 30, 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Register Online. Course #12504.

Conversational Spanish

Course Description: Do you want to develop your Spanish language fluency in a friendly, non-threatening environment? In this gently paced course, you will exchange greetings, ask questions, give directions, tell time, read a menu -- and much more! This is an introductory class but it does require basic Spanish through the Intermediate level.

• Tuesdays, August 26 to September 30, 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Register Online. Course #12505.

Advanced Spanish Course - Reading and Advanced Grammar

Course Description : In this class students will read and discuss Spanish short stories and novels which will enable a deeper understanding of the more intricate Spanish grammatical constructions. Class will be conducted in Spanish, and conversation will be encouraged.

• Tuesdays, October 7 to November 11, 7:30 - 8 :30 p.m. Register Online. Course #12506.

Advanced Spanish Course - Preterit and Imperfect Tenses

Course Description: Do you need practice using these two variations of the past tense? This 6 week class will focus on conjugating regular and irregular Spanish verbs in the preterit and imperfect using practice exercises.

• Tuesdays, October 7 to November 11, 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Register Online. Course #12507.

There are 3 ways to register:
Fees are due at the time of registration.

• Register Online.
• To pay by check or if you feel uncomfortable ordering over the Internet, please download our Registration Form and fax or mail it back to us.
• You can also register in person at the school on the following dates: February 28th from 4:00 to 7:00 and April 17th from 4:00 to 7:00. Click here for a map to the school.