Do you ever feel like you want to fit in a little better when you’re traveling in Latin America? Speaking more Spanish is the best way to connect with locals and truly experience the culture.
In this Travel Spanish course we help you:
- Get the best recommendations on new foods to try and activities to experience
- Communicate with the hotel staff
- Have confidence that you can get to where you need to go using public and private transportation
- Talk about the different sorts of activities you’d like to do while on vacation
- Use present tense verbs to talk about your plans for today and tomorrow
Lesson 1
Opens: TBD
Live Session: TBD
Casual conversation in Spanish including:
- Greetings
- Introductions
- Pleasantries
- Basic survival phrases
- Foundational vocabulary
Lesson 2
Opens: TBD
Live Session: TBD
Present tense verbs in Spanish:
- Regular verbs
- Irregular verbs
- Stem changing verbs
- Travel Spanish verb list
- Question words and asking questions
Lesson 3
Opens: TBD
Live Session: TBD
All food in Spanish:
- Restaurant conversations
- Getting recommendations on places to eat and menu options
- Local markets
- Numbers, currency and exchange rates
Lesson 4
Opens: TBD
Live Session: TBD
Transportation:
- Getting and giving directions in Spanish
- Taxis & Ubers
- Public bus
- Car rentals
Lesson 5
Opens: TBD
Live Session: TBD
Activities:
- Getting local recommendations for best activities and reputable providers
- Tours
- Sightseeing
- Shopping and bartering
5 Live practice sessions
Join the live sessions every 2 weeks to practice what you’re learning!
Benefits:
- Review the lessons
- Practice speaking in small groups!
- Travel scenario role-plays
- Lively Q&A
- An encouraging community of learners
All classes are 1 hour long and held on Zoom. Link for all classes: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2677885950
I’m so glad I took this travel course. The pre-recorded videos and online quizzes prepared me well for the live sessions. Johanna, who taught the live classes, is an excellent teacher—warm, encouraging, and able to explain concepts well.
Chris Herman
This is a great course especially for beginner to intermediate learners to get you comfortable with speaking Spanish prior to your trip. Recommended.
Phil Devlin
These lessons are a great way to prepare you for the upcoming exciting adventure. It helps you imagine multiple situations and develop more useful vocabulary for those everyday encounters.
Heidi Wuerger
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I received the email regarding the first Zoom session on Monday December 1st. However, I am unable to log in to the course in order to do the pre-course study. Thanks.
Don’t worry Edith! You can watch the recap! 🤗
I also wish to participate in the pre-trip Spanish classes, thanks! Charles Cook
¡Bienvenido, Charles! 👏🏽😊
Hola, me gustaría participar en las clases, por favor.
I would like to do this 5 Lesson class. I log in & am able to access it, but I’m not sure that I’m registered.
Hi Carolyn, I’ve signed you up for the 5 live practice lessons. Our instructor, Johanna, will email you shortly with the next steps.
Is this where I log in for the 3rd lesson. I was expecting an email about it but I haven’t received any so I’ll just try to log in here. 👍
Hi, Ellen, I think you’ve found it because you sent me an e-mail about it, but, just in case, https://commongroundinternational.com/courses/travel-spanish-course/lessons/lesson-3-all-about-food-and-eating-in-spanish/ I think this is what you were looking for.
See you in a while!😊