SPANISH BEGINNER 2. The SECOND segment of the comprehensive Beginner level five-course series designed for Spanish beginners.

An all-adults class.

Materials are not included in tuition.

Beginner 2 level description:

This is the perfect course for individuals who have either completed our Spanish Beginner 1 course or have some minimal experience with the Spanish language. We'll help you build upon your existing knowledge and skills to further develop your Spanish proficiency.

Here's an overview of the topics covered in Beginner 2:

COMMUNICATION: Expressing intentions, explaining the motivations for what you do, talking about what you do in different languages, describing places, expressing existence and location, talking about climate and the weather.

GRAMMAR: Gender, definite articles (el, la, los, las) and indefinite articles (un, una, unos, unas), the presente de indicativo, regular verbs ending in -ar, -er, -ir, uses of por, para and porque, uses of hay, the verb estar, the superlative, quantifiers: muy, mucho/mucha/muchos/muchas, qué, cuál, cuáles, cuántos/cuántas, dónde, cómo.

VOCABULARY: Languages, activities in language class, leisure activities, climate and the weather, geography, information about countries, cardinal points, seasons.

PHONETICS: Connectors, accentuation.

Next level: Spanish Beginner 3.

JAPANESE HIGH BEGINNER 5. The FITH segment of the comprehensive High Beginner level five-course series designed for Japanese beginners.

An all-adults class.

Materials are not included in tuition.

High Beginner 5 level description:

This course is ideal for individuals who have completed Japanese HIGH Beginner 4 level or similar.

Here's an overview of the topics covered in High Beginner 5:

COMMUNICATION: Discussing productivity, talking about schedules, describing services available at a store, sharing plans for the near future, expressing feelings, considering possible future scenarios, confirming trip details, telling someone on the phone you’ll call them back, talking about changes in sales, describing dreams or goals for the future, explaining problems and suggesting solutions, giving directions, and politely declining an invitation while giving a reason.

Next level: Japanese Intermediate 1.

SPANISH BEGINNER 4. The FOURTH segment of the comprehensive Beginner level five-course series designed for Spanish beginners.

An all-adults class.

Materials are not included in tuition.

Beginner 4 level description:

This is the perfect course for individuals who have either completed our Spanish Beginner 3 course or similar. We'll help you build upon your existing knowledge and skills to further develop your Spanish proficiency.

Here's an overview of the topics covered in Beginner 4:

COMMUNICATION: Talking about habits, expressing frequency, asking for and giving the time, learning how to get by in bars and restaurants, asking for and giving information about food, talking about eating habits.

GRAMMAR: the presente de indicativo of irregular verbs, pronominal verbs, yo también / yo tampoco/ yo si/ yo no, primero/después/luego, the verbs poner and traer, direct object pronouns (lo, la, los, las), uses of de and con.

VOCABULARY: Days of the week, times of day, daily activities, food, ways of cooking, utensils and recipients, typical dishes in Spain and Latin America.

PHONETICS: intonation: narration and enumeration, the che and the jota.

Next level: Spanish Beginner 5.

JAPANESE BEGINNER 3. The THIRD segment of the comprehensive Beginner level five-course series designed for Japanese beginners.

An all-adults class.

Materials are not included in tuition.

Beginner 3 level description:

This is the perfect course for individuals who have either completed our Japanese Beginner 2 course or similar. We'll help you build upon your existing knowledge and skills to further develop your Japanese proficiency.

Here's an overview of the topics covered in Beginner 3:

COMMUNICATION: Talking about likes and dislikes, requests, asking for and giving permission, talking about rules and regulations, offering help, giving reasons for doing/not doing something, talking about families and friends, describing how people are dressed and how they look,

Next level: Japanese Beginner 4